AUTHOR OF "HOMES WITHOUT HANDS,"
"COMMON OBJECTS OF THE SEA-SHORE AND COUNTRY," ETC.

WITH ONE HUNDRED NEW DESIGNS BY W. F. KEYL, T. W. WOOD, AND E. A. SMITH.

ENGRAVED BY G. PEARSON.

NEW EDITION.

LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
1883.
/p p


LONDON:
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.


PREFACE.