The World's Fair: Or, Children's prize gift book of the Great Exhibition of 1851 : describing the beautiful inventions and manufactures exhibited therein : with pretty stories about the people who have made and sent them : and how they live when at home.Anonymous
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The World's Fair: Or, Children's prize gift book of the Great Exhibition of 1851 : describing the beautiful inventions and manufactures exhibited therein : with pretty stories about the people who have made and sent them : and how they live when at home.
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Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) -- Juvenile literature
STORIES OF THE ELEMENTS:
Or, the Old Man and his Four Servants; Volcanoes and Earthquakes; the
Volcanic Island, and the Indian Family.
By MRS. BAKER. With six pages of engravings printed in tint, 1s. 6d.
cloth, lettered, with richly coloured frontispiece;--or, 1s. sewed,
with plain frontispiece.
SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY; BY THE REV. J. YOUNG, A.M. A pleasing
description of the nature and habits of the most interesting and
wonderful of the Works of God, as exhibited in Creation, and recorded
in Scripture.
With numerous engravings, and eight pages of tinted illustrations; 2s.
6d. handsomely bound in cloth, gilt edges and sides.
THE ORPHAN CAPTIVE; OR, CHRISTIAN ENDURANCE; a Tale of the Shipwreck
and Captivity of an Ambassador's Daughter. By Miss J. Strickland.
With seven pages of elegant plates, 1s. sewed, or 1s. 6d. cloth.
SCRIPTURE PARABLES, in EASY VERSE, for CHILDREN; WITH AN EXPLANATION
OF EACH PARABLE, IN PROSE.
By the Author of Ruth and Naomi,--the Widow's Cruise of Oil,--Isaac
and Rebekah, &c. Illustrated with eight pages of beautiful plates, and
twenty engravings on wood.
1s. 6d. cloth lettered, with richly coloured frontispiece; or, 1s.
sewed, in fancy covers, with plain frontispiece.
TALES OF SPRING FLOWERS AND SUMMER BLOSSOMS; FOR THE YOUNG AND GOOD:
About Snow-drops,--the Wall-flower,--and Cowslips and Primroses.
With six pages of illustrations, 1s. sewed--or 1s. 6d. bound in cloth,
lettered, and coloured frontispiece.
MORE TALES OF SPRING FLOWERS AND SUMMER BLOSSOMS; FOR THE YOUNG AND
GOOD: About Hare Bells,--the Bee Orchis,--White Violets,--Water
Lilies,--Wild Roses,--and Wood Anemonies.
With six pages of illustrations, 1s. sewed;--or 1s. 6d. in cloth,
lettered, and coloured frontispiece.
THE TWO PARTS, elegantly bound in one handsome volume, gilt edges,
with eleven pages of tinted illustrations, 2s. 6d.
THE VILLAGE SCHOOL: WITH THE HISTORY, AND WHAT BECAME OF, SOME OF ITS
SCHOLARS.
1s. 6d. cloth, with many engravings, and richly coloured frontispiece;
or, 1s. sewed, with plain frontispiece.
THE WIDOW AND ORPHANS; OR, CHANGES OF LIFE. BY THE REV. J. YOUNG, M.A.
Author of Perils of Paul Percival, Scripture Natural History, &c.
With seven pages of plates, and vignette title, 1s. sewed; or 1s. 6d.
bound in cloth, with richly coloured frontispiece.
LITTLE STORIES ABOUT PRETTY LITTLE BIRDS. BY THE AUTHOR OF KEEPER'S
TRAVELS, &c.
With seven pages of plates, and vignette title, 1s. sewed; or, with
coloured frontispiece, 1s. 6d. bound in cloth.
LITTLE TALES FOR THE NURSERY; AMUSING AND INSTRUCTIVE. By the Author
of 'Sketches of Little Girls,' 'Little Boys,' &c. With many
illustrations.
1s. 6d. cloth lettered, and richly coloured
frontispiece; or, 1s. sewed, with plain frontispiece.
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