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BURT'S HOME LIBRARY
Comprising three hundred and sixty-five titles of standard works, embracing fiction, essays, poetry, history, travel, etc., selected from the world's best literature, written by authors of world-wide reputation. Printed from large type on good paper, and bound in handsome uniform cloth binding.
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- Abbe Constantin. By Ludovic Halevy.
- Abbot, The. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Adam Bede. By George Eliot.
- Æsop's Fables.
- Alhambra, The. By Washington Irving.
- Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. By Lewis Carroll.
- Alice Lorraine. By R. D. Blackmore.
- All Sorts and Conditions of Men. By Besant and Rice.
- Amiel's Journal. Translated by Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
- Andersen's Fairy Tales.
- Anne of Geierstein. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Antiquary, The. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Arabian Nights Entertainments.
- Ardath. By Marie Corelli.
- Armadale. By Wilkie Collins.
- Armorel of Lyonesse. By Walter Besant.
- Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeam. By Mrs. Brassey.
- Arundel Motto. By Mary Cecil Hay.
- At the Back of the North Wind. By George Macdonald.
- Attic Philosopher. By Émile Souvestre.
- Auld Licht Idylls. By James M. Barrie.
- Aunt Diana. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Aurelian. By William Ware.
- Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
- Averil. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Bacon's Essays. By Francis Bacon.
- Barbara Heathcote's Trial. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Barnaby Rudge. By Charles Dickens.
- Barrack-Room Ballads. By Rudyard Kipling.
- Betrothed, The. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Black Beauty. By Anna Sewell.
- Black Dwarf, The. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Bleak House. By Charles Dickens.
- Bondman, The. By Hall Caine.
- Bride of Lammermoor. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Bride of the Nile, The. By George Ebers.
- Browning's Poems. (Selections.) By Robert Browning.
- Bryant's Poems. (Early.) By William Cullen Bryant.
- Burgomaster's Wife, The. By George Ebers.
- Burns' Poems. By Robert Burns.
- By Order of the King. By Victor Hugo.
- California and Oregon Trail. By Francis Parkman, Jr.
- Cast Up by the Sea. By Sir Samuel Baker.
- Caxtons, The. By Bulwer-Lytton.
- Chandos. By "Ouida."
- Charles Auchester. By E. Berger.
- Character. By Samuel Smiles.
- Charles O'Malley. By Charles Lever.
- Children of the Abbey. By Regina Maria Roche.
- Children of Gibeon. By Walter Besant.
- Child's History of England. By Charles Dickens.
- Christmas Stories. By Charles Dickens.
- Clara Vaughan. By R. D. Blackmore.
- Cloister and the Hearth. By Charles Reade.
- Complete Angler. By Walton and Cotton.
- Confessions of an Opium Eater. By Thomas De Quincey.
- Consuelo. By George Sand.
- Corinne. By Madame De Stael.
- Countess Gisela, The. By E. Marlitt.
- Countess of Rudolstadt. By George Sand.
- Count Robert of Paris. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Cousin Pons. By Honoré De Balzac.
- Cradock Nowell. By R. D. Blackmore.
- Cranford. By Mrs. Gaskell.
- Cripps the Carrier. By R. D. Blackmore.
- Crown of Wild Olive, The. By John Ruskin.
- Daniel Deronda. By George Eliot.
- Data of Ethics. By Herbert Spencer.
- Daughter of an Empress, The. By Louisa Muhlbach.
- Daughter of Heth, A. By William Black.
- David Copperfield. By Charles Dickens.
- Days of Bruce. By Grace Aguilar.
- Deemster, The. By Hall Caine.
- Deerslayer, The. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Descent of Man. By Charles Darwin.
- Dick Sand; or, A Captain at Fifteen. By Jules Verne.
- Discourses of Epictetus. Translated by George Long.
- Divine Comedy, The. (Dante.) Translated by Rev. H. F. Carey.
- Dombey & Son. By Charles Dickens.
- Donal Grant. By George Macdonald.
- Donovan. By Edna Lyall.
- Dove in the Eagle's Nest. By Charlotte M. Yonge.
- Dream Life. By Ik Marvel.
- Duty. By Samuel Smiles.
- Early Days of Christianity. By F. W. Farrar.
- East Lynne. By Mrs. Henry Wood.
