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W. & R. Chambers's Books, Suitable for Prizes and Presentation [1892]

W. & R. Chambers's Books, Suitable for Prizes and Presentation [1892]

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From Out of Bounds

From Out of Bounds. 3/6


THE ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY AND INVENTION. Selected by Robert Cochrane. With thirty-four Illustrations. 2/6
'It is hard to say which chapter is the best, for each seems more interesting than the last.'—The Queen.
PLAYMATES: a Story for Boys and Girls. By L. T. Meade. With six Illustrations by G. Nicolet. 2/6
'The charm of Mrs Meade's stories for children is well sustained in this pretty and instructive tale.'—Liverpool Mercury.
WHITE TURRETS. By Mrs Molesworth. With four Illustrations by W. Rainey. 2/6
'A charming story…. A capital antidote to the unrest that inspires young folks that seek for some great thing to do, while the great thing for them is at their hand and at their home.'—Scotsman.
VANISHED; or, The Strange Adventures of Arthur Hawkesleigh. By David Ker. Illustrated by W. Boucher. 2/6
'A quite entrancing tale of adventure.'—Athenæum.
ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS; being True Tales of Daring, Peril, and Heroism. With Illustrations. 2/6
'The narratives are as fascinating as fiction.'—British Weekly.
BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY: a Story of Three Homes. By Amy Walton, Author of White Lilac, A Pair of Clogs, &c. With four Illustrations by Robert Barnes. 2/6
OUT OF REACH: a Story. By Esmè Stuart. With four Illustrations by Robert Barnes. 2/6
girls' reading.'—Standard.
IMOGEN; or, Only Eighteen. By Mrs Molesworth. With four Illustrations by H. A. Bone. 2/6
'The book is an extremely clever one.'—Daily Chronicle.
THE LOST TRADER; or, The Mystery of the Lombardy. By Henry Frith. With four Illustrations by W. Boucher. 2/6
'Mr Frith writes good sea-stories, and this is the best of them that we have read.'—Academy.
BASIL WOOLLCOMBE, MIDSHIPMAN. By Arthur Lee Knight. With Frontispiece by W. S. Stacey, and other Illustrations. 2/6
THE NEXT-DOOR HOUSE. By Mrs Molesworth. With six Illustrations by W. Hatherell. 2/6
'I venture to predict for it as loving a welcome as that received by the inimitable Carrots.'—Manchester Courier.
COSSACK AND CZAR. By D. Ker. Illustrated by W. S. Stacey. 2/6
'There is not an uninteresting line in it.'—Spectator.
THROUGH THE FLOOD: the Story of an Out-of-the-way Place. By Esmè Stuart. With Illustrations. 2/6
'A bright story of two girls, and shows how goodness rather than beauty in a face can heal old strifes.'—Friendly Leaves.
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG. By Mrs O'Reilly. With four Illustrations by H. A. Bone. 2/6
'A delightfully natural and attractive story.'—Journal of Education.
ROSE AND LAVENDER. By the Author of Laddie, Tip-Cat, &c. With four Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. 2/6
'A brightly written tale, the characters in which, taken from humble life, are sketched with life-like naturalness.'—Manchester Examiner.


From 'My Pretty' and her Brother 'Too,' by Mrs Molesworth; price 3s. 6d.

From My Pretty and Her Brother Too

'Nettie,' he said, 'you won't never tell, will you?'
Page 188.


With four original Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. JOAN AND JERRY. By Mrs O'Reilly. 2/6
'An unusually satisfactory story for girls.'—Manchester Guardian.
THE YOUNG RANCHMEN; or, Perils of Pioneering in the Wild West. By Charles E. Kenyon. With four Illustrations by W. S. Stacey, and other Illustrations. 2/6
GOOD AND GREAT WOMEN: a Book for Girls. Illustrated. 2/6
'A brightly written volume, full to the brim of interesting and instructive matter; and either as reader, reward, or library book, is equally suitable.'—Teachers' Aid.
LIVES OF LEADING NATURALISTS. By H. Alleyne Nicholson. Illustrated. 2/6
BENEFICENT AND USEFUL LIVES. Comprising Lord Shaftesbury, George Peabody, Andrew Carnegie, Walter Besant, &c. By R. Cochrane. With numerous Illustrations. 2/6
'Nothing could be better than the author's selection of facts setting forth the beneficent lives of those generous men in the narrow compass which the capacity of the volume allows.'—School Board Chronicle.
GREAT THINKERS AND WORKERS; being the Lives of Thomas Carlyle, Lord Armstrong, Lord Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Builders of the Forth Bridge, &c. Illustrations. 2/6
'One of the most fitting presents for a thoughtful boy that we have come across.'—Review of Reviews.
RECENT TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE. Illustrated. Cloth. 2/6
'It is wonderful how much that is of absorbing interest has been packed into this small volume.'—Scotsman.
LITERARY CELEBRITIES; being brief Biographies of Wordsworth, Campbell, Moore, Jeffrey, and Macaulay. Illustrated. 2/6
GREAT HISTORIC EVENTS. The Conquest of India, Indian Mutiny, French Revolution, the Crusades, the Conquest of Mexico, Napoleon's Russian Campaign. Illustrated. 2/6
HISTORICAL

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