Mattie:—A Stray (Vol 3 of 3)

by F. W. Robinson

A YOUNG ARTIST'S LIFE.

"This very charming story is a perfect poem in prose. Lovingly and tenderly is the career of the young artist depicted by one who apparently knew and appreciated him well. Many will recognise in the biographer a writer who has on more than one occasion found favour with the public, but never has he written more freshly, more charmingly, than in the pages of this pathetic romance of real life."—Sun.

A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THIRTEEN YEARS' SERVICE AMONGST THE WILD TRIBES OF KHONDISTAN, FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF HUMAN SACRIFICE.
By Major-General John Campbell, with Illustrations.

"Major-General Campbell's book is one of thrilling interest, and must be pronounced the most remarkable narrative of the present season."—Athenæum.

THE DESTINY OF NATIONS, as indicated in Prophecy.
By the Rev. John Cumming.

"Among the subjects expounded by Dr. Cumming in this interesting volume are The Little Horn, or, The Papacy; The Waning Crescent, Turkey; The Lost Ten Tribes; and the Future of the Jews and Judea, Africa, France, Russia, America, Great Britain, &c."—Observer. "One of the most able of Dr. Cumming's works."—Messenger.

MEMOIRS OF JANE CAMERON, FEMALE CONVICT.
By a Prison Matron, Author of "Female Life in Prison."

"This narrative, as we can well believe, is truthful in every important particular—a faithful chronicle of a woman's fall and rescue. It is a book that ought to be widely read."—Examiner. "There can be no doubt as to the interest of the book, which, moreover, is very well written."—Athenæum.

"Once or twice a-year one rises from reading a book with a sense of real gratitude to the author, and this book is one of these. There are many ways in which it has a rare value. The artistic touches in this book are worthy of De Foe."—Reader.

TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER'S WIFE IN INDIA, CHINA, AND NEW ZEALAND.
By Mrs. Muter, Wife of Lieut-Colonel D. D. Muter, 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry.

"Mrs. Muter's travels deserve to be recommended, as combining instruction and amusement in a more than ordinary degree. The work has the interest of a romance added to that of history."—Athenæum.

TRAVELS ON HORSEBACK IN MANTCHU TARTARY:
being a Summer's Ride beyond the Great Wall of China,
By George Fleming, Military Train.
With Map and 50 Illustrations.

"Mr. Fleming's narrative is a most charming one. He has an untrodden region to tell of, and he photographs it and its people and their ways. Life-like descriptions are interspersed with personal anecdotes, local legends, and stories of adventure, some of them revealing no common artistic power."—Spectator.

"Mr. Fleming has many of the best qualities of the traveller—good spirits, an excellent temper, sound sense, the faculty of observation, and a literary culture which has enlarged his sympathies with men and things. He has rendered us his debtor for much instruction and amusement. The value of his book is greatly enhanced by the illustrations, as graphic as copious and well executed, which is saying much."—Reader.

ADVENTURES AND RESEARCHES among the ANDAMAN ISLANDERS.
By Dr. Mouat, F.R.G.S., &c. with Illustrations.

"Dr. Mouat's book, whilst forming a most important and valuable contribution to ethnology, will be read with interest by the general reader."—Athenæum.

MEMOIRS OF QUEEN HORTENSE, MOTHER OF NAPOLEON III.
Cheaper Edition, in one vol.

"A biography of the beautiful and unhappy Queen, more satisfactory than any we have yet met with."—Daily News.

A LADY'S VISIT TO MANILLA & JAPAN.
By Anna D'A, with Illustration.

"This book is written in a lively, agreeable, natural style, and we cordially recommend it as containing a fund of varied information connected with the Far East, not to be found recorded in so agreeable a manner in any other volume with which we are acquainted."—Press.

THE WANDERER IN WESTERN FRANCE.
By G. T. Lowth. Esq., Author of "The Wanderer in Arabia."
Illustrated by the Hon. Eliot Yorke.

"Mr. Lowth reminds us agreeably of Washington Irving."—Athenæum.

"If Mr. Lowth's conversation is only half as good as his book, he must be a very charming acquaintance. The art of gossiping in his style, never wearying the listener, yet perpetually conveying to him valuable information, is a very rare one, and he possesses it in perfection. No one will quit his volume without feeling that he understands Brittany and La Vendée."—Spectator.

