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Transcriber’s Notes:

This book catalogue for W. & R. Chambers, Limited, was extracted from
Mary Louisa Molesworth, _Hoodie_, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London and
Edinburgh, 1897.

Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_), and text
enclosed by equal signs is in bold (=bold=).

Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end.

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=MEG LANGHOLME=, or the Day after To-morrow. By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author
of _Philippa_, _Olivia_, _Blanche_, _Carrots_, _Imogen_, &c. With eight
Illustrations by W. Rainey. =5/=

  Mrs Molesworth with her usual charm of manner, and easy natural
  grace, traces the development of Meg Langholme from early girlhood
  to young womanhood, with her friends and companions in the home of
  Bray Weald, where she is like an adopted daughter, until mysterious
  warnings bode the disaster of her life; for certain reasons she is
  kidnapped and concealed until cleverly rescued, and happily married
  to a lifelong friend then home from India.

=VINCE THE REBEL=, or the Sanctuary in the Bog. By GEORGE MANVILLE
FENN, author of _The Black Tor_, _Roy Royland_, _Diamond Dyke_, _The
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  Relates the troubles at Mere Abbey, a fine South-of-England mansion,
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=WILD KITTY.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Catalina_, &c. With eight
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  Mrs Meade again gives a picture of school-girl life, in which many
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  ‘A charming love-tale.’--_Westminster Review._

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[Illustration: All my senses were now concentrating into the one
maddening desire to reach shelter and safety. _From_ MEG LANGHOLME, _by
Mrs Molesworth; price 5s._ PAGE 222.]

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=BETTY=: a School Girl. By L. T. MEADE. With eight Illustrations by
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=WESTERN STORIES.= By WILLIAM ATKINSON. With Frontispiece. =5/=

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[Illustration: Sol sat staring straight at Wat with his mouth open.
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Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =5/=

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=HOODIE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With seventeen Illustrations by Lewis
Baumer. =3/6=

  The story, very simply and naturally told, is of a rather naughty
  little girl who at first has a mistaken idea that she is out of
  favour with everybody, but who gets brought to a better mind by an
  illness. The little heroine displays great character.

=THE ‘ROVER’S’ QUEST=: a Story of Foam, Fire, and Fight. By HUGH ST
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FYVIE MAYO (Edward Garrett), author of _Occupations of a Retired
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=YOUNG DENYS=: a Story of the Days of Napoleon. By ELEANOR C. PRICE,
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=A SOLDIER OF THE LEGION=: a Romance. By DAVID LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author
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Illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. =3/6=

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  truthfully.’--_Birmingham Gazette._

  ‘Crowded with adventure and excitement.’--_Black and White._

=TWO BOY TRAMPS.= By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, author of _Bert Lloyd’s
Boyhood_, _Fergus Mactavish_, &c. With six Illustrations by H. Sandham.
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  ‘An uncommonly good tale.’--_School Board Chronicle._

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=THE BLUE BALLOON=: a Tale of the Shenandoah Valley. By REGINALD
HORSLEY. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=

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=THE WIZARD KING=: a Story of the Last Moslem Invasion of Europe. By
DAVID KER. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=

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=THE REBEL COMMODORE= (Paul Jones); being Memoirs of the Earlier
Adventures of Sir Ascott Dalrymple. By D. LAWSON JOHNSTONE. With six
Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6=

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[Illustration: ‘My land, William, I’ve got the drop on you.’ _From_
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=THE WHITE KAID OF THE ATLAS.= By J. MACLAREN COBBAN. With six
Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=

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  late and the present Sultan both figure.... A very pleasant book to
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=THE YELLOW GOD=: a Tale of some Strange Adventures. By REGINALD
HORSLEY. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=

  ‘Admirably designed, and set forth with life-like force.... A
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=PRISONER AMONG PIRATES.= By DAVID KER, author of _Cossack and Czar_,
_The Wild Horseman of the Pampas_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S.
Stacey. =3/6=

  ‘A singularly good story, calculated to encourage what is noble and
  manly in boys.’--_Athenæum._

=JOSIAH MASON: A BIOGRAPHY.= With Sketches of the History of the Steel
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=FOUR ON AN ISLAND=: a Story of Adventure. By L. T. MEADE, author of
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Illustrations by W. Rainey. =3/6=

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=IN THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN PLUME=: a Tale of Adventure. By DAVID
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=THE DINGO BOYS=; or the Squatters of Wallaby Range. By GEORGE MANVILLE
FENN, author of _The Rajah of Dah_, _In the King’s Name_, &c. With six
original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=

=THE CHILDREN OF WILTON CHASE.= By L. T. MEADE, author of _Four on an
Island_, _Scamp and I_, &c. With six Illustrations by Everard Hopkins.
=3/6=

  ‘Both entertaining and instructive.’--_Spectator._

=THE PARADISE OF THE NORTH=: a Story of Discovery and Adventure around
the Pole. By D. LAWSON JOHNSTONE, author of _Richard Tregellas_, _The
Mountain Kingdom_, &c. With fifteen Illustrations by W. Boucher. =3/6=

  ‘Marked by a Verne-like fertility of fancy.’--_Saturday Review._

=THE RAJAH OF DAH.= By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, author of _In the King’s
Name_, &c. With six Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. =3/6=




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=ELSIE’S MAGICIAN.= By FRED WHISHAW, author of _Boris the Bear Hunter_,
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  alienated for many years to the sorrow and misfortune of both.

