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Ancient athens; its History, Topography, and Remains. By T. H. Dyer, LL.D. Super-royal 8vo. copiously Illustrated. 1l. 5s.
‘Dr. Dyer’s volume will be a work of reference to the student of Greek History and literature, of the greatest interest and value.’—Spectator.
DESERT OF THE EXODUS. Journeys on Foot in the Wilderness of the Forty Years’ Wanderings, undertaken in connexion with the Ordnance Survey of Sinai and the Palestine Exploration Fund. By E. H. Palmer, M.A., Lord Almoner’s Professor of Arabic, and Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge. With Maps and numerous Illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo. 1l. 8s.
‘A work which the biblical student will highly prize for the strong light which it sheds upon a most important portion of Scripture history, but which cannot be read without interest and delight by every one who is capable of taking an intelligent interest in manners and customs widely removed from our own.’—Saturday Review.
ROME AND THE CAMPAGNA. A Historical and Topographical Description of the Site, Buildings and Neighbourhood of ancient Rome. By the Rev. R. Burn, late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge. With 85 Engravings by Jewitt, and numerous Maps and Plans. An Appendix and additional Plan illustrating recent Excavations have lately been added. Demy 4to. 3l. 3s.
BIOGRAPHY.
BRYAN. A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. With a List of Ciphers, Monograms, and Marks. By M. Bryan. A New Edition by G. Stanley. Imp. 8vo. 2l. 2s.
——A SUPPLEMENT of RECENT and LIVING PAINTERS. By H. Ottley. Imp. 8vo. 12s.
COOPER (THOMPSON). A New Biographical Dictionary. By T. Cooper, F.S.A. 1 vol. 8vo. 12s.
By the late Sir A. Helps, K.C.B.
BRASSEY (T.) The Life and Labours of the late. With Illustrations. 5th Edition, 10s. 6d.
HISTORY.
‘It will mark or help to mark an era in the history of the subject to which it is devoted. It is one of the most decided as well as one of the ablest results of the reaction which is now in progress against the influence of Niebuhr.’—Pall Mall Gazette.
DECLINE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. From the Destruction of Carthage to the Consulship of Julius Cæsar. By George Long, M.A. 5 vols. 8vo. 14s. per vol.
‘If any one can guide us through the almost inextricable mazes of this labyrinth, it is Mr. Long. As a chronicler, he possesses all the requisite knowledge, and what is nearly, if not quite as important, the necessary caution. He never attempts to explain that which is hopelessly corrupt or obscure: he does not confound twilight with daylight; he warns the reader repeatedly that he is standing on shaking ground; he has no framework of theory into which he presses his facts.’—Saturday Review.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND, during the Early and Middle Ages. By C. H. Pearson, M.A., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. 2nd Edition, much enlarged. Vol. I. 8vo. 16s. Vol. II. 8vo. 14s.
HISTORICAL MAPS OF ENGLAND during the first Thirteen Centuries. With Explanatory Essays and Indices. By C. H. Pearson, M.A. Imp. folio. 2nd Edition. 31s. 6d.
PHILOSOPHY.
ELEMENTS OF MORALITY, including Polity. By W. Whewell, D.D. 4th Edition. In 1 vol. 8vo. 15s.
THEOLOGY.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. By F. Bleek. Translated from the German by G. H. Venables, under the supervision of the Rev. E. Venables. In 2 vols. 10s.
By F. H. Scrivener, D.C.L., Prebendary of Exeter.
A COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPELS AND EPISTLES for the Sundays and other Holy Days of the Christian Year. By the Rev. W. Denton, A.M., Worcester College, Oxford, and Incumbent of St. Bartholomew’s, Cripplegate. In 5 vols. 18s. each.
A COMMENTARY ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. In 2 vols. Vol. I. 18s. Vol. II. 14s. These Commentaries originated in Notes collected by the compiler to aid in the composition of expository sermons. They are derived from all available sources, and especially from the wide but little-known field of theological comment found in the ‘Schoolmen’ of the Middle Ages. They are recommended to the notice of young Clergymen, who frequently, while inexperienced, are called upon to preach to educated and intelligent congregations.
‘Everyone who takes an interest in the history of the English Language, and indeed everyone who is not absolutely inattentive to the words spoken around him, may turn to Mr. Davies’s little book with the certainty of finding both useful information and agreeable entertainment in its pages.’—Pall Mall Gazette.
