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July, 1878.



CHATTO & WINDUS’S

List of Books.


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ON BOOKS AND BOOK-BUYERS.
By John Ruskin , LL.D.

“ I say we have despised literature; what do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses? If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad—a bibliomaniac. But you never call one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. Or, to go lower still, how much do you think the contents of the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars? What position would its expenditure on literature take as compared with its expenditure on luxurious eating? We talk of food for the mind, as of food for the body: now, a good book contains such food inexhaustible: it is provision for life, and for the best part of us; yet how long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it! Though there have been men who have pinched their stomachs and bared their backs to buy a book, whose libraries were cheaper to them, I think, in the end, than most men’s dinners are. We are few of us put to such a trial, and more the pity; for, indeed, a precious thing is all the more precious to us if it has been won by work or economy; and if public libraries were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there was good in reading as well as in munching and sparkling; whereas the very cheapness of literature is making even wiser people forget that if a book is worth reading it is worth buying. ”— Sesame and Lilies; or, King’s Treasures.

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Chatto & Windus’s
List of Books .

Square 8vo, cloth, extra gilt, gilt edges, with Coloured Frontispiece and numerous Illustrations, 10 s. 6 d.

The Art of Beauty.

By Mrs. H. R. Haweis , Author of “Chaucer for Children.” With nearly One Hundred Illustrations by the Author.

“ A most interesting book, full of valuable hints and suggestions.... If young ladies would but lend their ears for a little to Mrs. Haweis, we are quite sure that it would result in their being at once more tasteful, more happy, and more healthy than they now often are, with their false hair, high heels, tight corsets, and ever so much else of the same sort. ”— Nonconformist.

Crown 4to, containing 24 Plates beautifully printed in Colours, with descriptive Text, cloth extra, gilt, 6 s. ; illustrated boards, 3 s. 6 d.

Æsop’s Fables.

Translated into Human Nature. By C. H. Bennett .

“ For fun and frolic the new version of Æsop’s Fables must bear away the palm. There are plenty of grown-up children who like to be amused; and if this new version of old stories does not amuse them they must be very dull indeed, and their situation one much to be commiserated. ”— Morning Post.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with 639 Illustrations, 7 s. 6 d. , a New Edition (uniform with “The Englishman’s House”) of

A Handbook of Architectural Styles .

Translated from the German of A. Rosengarten by W. Collett-Sandars . With 639 Illustrations. 4

Crown 8vo, Coloured Frontispiece and Illustrations, cloth gilt, 7 s. 6 d.

A History of Advertising ,

From the Earliest Times. Illustrated by Anecdotes, Curious Specimens, and Biographical Notes of Successful Advertisers. By Henry Sampson .

“ We have here a book to be thankful for. We recommend the present volume, which takes us through antiquity, the middle ages, and the present time, illustrating all in turn by advertisements—serious, comic, roguish, or downright rascally. The volume is full of entertainment from the first page to the last. ”— Athenæum.

Crown 8vo, with Portrait and Facsimile, cloth extra, 7 s. 6 d.

Artemus Ward’s Works :

The Works of Charles Farrer Browne , better known as Artemus Ward . With Portrait, facsimile of Handwriting, &c.

“ The author combines the powers of Thackeray with those of Albert Smith. The salt is rubbed in with a native hand—one which has the gift of tickling. ”— Saturday Review.

Small 4to, green and gold, 6 s. 6 d. ; gilt edges, 7 s. 6 d.

As Pretty as Seven ,

and other Popular German Stories. Collected by Ludwig Bechstein . With Additional Tales by the Brothers Grimm , and 100 Illustrations by Richter .

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7 s. 6 d.

A Handbook of London Bankers ;

With some Account of their Predecessors, the Early Goldsmiths; together with Lists of Bankers, from 1677 to 1876. By F. G. Hilton Price .

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 9 s.

Bardsley’s Our English Surnames :

Their Sources and Significations. By Charles Wareing Bardsley , M.A. Second Edition, revised throughout, considerably enlarged, and partially rewritten.

“ Mr. Bardsley has faithfully consulted the original mediæval documents and works from which the origin and development of surnames can alone be satisfactorily traced. He has furnished a valuable contribution to the literature of surnames, and we hope to hear more of him in this field. ”— Times.

Demy 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, 18 s.

Baker’s Clouds in the East :

Travels and Adventures on the Perso-Turkoman Frontier. By Valentine Baker . With Maps and Illustrations, coloured and plain, from Original Sketches. Second Edition, revised and corrected.