=THE ROMANCE OF COMMERCE.= By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, LL.B., B.A. With
fifteen Illustrations. =2/6=

  ‘Sure to fascinate young lads fond of tales of adventure and
  daring.’--_Evening News._

=ABIGAIL TEMPLETON=; or Brave Efforts. A Story of To-day. By
EMMA MARSHALL, author of _Under Salisbury Spire_, &c. With four
Illustrations by J. Finnemore. =2/6=

  ‘A bright and happy narrative.... Told with great
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=THE ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY AND INVENTION.= Selected by ROBERT COCHRANE,
editor of _Great Thinkers and Workers_, _Beneficent and Useful Lives_,
_Adventure and Adventurers_, _Recent Travel and Adventure_, _Good
and Great Women_, _Heroic Lives_, &c. With 34 process and woodcut
Illustrations. =2/6=

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=THROUGH THICK AND THIN=: The Story of a School Campaign. By ANDREW
HOME, author of _From Fag to Monitor_, _Disturbers of the Peace_, &c.
With four Illustrations by W. Rainey. =2/6=

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=PLAYMATES=: A Story for Boys and Girls. By L. T. MEADE. With six
Illustrations by G. Nicolet. =2/6=

  ‘The charm of Mrs Meade’s stories for children is well sustained in
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=OUTSKERRY=: The Story of an Island. By HELEN WATERS. With four
Illustrations by R. Burns. =2/6=

  ‘The diversion provided is varied beyond expectation (and indeed
  belief). We read of an “Arabian Night’s Entertainment,” but here is
  enough for an Arctic night.’--_The Times._

[Illustration: ‘There’ll be more than one dead corpse amongst you afore
you can say knife, mark me!’ _From_ THE ‘ROVER’S’ QUEST, _by Hugh St
Leger; price 3s. 6d._ Page 91.]

=WHITE TURRETS.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH, author of _Carrots_, _Olivia_, &c.
With four Illustrations by W. Rainey. =2/6=

  ‘A charming story.... A capital antidote to the unrest that inspires
  young folks that seek for some great thing to do, while the great
  thing for them is at their hand and at their home.’--_Scotsman._

=HUGH MELVILLE’S QUEST=: a Boy’s Adventures in the Days of the Armada.
By F. M. HOLMES. With four Illustrations by W. Boucher. =2/6=

  ‘A refreshing, stirring story ... and one sure to delight young boys
  and young girls too.’--_Spectator._

=ELOCUTION=, a Book for Reciters and Readers. Edited by R. C. H.
MORISON. =2/6=

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  ‘One of the best books of its kind in the English
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=VANISHED=, or the Strange Adventures of Arthur Hawkesleigh. By DAVID
KER. Illustrated by W. Boucher. =2/6=

  ‘It must be ranked high amongst its kind.’--_Spectator._

  ‘A quite entrancing tale of adventure.’--_Athenæum._

=THISTLE AND ROSE.= By AMY WALTON. Illustrated by Robert Barnes. =2/6=

  ‘Is as desirable a present to make to a girl as any one could
  wish.’--_Sheffield Daily Telegraph._

=ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS=; being True Tales of Daring, Peril, and
Heroism. With Illustrations. =2/6=

  ‘The narratives are as fascinating as fiction.’--_British Weekly._

=BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY=: a Story of Three Homes. By AMY WALTON, author
of _White Lilac_, _A Pair of Clogs_, &c. With four Illustrations by
Robert Barnes. =2/6=

=OUT OF REACH=: a Story. By ESMÈ STUART, author of _Through the Flood_,
_A Little Brown Girl_, &c. With four Illustrations by Robert Barnes.
=2/6=

  ‘The story is a very good one, and the book can be recommended for
  girls’ reading.’--_Standard._

=IMOGEN=, or Only Eighteen. By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With four Illustrations
by H. A. Bone. =2/6=

  ‘The book is an extremely clever one.’--_Daily Chronicle._

  ‘A readable and very pretty story.’--_Black and White._

=THE LOST TRADER=, or the Mystery of the _Lombardy_. By HENRY FRITH,
author of _The Cruise of the ‘Wasp,’_ _The Log of the ‘Bombastes,’_ &c.
With four Illustrations by W. Boucher. =2/6=

  ‘Mr Frith writes good sea-stories, and this is the best of them that
  we have read.’--_Academy._

=BASIL WOOLLCOMBE, MIDSHIPMAN.= By ARTHUR LEE KNIGHT, author of _The
Adventures of a Midshipmite_, &c. With Frontispiece by W. S. Stacey,
and other Illustrations. =2/6=