LIFE AND EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL. By T. Lewin, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., Trinity College, Oxford, Barrister-at-law, Author of ‘Fasti Sacri,’ ‘Siege of Jerusalem,’ ‘Cæsar’s Invasion,’ ‘Treatise on Trusts,’ &c. With upwards of 350 Illustrations finely engraved on Wood, Maps, Plans, &c. In 2 vols. 3rd Edition, revised. Demy 4to. 2l. 2s.
‘Nothing but a careful inspection of the work itself can give the reader an adequate idea of the thoroughness with which Mr. Lewin has carried out his plan—a plan which may be described as the giving of all information possibly attainable about every person or place connected directly or even indirectly with St. Paul.’—Spectator.
FASTI SACRI; or, a Key to the Chronology of the New Testament. By the same Author. 4to. 21s.
THOMAS A KEMPIS. On the Imitation of Christ. A New Translation. By the Rt. Rev. H. Goodwin, Bishop of Carlisle. 3rd Edition. With fine Steel Engraving after Guido, 5s.; without the Engraving, 3s. 6d. Cheap Edition, 1s. cloth; 6d. sewed.
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‘Perhaps the most thoroughly practical little book on its subject we have ever seen. Its explanations, its paraphrases, its questions, and the mass of information contained in its appendices, are not merely invaluable in themselves, but they are the information actually wanted for the purpose of the teaching contemplated. We do not wonder at its being in its third edition.’—Literary Churchman.
THE WINTON CHURCH CATECHIST. Questions and Answers on the Teaching of the Church Catechism. 32mo. cloth, 3s. Also in Four Parts, 6d. or 9d. each.
LIFE AFTER CONFIRMATION. By J. S. Blunt. 18mo. 1s.
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By the Rev. M. F. Sadler, Rector of Honiton.
‘A treatise of singular clearness and force, which gives us what we did not really possess till it appeared.’—Church Times.
‘It is by far the most useful, trustworthy, and accurate book we have seen upon the subject.’—Literary Churchman.
‘The subject of the Holy Eucharist is ably and fully treated, and in a candid spirit, by Mr. Sadler in these pages.’—English Churchman.
‘An exceedingly valuable repertory of arguments on the questions it refers to.’—English Churchman.
‘Some writers have the gift of speaking the right word at the right time, and the Rev. M. F. Sadler is pre-eminently one of them. “Church Doctrine—Bible Truth,” is full of wholesome truths fit for these times.... He has power of putting his meaning in a forcible and intelligible way, which will, we trust, enable his valuable work to effect that which it is well calculated to effect, viz. to meet with an appropriate and crushing reply one of the most dangerous misbeliefs of the time.’—Guardian.
‘The most striking peculiarity of this useful little work is that its author argues almost exclusively from the Bible. We commend it most earnestly to clergy and laity, as containing in a small compass, and at a trifling cost, a body of sound and Scriptural doctrine respecting the New Birth, which cannot be too widely circulated.’—Guardian.
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PROUT (FATHER). RELIQUES. New Edition, revised and largely augmented. Twenty-one spirited Etchings by Maclise. 1 vol. 7s. 6d.
RICHTER (J. P. F.) FLOWER, FRUIT, AND THORN PIECES. A Novel. Translated by Alex. Ewing. 3s. 6d.
WALTON. THE COMPLETE ANGLER. Edited by E. Jesse. With an account of Fishing Stations, &c., and 203 Engravings. 5s.; or with 26 additional page Illustrations on Steel, 7s. 6d.
POETRY AND DRAMA
SHAKESPEARE. Edited by S. W. Singer. With a Life by W. W. Lloyd. Uniform with the Aldine Edition of the Poets. 10 vols. 2s. 6d. each. In half morocco, 5s.
CRITICAL ESSAYS ON THE PLAYS. By W. W. Lloyd. Uniform with the above, 2s. 6d.; in half morocco, 5s.
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CHAUCER. Robert Bell’s Edition. Revised. With Preliminary Essay by the Rev. W. W. Skeat. M.A. 4 vols. 3s. 6d. each.
PERCY’S RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY. Reprinted from the Original Edition, and Edited by J. V. Prichard. In 2 vols. 7s.
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BRYAN’S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS. See p. 2.
COOPER’S BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. See p. 2.
DR. RICHARDSON’S DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Combining Explanation with Etymology, and copiously illustrated by Quotations from the best authorities. New edition, with a Supplement. In 2 vols. 4to. 4l. 14s. 6d.; half-bound in russia, 5l. 15s. 6d.; russia, 6l. 12s. The Supplement separately. 4to. 12s. An 8vo edition, without the Quotations, 15s.; half russia, 20s.; russia, 24s.
