Part I.

=9.= ---- Part II.

=10.= =Two Years Before the Mast.= By R. H. DANA.

=11.= =From the Earth to the Moon.= By JULES VERNE.

=12.= =Round the Moon.= By JULES VERNE.

=13.= =History of Sandford and Merton.= By THOMAS DAY.

=14.= =Baron Munchausen (The Life, Travels, and Extraordinary Adventures of).= By the Last of his Family.

The Country House Library.

OF FICTION, TRAVEL, ESSAY, BIOGRAPHY, &c.

_BY STANDARD LIVING AUTHORS. COPYRIGHT EDITIONS._

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2_s._

=1.= =The Mad Willoughbys, and other Tales.= By Mrs. LYNN LINTON, Author of “Patricia Kemball,” &c.

=2.= =False Beasts and True.= By FRANCIS POWER COBBE.

=3.= =The Blossoming of an Aloe.= By Mrs. CASHEL HOEY, Author of “Out of Court,” &c.

=4.= =Country House Essays.= By JOHN LATOUCHE, Author of “Travels in Portugal,” &c.

=5.= =No Sign=, and other Tales. By Mrs. CASHEL HOEY, Author of “The Blossoming of an Aloe.”

=6.= =Grace Tolmar.= By JOHN DANGERFIELD.

_Ward and Lock’s Useful Series._

BOOKS AT ONE-AND-SIXPENCE.

=The Lily Series.= Sixty-six Books. In new cloth gilt binding, plain edges. For List _see_ Books at 2_s._

=The Rose Library.= Fourteen Books. In cloth gilt binding, plain edges. For List _see_ Books at 2_s._

=The Good Aim Series.= Twenty-five Books. In cloth gilt, bevelled boards, gilt edges. For List _see_ Books at 1_s._

=Beeton’s Englishwoman’s Cookery Book.= 255th Thousand. By Mrs. ISABELLA BEETON. Being a collection of Economical Recipes, taken from her “Household Management.” The Best Shilling Cookery. New Edition. Illustrated by a large number of appropriate and useful Engravings. With 4 Coloured Plates, post 8vo, half bound, cloth, 1_s._ 6_d._

=Beeton’s Gardening Book.= Containing full and Practical Instructions concerning Garden Operations, the Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen Garden, Pests of the Month, and a Monthly Calendar of work to be done in the Garden. With 4 Coloured Plates. Post 8vo, half bound, cloth, 1_s._ 6_d._

=The Christian Year.= Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year. By JOHN KEBLE. Small fcap. 8vo, cloth, gilt back and sides, red burnished edges, 1_s._ 6_d._

NOW READY, NEW VOLUME, Edited by the Author of “Buy your Own Cherries.”

=Kirton’s Standard Temperance Reciter.= An entirely New Volume of Readings and Recitations, for Band of Hope Meetings, Good Templar Gatherings, and General Reading. Containing many Original Pieces by the Editor, J. W. KIRTON, Author of “Buy your Own Cherries.” Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._ 6_d._

_Also, shortly will be published, uniform with the above._

=Kirton’s Standard Band of Hope Reciter.=

BOOKS AT ONE SHILLING.

=Beeton’s Pictorial Speller.= The Cheapest Illustrated Spelling Book published. 196 pp. 430 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth plain, 1_s._

=Webster’s Pocket Pronouncing Dictionary= of the English Language. Condensed from the Original by NOAH WEBSTER. With accentuated Vocabularies of Classical, Scriptural, and Modern Geographical Names. Revised by WM. G. WEBSTER, son of Noah Webster. Royal 16mo, cloth, 1_s._

=Webster’s Shilling Bookkeeping=, in Single and Double Entry. Post 8vo, cloth plain, 1_s._

=The Language of Flowers.= With numerous Engravings, and a Coloured Frontispiece. Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._

=The Poetry of Flowers.= An entirely New Selection of appropriate Poems, carefully edited. With Coloured Frontispiece and many Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._

=The Christian Year.= Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year. By JOHN KEBLE. Small fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, plain edges, 1_s._

=The Children’s Picture Annual=: The Story of a United Family, with their Travels and Adventures at Home and Abroad. By MERCIE SUNSHINE. With numerous Illustrations. Imperial 16mo, picture boards, 1_s._

_National Reference Books._

BOOKS AT ONE SHILLINGS--continued

S. O. Beeton’s National Reference Books,

FOR THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

The Cheapest and Best Reference Books in the World.

_Each Volume complete in itself, and containing from 512 to 590 Columns. Price 1s. in strong cloth binding._

=Beeton’s British Gazetteer=: A Topographical and Historical Guide to the United Kingdom. Compiled from the Latest and Best Authorities. It gives the most Recent Improvements in Cities and Towns; states all the Railway Stations in the Three Kingdoms, the nearest Post Towns and Money Order Offices.

=Beeton’s British Biography=: From the Earliest Times to the Accession of George III.

=Beeton’s Modern Men and Women=: A British Biography from the Accession of George III. to the Present Time.

=Beeton’s Bible Dictionary.= A Cyclopædia of the Geography, Biography, Narratives, and Truths of Scripture.

=Beeton’s Classical Dictionary=: A Cyclopædia of Greek and Roman Biography, Geography, Mythology, and Antiquities.

=Beeton’s Medical Dictionary.= A Safe Guide for every Family, defining with perfect plainness the Symptoms and Treatment of all Ailments, Illnesses, and Diseases. 592 columns.

=Beeton’s Date Book.= A British Chronology from the Earliest Records to the Present Day.

=Beeton’s Dictionary of Commerce.= A Book of Reference. Containing an Account of the Natural Productions and Manufactures dealt within the Commercial World; Explanations of the principal Terms used in, and modes of transacting Business at Home and Abroad.

=Beeton’s Modern European Celebrities.= A Biography of Continental Men and Women of Note who have lived during the last Hundred Years, or are now living.

Price 1_s._, cloth, containing 208 pages, 477 Recipes, and Formulæ for Mistresses and Servants.

=MRS. BEETON’S ENGLISHWOMAN’S COOKERY BOOK.= Comprising Recipes in all branches of Cookery, and accurate Descriptions of Quantities, Times, Costs, Seasons, for the various Dishes.

⁂ _The capital Coloured Plates render the Eighteenpenny Edition of_ THE ENGLISHWOMAN’S COOKERY BOOK _absolutely unapproachable in point of excellence and cheapness. There are infinitely more Recipes in this volume than in any other Cheap Cookery Book, their accuracy is beyond question, and the addition of these Coloured Plates removes all possibility of successful rivalry which may be attempted by imitative and meretricious displays._

Price 1_s._, cloth, containing 252 pages.

=BEETON’S GARDENING BOOK=: Containing such full and Practical Information as will enable the Amateur to manage his own Garden. Amply Illustrated.

=BEETON’S READY RECKONER.= A Business and Family Arithmetic. With all kinds of New Tables, and a variety of carefully digested Information, never before collected. Cloth, 1_s._

_Story Books for the Young._

BOOKS AT ONE SHILLING--continued

Beeton’s Good-Aim Series.

Pott 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._

=1.= =The Original Poems for Children.= By the TAYLOR Family, M. E. B., and others.

=2.= =The Basket of Flowers=; or, Piety and Truth Triumphant.

=3.= =Ellen’s Idol.= By the Author of “Tiny,” and “Trotty’s Book.”

=5.= =Sermons on the Wall.= By JOHN TILLOTSON.

=6.= =Goldy and Goldy’s Friends.= By MARY DENSEL.

=7.= =The One Thing Needful=; or, Ethel’s Pearls.

=8.= =I Don’t Know How.= By the Author of “The Gates Ajar.”

=9.= =Sayings and Doings of Children.= By the Rev. J. B. SMITH.

=10.= =Tiny.= By ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.

=11.= =Tiny’s Sunday Night.= By ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.

=12.= =The Orphan Boy=; or, From Peasant to Prince.

=13.= =Tom, Tom, the Printer’s Son=: A Boy’s Story. Related by Himself.

=14.= =Only a Dandelion.= By the Author of “Stepping Heavenward.”

=15.= =Follow Me.= By the Author of “Stepping Heavenward.”

=16.= =New Year’s Bargain.=

=17.= =In the Beginning=; or, From Eden to Canaan.

=18.= =Conquerors and Captives=; or, From David to Daniel.

=19.= =The Star of Promise=; or, From Bethlehem to Calvary.

=20.= =History of the Robins.= By Mrs. TRIMMER. Coloured Front.

=21.= =Hymns for Infant Minds.= By ANN and JANE TAYLOR.

=22.= =Rhymes for the Nursery.= By the same.

=23.= =Little Susy’s Six Birthdays.= By Mrs. E. PRENTISS.

=24.= =Little Susy’s Little Servants.= By the same.

=25.= =Little Susy’s Six Teachers.= By the same.

The Hans Andersen Story Books for the Young:--

Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, 1_s._

1. THE CHRISTMAS TREE. 2. THE GARDEN OF PARADISE. 3. THE WILLOW TREE. 4. THE SILENT BOOK. 5. THE LITTLE MERMAID. 6. THE SILVER SHILLING. 7. THE SNOW QUEEN. 8. THE ICE MAIDEN. 9. LITTLE IDA’S FLOWERS. 10. LITTLE TUK. 11. WHAT THE MOON SAW.

=Child’s First Book of Natural History.= Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth, 1_s._

=Easy Steps for Little Learners.= Many Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, 1_s._

_Published by Ward, Lock, and Co._

Transcriber’s Notes:

1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected silently.

2. Where hyphenation is in doubt, it has been retained as in the original.

3. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have been retained as in the original.

4. Italics are shown as _xxx_.

5. Bold print is shown as =xxx=.