“ A man who not only thinks for himself, but who has risked his life in order to gain information.... A most graphic and lively narrative of travels and adventures which have nothing of the commonplace about them. ”— Leeds Mercury. 5

Demy 8vo, illustrated, uniform in size for binding.

Henry Blackburn’s Art Handbooks :

Academy Notes , 1875.

With Forty Illustrations. 1 s.

Academy Notes , 1876.

With One Hundred and Seven Illustrations. 1 s.

Academy Notes , 1877.

With One Hundred and Forty-three Illustrations. 1 s.

Academy Notes , 1878.

With One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations. 1 s.

Grosvenor Notes , 1878.

With Sixty-eight Illustrations, 1 s. [ See end of this list. ]

Dudley Notes , 1878.

(The Water-colour Exhibition.) With Sixty-four Illusts., 1 s.

Pictures at South Kensington.

(The Raphael Cartoons, Sheepshanks Collection, &c.) With Seventy Illustrations. 1 s.

The English Pictures at the National Gallery.

With One Hundred and Fourteen Illustrations. 1 s.

The Old Masters at the National Gallery.

With One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations. 1 s. 6 d.

⁂ The two last form a complete Catalogue to the National Gallery, and may be had bound in one volume, cloth, 3 s.

Other parts in preparation.

“ Our Bank of Elegance notes are not in high credit. But our Bank of Arts notes ought to be, when the bank is Henry Blackburn’s & Co. , and the notes are his Grosvenor Gallery Notes, and his Academy Notes for 1878. Never were more unmistakable cases of “value received,” than theirs who purchase these two wonderful shillingsworths—the best aids to memory, for the collections they relate to, that have ever been produced. The Illustrations, excellent records of the pictures, in many cases from sketches by the painters, are full of spirit, and, for their scale, wonderfully effective; the remarks terse, and to the point. After Punch’s Own Guide to the Academy, and the Grosvenor, the best, he has no hesitation in saying, are Mr. Blackburn’s. ”— Punch , June 7, 1878.

UNIFORM WITH “ACADEMY NOTES.”

The Royal Scottish Academy Notes , 1878.

Containing One Hundred and Seventeen Illustrations of the Chief Works, from Drawings by the Artists. Edited by George R. Halkett . 1 s.

Notes to the Seventeenth Exhibition of the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts , 1878.

Containing 95 Illustrations, chiefly from Drawings by the Artists. Edited by George R. Halkett . 1 s.

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Folio, half-bound boards, India proofs, 21 s.

Blake (William).

Etchings from his Works. By William Bell Scott . With descriptive Text.

“ The best side of Blake’s work is given here, and makes a really attractive volume, which all can enjoy.... The etching is of the best kind, more refined and delicate than the original work. ”— Saturday Review.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with Illustrations, 7 s. 6 d.

Boccaccio’s Decameron ;

or, Ten Days’ Entertainment. Translated into English, with an Introduction by Thomas Wright , Esq., M.A., F.S.A. With Portrait, and Stothard’s beautiful Copperplates.

Price One Shilling Monthly, with Four Illustrations.

Belgravia Magazine.

That the purpose with which “BELGRAVIA” was originated has been fulfilled, is shown by the popularity that has attended it since its first appearance. Aiming, as may be inferred from its name, at supplying the most refined and cultivated section of London society with intellectual pabulum suited to its requirements, it sprang at once into public favour, and has since remained one of the most extensively read and widely circulated of periodicals. In passing into new hands it has experienced no structural change or modification. Increased energy and increased capital have been employed in elevating it to the highest standard of excellence, but all the features that had won public appreciation have been retained, and the Magazine still seeks its principal support in the homes of Belgravia. As the means through which the writer most readily reaches the heart of the general public, and in consequence as the most important of aids in the establishment of morals and the formation of character, fiction still remains a principal feature in the Magazine. Two Serial Stories accordingly run through its pages; supplemented by short Stories, Novelettes, and narrative or dramatic Sketches: whilst Essays, Social, Biographical, and Humorous; Scientific Discoveries brought to the level of popular comprehension, and treated with a light touch; Poetry, of the highest character; and records of Adventure and Travel, form the remaining portion of the contents. Especial care is now bestowed upon the illustrations, of which no fewer than four appear in each number. Beyond the design of illustrating the article they accompany, these aim at maintaining a position as works of art, both as regards drawing and engraving. In short, whatever claims the Magazine before possessed to favour have now been enhanced, and the Publishers can but leave the result to a public that has seldom failed to appreciate all earnest, persistent, and well-directed efforts for its amusement and benefit.

