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A SELECTION FROM THE Catalogue of Books PUBLISHED BY W. P. NIMMO, HAY, & MITCh.e.l.l,
SUITABLE FOR SCHOOL PRIZES AND GENERAL PRESENTATION.
Selections from
NIMMO'S NATIONAL LIBRARY.
(_New Bindings, in Colours._)
In crown 8vo, with Steel Frontispiece and Vignette, handsomely bound, cloth extra, price 5s. each; also in full gilt side, back, and edges, price 6s. each.
1. The English Circ.u.mnavigators: The most remarkable Voyages round the World by English Sailors. (Drake, Dampier, Anson, and Cook's Voyages.) With a Preliminary Sketch of their Lives and Discoveries. Edited, with Notes, Maps, etc., by DAVID LAING PURVES and R. COCHRANE.
2. The Book of Adventure and Peril: A Record of Heroism and Endurance on Sea and Land. Compiled and Edited by CHARLES BRUCE, Editor of 'Sea Songs and Ballads.' Ill.u.s.trated.
3. The Great Triumphs of Great Men. Edited by JAMES MASON.
Ill.u.s.trated.
4. Great Historical Mutinies, comprising the Story of the Mutiny of the 'Bounty,' the Mutiny at Spithead, the Mutiny at the Nore, Mutinies in Highland Regiments, and the Indian Mutiny. By DAVID HERBERT, M.A.
5. Famous Historical Scenes from Three Centuries. Pictures of Celebrated Events from the Reformation to the end of the French Revolution. Selected from the works of Standard Authors by A. R. HOPE MONCRIEFF.
6. The English Explorers; comprising details of the more famous Travels by Mandeville, Bruce, Park, and Livingstone.
With Map, and Chapter on Arctic Exploration.
7. The Book for Every Day; containing an Inexhaustible Store of Amusing and Instructive Articles. Edited by JAMES MASON.
8. The Book of n.o.ble Englishwomen: Lives made Ill.u.s.trious by Heroism, Goodness, and Great Attainments. Edited by CHARLES BRUCE.
9. A Hundred Wonders of the World in Nature and Art, described according to the latest Authorities, and profusely Ill.u.s.trated. Edited by JOHN SMALL, M.A.
10. A Book about Travelling, Past and Present. Profusely Ill.u.s.trated. Edited by THOMAS A. CROAL.
11. Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of his Shipwreck and Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea. With a detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting events in his life, from the year 1733 to 1749. By JANE PORTER, Author of the 'Scottish Chiefs,' etc.
12. The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties. By GEORGE LILLIE CRAIK, M.A.
13. The Mothers of Great Men. By Mrs. Ellis, Author of 'The Women of England,' etc. Ill.u.s.trated by VALENTINE W.
BROMLEY.
W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitch.e.l.l's Catalogue.
_NIMMO'S 3s. 6d. UNIVERSAL GIFT BOOKS._
New and Enlarged Editions in Coloured Inks.
_Full crown 8vo, gilt edges, Ill.u.s.trated._
1. Wallace, the Hero of Scotland: A Biography. By JAMES PATERSON.
2. Life of the Duke of Wellington. By W. H. MAXWELL, Author of 'Stories of Waterloo,' etc. Revised and abridged from the larger work.
3. Life of Napoleon Buonaparte. By JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART, Author of 'Life of Sir Walter Scott,' etc. Revised and abridged from the larger work.
4. The Life of Nelson. By ROBERT SOUTHEY, LL.D. With Biography of the Author.
5. The Life of Peter the Great. By Sir JOHN BARROW, F.R.S., etc.; Author of 'The Mutiny of the Bounty,' etc.
6. Mungo Park's Life and Travels. With a Supplementary Chapter, detailing the results of recent Discovery in Africa.
7. Men of History. By Eminent Writers. Views of the world's great men, in the best words of the best authors.
8. Benjamin Franklin: A Biography. From the celebrated 'Life' by JARED SPARKS, and the more recent and extensive 'Life and Times' by JAMES PARTON.
9. Stories about Boys. By ASCOTT R. HOPE, Author of 'Stories of School Life,' 'My Schoolboy Friends,' etc.
10. Stories of Whitminster. By ASCOTT R. HOPE.
11. Wild Animals and Birds: Curious and Instructive Stories about their Habits and Sagacity.
12. Almost Faultless: A Story of the Present Day. By the Author of 'A Book for Governesses.'
13. Violet Rivers; or, Loyal to Duty. A Tale for Girls. By WINIFRED TAYLOR, Author of 'Story of Two Lives,' etc.
14. Women of History. By Eminent Writers.
15. Christian Osborne's Friends. By Mrs. HARRIET MILLER DAVIDSON, Author of 'Isobel Jardine's History.'
16. Silverton Court. A Tale. By Winifred Taylor.
17. Naomi; or, The Last Day of Jerusalem. By Mrs. J. B.
WEBB, Author of 'The Child's Commentary on St. Luke,' etc.
18. Severn-side. The Story of a Friendship. By EDITH E.
HORSMAN.
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