Prize Temperance Tales.
ONE HUNDRED POUND PRIZE TALE.
Frank Oldfield; or, Lost and Found. By the Rev. T. P. WILSON, M.A. With Five Engravings. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
An interesting prize temperance tale; the scene partly in Lancashire, partly in Australia.
ONE HUNDRED POUND PRIZE TALE.
Sought and Saved. By M. A. PAULL, Author of “Tim’s Troubles; or, Tried and True.” With Six Engravings. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
A prize temperance tale for the young. With illustrative engravings.
ONE HUNDRED POUND PRIZE TALE.
Through Storm to Sunshine. By WILLIAM J. LACEY, Author of “A Life’s Motto,” “The Captain’s Plot,” etc. With Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth extra. 3s. 6d.
This interesting tale was selected by the Band of Hope Union last year, from among thirty-seven others, as worthy of the £100 prize. It now forms a beautiful volume, with six good illustrations.
FIFTY POUND PRIZE TALE.
Tim’s Troubles; or, Tried and True. By M. A. PAULL. With Five Engravings. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
A prize temperance tale for young persons, the hero an Irish boy, who owes everything in after life to having joined a Band of Hope in boyhood.
FIFTY POUND PRIZE TALE.
Lionel Franklin’s Victory. By E. VAN SOMMER. With Six Engravings. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
An interesting prize temperance tale for the young, with illustrative engravings.
SEVENTY POUND PRIZE TALE.
The Naresborough Victory. A Story in Five Parts. By the Rev. T. KEYWORTH, Author of “Dick the Newsboy,” “Green and Grey,” etc., etc. With Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth extra. 2s. 6d.
“In construction the story is good, in style it is excellent, and it is certain to be a general favourite.”—MANCHESTER EXAMINER.
“Attractive in its incidents and forcible in its lessons.”—LIVERPOOL ALBION.
SPECIAL PRIZE TALE.
Owen’s Hobby; or, Strength in Weakness. A Tale. By ELMER BURLEIGH. Illustrated. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 2s. 6d.
Replete with touching, often saddening and frequently amusing incidents.
SPECIAL PRIZE TALE.
Every-Day Doings. By HELLENA RICHARDSON. With Six Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 2s. 6d.
A prize temperance tale, “written for an earnest purpose,” and consisting almost entirely of facts.
By Uphill Paths; or, Waiting and Winning. A Story of Work to be Done. By E. VAN SOMMER, Author of “Lionel Franklin’s Victory.” Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 2s. 6d.
True to His Colours; or, The Life that Wears Best. By the Rev. T. P. WILSON, M.A., Vicar of Pavenham, Author of “Frank Oldfield,” etc. With Six Engravings. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d.
An interesting tale—the scene laid in England—illustrating the influence over others for good of one consistent Christian man and temperance advocate.
Books on Bible Subjects, etc.
The Plants of the Bible. By JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR, M.A., M.D., F.R.SS.L. & E., F.L.S., F.R.C.S.E. New and Enlarged Edition. With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant. Price 5s.
A beautiful and enlarged new edition of a work most valuable for Scripture students and teachers. The botanical illustrations are numerous and perfect.
The Psalms Illustrated from Scripture. Being the Book of Psalms with Illustrative Scripture Passages, forming a Collection of nearly 2,000 Texts, Doctrinal, Devotional, and Descriptive. With Introduction by the Rev. HORATIUS BONAR, D.D. 32mo, cloth extra, gilt edges. 2s.
Spencer’s Pastor’s Sketches; or, Conversations with Anxious Inquirers respecting the Way of Salvation. By I. S. SPENCER, D.D., New York. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s.
A Christian Home: How to Make, and how to Maintain it. By the Rev. JOHN HALL, D.D., New York. Post 8vo, cloth extra. 1s.
“The effort has been to produce a truthful and useful rather than a learned or brilliant book.”—EXTRACT FROM PREFACE.
Morning and Evening Sacrifice. By the Rev. JAMES SMITH. Red Lines. Royal 18mo, cloth. 1s.
Our Father and Comforter; or, God the Portion of His People. By the late Rev. JAMES SMITH, Cheltenham. Red Lines. Royal 18mo, cloth. Price 1s.
Welcome to Jesus. By the late Rev. JAMES SMITH, Cheltenham. Red Lines. Royal 18mo, cloth. Price 1s.
