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The Carved Lions

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by Mrs. Molesworth


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  =Nine Years Old.= With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.00.

  =Pansie's Flour Bin.= Illustrated. $1.00.

  =When I was a Little Girl.= Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.

  =When Papa comes Home.= The Story of Tip, Tap, Toe. Illustrated. $1.25.

  =STEWART. The Tale of Troy.= Done into English by AUBREY STEWART. 16mo.$1.00.

  "We are much pleased with 'The Tale of Troy,' by Aubrey Stewart.... The Homeric legend is given in strong, simple, melodious English, which sometimes leaves one in doubt as to the distinction between poetry and prose.... While the story delights them, it will ennoble and strengthen their minds, and the form in which it is rendered will teach them that love, which, for an American, should lie deep in his heart,--the love of good English."--_Independent._

 


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