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1st Prize 9 Paternofter already overcrowded BAND OF HOPE better Bible Bookfeller C. L. BALFOUR carbonic acid gas Christian CLEAN AND TIDY cleanliness CLOTH comfort condition costermongers cultivation of flowers district domestic donkey Earl of Shaftesbury Edition EIGHT ENGRAVINGS evils exhibition exhibitor's possession exhibitors experiment Fifth Thousand FIVE ENGRAVINGS flower show FOUR ENGRAVINGS fuchsias gardens of Russell geranium gilt edges grow habits handbills ILLUSTRATED IMPROVE THE HOMES improved dwellings induce inhabitants inmates inspection J. H. WILSON JOHN GILBERT Kindness to Animals large number lessons Little Coram Street living London poor love of flowers model houses Mothers narrative neighbourhood number of persons oxygen parish Paternofter Row Penny philanthropist pleasure PRINCE CONSORT proved racter Ragged School recreation registered plants rent result Russell Square S. W. PARTRIDGE sanitary schemes shillings Sixpence social improvement story taste TIDY ROOMS tion week whole window workhouse Workmen's Club young
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Page 61 - Were I, O God ! in churchless lands remaining, Far from all voice of teachers and divines, My soul would find in flowers of thy ordaining, Priests, sermons, shrines ! EXERCISE CXXXL THE BESIEGED CASTLE.
Page 12 - Cloth. A MOTHER'S STORIES FOR HER CHILDREN. By the late Mrs. Carus Wilson. Cloth.
Page 11 - We cordially recommend this simple, touching, and eloquent biographical sketch of the best and most beloved of Princes and of men. It is written in a manly, Christian spirit. . . . We will only say, that to all who love our widowed Queen, and all who mourn her best friend and guide, this memoir will be a treasure.
Page 27 - GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy- works...
Page 28 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Page 12 - Nieces,' we may add our commendation of the cheap journal (the British Workman) in which the ftory firft appeared ; in its getting up, and in the written matter of its columns, it is excellent.
Page 27 - Our outward life requires them not — Then wherefore had they birth ? — To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth ; To comfort man — to whisper hope, Whene'er his faith is dim, For who so careth for the flowers Will much more care for him ! Mary Howitt.
Page 29 - Wilson, MA, and is supposed to be the oldest juvenile Periodical extant. It is now issued in an enlarged form, with numerous illustrations. All the back Numbers of the New Series may be had.
Page 17 - Heart discovered. This valuable little book is commended to the notice of parents who are seeking' to impress Bible principles on the minds of their children. Sixpence the Packet of Forty -eight. Illustrated. LITTLE TRACTS FOR LITTLE FOLKS. The Greek Testament.— The Apple War. — A Kind-hearted Boy. — Mind the Door.—" No, I will not figfht !"— " God bless you, my little Fellow !" — How to raise Funds for the May Meetings.
Page 20 - History of a Shilling. By Mrs. CL Balfour. "The book is remarkably brilliant and exciting, while it bears with great force on drunkennefs. It will be read with delight by young perfons, and can hardly fail to exercife a very happy influence in preferving fobriety.