I will remain in my kingdom for a while, and see every thing strange that there is in it. In the mean time, dear Young Folks, I bid you good-by, promising that, should you like to hear more of the country I have explored, I will, in another year, bring you back to the strange land where you and I have had so many adventures together.
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ABBOTT'S SCIENCE FOR THE YOUNG. Science for the Young. By Jacob Abbott.
HEAT. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
LIGHT. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
WATER AND LAND. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
FORCE. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.BOOKS FOR GIRLS. Written or Edited by the Author of "John Halifax." Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, 90 cents each.
LITTLE SUNSHINE'S HOLIDAY. By the Author of "John Halifax."
THE COUSIN FROM INDIA. By Georgiana M. Craik.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
IS IT TRUE? Tales, Curious and Wonderful, collected by the Author of "John Halifax."
AN ONLY SISTER. Translated from the French of Madame De Witt, née Guizot.DU CHAILLU'S BOOKS OF AFRICAN TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE FOR THE YOUNG. Fully Illustrated. 5 Vols., in Box, $7 50.
STORIES OF THE GORILLA COUNTRY. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
WILD LIFE UNDER THE EQUATOR. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
LOST IN THE JUNGLE. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
MY APINGI KINGDOM. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
THE COUNTRY OF THE DWARFS. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.PUSS-CAT MEW, and other New Fairy Stories for my Children. By E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 25.
LABOULAYE'S FAIRY BOOK. Fairy Tales of all Nations. By Edouard Laboulaye. Translated by Mary L. Booth. Elegantly Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00; gilt, $2 50.
MACÉ'S FAIRY TALES. Home Fairy Tales (Contes du Petit Château). By Jean Macé. Translated by Mary L. Booth. With Engravings. 12mo, Cloth, Beveled Edges, $1 75; gilt, $2 25.
MISS MULOCK'S FAIRY BOOK. The best Popular Fairy Stories selected and rendered anew. Engravings. 16mo, Cloth, $1 50; gilt, $2 00.
FAIRY BOOK ILLUSTRATED. Containing Twelve New Stories, expressly Translated for this Work. With 81 fine Engravings by Adams. 16mo, Cloth, $1 50; gilt, $2 00.
THE ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE, as told to my Child. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, 90 cents.
GLADSTONE'S LIFE OF FARADAY. Michael Faraday. By J. H. Gladstone, Ph.D., F.R.S. 16mo, Cloth, 90 cents.
BOURNE'S LONDON MERCHANTS. Famous London Merchants. A Book for Boys. By H. R. Fox Bourne. With Portrait of George Peabody and 24 Illustrations. 16mo, Cloth, $1.
ABBOTT'S ROMANCE OF SPANISH HISTORY. The Romance of Spanish History. By John S. C. Abbott. With Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00.
ABBOTT'S FRANCONIA STORIES. Illustrations. Complete in 10 vols., 16mo, Cloth, 90 cents each. The volumes may be obtained separately; or complete, in neat case, $9 00:
Malleville.—Mary Bell.—Ellen Linn.—Wallace.—Beechnut.—Stuyvesant.—Agnes.—Mary Erskine.—Rodolphus.—Caroline.
ABBOTT'S LITTLE LEARNER SERIES. Harper's Picture-Books for the Nursery. Illustrated. In 5 vols., 90 cents each. The volumes complete in themselves, and sold separately; or the Set complete, in case, for $4 50:
Learning to Talk.—Learning to Think.—Learning to Read.—Learning about Common Things.—Learning about Right and Wrong.
ABBOTT'S MARCO PAUL'S VOYAGES AND TRAVELS IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. Illustrated. Complete in 6 vols., 16mo, Cloth, 90 cents each. The Volumes may be obtained separately; or complete, in neat case, for $5 40:
In New York.—On the Erie Canal.—In the Forests of Maine.—In Vermont.—In Boston.—At the Springfield Armory.
ABBOTT'S STORIES OF RAINBOW AND LUCKY. Illustrated. 5 vols., 16mo, Cloth, 90 cents per vol. The volumes may be obtained separately; or complete, in neat case, for $4 50:
Hardie.—Rainbow's Journey.—Selling Lucky.—Up the River.—The Three Pines.
ABBOTTS' ILLUSTRATED HISTORIES. Illustrated with numerous Engravings. 16mo, Cloth, $1 00 per vol. The volumes may be obtained separately; or the Set complete, in box, for $32 00:
Cyrus the Great.—Darius the Great.—Xerxes.—Alexander the Great.—Romulus.—Hannibal.—Pyrrhus.—Julius Caesar.—Cleopatra.—Nero.—Alfred the Great.—William the Conqueror.—Richard I.—Richard II.—Richard III.—Mary Queen of Scots.—Queen Elizabeth.—Charles I.—Charles II.—Josephine.—Marie Antoinette.—Madame Roland.—Henry IV.—Margaret of Anjou.—Peter the Great.—Genghis Khan.—King Philip.—Hernando Cortez.—Joseph Bonaparte.—Queen Hortense.—Louis XIV.—Louis Philippe.
THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE AND HIS TRAVELLING CLOAK. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated. Square 16mo, Cloth, $1 00.
ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST. By Lucien Biart. Edited and Adapted by Parker Gillmore. With 117 Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75.
AIKIN'S EVENINGS AT HOME; or, The Juvenile Budget Opened. By Dr. Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld. With 34 Engravings by Adams. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Charles Dickens. 2 vols., 16mo, Cloth, $1 50.
A CHILD'S HISTORY OF THE UNITÉD STATES. By John Bonner. 3 vols., 16mo, Cloth, $3 75.
A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ROME. By John Bonner. With Illustrations. 2 vols., 16mo, Cloth, $2 50.
A CHILD'S HISTORY OF GREECE. By John Bonner. With Illustrations. 2 vols., 16mo, Cloth, $2 50.
BAKER'S CAST UP BY THE SEA. Cast Up by the Sea. A Book for Young People. By Sir Samuel Baker. With numerous Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, 75 cents.
MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY. By Lady Belcher. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
EDGAR'S BOYHOOD OF GREAT MEN. With Illustrations. 16mo, Cloth, $1 20.
EDGAR'S FOOTPRINTS OF FAMOUS MEN. With Illustrations. 16mo, Cloth, $1 20.
EDGAR'S HISTORY FOR BOYS; or, Annals of the Nations of Modern Europe. Illustrations. 16mo, Cloth, $1 20.
EDGAR'S SEA-KINGS AND NAVAL HEROES. A Book for Boys. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, $1 20.
EDGAR'S WARS OF THE ROSES. Illustrations. 16mo, Cloth, $1 20.
REID'S ODD PEOPLE. Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Men. By Captain Mayne Reid. Illustrations. 16mo, Cloth, 75 cents.
MISS MULOCK'S OUR YEAR. A Child's Book in Prose and Verse. Illustrated by Clarence Dobell. 16mo, Cloth, Gilt Edges, $1 00.
CHILDREN'S PICTURE-BOOKS. Square 4to, about 300 pages each, beautifully printed on Tinted Paper, with many Illustrations by Weir, Steinle, Overbeck, Veit, Schnorr, Harvey, and others. Bound in Cloth, Gilt, $1 50 a volume; or the Series complete, in neat case, $7 50:
The Children's Bible Picture-Book.—The Children's Picture Fable-Book.—The Children's Picture-Book of Quadrupeds and other Mammalia.—The Children's Picture-Book of the Sagacity of Animals.—The Children's Picture-Book of Birds.
HARPER'S BOYS' AND GIRLS' LIBRARY. 32 Volumes. Engravings. 18mo, Cloth. Sold separately at 75 cts. a volume:
Lives of the Apostles and Early Martyrs.—The Swiss Family Robinson, 2 vols.—Sunday Evenings, comprising Scripture Stories, 3 vols.—Mrs. Hofland's Son of a Genius.—Thatcher's Indian Traits, 2 vols.—Thatcher's Tales of the American Revolution.—Miss Eliza Robins's Tales from American History, 3 vols.—Mrs. Hofland's Young Crusoe; or, The Shipwrecked Boy.—Perils of the Sea.—Lives of Distinguished Females.—Mrs. Phelps's Caroline Westerley.—Mrs. Hughs's Ornaments Discovered.—The Clergyman's Orphan; the Infidel Reclaimed.—Uncle Philip's Natural History.—Uncle Philip's Evidences of Christianity.—Uncle Philip's History of Virginia.—Uncle Philip's American Forest.—Uncle Philip's History of New York, 2 vols.—Uncle Philip's Whale Fishery and the Polar Sea, 2 vols.—Uncle Philip's History of the Lost Colonies of Greenland.—Uncle Philip's History of Massachusetts, 2 vols.—Uncle Philip's History of New Hampshire, 2 vols.
HARPER'S STORY BOOKS. Narratives, Biographies, and Tales for the Young. By Jacob Abbott. With more than 1000 beautiful Engravings.
"Harper's Story Books" can be obtained complete in Twelve Volumes, each one containing Three Stories, at the price of $21 00; or in Thirty-six Thin Volumes, each containing One Story, at the price of $32 40. The volumes sold separately, the large ones at $1 75 each, the others at 90 cents each.
Volume I.—Bruno; Willie and the Mortgage; The StraitGate.
" II.—The Little Louvre; Prank; Emma.
" III.—Virginia; Timboo and Joliba; Timboo and Fanny.
" IV.—The Harper Establishment; Franklin; The Studio.
" V.—The Story of Ancient History; The Story of English History; The Story of American History.
" VI.—John True; Elfred; The Museum.
" VII.—The Engineer; Rambles among the Alps; The Three Gold Dollars.
" VIII.—The Gibraltar Gallery; The Alcove; Dialogues.
" IX.—The Great Elm; Aunt Margaret; Vernon.
" X.—Carl and Jocko; Lapstone; Orkney the Peacemaker.
" XI.—Judge Justin; Minigo; Jasper.
" XII.—Congo; Viola; Little Paul.Some of the Story Books are written particularly for Girls, and some for Boys; and the different volumes are adapted to various ages, so that the Series forms a complete Library of Story Books for Children of the Family and the Sunday-School.