- Education. By Herbert Spencer.
- Egoist, The. By George Meredith.
- Egyptian Princess, An. By George Ebers.
- Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon. By Jules Verne.
- Emerson's Essays. (Complete.) By Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- Emperor, The. By George Ebers.
- Essays of Elia. By Charles Lamb.
- Esther. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Executor, The. By Mrs. Alexander.
- Fair Maid of Perth. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Fairy Land of Science. By Arabella B. Buckley.
- Far from the Madding Crowd. By Thomas Hardy.
- Faust. (Goethe.) Translated by Anna Swanwick.
- Felix Holt. By George Eliot.
- Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. By E. S. Creasy.
- File No. 113. By Émile Gaboriau.
- Firm of Girdlestone. By A. Conan Doyle.
- First Principles. By Herbert Spencer.
- First Violin. By Jessie Fothergill.
- For Faith and Freedom. By Walter Besant.
- Fortunes of Nigel. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Fragments of Science. By John Tyndall.
- Frederick the Great and His Court. By Louisa Muhlbach.
- French Revolution. By Thos. Carlyle.
- From the Earth to the Moon. By Jules Verne.
- Goethe and Schiller. By Louisa Muhlbach.
- Gold Bug, The, and Other Tales. By Edgar A. Poe.
- Gold Elsie. By E. Marlitt.
- Good Luck. By E. Werner.
- Grandfather's Chair. By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Great Expectations. By Chas. Dickens.
- Great Taboo, The. By Grant Allen.
- Great Treason, A. By Mary Hoppus.
- Greek Heroes. Fairy Tales for My Children. By Charles Kingsley.
- Green Mountain Boys, The. By D. P. Thompson.
- Grimm's Household Tales. By the Brothers Grimm.
- Grimm's Popular Tales. By the Brothers Grimm.
- Gulliver's Travels. By Dean Swift.
- Guy Mannering. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Handy Andy. By Samuel Lover.
- Hardy Norseman, A. By Edna Lyall.
- Harold. By Bulwer-Lytton.
- Harry Lorrequer. By Charles Lever.
- Heart of Midlothian. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Heir of Redclyffe. By Charlotte M. Yonge.
- Henry Esmond. By Wm. M. Thackeray.
- Her Dearest Foe. By Mrs. Alexander.
- Heriot's Choice. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Heroes and Hero Worship. By Thomas Carlyle.
- History of a Crime. By Victor Hugo.
- History of Civilization in Europe. By Guizot.
- Holy Roman Empire. By James Bryce.
- Homo Sum. By George Ebers.
- House of the Seven Gables. By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Hunchback of Notre Dame. By Victor Hugo.
- Hypatia. By Charles Kingsley.
- Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. By Jerome K. Jerome.
- Iliad, The. Pope's Translation.
- Initials, The. By the Baroness Tautphoeus.
- In the Counselor's House. By E. Marlitt.
- In the Golden Days. By Edna Lyall.
- In the Schillingscourt. By E. Marlitt.
- It Is Never Too Late to Mend. By Charles Reade.
- Ivanhoe. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Jack's Courtship. By W. Clark Russell.
- Jack Hinton. By Charles Lever.
- Jane Eyre. By Charlotte Bronte.
- John Halifax, Gentleman. By Miss Mulock.
- Joshua. By George Ebers.
- Kenilworth. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Kidnapped. By R. L. Stevenson.
- Kit and Kitty. By R. D. Blackmore.
- Kith and Kin. By Jessie Fothergill.
- Knickerbocker's History of New York. By Washington Irving.
- Knight Errant. By Edna Lyall.
- Koran, The. Translated by George Sale.
- Lamplighter, The. By Maria S. Cummins.
- Lady with the Rubies. By E. Marlitt.
- Last Days of Pompeii. By Bulwer-Lytton.
- Last of the Barons. By Bulwer-Lytton.
- Last of the Mohicans. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Lena Rivers. By Mary J. Holmes.
- Life of Christ. By Frederic W. Farrar.
- Light of Asia, The. By Sir Edwin Arnold.
- Light That Failed, The. By Rudyard Kipling.
- Little Dorrit. By Charles Dickens.
- Longfellow's Poems. (Early.)
- Lorna Doone. By R. D. Blackmore.
- Louise de la Vallière. By Alexandre Dumas.