⁂ The THIRTY-FIFTH Volume of BELGRAVIA, elegantly bound in crimson cloth, full gilt side and back, gilt edges, price 7 s. 6 d. , is now ready.—Handsome Cases for binding the volume can be had at 2s. each.

Third Edition , crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 6 s.

Boudoir Ballads :

Vers de Société. By J. Ashby-Sterry . 7

Imperial 4to, cloth extra, gilt and gilt edges, price 21 s. per volume.

Beautiful Pictures by British Artists :

A Gathering of Favourites from our Picture Galleries. In 2 Series.

The First Series including Examples by Wilkie , Constable , Turner , Mulready , Landseer , Maclise , E. M. Ward , Frith , Sir John Gilbert , Leslie , Ansdell , Marcus Stone , Sir Noel Paton , Faed , Eyre Crowe , Gavin O’Neil , and Madox Brown .

The Second Series containing Pictures by Armytage , Faed , Goodall , Hemsley , Horsley , Marks , Nicholls , Sir Noel Paton , Pickersgill , G. Smith , Marcus Stone , Solomon , Straight , E. M. Ward , and Warren .

All engraved on Steel in the highest style of Art. Edited, with Notices of the Artists, by Sydney Armytage , M.A.

“ This book is well got up, and good engravings by Jeens, Lumb Stocks, and others, bring back to us pictures of Royal Academy Exhibitions of past years. ”— Times.

Crown 8vo, with Photographic Portrait, cloth extra, 9 s.

Blanchard’s (Laman) Poems.

Now first Collected. Edited, with a Life of the Author by Blanchard Jerrold .

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7 s. 6 d.

Bret Hart’s Select Works ,

in Prose and Poetry. With Introductory Essay by J. M. Bellow , Portrait of the Author, and 50 Illustrations.

“ Not many months before my friend’s death, he had sent me two sketches of a young American writer (Bret Harte), far away in California (‘The Outcasts of Poker Flat,’ and another), in which he had found such subtle strokes of character as he had not anywhere else in late years discovered; the manner resembling himself, but the matter fresh to a degree that had surprised him; the painting in all respects masterly, and the wild rude thing painted a quite wonderful reality. I have rarely known him more honestly moved. ”— Forster’s Life of Dickens.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7 s. 6 d.

Brand’s Observations on Popular Antiquities ,

chiefly Illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. With the Additions of Sir Henry Ellis . An entirely New and Revised Edition, with fine full-page Illustrations.

Small crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with full-page Portraits, 4 s. 6 d.

Brewster’s (Sir David) Martyrs of Science. 8

Small crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with Astronomical Plates, 4 s. 6 d.

Brewster’s (Sir David) More Worlds than One ,

the Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.

Small crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6 s.

Brillat-Savarin’s Gastronomy as a Fine Art ;

or, The Science of Good Living. A Translation of the “Physiologie du Goût” of Brillat-Savarin , with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by R. E. Anderson , M.A.

“ We have read it with rare enjoyment, just as we have delightedly read and re-read quaint old Izaak. Mr. Anderson has done his work of translation daintily, with true appreciation of the points in his original; and altogether, though late, we cannot but believe that this book will be welcomed and much read by many. ”— Nonconformist.

Demy 8vo, profusely Illustrated in Colours, price 30 s.

The British Flora Medica :

A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain. Illustrated by a Figure of each Plant, COLOURED BY HAND . By Benjamin H. Barton , F.L.S., and Thomas Castle , M.D., F.R.S. A New Edition, revised, condensed, and partly re-written, by John R. Jackson , A.L.S., Curator of the Museums of Economic Botany, Royal Gardens, Kew.

The Stothard Bunyan. —Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7 s. 6 d.

Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.

Edited by Rev. T. Scott . With 17 beautiful Steel Plates by Stothard , engraved by Goodall ; and numerous Woodcuts.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with Illustrations, 7 s. 6 d.

Byron’s Letters and Journals.

With Notices of his Life. By Thomas Moore . A Reprint of the Original Edition, newly revised, Complete in One thick Volume, with Twelve full-page Plates.

“ We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced.... The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. It would be difficult to name a book which exhibits more kindness, fairness, and modesty. ”— Macaulay , in the Edinburgh Review .

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7 s. 6 d.

