The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
Part 4
=The Student's History of Greece.=--A history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman Conquest. With supplementary chapters on the history of literature and art. By Wm. Smith, LL.D. Illustrations. 12mo, cloth. Price =2.00=
=The Student's History of Rome.=--A history of Rome, from the earliest times to the establishment of the empire, With chapters on the history of literature and art. By H. G. Liddell, D.D., Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. Illustrations, 12mo, cloth. Price =2.00=
=The Student's Gibbon.=--A history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. By Edward Gibbon. Abridged. Incorporating the researches of recent commentators. By Wm. Smith, LL.D. Illustrations. 12mo, cloth. Price =2.00=
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=An Elegant Photograph Album.=--Price =2.00=
=What will the Weather be To-morrow?=--=Pool's Signal Service Barometer and Thermometer combined.= Fortells correctly any change in the weather, 12 to 24 hours in advance. Endorsed by the most eminent Professors and Scientific men as the best Weather indicator in the World. Warranted perfect and Reliable. Price =2.00=
=The Florence Bronze Skate.= It has the best combination of clamps and straps for fastening to the boot ever produced. The runners are of the best forged steel, and for durability and finish cannot be excelled.
Send length of Boot when ordering.
Price =2.00=
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=A Stereoscope.=--With 6 views. Price, =$2.00=
=Nursery Alphabet Spelling Blocks.=--This set contains twenty-eight flat blocks, three inches wide and five inches long. Put up in cherry boxes, sliding covers, and handsome varnished label. Price =2.00=
=Rubber Foot-Ball.=--Price =1.75=
=Six Silver Plated Tea-Spoons.=--Price =2.00=
=A Gold Ring=--plain or engraved. Price =2.00=
=A Silver Napkin Ring=--new and elegant design. Price =2.00=
=Silver Fruit Knife and Nut Pick=--extra heavy. Price =2.00=
=A Silver Cup=--heavily plated. A very desirable gift. Price =2.00=
=A Gold Pen and Pen-Holder.=--Price =2.00=
=Knife, Fork, and Spoon.=--Price =2.00=
=Goody Two Shoes Spelling Blocks.=--These are flat blocks, one and three-quarter inches long and one and a quarter inch wide. Price. =2.00=
=A Lady's Portmonnaie.=--Fine morocco, with trimmings and clasp. Price =2.00=
=A Family Tool Chest.=--Price =2.00=
=Pocket Knife.=--Three blades. Finest cutlery. Price =2.00=
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=Jig or Fret Saw, with Fuller's Patent Attachment.=--By the aid of Fuller's Attachment the little Jig or Fret Saw can be made to execute more satisfactory work with less labor and time and less breakage of saw-blades. It renders sawing very easy and simple. It will also produce, easily, the new work Marquetry, or inlaid work, of the finest description, which, without the aid of this attachment, would be impossible. It is very simple in construction, and durable, and affords both amusement and profit to old and young of both sexes. Price =2.50=
=A Complete Set of Mathematical Instruments.=--In a rosewood box, with lock and key. Price =2.50=
=A Gold-Plated Neck-Chain.=--Very handsome. New style. Price =2.50=
=Six Tea-Spoons.=--Extra silver plated. =2.50=
=Gold-Tipped Rubber Pencil.=--Beautiful pattern. Price =2.50=
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=American Jack Straws.=--Two qualities. Price No. 1 =.60= No. 2 =.30=
A new game of history. Very instructive. Price =.60=
=Donnybrook Fair.=--A very amusing game, with more than thirty comic illustrations. Published in handsome style. Price =.50=
=The Toy Cannon.=--The cannon is about eight inches long. Wooden balls and a set of nine pins accompany it. A very pretty toy =1.00=
=Shakespeare Characters and Quotations.=--A game of standard character, adapted for any number of players, old or young =.50=
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=The Florence Spring Skate.=--Highly polished, forged steel runners, with blued steel plates and clamps. The Clamp and Strap Spring Skate is fastened to the foot by both clamps and straps. Send length of boot when ordering. Price =3.00=
=Lyman's Chromo Blocks.=--Thoroughly waterproof. The pictures are brilliant and very beautiful
No. 1. 6 Blocks 36 Chromos =.60= No. 2. 9 " 54 " =1.00= No. 3. 16 " 96 " =1.50=
=Carpenter's Manual.=--Instructs In the use of tools and the various operations of the trade. A very complete and explicit work =.50=
=Painter's Manual.=--A complete practical guide to house and sign painting, graining, varnishing, polishing, kalsomining, papering, lettering, staining, gilding, glazing, silvering, analysis of colors, harmony, contrast, &c. =.50=
HOME COOK BOOKS.
=Mrs. Chadwick's Home Cookery.=--Containing foreign and domestic tried receipts =.50=
=Mrs. Knights' Tit-Bits=, or how to prepare a nice dish at a moderate expense =.75=
=Mrs. Cornelius's Young Housekeeper's Friend= =1.50=
=Marion Harland's Common Sense in the Household.=--A manual of Practical Housewifery =1.75=
=The Game of Bible Characters and Events.--=Price =.50=
=Bible Questions.=--A game =.25=
="Ye Hero of '76."--=The great Centennial toy. Price =.50=
=Portrait Authors.=--A game =.50=
=Avilude, or Game of Birds.=--Price, =.50=
=Ferrilude, or Game of Beasts.= =.50=
=Game of Letters.=--Price =.25=
=Totem.=--A beautiful game. Price, =.25=
=Anybody and Everybody.=--Price, =.25=
=The Game of '76, or the Eagle and the Lion.=--Price =.50=
From the use of which the names of the parts of a ship are readily learned. =1.25=
=Globes.=--Three sizes, viz.:
Three inches in diameter =1.00= Four " " =1.50= Five " " =2.50=
=Silver Napkin Ring.=--New pattern; elegant designs. Price proportionate to weight. Medium =3.00= Heavy =4.00= Extra =5.00=
=Scholar's Companion.=--A hollow, round ruler, with rubber, sponge-holder, pen, and slate and lead pencil. Price, =.30=
=Great Republic.=--A game. =1.25=
=Two Hundred Object Puzzles,= =.50=
=Webster's Dictionaries.= Unabridged Quarto Pictorial =10.00= National Pictorial =5.00= Counting-House =3.50= Academic =2.20= High School =1.25= Common School =.95= Primary =.65= Pocket Tuck =1.00=
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