THE LAST DECADE of a GLORIOUS REIGN;
completing "THE HISTORY of HENRY IV., King of France and Navarre,"
from Original and Authentic Sources. By M. W. Freer,
with Portraits.

"The best and most comprehensive work on the reign of Henry IV. available to English readers."—Examiner.

A WINTER IN UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT.
By G. A. Hoskins, Esq., F.R.G.S.,
With Illustrations.

"An eminently interesting and attractive book, containing much valuable information. Intending Nile travellers, whether for science, health, or recreation, could not have a better companion. Mr. Hoskins's descriptions are vigorous and graphic, and have the further merit of being fresh and recent, and of presenting many striking pictures of Egypt and its people in our own days."—Herald.

GREECE AND THE GREEKS.
Being the Narrative of a Winter Residence and Summer Travel in Greece and its Islands.
By Fredrika Bremer.
Translated by Mary Howitt. 2 vols.

"The best book of travels which this charming authoress has given to the public."—Athenæum.

POINTS OF CONTACT BETWEEN SCIENCE AND ART.
By His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman.

"Cardinal Wiseman's interesting work contains suggestions of real value. It is divided into three heads, treating respectively of painting, sculpture, and architecture. The cardinal handles his subject in a most agreeable manner."—Art Journal.

HEROES, PHILOSOPHERS, AND COURTIERS of the TIME of LOUIS XVI.
2 vols.

"This work is full of amusing and interesting anecdote, and supplies many links in the great chain of events of a most remarkable period."—Examiner.

MEMOIRS OF CHRISTINA, QUEEN OF SWEDEN.
By Henry Woodhead.
2 vols, with Portrait.

"An impartial history of the life of Queen Christina and portraiture of her character are placed before the public in these valuable and interesting volumes."—Press.

LIFE AMONG CONVICTS.
By the Rev. C. B. Gibson, M.R.I.A., Chaplain in the Convict Service.
2 vols.

"All concerned in that momentous question—the treatment of our convicts—may peruse with interest and benefit the very valuable information laid before them by Mr. Gibson in the most pleasant and lucid manner possible."—Sun.

ENGLISH WOMEN OF LETTERS.
By Julia Kavanagh,
Author of "Nathalie," "Adèle," "French Women of Letters," "Queen Mab," &c.
2 vols.

HISTORY OF ENGLAND, FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES I. TO THE DISGRACE OF CHIEF JUSTICE COKE.
By Samuel Rawson Gardiner, late Student of Christchurch.
2 vols.

ITALY UNDER VICTOR EMMANUEL. A Personal Narrative.
By Count Charles Arrivabene.

"Whoever wishes to gain an insight into the Italy of the present moment, and to know what she is, what she has done, and what she has to do, should consult Count Arrivabene's ample volumes, which are written in a style singularly vivid and dramatic."—Dicken's All the Year Round.

THE PRIVATE DIARY OF RICHARD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, K.G. 3 vols.

MAN; or, THE OLD AND NEW PHILOSOPHY:
Being Notes and Facts for the Curious, with especial reference to recent writers on the subject of the Antiquity of Man.
By the Rev. B. W. Savile, M.A., 1 vol.

DRIFTWOOD, SEAWEED, AND FALLEN LEAVES.
By the Rev. John Cumming, D.D.
2 vols.

THE LIFE OF J. M. W. TURNER, R.A.,
from Original Letters and Papers furnished by his Friends, and Fellow Academicians.
By Walter Thornbury.
2 vols. with Portraits and other Illustrations.

TRAVELS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA;
with the Narrative of a Yacht Voyage round Vancouver's Island.
By Captain C. E. Barrett Lennard.
1 vol.

THE CHURCH AND THE CHURCHES; or, THE PAPACY AND THE TEMPORAL POWER.
By Dr. Döllinger.
Translated, by W. B. Mac Cabe.

THE OKAVANGO RIVER; A NARRATIVE OF TRAVEL, EXPLORATION, AND ADVENTURE.
By Charles John Andersson, Author of "Lake Ngami."
1 vol., with Portrait and numerous Illustrations.

