The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-12-01
Popular Tales, BY Maria Edgeworth.
Uih original designs bu Croome

" tpi original designs by CT00He.
CoNTENTs.-Murad the Unlucky-The Manu-
facturers-The Contrast-The Grateful Negro-To-
morrow-One VOL 16mo. Price rs cents.
"The writings of Maria Edgeworth have rarely
been approached, and none have excelled her. Her
stories natural, and told with such truth
fulness, that the reader becomes completely capt-
waited.
MORAL TALEs-By MARIA EpaEwoRrH. EN-
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'If we wished TO do young person good while
Offering amusement, TO improve the heart while
engaging the attention, and TO give him or her
little books which convey no false or distorted
tons of life-Maria Edgeworth is our author
Post.
'No series of tales have been so universally read
the Moral Tales of Maria Edgeworth. They
viii live as long as the English language is in ex-
MAMMALS BIBLE STORIES FOR HER LITTLE
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DIVINE AND MORAL SONGS, for the use Of
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Of when alone, and sing over to themselves This
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and raise young meditation. Thus they viii not
! be forced 10 seek relief for emptiness Of mind
out of the loose and dangerous sonnets Of the age"
] Extract from The Author's Preface.
! LITTLE ANNlE'S FIRST BO0K.-Chiehy in
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This little volume will commend itself as a book
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| THE BOOK OF BIRDS, intended for the amuse
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This il a companion volume TO the Book Of An.
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! Of a lasting and beneficial character"
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, A Remembrance
Of my Early Days. illustrated with eight designs.
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"This beautiful Juvenile, illustrated with the
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} The COUNTRIES OF EUROPE DESCRIBED;
I with Anecdotes and Illustrations. BY the Author
/ of"Peep Of Day. "Linc upon Line" illustrated
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perhaps no modern writer has done more good
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! LITTLE ANNIE'S SECOND BOOK, in words
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4 very interesting volume for children from six
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! CLARA'S ADJUSTMENTS.
Oh, happy childhood whose sweet fruits Of pleasure
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