- Love Me Little, Love Me Long, By Charles Reade.
- Lover or Friend? By Rosa N. Carey.
- Lucile. By Owen Meredith.
- Maid of Sker. By R. D. Blackmore.
- Makers of Florence. By Mrs. Oliphant.
- Makers of Venice. By Mrs. Oliphant.
- Man and Wife. By Wilkie Collins.
- Man in the Iron Mask. By Alexandre Dumas.
- Marquis of Lossie. By George Macdonald.
- Martin Chuzzlewit. By Charles Dickens.
- Mary Anerley. By R. D. Blackmore.
- Mary St. John. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Master of Ballantrae, The. By R. L. Stevenson.
- Masterman Ready. By Captain Marryat.
- Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Translated by George Long.
- Merle's Crusade. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Micah Clarke. By A. Conan Doyle.
- Michael Strogoff. By Jules Verne.
- Middlemarch. By George Eliot.
- Midshipman Easy. By Captain Marryat.
- Mill on the Floss. By George Eliot.
- Milton's Poems. By John Milton.
- Mine Own People. By Rudyard Kipling.
- Molly Bawn. By "The Duchess."
- Monastery, The. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Moonstone, The. By Wilkie Collins.
- Mosses from an Old Manse. By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Mysterious Island, The. By Jules Verne.
- Natural Law in the Spiritual World. By Henry Drummond.
- Nellie's Memories. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Newcomes, The. By William M. Thackeray.
- Nicholas Nickleby. By Charles Dickens.
- Ninety-Three. By Victor Hugo.
- No Name. By Wilkie Collins.
- Not Like Other Girls. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Odyssey, The. Pope's Translation.
- Old Curiosity Shop. By Charles Dickens.
- Old Mam'selle's Secret. By E. Marlitt.
- Old Mortality. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Old Myddleton's Money. By Mary Cecil Hay.
- Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens.
- Only a Word. By George Ebers.
- Only the Governess. By Rosa N. Carey.
- On the Heights. By Berthold Auerbach.
- Origin of Species. By Charles Darwin.
- Other Worlds Than Ours. By Richard Proctor.
- Our Bessie. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Our Mutual Friend. By Charles Dickens.
- Pair of Blue Eyes, A. By Thos. Hardy.
- Past and Present. By Thomas Carlyle.
- Pathfinder, The. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Pendennis. By William M. Thackeray.
- Pere Goriot. By Honoré de Balzac.
- Peveril of the Peak. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Phantom Rickshaw, The. By Rudyard Kipling.
- Phra, the Phoenician. By Edwin L. Arnold.
- Picciola. By X. B. Saintine.
- Pickwick Papers. By Charles Dickens.
- Pilgrim's Progress. By John Bunyan.
- Pilot, The. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Pioneers, The. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Pirate, The. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Plain Tales from the Hills. By Rudyard Kipling.
- Prairie, The. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Pride and Prejudice. By Jane Austen.
- Prime Minister, The. By Anthony Trollope.
- Prince of the House of David. By Rev. J. H. Ingraham.
- Princess of the Moor. By E. Marlitt.
- Princess of Thule, A. By William Black.
- Professor, The. By Charlotte Bronté.
- Prue and I. By George William Curtis.
- Queen Hortense. By Louisa Muhlbach.
- Queenie's Whim. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Quentin Durward. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Redgauntlet. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Red Rover. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Reign of Law. By Duke of Argyle.
- Reveries of a Bachelor. By Ik Marvel.
- Rhoda Fleming. By George Meredith.
- Rienzi. By Bulwer-Lytton.
- Robert Ord's Atonement. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Robinson Crusoe. By Daniel Defoe.
- Rob Roy. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Romance of Two Worlds. By Marie Corelli.
- Romola. By George Eliot.
- Rory O'More. By Samuel Lover.
- Saint Michael. By E. Werner.
- Schonberg-Cotta Family. By Mrs. Andrew Charles.
- Sartor Resartus. By Thomas Carlyle.
- Scarlet Letter, The. By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Schopenhauer's Essays. Translated by T. B. Saunders.
- Scottish Chiefs. By Jane Porter.
- Scott's Poems. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Search for Basil Lyndhurst. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Second Wife, The. By E. Marlitt.
- Seekers After God. By F. W. Farrar.