Colman’s Humorous Works :

“Broad Grins,” “My Nightgown and Slippers,” and other Humorous Works, Prose and Poetical, of George Colman . With Life by G. B. Buckstone , and Frontispiece by Hogarth . 9

Demy 4to, cloth extra, gilt edges. 31 s. 6 d.

Canova’s Works in Sculpture and Modelling.

150 Plates, exquisitely engraved in Outline by Moses , and printed on an India tint. With Descriptions by the Countess Albrizzi , a Biographical Memoir by Cicognara , and Portrait by Worthington .

“ The fertility of this master’s resources is amazing, and the manual labour expended on his works would have worn out many an ordinary workman. The outline engravings are finely executed. The descriptive notes are discriminating, and in the main exact. ”— Spectator.

NEW VOLUME OF HUNTING SKETCHES.
Oblong 4to, half-bound boards, 21 s.

Canters in Crampshire.

By G. Bowers . I. Gallops from Gorseborough. II. Scrambles with Scratch Packs. III. Studies with Stag Hounds.

“ The fruit of the observation of an artist who has an eye for character, a sense of humour, and a firm and ready hand in delineating characteristic details.... Altogether, this is a very pleasant volume for the tables of country gentlemen, or of those town gentlemen who, like Mr. Black’s hero and heroine, divide their time between “Green Pastures and Piccadilly. ”— Daily News.

“ An amusing volume of sketches and adventures in the hunting-field, drawn with great spirit, a keen sense of humour and fun, and no lack of observation. ”— Spectator.

Two Vols. imperial 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, the Plates beautifully printed in Colours, £3 3 s.

Catlin’s Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians :

the result of Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest and most Remarkable Tribes now existing. Containing 360 Coloured Engravings from the Author’s original Paintings.

Small 4to, cloth gilt, with Coloured Illustrations, 10 s. 6 d.

Chaucer for Children :

A Golden Key. By Mrs. H. R. Haweis . With Eight Coloured Pictures and numerous Woodcuts by the Author.

“ It must not only take a high place among the Christmas and New Year books of this season, but is also of permanent value as an introduction to the study of Chaucer, whose works, in selections of some kind or other, are now text-books in every school that aspires to give sound instruction in English. ”— Academy.

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, Two very thick Volumes, 7 s. 6 d. each.

Cruikshank’s Comic Almanack.

Complete in Two Series : The First from 1835 to 1843; the Second from 1844 to 1853. A Gathering of the Best Humour of Thackeray , Hood , Mayhew , Albert Smith , A’Beckett , Robert Brough , &c. With 2000 Woodcuts and Steel Engravings by Cruikshank , Hine , Landells , &c.

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Demy 8vo, cloth extra, with Coloured Illustrations and Maps, 24 s.

Cope’s History of the Rifle Brigade

(The Prince Consort’s Own), formerly the 95th. By Sir William H. Cope , formerly Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade.

“ This latest contribution to the history of the British army is a work of the most varied information regarding the distinguished regiment whose life it narrates, and also of facts interesting to the student in military affairs.... Great credit is due to Sir W. Cope for the patience and labour, extending over many years, which he has given to the work.... In many cases well-executed plans of actions are given. ”— Morning Post.

“ Even a bare record of a corps which has so often been under fire, and has borne a part in important engagements all over the world, could not prove otherwise than full of matter acceptable to the military reader. ”— Athenæum.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with Portraits, 7 s. 6 d.

Creasy’s Memoirs of Eminent Etonians ;

with Notices of the Early History of Eton College. By Sir Edward Creasy , Author of “The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World.” A New Edition, brought down to the Present Time, with 13 Illustrations.

“ A new edition of ‘Creasy’s Etonians’ will be welcome. The book was a favourite a quarter of a century ago, and it has maintained its reputation. The value of this new edition is enhanced by the fact that Sir Edward Creasy has added to it several memoirs of Etonians who have died since the first edition appeared. The work is eminently interesting. ”— Scotsman.

To be Completed in Twenty-four Parts, quarto, at 5 s. each, profusely illustrated by Coloured and Plain Plates and Wood Engravings,

Cyclopædia of Costume ;

or, A Dictionary of Dress—Regal, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military—from the Earliest Period in England to the reign of George the Third. Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, and a General History of the Costumes of the Principal Countries of Europe. By J. R. Planché , Somerset Herald. Part XXI. nearly ready.