=THE NEXT-DOOR HOUSE.= By Mrs MOLESWORTH. With six Illustrations by W.
Hatherell. =2/6=

  ‘I venture to predict for it as loving a welcome as that received by
  the inimitable _Carrots_.’--_Manchester Courier._

=COSSACK AND CZAR.= By DAVID KER, author of _The Boy Slave in Bokhara_,
_The Wild Horseman of the Pampas_, &c. With original Illustrations by
W. S. Stacey. =2/6=

  ‘There is not an uninteresting line in it.’--_Spectator._

=THROUGH THE FLOOD=, the Story of an Out-of-the-way Place. By ESMÈ
STUART. With Illustrations. =2/6=

  ‘A bright story of two girls, and shows how goodness rather than
  beauty in a face can heal old strifes.’--_Friendly Leaves._

=WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.= By Mrs O’REILLY, author of _Joan and Jerry_,
_Phœbe’s Fortunes_, &c. With four Illustrations by H. A. Bone. =2/6=

  ‘A delightfully natural and attractive story.’--_Journal of
  Education._

=ROSE AND LAVENDER.= By the author of _Laddie_, _Miss Toosey’s
Mission_, &c. With four original Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. =2/6=

  ‘A brightly-written tale, the characters in which, taken from humble
  life, are sketched with lifelike naturalness.’--_Manchester Examiner._

=JOAN AND JERRY.= By Mrs O’REILLY, author of _Sussex Stories_, &c. With
four original Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone. =2/6=

  ‘An unusually satisfactory story for girls.’--_Manchester Guardian._

=THE YOUNG RANCHMEN=, or Perils of Pioneering in the Wild West. By
CHARLES R. KENYON. With four original Illustrations by W. S. Stacey,
and other Illustrations. =2/6=

=MEMOIR OF WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS.= With Autobiographic
Reminiscences of William Chambers, and Supplemental Chapter. 15th
edition. With Portraits and Illustrations. 2/6

=POPULAR RHYMES OF SCOTLAND.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. =2/6=

=TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. _New Edition._ With
Illustrations. 2/6

=GOOD AND GREAT WOMEN=: a Book for Girls. Comprises brief lives of
Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Mrs
Beecher-Stowe, Jenny Lind, Charlotte Brontë, Mrs Hemans, Dorothy
Pattison. Numerous Illustrations. =2/6=

  ‘A brightly written volume, full to the brim of interesting and
  instructive matter; and either as reader, reward, or library book, is
  equally suitable.’--_Teachers’ Aid._

=LIVES OF LEADING NATURALISTS.= By H. ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, Professor of
Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. Illustrated. =2/6=

  ‘Popular and interesting by the skilful manner in which notices of
  the lives of distinguished naturalists, from John Ray and Francis
  Willoughby to Charles Darwin, are interwoven with the methodical
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=HISTORY OF THE REBELLION OF 1745-6.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS. _New
Edition_, with Index and Illustrations. 2/6

  ‘There is not to be found anywhere a better account of the events of
  ’45 than that given here.’--_Newcastle Chronicle._

=BENEFICENT AND USEFUL LIVES.= Comprising Lord Shaftesbury, George
Peabody, Andrew Carnegie, Walter Besant, Samuel Morley, Sir James
Y. Simpson, Dr Arnold of Rugby, &c. By R. COCHRANE. With numerous
Illustrations. =2/6=

  ‘Nothing could be better than the author’s selection of facts setting
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=GREAT THINKERS AND WORKERS=; being the Lives of Thomas Carlyle,
Lord Armstrong, Lord Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Sir Titus Salt,
W. M. Thackeray, Sir Henry Bessemer, John Ruskin, James Nasmyth,
Charles Kingsley, Builders of the Forth Bridge, &c. With numerous
Illustrations. =2/6=

  ‘One of the most fitting presents for a thoughtful boy that we have
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=RECENT TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.= Comprising Stanley and the Congo,
Lieutenant Greely, Joseph Thomson, Livingstone, Lady Brassey, Vambéry,
Burton, &c. Illustrated. Cloth. =2/6=

  ‘It is wonderful how much that is of absorbing interest has been
  packed into this small volume.’--_Scotsman._

=LITERARY CELEBRITIES=; being brief biographies of Wordsworth,
Campbell, Moore, Jeffrey, and Macaulay. Illustrated. =2/6=

=SONGS OF SCOTLAND= prior to Burns, with the Tunes, edited by ROBERT
CHAMBERS, LL.D. With Illustrations. =2/6=

  This volume embodies the whole of the pre-Burnsian songs of Scotland
  that possess merit and are presentable, along with the music; each
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=GREAT HISTORIC EVENTS.= The Conquest of India, Indian Mutiny, French
Revolution, the Crusades, the Conquest of Mexico, Napoleon’s Russian
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  ‘The story of their life-work is told in such a way as to teach
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=STORIES OF REMARKABLE PERSONS.= The Herschels, Mary Somerville, Sir
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Transcriber’s Notes:

Captions for illustrations have been made consistent.

Punctuation has been made consistent.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in
the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have
been corrected.