"As a writer of books for boys, commend us above all men living to Captain Mayne Reid! Wherever his new book goes this new year, there will be abundant delight for hours of reading, and plenty to talk of by the evening fire. Toils and adventures, dangers, darings and sufferings are narrated in the most vivid manner--thoroughly fascinating the mind of the reader, and retaining it in fixed and eager attention till a crisis of some kind is reached. Take our word for it, boy friends, if you become Captain Mayne Reid's 'boy readers' on our recommendation, you will thank us for it with all your hearts, and praise the book more enthusiastically than we have done."--_Nonconformist._ MR. H. MAYHEW'S BOOKS OF SCIENCE FOR BOYS. =The Wonders of Science=; or, Young Humphry Davy (the Cornish Apothecary's Boy, who taught himself Natural Philosophy, and eventually became President of the Royal Society). The Life of a Wonderful Boy, written for Boys. By HENRY MAYHEW, Author of "The Peasant-Boy Philosopher," &c. With Illustrations by JOHN GILBERT. Second Edition. Fcp., 6s. cloth. "A better hero for a boy's book Mr. Mayhew could not have found, and no writer would have treated the story more successfully than he has done. We have long been in want of a 'young people's author,' and we seem to have the right man in the right place in the person of Mr. Mayhew."--_Athenaeum._ =The Story of the Peasant-Boy Philosopher=; or, "A Child gathering Pebbles on the Sea-shore." Founded on the Life of Ferguson the Shepherd-boy Astronomer, and showing how a Poor Lad made himself acquainted with the Principles of Natural Science. By HENRY MAYHEW, Author of "London Labour and the London Poor." With Eight Illustrations by JOHN GILBERT, and numerous Drawings printed in the text. Third Edition, 6s. cloth. "Told with the grace and feeling of Goldsmith, and by one who has that knowledge of science which Goldsmith lacked. It is as if Brewster and poor 'Goldy' had combined to produce this instructive and beautifully-told tale."--_Era._ MR. J. G. EDGAR'S BOOKS FOR BOYS. =The Boyhood of Great Men= as an Example to Youth. By J. G. EDGAR. With Cuts by B. FOSTER. Fourth Edition, 3s. 6d. cloth; with gilt edges, 4s. =Footprints of Famous Men=; or, Biography for Boys. By J. G. EDGAR. Cuts by FOSTER. Fourth Edition, 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. gilt edges. =Boy Princes.= By JOHN G. EDGAR. With Illustrations by GEORGE THOMAS. Fcp. 8vo, 5s. cloth. =History for Boys=; or, Annals of the Nations of Modern Europe. By J. G. EDGAR. Fcp. 8vo, with Illustrations by GEORGE THOMAS. 6s. cloth gilt. =The Boy's Own Book=: A complete Encyclopaedia of all the Diversions--Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative--of Boyhood and Youth. With several hundred Woodcuts. New Edition, greatly enlarged and improved. Handsomely bound, 8s. 6d. =The Little Boy's Own Book=, an Abridgment of "The Boy's own Book" for Little Boys. 3s. 6d. neatly bound.