Part 19 (1/2)

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 s.h.i.+pwreck 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._