TRAVELS IN THE REGIONS OF THE AMOOR, and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China.
By T. W. Atkinson, F.G.S., F.R.G.S., Author of "Oriental and Western Siberia."
Dedicated, by permission, to Her Majesty.
Second Edition. With Map and 88 Illustrations.

THIRTY YEARS' MUSICAL RECOLLECTIONS.
By Henry F. Chorley.
2 vols., with Portraits.

LOST AND SAVED.
By The Hon. Mrs. Norton.
Cheap Edition. Illustrated by Millais.

LODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE, CORRECTED BY THE NOBILITY, THE THIRTY-THIRD EDITION FOR 1864 IS NOW READY.
Under The Especial Patronage of her Majesty.
Published annually in One Vol.

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LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTENTS

Historical View of the Peerage.
Parliamentary Roll of the House of Lords.

English, Scotch, and Irish Peers, in their
orders of Precedence.

Alphabetical List of Peers of Great Britain
and the United Kingdom, holding superior
rank in the Scotch or Irish Peerage.

Alphabetical List of Scotch and Irish Peers,
holding superior titles in the Peerage of
Great Britain and the United Kingdom.

A Collective List of Peers, in their order of
Precedence.

Table of Precedency among Men.

Table of Precedency among Women.

The Queen and the Royal Family.

Peers of the Blood Royal.

The Peerage, alphabetically arranged.

Families of such Extinct Peers as have left
Widows or Issue.

Alphabetical List of the Surnames of all the
Peers.

The Archbishops and Bishops of England,
Ireland, and the Colonies.

The Baronetage, alphabetically arranged.

Alphabetical List of Surnames assumed by
members of Noble Families.

Alphabetical List of the Second Titles of
Peers, usually borne by their Eldest
Sons.

Alphabetical Index to the Daughters of
Dukes, Marquises, and Earls, who, having
married Commoners, retain the title
of Lady before their own Christian and
their Husbands' Surnames,

Alphabetical Index to the Daughters of
Viscounts and Barons, who, having married
Commoners, are styled Honourable
Mrs.; and, in case of the husband being
a Baronet or Knight, Honourable Lady.

Mottoes alphabetically arranged and translated.

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"A work which corrects all errors of former works. It is a most useful publication."—Times.

"As perfect a Peerage as we are ever likely to see published."—Herald.

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THE LIFE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD; from his Private Correspondence and Family Papers, in the possession of Joseph Mayer, Esq., F.S.A., and other Authentic Sources.
By Eliza Meteyard.
With fine Portraits and numerous Illustrations.

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE.
By Victor Hugo.
Authorized English Translation. 1 vol. (Now Ready.)

A JOURNEY FROM LONDON TO PERSEPOLIS—INCLUDING A SUMMER'S WANDERINGS IN THE CAUCASUS, THROUGH GEORGIA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF DAGHESTAN; with the Narrative of a Ride through Armenia and Babylonia to the Persian Gulf, returning through Persia and Asia Minor to the shores of the Black Sea.
By J. Ussher, Esq., F.R.G.S.,
with numerous beautiful Illustrations.

REMINISCENCES OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SIR GEORGE BURDETT L'ESTRANGE: a Westminster Boy, an Officer in the Peninsula, a Guardsman, Sportsman, Man of Business, and Chamberlain to Seven Viceroys of Ireland.
Written by Himself.
Dedicated, by permission, to His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
2 vols., with fine Portraits.

JOHN GRESWOLD.
By the Author of "Paul Ferrol," &c.
2 vols. (Now Ready.)

MY LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS.
By the Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley.
2 vols., with Portrait.

NOT DEAD YET.
By J. C. Jeaffreson, Author of "Live it Down," &c.
3 vols.

REMINISCENCES OF THE OPERA.
By Benjamin Lumley, Twenty Years' Director of Her Majesty's Theatre.
1 vol., with Portrait.

MATTIE: A STRAY.
By the Author of "No Church," "Owen: a Waif,"
&c. 3 vols.

BRIGANDS AND BRIGANDAGE IN SOUTHERN ITALY.
By Count Maffei.
2 vols.

A GUARDIAN ANGEL.
By the Author of "A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam," &c.
2 vols.

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ADELA CATHCART. By George MacDonald, M.A., Author of "David Elginbrod," &c. 3 vols.

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