“ A most readable and interesting work—and it can scarcely be consulted in vain, whether the reader is in search for information as to military, court, ecclesiastical, legal, or professional costume.... All the chromo-lithographs, and most of the woodcut illustrations—the latter amounting to several thousands—are very elaborately executed; and the work forms a livre de luxe which renders it equally suited to the library and the ladies’ drawing-room. ”— Times.

⁂ The DICTIONARY forms Vol. I., which may now be had bound in half red morocco, price £3 13 s. 6 d. Cases for binding 5 s. each .

The remaining Parts will be occupied by the GENERAL HISTORY OF THE COSTUMES OF EUROPE, arranged Chronologically.

Demy 8vo, half-bound morocco, 21 s.

Dibdin’s Bibliomania ;

or, Book-Madness: A Bibliographical Romance. With numerous Illustrations. A New Edition, with a Supplement, including a Key to the Assumed Characters in the Drama.

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Parts I. to XII. now ready, 21 s. each.

Cussans’ History of Hertfordshire.

By John E. Cussans . Illustrated with full-page Plates on Copper and Stone, and a profusion of small Woodcuts.

“ Mr. Cussans has, from sources not accessible to Clutterbuck, made most valuable additions to the manorial history of the county from the earliest period downwards, cleared up many doubtful points, and given original details concerning various subjects untouched or imperfectly treated by that writer. The pedigrees seem to have been constructed with great care, and are a valuable addition to the genealogical history of the county. Mr. Cussans appears to have done his work conscientiously, and to have spared neither time, labour, nor expense to render his volumes worthy of ranking in the highest class of County Histories. ”— Academy.

Demy 8vo, cloth extra, 12 s. 6 d.

Doran’s Memories of our Great Towns.

With Anecdotic Gleanings concerning their Worthies and their Oddities. By Dr. John Doran , F.S.A.

“ Lively and conversational; ‘brimful,’ as the introductory notice in the volume describes them, ‘of pleasant chatty interest and antiquarian lore.’... The volume will be found useful to ordinary visitors to the towns included within its range.... Many of the anecdotes contained in this pleasant collection have not, so far as we know, been published elsewhere. ”— Saturday Review.

Second Edition , demy 8vo, cloth gilt, with Illustrations, 18 s.

Dunraven’s The Great Divide :

A Narrative of Travels in the Upper Yellowstone in the Summer of 1874. By the Earl of Dunraven . With Maps and numerous striking full-page Illustrations by Valentine W. Bromley .

“ There has not for a long time appeared a better book of travel than Lord Dunraven’s ‘The Great Divide.’... The book is full of clever observation, and both narrative and illustrations are thoroughly good. ”— Athenæum.

Demy 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, 24 s.

Dodge’s (Colonel) The Hunting Grounds of the Great West :

A Description of the Plains, Game, and Indians of the Great North American Desert. By Richard Irving Dodge , Lieutenant-Colonel of the United States Army. With an Introduction by William Blackmore ; Map, and numerous Illustrations drawn by Ernest Griset .

“ This magnificent volume is one of the most able and most interesting works which has ever proceeded from an American pen, while its freshness is equal to that of any similar book. Colonel Dodge has chosen a subject of which he is master, and treated it with a fulness that leaves nothing more to be desired, and in a style which is charming equally for its picturesqueness and its purity. ”— Nonconformist.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with Illustrations, 6 s.

Emanuel On Diamonds and Precious Stones :

their History, Value, and Properties; with Simple Tests for ascertaining their Reality. By Harry Emanuel , F.R.G.S. With numerous Illustrations, Tinted and Plain. 12

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, 7 s. 6 d.

The Englishman’s House :

A Practical Guide to all interested in Selecting or Building a House, with full Estimates of Cost, Quantities, &c. By C. J. Richardson . Third Edition. With nearly 600 Illustrations.

⁂ This book is intended to supply a long-felt want, viz., a plain, non-technical account of every style of house, with the cost and manner of building; it gives every variety, from a workman’s cottage to a nobleman’s palace.

Crown 8vo, cloth boards, 6 s. per Volume; a few Large Paper copies (only 50 printed), at 12 s. per Vol.

Early English Poets.

Edited, with Introductions and Annotations, by Rev. A. B. Grosart .

“ Mr. Grosart has spent the most laborious and the most enthusiastic care on the perfect restoration and preservation of the text; and it is very unlikely that any other edition of the poet can ever be called for.... From Mr. Grosart we always expect and always receive the final results of most patient and competent scholarship. ”— Examiner.

