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Mavor's English Spelling Book.-.

Accompanied by a Progressive Series of Easy and Familiar Lessons, intended as an introduction to the Reading and Spelling of the English Language. By William Mavor, LL.D. Numerous Illustrations. Feap. 8vo, 160 pp., strongly bound in cloth, price Is.

Mechanics and Mechanism. By Robert Scott Burn. With about 250 Illustrations, demy 8vo, cloth. Revised Edition, price 2s.

New and

"One of the best-considered and most judiciously-illustrated elementary treatises on Mechanics and Mechanism which we have met with. The illustrations, diagrams, and explanations are skilfully introduced, and happily apposite-numerous and beautifully executed. As a hand-book for the instruction of youth, it would be difficult to surpass it."-Derby Mercury.

Nick of the Woods; or, The Fighting

Quaker. By Robert M. Bird, M.D. Fcap. 8vo, embellished wrapper, boards. Third Edition, price 1s. Gd.; or cloth, price 2s.

**A most thrilling tale of extraordinary adventures amongst the North American Indians

"The story is certainly told with great energy, and is a fine picture of savage Indian life. The scene is laid in the time of America throwing off British dominion."Era.

Nonsense (A Shilling's Worth of), By the Editors of "Punch" Fifty Engravings, wrapper, price is.

New Edition, Just Ready.

Old English Gentleman (The); or, The Fields and the Woods. By John Mills, Author of the "Life of a Racehorse,' &c. New and Revised Edition, Fcap. 8vo, boards. New Edition, Illustrated wrapper, 1s. 6d. ; cloth, 2s.; Library Edition, superior paper, extra cloth, price 2s. 6d.

"If anything would induce a love of the fields and woods, it is an effective wordpicture of our national sports, told by a true sportsman. Every sentence that he writes bears to you the fresh bracing air of gorse and furze-bush, which makes you, long in city-pent,' champ and fret, like the impatient horse at cover side, curbed in by his less impatient master. These inimitable sketches of country life will be read with pleasure and profit while a love for our field sports continues to survive."-The Press.

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Our Holiday:" A Week in Paris. By Percy B. St. John. Crown 8vo, wrapper in two colours. Second Edition, price is.

1. Journey to Paris. 2. Sunday Adventures of Harvey Jones.

3. Grisette Hunting.

4. A Day's Pleasure. 5. The St. Napoleon. 6. After Champagne. 7. How we got away.

'Our Own Correspondent" at the Seat of War. By William Brough. Crown 8vo, wrapper. Second Edition, price 1s.

*** The amusing adventures of "Our Own Correspondent" are told with so much truthfulness, that the reader can hardly imagine the story to be a fiction.

Pfeiffer's (Madame) Woman's Jour

ney Round the World. Unabridged, from the German of Ida Pfeiffer. With Twelve page Engravings in colours. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, price 3s. 6d.

**The most delightful Book of Travels ever written. Madame Pfeiffer is never dull, and the reader is hurried forward, completely fascinated by her powerful descriptions.

Pfeiffer's Visit to the Holy Land,

Egypt, and Italy. Uniform with a Woman's Journey Round the World," and

Visit to Iceland." Tinted Engravings, crown 8vo, cloth gilt, price 3s. 6d.

**It is difficult to say which is the most attractive of Madame Pfeiffer's books, they are all so good; but many will prefer "The Holy Land."

Pfeiffer's Visit to Iceland and the

Scandinavian North. Companion Volume to "A Woman's Journey Round the World." With Twelve page Engravings, printed in colours. Crown 8vo, cloth, price 3s. 6d.

"The volume is printed uniformly with A Woman's Journey Round the World, and is highly creditable to the translator, the illustrator, and the printer."--Globe.

The Best Collection of Anecdotes ever made.

Railway Anecdote Book (The Illustrated) for the Reading of Railway Passengers. 2,000 Anecdotes. 160 pp., demy 8vo, new wrapper, price ls.

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WARD & LOCK'S NEW AND POPULAR WORKS.

Twice Married;

My Own Story. | WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY-Continued.

By a Lady. Fcap. 8vo, 160 pp., Frontispiece and engraved wrapper, boards, price 1s.

