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Little Troublesome. By ISABEL HORNIBROOK.

My Lady May: and One Other Story. By HARRIET BOULTWOOD.

A Little Hero. By Mrs. MUSGRAVE.

Prince Jon's Pilgrimage. By JESSIE FLEMING.

Harold's Ambition: or, A Dream of Fame. By JENNIE PERRETT.

Sepperl the Drummer Boy. By MARY C. ROWSELL.

Aboard the Mersey. By Mrs. GEORGE CUPPLES.

A Blind Pupil. By ANNIE S. FENN.

Lost and Found. By Mrs. CARL ROTHER.

Fisherman Grim. By MARY C. ROWSELL.

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SOMETHING FOR THE VERY LITTLE ONES.

Fully Illustrated. 64 pp., cloth. Six-pence each.

Tales Easy and Small for the Youngest of All. By J. HUMPHREYS.

Old Dick Grey and Aunt Kate's Way. By J. HUMPHREYS.

Maud's Doll and Her Walk. By J. HUMPHREYS.

In Holiday Time. By J. HUMPHREYS.

Whisk and Buzz. By Mrs. A. H. GARLICK.

Little Tales for Little Folk.

By Miss W. L. ROOPER. Well Illustrated; cloth cover;
price 2_d._ each.

FRED'S RUN.
NORA'S DARK LOOK.
ELLA'S FALL.
PATTY'S WALK.
HONEST DOLLY.

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THE SIXPENNY SERIES FOR CHILDREN.

Neatly bound in cloth extra. Each contains 64 pages and an Illustration.

_NEW VOLUMES._

Mrs. Holland's Peaches. By PENELOPE LESLIE.

Marjory's White Rat. By PENELOPE LESLIE.

Grandmother's Forget-me-nots. By AIMEE DAWSON.

From over the Sea. By L. E. TIDDEMAN.

The Kitchen Cat. By AMY WALTON.

The Royal Eagle. By LOUISA THOMPSON.

Two Little Mice. By Mrs. GARLICK.

A Little Man of War. By L. E. TIDDEMAN.

Lady Daisy. By CAROLINE STEWART.

Dew. By H. MARY WILSON.

Chris's Old Violin. By J. LOCKHART.

Mischievous Jack. By A. CORKRAN.

The Twins. By L. E. TIDDEMAN.

Pet's Project. By CORA LANGTON.

The Chosen Treat. By C. WYATT.

Little Neighbours. By A. S. FENN.

Jim: A Story of Child Life. By CHRISTIAN BURKE.

Little Curiosity. By J. M. CALLWELL.

Sara the Wool-gatherer. By W. L. ROOPER.

Fairy Stories: told by PENELOPE.

A New Year's Tale. By M. A. CURRIE.

Little Mop. By Mrs. CHARLES BRAY.

The Tree Cake, and other Stories. By W. L. ROOPER.

Nurse Peggy, and Little Dog Trip.

Fanny's King. By DARLEY DALE.

Wild Marsh Marigolds. By D. DALE.

Kitty's Cousin. By HANNAH B. MACKENZIE.

Cleared at Last. By JULIA GODDARD.

Little Dolly Forbes. By ANNIE S. FENN.

A Year with Nellie. By A. S. FENN.

The Little Brown Bird.

The Maid of Domremy, and other Tales.

Little Eric: a Story of Honesty.

Uncle Ben the Whaler.

The Palace of Luxury.

The Charcoal Burner.

Willy Black: A Story of Doing Right.

The Horse and his Ways.

The Shoemaker's Present.

Lights to Walk by.

The Little Merchant.

Nicholina: A Story about an Iceberg.

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A SERIES OF FOURPENNY REWARD BOOKS.

Each 64 pages, 18mo, Illustrated, in Picture Boards.

A Start in Life. By J. LOCKHART.

Happy Childhood. By AIMEE DE VENOIX DAWSON.

Dorothy's Clock. By Do.

Toddy. By L. E. TIDDEMAN.

Stories about my Dolls. By FELICIA MELANCTHON.

Stories about my Cat Timothy.

Delia's Boots. By W. L. ROOPER.

Lost on the Rocks. By R. SCOTTER.

A Kitten's Adventures. By CAROLINE STEWART.

Climbing the Hill. By ANNIE S. SWAN.

A Year at Coverley. By ANNIE S. SWAN.

Phil Foster. By J. LOCKHART.

Papa's Birthday. By W. L. ROOPER.

The Charm Fairy. By PENELOPE.

Little Tales for Little Children. By M. A. CURRIE.

Worthy of Trust. By H. B. MACKENZIE.

Brave and True. By GREGSON GOW.

Johnnie Tupper's Temptation. Do.

Maudie and Bertie.

The Children and the Water-Lily. By JULIA GODDARD.

Poor Tom Olliver. By Do.

Fritz's Experiment. By LETITIA M'LINTOCK.

Lucy's Christmas-Box.

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BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED,
LONDON, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN.

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