1. Fletcher’s (Giles, B.D.)

Complete Poems : Christ’s Victorie in Heaven, Christ’s Victorie on Earth, Christ’s Triumph over Death, and Minor Poems. With Memorial-Introduction and Notes. One Vol.

2. Davies’ (Sir John)

Complete Poetical Works , including Psalms I. to L. in Verse, and other hitherto Unpublished MSS., for the first time Collected and Edited. With Memorial-Introduction and Notes. Two Vols.

3. Herrick’s (Robert) Hesperides.

Noble Numbers, and Complete Collected Poems. With Memorial-Introduction and Notes, Steel Portrait, Index of First Lines, and Glossarial Index, &c. Three Vols.

4. Sidney’s (Sir Philip)

Complete Poetical Works , including all those in “Arcadia.” With Portrait, Memorial-Introduction, Essay on the Poetry of Sidney, and Notes. Three Vols.

5. Donne’s (Dr. John)

Complete Poetical Works , including the Satires and various from MSS. With Memorial-Introduction and Notes.
[ In preparation. ]

IMPORTANT VOLUME OF ETCHINGS.
Folio, cloth extra, £1 11 s. 6 d.

Examples of Contemporary Art.

Etchings from Representative Works by living English and Foreign Artists. Edited, with Critical Notes, by J. Comyns Carr .

“ It would not be easy to meet with a more sumptuous, and at the same time a more tasteful and instructive drawing-room book. ”— Nonconformist. 13

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, 6 s.

Fairholt’s Tobacco :

Its History and Associations; with an Account of the Plant and its Manufacture, and its Modes of Use in all Ages and Countries. By F. W. Fairholt , F.S.A. A New Edition, with Coloured Frontispiece and upwards of 100 Illustrations by the Author.

“ A very pleasant and instructive history of tobacco and its associations, which we cordially recommend alike to the votaries and to the enemies of the much-maligned but certainly not neglected weed.... Full of interest and information. ”— Daily News.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, 7 s. 6 d.

Finger-Ring Lore :

Historical, Legendary, and Anecdotal.—Earliest Notices; Superstitions; Ring Investiture, Secular and Ecclesiastical; Betrothal and Wedding Rings; Ring-tokens; Memorial and Mortuary Rings; Posy-Rings; Customs and Incidents in Connection with Rings; Remarkable Rings, &c. By William Jones , F.S.A. With Hundreds of Illustrations of Curious Rings of all Ages and Countries.

“ Enters fully into the whole subject, and gives an amount of information and general reading in reference thereto which is of very high interest. The book is not only a sort of history of finger-rings, but is a collection of anecdotes in connection with them.... The volume is admirably illustrated, and altogether affords an amount of amusement and information which is not otherwise easily accessible. ”— Scotsman.

“ One of those gossiping books which are as full of amusement as of instruction. ”— Athenæum .

The Ruskin Grimm. —Square crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6 s. 6 d. ; gilt edges, 7 s. 6 d.

German Popular Stories.

Collected by the Brothers Grimm , and Translated by Edgar Taylor . Edited, with an Introduction, by John Ruskin . With 22 Illustrations after the inimitable designs of George Cruikshank . Both Series Complete.

“ The illustrations of this volume ... are of quite sterling and admirable art, of a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate; and the original etchings, as I have before said in the Appendix to my ‘Elements of Drawing,’ were unrivalled in masterfulness of touch since Rembrandt (in some qualities of delineation, unrivalled even by him).... To make somewhat enlarged copies of them, looking at them through a magnifying glass, and never putting two lines where Cruikshank has put only one, would be an exercise in decision and severe drawing which would leave afterwards little to be learnt in schools. ”— Extract from Introduction by John Ruskin .

One Vol. crown 8vo, cloth extra, 9 s.

Gilbert’s (W. S.) Original Plays :

“A Wicked World,” “Charity,” “The Palace of Truth,” “Pygmalion,” “Trial by Jury,” &c.

“ His workmanship is in its way perfect; it is very sound, very even, very well sustained, and excellently balanced throughout. ”— Observer. 14

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, 4 s. 6 d.

Faraday’s Chemical History of a Candle.

Lectures delivered to a Juvenile Audience. A New Edition. Edited by W. Crookes , F.C.S. With numerous Illustrations.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, 4 s. 6 d.

Faraday’s Various Forces of Nature.

A New Edition. Edited by W. Crookes , F.C.S. With numerous Illustrations.

One Shilling Monthly, Illustrated by Arthur Hopkins .

The Gentleman’s Magazine.

Edited by Sylvanus Urban , Gentleman.

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