jd. 3d. 3s. & 5s. FOURTEENTH YEAR OF ISSUE. CHATTERBOX Published every Saturday, price One Halfpenny, THIS Magazine for Youth has already obtained a very large circulation, and bas proved its attractiveness to the class for which it was mainly conceived, by making its way into the windows of the small publication shops in the poorest neighbourhoods of our large towns. As it is known that Boys and Girls are the chief purchasers of vicious cheap literature, it is hoped that "Chatterbox" will do good by absorbing the halfpence which would otherwise be invested in unwholesome serials; and, therefore, its promoters venture to request the Clergy, Sunday and Day School Teachers, District Visitors, and others, to introduce it to their booksellers, and to commend "Chatterbox" to children under their influence. The following Volumes of "Chatterbox" are still to be had :— CHATTERBOX for 1879 contains :-"Mammon Worship: a Story of the Gold Country," "Paul Proudman,” “Our Wild Birds," and other Stories, Poems, &c. Coloured Frontispiece, "The Finishing Touch." CHATTERBOX for 1878 contains:-"Cyril the Foundling" (the £20 Prize Story), "Honour Bright; or, The Four-leaved Shamrock,' Stories about American Indians," "Natural Scenes," and other Stories, Poems, &c. Coloured Frontispiece, "The Christmas Hamper." CHATTERBOX for 1877 contains:-"Two Blackbirds (the £50 CHATTERBOX for 1876 contains:-"All's Well!" "Halt!" "The Two Old Friends," The Sisters," An Emigration Story," and other Stories, Poems, &c. Coloured Frontispiece, "Too Hot!" CHATTERBOX for 1875 contains:-"A Sailor's Family," "Clyst CHATTERBOX for 1874 contains:-"Arno and Stephen," "Changes 66 CHATTERBOX for 1873 contains:-"The Union Jacks," The CHATTERBOX for 1872 contains:- -"Hardy and Foolhardy" and "Larry's Luck," "Roundwood," and "Adèle's Secret." Illustrated Papers on "Common Fruits of the Earth," by H. G. ADAMS, and other Stories, Poems, &c. Coloured Frontispiece, "Bogie." "CHATTERBOX is one of the best children's books we have seen."-The Times. London: WELLS Gardner, DARTON & Co., Paternoster Buildings. CHURCH BELLS. A WEEKLY PAPER FOR CHURCH-FOLK. WITH A PORTRAIT OR OTHER PICTURE IN EACH NUMBER. Published every Saturday, price One Penny. The following have given their co-operation :— BISHOP OF LICHFIELD. BISHOP OF BEDFORD. PREBENDARY AINSLIE. REV. EVAN DANIEL. REV. H. T. ELLACOMBE. REV. F. S. MAY. REV. G. S. OUTRAM. REV. W. H. RIDLEY. REV. SIR L. T. STAMER, BART., REV. G. VENABLES, Great Yarmouth. REV. W. ALLEN WHITWORTH. CONTENTS. 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