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NELLIE ARUNDEL. A Tale of Home Life. With coloured ill.u.s.trations.
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[Ill.u.s.tration: "The King observed the Goose Girl comb out her hair and put it back before Conrad"s return."]
STORIES BY BRENDA. _Author of "Froggy"s Little Brother," etc._
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UNCLE STEVE"S LOCKER. With ill.u.s.trations. Large Cr. 8vo, half-bound leather, cloth sides, 3/6; cloth extra, gilt, 2/-.
"Brenda has never drawn two more charming pen and ink sketches."--_Spectator._
"An attractive story of one of the bravest and sweetest of girl-heroines."--_Sat.u.r.day Review._
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THE PILOT"S HOUSE; or, Five Little Partridges. With coloured ill.u.s.trations. Crown 8vo, cloth, extra gilt, 1/6.
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FROGGY"S LITTLE BROTHER. A Story of the East End. With coloured ill.u.s.trations. Cr. 8vo, cloth, extra gilt, 1/6; cloth, gold back, 1/-.
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A LITTLE BROWN TEAPOT. With coloured ill.u.s.trations. Cloth, extra gilt, 1/6.
"A charming story."--_Daily Express._
"A very pretty story."--_Standard._
NOTHING TO n.o.bODY. With coloured ill.u.s.trations. Cr. 8vo, cloth, extra gilt, 1/6.
"A very pretty story."--_Athenaeum._
"This work will take rank with favourite books for young people."--_Christian._
[Ill.u.s.tration: Christian and Faithful pa.s.sing through Vanity Fair.]
Messrs. JOHN F. SHAW & Co."s SPECIAL EDITIONS,
_With Ill.u.s.trations in Colour and Black and White, of the Famous Book_--
THE PILGRIM"S PROGRESS,
By JOHN BUNYAN.
Many Editions of this wonderful Book have been attempted, and we now introduce to your notice another, which for _artistic merit and general excellence_, we believe to be the best yet presented to the public at popular prices.
The Ill.u.s.trations, both coloured and in black and white, are numerous, have been prepared with the greatest care by Mr. AMBROSE DUDLEY, and have been greatly admired, so that we have every confidence that this Edition will be =universally popular=.
Great attention has been given to the type of each Edition, to ensure the most readable print possible.
Editions at all prices from ONE SHILLING upwards have been prepared.
"A splendid volume, with most artistic ill.u.s.trations."--_British Weekly._
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"A highly meritorious reproduction of the n.o.ble allegory."--_Spectator._
"We have seen nothing better than Ambrose Dudley"s coloured ill.u.s.trations in this particular line."--_English Churchman._
_The_ =5/-= _Crown Quarto Edition has been specially prepared with Thirty-two full-page Ill.u.s.trations. Of these, Sixteen are in colour and Sixteen in black and white on art paper._
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