- Self-Help. By Samuel Smiles.
- Sense and Sensibility. By Jane Austen.
- Sesame and Lilies. By John Ruskin.
- Seven Lamps of Architecture. By John Ruskin.
- Shadow of a Crime. By Hal Caine.
- Shadow of the Sword. By Robert Buchanan.
- Shirley. By Charlotte Bronté.
- Silas Marner. By George Eliot.
- Silence of Dean Maitland. By Maxwell Grey.
- Sin of Joost Avelingh. By Maarten Maartens.
- Sir Gibble. By George Macdonald.
- Sketch Book, The. By Washington Irving.
- Social Departure, A. By Sarah Jeannette Duncan.
- Soldiers, Three, etc. By Rudyard Kipling.
- Son of Hagar, A. By Hall Caine.
- Springhaven. By R. D. Blackmore.
- Spy, The. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Story of an African Farm. By Olive Schreiner.
- Story of John G. Paton. Told for Young Folks. By Rev. James Paton.
- Strathmore. By "Ouida."
- St. Ronan's Well. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Study in Scarlet, A. By A. Conan Doyle.
- Surgeon's Daughter, The. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Swiss Family Robinson. By Jean Rudolph Wyss.
- Tale of Two Cities. By Charles Dickens.
- Tales from Shakespeare. By Charles and Mary Lamb.
- Talisman, The. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Tanglewood Tales. By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Tempest and Sunshine. By Mary J. Holmes.
- Tempest Tossed. By Theodore Tilton.
- Ten Nights in a Barroom. By T. S. Arthur.
- Tennyson's Poems. By Alfred Tennyson.
- Ten Years Later. By Alexandre Dumas.
- Terrible Temptation, A. By Charles Reade.
- Thaddeus of Warsaw. By Jane Porter.
- Thelma. By Marie Corelli.
- Thirty Years' War. By Frederick Schiller.
- Thousand Miles Up the Nile. By Amelia B. Edwards.
- Three Guardsmen. By Alexandre Dumas.
- Three Men in a Boat. By Jerome K. Jerome.
- Thrift. By Samuel Smiles.
- Toilers of the Sea. By Victor Hugo.
- Tom Brown at Oxford. By Thomas Hughes.
- Tom Brown's School Days. By Thomas Hughes.
- Tom Burke of "Ours." By Charles Lever.
- Tom Cringle's Log. By Michael Scott.
- Tour of the World in Eighty Days, A. By Jules Verne.
- Treasure Island. By Robert Louis Stevenson.
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. By Jules Verne.
- Twenty Years After. By Alexandre Dumas.
- Twice Told Tales. By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Two Admirals. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Two Years Before the Mast. By R. H. Dana, Jr.
- Uarda. By George Ebers.
- Uncle Max. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Uncle Tom's Cabin. By Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- Undine and Other Tales. By De La Motte Fouqué.
- Unity of Nature. By Duke of Argyle.
- Vanity Fair. By Wm. M. Thackeray.
- Vendetta. By Marie Corelli.
- Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith.
- Vicomte de Bragelonne. By Alexander Dumas.
- Villette. By Charlotte Bronté.
- Virginians, The. By Wm. M. Thackeray.
- Water Babies, The. By Charles Kingsley.
- Water Witch, The. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Waverley. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Wee Wifie. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Westward Ho! By Charles Kingsley.
- We Two. By Edna Lyall.
- What's Mine's Mine. By George MacDonald.
- When a Man's Single. By J. M. Barrie.
- White Company, The. By A. Conan Doyle.
- Whittier's Poems. (Early).
- Wide, Wide World. By Susan Warner.
- Widow Lerouge, The. By Émile Gaboriau.
- Window in Thrums. By J. M. Barrie.
- Wing and Wing. By James Fenimore Cooper.
- Woman in White, The. By Wilkie Collins.
- Won by Waiting. By Edna Lyall.
- Wonder Book, A. For Boys and Girls. By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Woodstock. By Sir Walter Scott.
- Wooed and Married. By Rosa N. Carey.
- Wooing O't. By Mrs. Alexander.
- World Went Very Well Then, The. By Walter Besant.
- Wormwood. By Marie Corelli.
- Wreck of the Grosvenor, The. By W. Clark Russell.
- Zenobia. By William Ware.
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