Contents: Arkwright — Burke — Burns — Byron — Canning — Earl of Chatham — Adam Clarke — Clive — Captain Cook — Cowper — Crabbe — Davy — Eldon — Erskine — Fox — Franklin — Goldsmith — Earl Grey — Warren Hastings — Heber — Howard — Jenner — Sir W. Jones — Mackintosh — H. Martyn — Sir J. Moore — Nelson — Pitt — Romilly — Sir W. Scott — Sheridan — Smeaton — Watt — Marquis of Wellesley — Wilberforce — Wilkie — Wellington.
"A work which will be welcomed in any circle of intelligent young persons."—British Quarterly Review.
Home Amusements.
A Choice Collection of Riddles, Charades, Conundrums, Parlour Games, and Forfeits. By Peter Puzzlewell, Esq., of Rebus Hall. New Edition, revised and enlarged, with Frontispiece by H. K. Browne (Phiz). 16mo., 2s. 6d. cloth.
Early Days of English Princes.
By Mrs. Russell Gray. Dedicated by permission to the Duchess of Roxburgh. With Illustrations by John Franklin. Small 4to., 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges.
"Just the book for giving children some first notions of English history, as the personages it speaks about are themselves young."—Manchester Examiner.
First Steps in Scottish History,
By Miss Rodwell, Author of "First Steps to English History." With Ten Illustrations by Weigall. 16mo., 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. 6d. coloured.
"It is the first popular book in which we have seen the outlines of the early history of the Scottish tribes exhibited with anything like accuracy."—Glasgow Constitutional.