The Shorter Catechism. With Proofs, Analyses, and Illustrative Anecdotes, etc. For Teachers and Parents. By the Rev. ROBT. STEEL, D.D. Crown 8vo, cloth, red edges. Price 2s. 6d.
“Here is a book for teachers and parents—a compendium of truth put in the form of question and answer; with proofs from Scripture, analyses, and well-told anecdotes. Those who read this book will do well; those who use it will do better.”—CHRISTIAN TREASURY.
Paterson on the Shorter Catechism. 18mo, cloth. Price 1s. 6d.
This complete exposition of the “Shorter Catechism” is in itself a brief yet comprehensive System of Theology, explicit and practical in style. A most valuable help to the Bible student.
Paley’s Horæ Paulinæ. With Introduction, Notes, and Questions, by WILLIAM BINNIE, D.D. Post 8vo, cloth. Price 1s.
Clarke’s Scripture Promises, Under their Proper Heads. 32mo, cloth extra. Price 1s.
⁂ This was the favourite edition of the late General Gordon—the edition which, according to his sister, Miss Gordon, “he always used and gave away;” and of which, “before leaving England for Khartoum, he presented a copy to each member of the Cabinet.”—See “Sketch of Gordon,” by Barnes and Brown.
Clarke’s Scripture Promises, Under their Proper Heads. 18mo, cloth, gilt edges. Price 1s. 6d.
The Believer’s Triumph; or, No Condemnation in Christ and No Separation from Christ. By the late Rev. JAMES SMITH, Cheltenham. Carmine Borders round the Pages. 32mo, cloth. Price 1s.
Sacra Privata. By Rev. Bishop WILSON. Red Line Edition. 32mo, cloth. Price 1s.
Illuminated Gift-Books, etc.
Thoughts for Sunrise. Daily Morning Texts and Morning Hymns. Beautifully Illuminated. Ribbon Style. Gilt edges. 1s.
“Illuminated by L. M. W. with much taste and skill.... Quite admirably produced, and printed in colours and gold.”—MAGAZINE OF ART.
Thoughts for Sunset. A Book for Eventide. Beautifully Illuminated by L. M. W. Ribbon Style. Gilt edges. Price 1s.
“A dainty little book. The texts of Scripture are delicately illuminated by L. M. W., and the illustrative poetical selections have been judiciously gathered from a wide area.”—CHRISTIAN WORLD.
Thoughts of Heaven, our Home Above. Beautifully Illuminated. Ribbon Style. Gilt edges. 1s.
“Cannot be praised too highly for its artistic excellence.”—SCOTSMAN.
For Eventide. Beautifully Illuminated with Texts and Hymns for Eight Weeks. Edited by H. L. L. Richly gilt. Price 1s.
“It is a little gem in its way; pleasing to the eye by its appearance, and pleasing to the heart by its contents.”—FOOTSTEPS OF TRUTH.
⁂ This Series is also kept bound in cloth extra, price 1s. 6d.; Paste grain padded, price 2s. 6d.; and in German calf, price 3s. 6d.
Glad Tidings for Pilgrims Zionward. With 12 Beautiful Illuminations and Hymns. Oblong, cloth extra, gilt edges. 1s. 6d.
This elegant little gift book contains twelve beautiful floral cards with texts of Scripture, and on each opposite page a suitable hymn.
Eastern Manners and Customs. Selected Passages from “THE LAND AND THE BOOK.” With 12 Chromo-Lithograph Illustrations. Oblong, cloth extra, gilt edges. Price 1s. 6d.
The Feast of Sacrifice and the Feast of Remembrance; or, The Origin and Teaching of the Lord’s Supper. With an Introductory Preface by the LORD BISHOP OF RIPON. Cloth, red edges. Price 1s.
The Evening Hymn. By the late Rev. J. D. BURNS of Hampstead. With Carmine Borders round the Pages. Royal 18mo, cloth. 1s.
Contains a hymn and a prayer for the evenings of a month.
Within the Gates; or, Glimpses of the Heavenly Jerusalem. By the late Rev. J. D. BURNS. Carmine Borders round the Pages. Royal 18mo, cloth. Price 1s.
Keble’s Christian Year. Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy-days throughout the Year. 18mo, red lines, cloth extra. 1s.
Daily Bible Readings for the Lord’s Household: Intended for the Family Circle or the Closet. By the late Rev. JAMES SMITH. 24mo, cloth extra, gilt edges. Price 1s. 6d.
A book for family worship or for private reading. It comprises a text followed by a short exposition and a verse of a hymn for every day in the year.