"One of the most delightfully written tales we have ever read; all the characters are natural and life-like. The story is on a subject in which all are interested, and will amply repay perusal."

Trapper's Bride (The), White Stone Canoe, and Rose of Ouisconsin. By Percy B. St. John. Fcap. 8vo, 160 pp., boards, fancy wrapper. New Edition, price Is.

"The narratives abound with interest, and display a complete knowledge, on the part of the author, of the habits and customs of the red men of the back-woods of the western world."-York Herald.

Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith. Fcap. 8vo, boards. Illustrated wrapper, price ls.

*** A very pretty edition of this popular book, and one that will command a large sale..

Waldenses (The). The Israel of the Alps; Their Persecutions and Their Triumphs. From the French of the Rev. Dr. Alexis Muston. Edited by William Hazlitt. Illustrated with numerous Engravings. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt, price 3s. 6d.

"The History of the Vaud is in one of those striking episodes in the history of mankind which cannot be written too often, norstudied from too many points of view." Atheneum.

JOHNSON AND WALKER SUPERSEDED. Containing 10,000 more Words than Walker's Dictionary. Webster's Pocket Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language; condensed from the original Dictionary by Noah Webster, LL.D. With Accented

Vocabularies of Classical, Scriptural, and Modern Geographical Names. Re vised Edition, by William G. Webster, son of Noah Webster. Royal 16mo, cloth, price 2s. 6d.; or roan, 3s.

"This very compendious and useful Dictionary is condensed from the well-known work of Webster, of which it contains all the most valuable features, after having undergone revision to make it truly represent the effect of national usage in speaking and writing. The task has been carefully performed by William G. Webster, the son of Noah Webster."-Morning Advertiser.

"No one who desires to be accounted accurate in spelling or pronouncing the English language should be without this excellent Dictionary. It is a desideratum to all who are engaged in correspondence. The book shou d have a place in every household."Edutational Gazette.

"This little book is perfectly unique. It is a carefully condensed epitome of the celebrated work of Dr. Webster, printed in a fine clear type, specially cast for the purpose; and while every word is clear and distinct, the volume may be easily carried in the pocket."-United Service Gazette.

Wild Tribes (The) of London. By Watts Phillips. With numerous and appropriate Illustrations. Crown Svo, wrapper in colours by McConnell. Third Edition, price 1s.

"An accurate description of the manners, customs, occupations, and amusements of the lowest classes in London, as witnessed in every-day life, and contains numerous disclosures calculated to excite both surprise and sympathy."-This book may be fairly considered as a companion volume to London Labour and the London Poor."

"The witching hour of night,' the time when narrow courts and filthy alleys give up their squalid population, is the moment chosen by our Cicerone, and we are successively introduced to the inmates of the Blue Dog,' in the refined purlieus of Gray'sinn-lane, to Tower-hill, Ratcliffe-highway, St. Giles's, Southwark, Clare-market, and then to the Ghetto of London, Petticoat-lane. The painful panorama enforces the old adage, that one-half the world is ignorant of the way in which the other half lives."Leader.

Yankee Humour and Uncle Sam's Fun. Edited by W. Jerdan, Esq. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, in ornamental wrapper. Third Edition, price is.

"A shilling's-worth of real national Yankee humour. Brother Jonathan has been long familiar to us for his extravagantly odd sayings and doings in the far west. Here, however, we have a volume of it, as rich, new, and extravagant as ever crossed the Atlantic. To the traveller, whether by land or sea, we know of no book more suitable than Yankee Humour, and Uncle Sam's Fun.'"-Dundee Courier.

Zana; or, The Heiress of Clair Hall. By the Author of "Fashion and Famine." Fcap. 8vo, boards, 1s. 6d. ; cloth, 2s.; or Library Edition, printed on superior paper, extra cloth, 2s. 6d.

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Zana is a tale of Gipsy life in Spain; and we agree with the publisher's opinion that no one since Borrow has so vividly depicted the manners of the Gipsy race as Mrs. Stephens."-Belfast News Letter.

"The story is one of Gipsy life in Spain and fashionable life in England, with abundance of love and adventure to make the tale exciting. The printing, paper, and binding are equal to the best of the works of a similar character issued by coripeting publishers at the same price."-Inverness Courier.

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