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PUBLICATIONS. TITHE FAMILY HEEALD : A Domest •*■ Magazine of Useful Infonaatiea auc Amusement. fIUTE FAMILY HERALD, Weekly, Id. (£HB FAMILY HERALD, Monthly, 6d, TjTHE FAMILY HRRAT.n Anna* •*• Volumes, 7s Gd, f|\HE FAMILY HERALD, Complete SeU ■»• Twent/-three Volumes, £9. fIIHE FAMILY HERALD. *• All the back numbers ore In print, ax may be had by order of any Bookseller. rjIHE FAMILY HERALD. *■ Registered for transmission abroad. Tho SATURDAY REVIEW says:—"Th. • Family Herald' stands at the head both in age and popularity, of all tb' penny serials. Tho editor is tho cot fidant and confessor in every atatiot of life. Tho answers to correspondents cannot be fictitious, a romance and life history being embodied in almotf each of them." Tho ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS inreferenco to pure literature, says: "Tho 'Family Herald,' that joy tt tens of thousands of innocent Englisi households." Tho BRITISH QUARTERLY REVTEVi iiayß:—" Tho • Family Herald' is wol oonuidored, with reference to ita aims, and ia various and amusing, with t fair amount of utility intermixed. Of all these weekly aerials, we are incline*! to consider tho 'Family Herald' thi beet." Tho LITERARY GAZETTE says:—"lt must be Baid of tho ' Family Herald' i that it is tho purest reading of aT purely amusing literature." Tho BOOKSELLER says:—"For amnalnj reading, such as may be admitted to one'u household without fear of con quenccs, we may recommend the 'Family Herald. 1 You get portion* of a well-written novel, novelettes, us© ful information interspersed through out, answers to correspondents, alone worth tho money, and other mattcn. which will make readers either mot rier or wiser, or perhaps both." LEIGH HUNT, in his "Autobiography, says :—"I call out every week for bqj • Family Herald,' a penny publicatiot qualified to inform tho best of its con temporaries." LEADING and SCIENTIFIC AltxioJJHs "There is a wcll-oonsidcred leading article or essay, every week, upon som< subject of an instructive or thougMfu] character," —"British Quarterly Re view.' "The essays are excellent specimens of strong, vigorous writing,' —" Cheltenham Journal." NOVELS AND TALES.—"Ita novels and tales are quite as well written as th< best circulating library stories." — "Saturday Review." "Under thi head of the 'Story Teller,* we hav< novel and tales simpler and purer ir structure than in tho pages of thi other penny serials."—"British Quarterly Review." "Many of its tale*. if given as three-volume novels, would find their way to every reading-rooar and library in tho kingdom."—" Fly. mouth Herald." ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. - Its correspondence is great apot curious matters, and opening np for gotten treasures."—" Gloucester Chro nicle." "Tho answers to oorrespoß dents afford an insight to tho opera tions of the heart and mind of society, which cannot bo obtained elsewhere.' "Tho Welchnian." POETRY.—"There are charming verses le1. into its pages, like sunshine, to brighter them." — "British Quarterly Re view." "Its poetical contribution! are of a high character, and show that a clever supervision ia exercised ovei this interesting department of th< paper."—" Derby Telegraph." RANDOM READINGS.—"An anthologyo; stray humor, most judiciously selected. "— *' British Quarterly Review.' "Its Random Readings aro the rocog nified modern Joe Miller."— *' Brightoi Gazette." FAMILY MATTERS.—"Recipes and hi atractions in household matters, excellent in their way, are given w*te\ by week."—"British Quarterly Re view." "It contains admirable in utructiona to housekeepers, tho ch.oic* of provisions, and housekeeping generally." " Derbyshire Advertiser." TH"E REDDLER. — 'A ftrad of auwement j Ja afforded to tho home circle in iti capital riddles, puzzles, enigmas, eha- \ rades, andrebußea." —" Brighton Exa [ miner." "Tha beginner will leans considerably from ita arithmetical and mercantile questions; while the more practised will find muck to wori at in the mathematical, astronomical, nautical, and scientific questions, wit): the advantage of solutions, whici are given in extenso.—"Cambsi'igt Chronicle." London: W. Sxkvxss., 421, Strand. And may be had by order o ovenr ■ alter to OUfifl.

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 2005, 3 June 1868, Page 6

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Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 Otago Daily Times, Issue 2005, 3 June 1868, Page 6

Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 Otago Daily Times, Issue 2005, 3 June 1868, Page 6