FOUR GREAT PHILANTHROPISTS: Lord Shaftesbury, George Peabody, John Howard, J. F. Oberlin. Illustrated. 2/
TWO GREAT AUTHORS. Lives of Scott and Carlyle. 2/
'Youthful readers will find these accounts of the boyhood and youth of two of the three Scotch literary giants full of interest.'--_Schoolmaster._
EMINENT ENGINEERS: Watt, Stephenson, Telford, and Brindley. 2/
'All young persons should read it, for it is in an excellent sense educational. It were devoutly to be wished that young people would take delight in such biographies.'--_Indian Engineer._
TALES OF THE GREAT AND BRAVE. By M. F. Tytler. 2/
A collection of interesting biographies and anecdotes of great men and women of history, in the style of Scott's _Tales of a Grandfather_, written by a niece of the historian of Scotland.
GREAT WARRIORS: Nelson, Wellington, Napoleon. 2/
'One of the most instructive books published this season.'--_Liverpool Mercury._
HEROIC LIVES: Livingstone, Stanley, Gordon, and Dundonald. 2/
'It would be difficult to name four other lives in which we find more enterprise, adventure, achievement.... The book is sure to please.'--_Leeds Mercury._
HEROES OF ROMANTIC ADVENTURE; being Biographical Sketches of Lord Clive, founder of British supremacy in India; Captain John Smith, founder of the colony of Virginia; the Good Knight Bayard; and Garibaldi, the Italian patriot. Illustrated. 2/
Biographical Sketches of Lord Dundonald, George Stephenson, Lord Nelson, Louis Napoleon, Captain Cook, George Washington, Sir Walter Scott, Peter the Great, &c.
LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Illustrated. 2/
'A fine example of attractive biographical writing.... A short address, "The Way to Wealth," should be read by every young man in the kingdom.'--_Teachers' Aid._
EMINENT WOMEN, and Tales for Girls. Illustrated. 2/
'The lives include those of Grace Darling, Joan of Arc, Flora Macdonald, Helen Gray, Madame Roland, and others.'--_Teachers' Aid._
TALES FROM CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL. 4 vols., each 2/
Comprise interesting short stories by James Payn, Hugh Conway, D. Christie Murray, Walter Thornbury, G. Manville Fenn, Dutton Cook, J. B. Harwood, and other popular writers.
BIOGRAPHY, EXEMPLARY AND INSTRUCTIVE. Edited by W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. 2/