Anonymous — Remarkable Adventures from Real Life

London, Published at the Leisure Hour Office, c1877 . Cloth. A delightful volume of short stories and non-fiction essays for Victorian era children, in the exceptionally bright publisher's cloth. With an illustrated frontispiece.A charming volume featuring a wealth of short adventure tales, and short excerpts on various thrilling non-fiction topics, including famous explorers and accounts of exotic travel.The publisher notes that "the papers composing this book have appeared in various volumes of 'The Leisure Hour' and 'Sunday at Home'".With a St James' Sunday Schools prize bookplate, dated 1879, awarding this work to Henry Day, to the front pastedown.Undated; dated c1877 via WorldCat. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally lovely. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, though a touch strained in places. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .