The young artists: the sculptor, the engraver, the musician, the engraver, the painter. From the French

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עמוד 209 - If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
עמוד 209 - Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history, with the wisest, the wittiest, with the teuderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him.
עמוד 210 - Lydia, a Woman's Book," &c. With Eight Illustrations, from Designs by John Gilbert. CAPTAIN MARRYAT. Price 5s.
עמוד 211 - ROUT-LEDGE'S ILLUSTRATED STANDARD JUVENILE BOOKS. The greatest care has been taken in producing the present series. They have been carefully edited ; but, at the same time, no liberty has been taken with the Author's meaning, or form of expression. They are printed in a large type, on superfine paper, and illustrated in the first style of art, by HK Browne, John Gilbert, W.
עמוד 214 - THE BOY'S OWN STORY BOOK. Selected and Edited by CHAHLES KNIGHT. With numerous Illustrations by "Win. Harvey. Dedicated to HRII. the Princess Mary of Cambridge. In small post 8vo. price 7s. 6d. cloth gilt, or 8s. gilt edges. THE FAIRY TALES OF THE COUNTESS D'AULNOY. now first translated into English by J.
עמוד 210 - One of the prettiest books that has been published for a long time. The tales are quite equal, if not superior, even to those of the far-famed Hans Andersen ; and there is little doubt that they •will be generally chosen as a book for the coining holidays.
עמוד 214 - D'Aulnoy, after having delighted old and1 young for nearly two hundred years, are now, strange to say, for the first time presented to the English reader in their integrity. " This assertion may appear startling to many who are familiar with many English versions of the most popular of them ; but it is, nevertheless, a fact, a* the examination of this volume will prove.
עמוד 211 - Price 3s. 6d. cloth gilt, or 4s. gilt edges. ILD TALES FOR THE YOUNG. Newly written by PALMES, and Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. " This Volume consists of the most popular Nursery Tales in the language— newly written and illustrated,— which will, it is hoped, prove a great attraction.
עמוד 210 - With Eight beautiful Engravings by John Gilbert ; engraved by Dalziel ; and most elegantly printed in Fcap. 8vo, new type.
עמוד 214 - Extract from Preface. In fcap. 8vo. price 2s. cloth gilt, or 2s. 6d. gilt edges. STORY OF AN APPLE.

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