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LAGE RECTORY. 3s. 6d.

A FAMILIAR HISTORY of BIRDS; their Nature, LIGHT IN DARKNESS; or the RECORDS of a VI
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THE VILLAGE.
THE RETIRED TRADESMAN.
THE GOOD AUNT.

THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER
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THE FAMILY AT THE HALL; or, PRIDE AND POVERTY,

THE DEAF AND DUMB BOY; a Tale: with so
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FABLES and MORAL MAXIMS. Selected by ANN
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WITHOUT insisting upon the value of Fables, in the direct business of education,
pleasure with which they are alınost universally perused by young people, and
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certain kind of instruction, cannot be denied. It, however, singularly happe that, of the numerous collections published from time to time, a large majori and particularly some which are known as School Editions of Esor's, and GAY'S, FABLES, abound in subjects and expressions, not merely repulsive fr their coarseness, but more gravely objectionable, from their anti-social, and

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TALES AND STORIES from HISTORY.

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THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON;
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1. COUSIN KATE; or, the Punishment of Pride; a Tale.

2. BASIL HARLOW; or, Prodigality is not Generosity.

3. ESTHER MORE; or, Truth is Wisdom.

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