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    I5o 4 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 6,ts...

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    may each case has been translated , from the French , ) , B . Stawell , Ball , M . A ., and Richard Whiteing . Cassell ' 4 Picture Story Books' are well adap / ted to WV / take / the */»» w » fancy awuvj of - »—^ ¦ leand — - — .

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    we company cannot , but admire the dexterity with which y the any stories have been written to accompany , the wood-blocks . Tflie titles of these volumes take a fanciful form , such as * Little Talks , '

    character * Tiny 1 The Tales Quiver of , its ' ' tBri contents has ght long S . tars The possessed , ' ' Nursery numbers a Toys hi for gh 1888 , ' reputation & c . having < fec . now for the been interestin gathered g into and one ' wholesome volume , elegantland stron K # lboundpresent K ^ ab an t extremel ^^^ d attractive appe »—¦ ^ ¦ arance ¦ ¦ . The pfedomina — -

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    also popular Preachers included tnen ' cl , . i of Among the attent day ion the , being many article considered of s the the most . series The prominent on volume ¦* Great , and is especially noticeable as being the means of imparting , through

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1888, page 1504, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121888/page/10/