The following are the only authorised and unabridged Editions of WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY containing the valuable Etymological Notes and Derivations of Dr. Mahn, of Berlin, who devoted five years to the Revision of the Work.
WEBSTER’S GUINEA DICTIONARY of the English Language, including scientific, biblical, and Scottish terms and phrases, with their pronunciations, alternative spellings, derivations, and meanings. In 1 vol. 4to. with nearly 1600 pages and 3000 Illustrations. Strongly bound in cloth, 21s.; half calf, 30s.; calf or half russia, 1l. 11s. 6d.; russia, 2l.
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NATURAL HISTORY.
THE LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY. Containing Morris’ British Birds—Nests—Eggs—British Butterflies—British Moths—Bree’s Birds of Europe—Lowe’s Works on British and Exotic Ferns, Grasses and Beautiful Leaved Plants—Hibberd’s Plants—Maund’s Botanic Garden—Tripp’s British Mosses—Gatty’s Seaweeds—Wooster’s Alpine Plants, and Couch’s Fishes—making in all 43 Volumes, in super-royal 8vo. containing upwards of 2550 full—page Plates, carefully coloured.
SOWERBY’S BOTANY. Containing a Description and Life—size Drawing of every British Plant. Edited and brought up to the present standard of scientific knowledge, by T. Boswell (formerly Syme), LL.D., F.L.S., &c. With Popular Descriptions of the Uses, History, and Traditions of each Plant, by Mrs. Lankester, Author of ‘Wild Flowers worth Notice,’ ‘The British Ferns,’ &c. The Figures by J. C. Sowerby, F.L.S., J. De C. Sowerby, F.L.S., and J. W. Salter, A.L.S., F.G.S., and John Edward Sowerby. Third Edition, entirely revised, with descriptions of all the species by the Editor. In 11 vols. 22l. 8s. cloth; 24l. 12s. half morocco; and 28l. 3s. 6d. whole morocco. Volumes sold separately.
SOWERBY’S FERNS AND FERN-ALLIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. With 80 Plates by J. E. Sowerby. The Descriptions, Synonyms, &c, by C. Johnson. Royal paper, Coloured Plates, 25s.
MY GARDEN; its Plan and Culture. Together with a General Description of its Geology, Botany, and Natural History. By A. Smee, F.R.S., with more than 1300 Engravings on Wood. 4th Thousand, imp. 8vo. 21s.
“‘My Garden’ is indeed a book which ought to be in the hands of everyone who is fortunate enough to possess a garden of his own; he is certain to find some things in it from which he may profit.”—Nature.
NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. With Notes by Sir William Jardine and Edward Jesse, Esq. Illustrated by 40 highly-finished Engravings; or, with the Plates coloured, 7s. 6d.
HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. By R. Mudie. With 28 Plates. 2 vols. 7s. 6d. each.
ART AND ORNAMENT.
TURNER’S PICTURESQUE VIEWS IN ENGLAND AND WALES. With Descriptive Notices. 96 Illustrations, reproduced in Permanent Photography. In 3 vols. imp. 4to. Vol. I. Landscapes, 40 Plates, 2l. 12s. 6d.; Vol. II. Castles and Abbeys, 32 Plates, 2l. 2s.; Vol. III. Coast Scenery, 24 Plates, 1l. 11s. 6d.
TURNER’S CELEBRATED LANDSCAPES. Sixteen Autotype Reproductions of the most important Works of J. M. W. Turner, R.A. With Memoir and Descriptions. Imp. 4to. 2l. 2s.
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FLAXMAN. CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS, comprising the Outline Illustrations to Homer’s ‘Iliad’ and ‘Odyssey,’ the ‘Tragedies’ of Æschylus, the ‘Theogony’ and ‘Works and Days’ of Hesiod, engraved by Piroli of Rome, and William Blake. Imp. 4to. half bound morocco, 4l. 14s. 6d. The four parts, separately, 21s. each.
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MEMOIRS OF SIR EDWIN LANDSEER. Being a New Edition of ‘The Early Works of Sir Edwin Landseer.’ Revised and enlarged by F. G. Stephens. With 24 Illustrations in Photography. Imp. 8vo. 1l. 5s.
NOTES ON IRISH ARCHITECTURE. By the late Earl Of Dunraven. Edited by M. Stokes, Associate of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries. With numerous Woodcuts and fine Photographic Illustrations. Imp. 4to. Vol. I. 4l. 4s.; Vol. II. 4l. 4s.
MOUNTAINS AND LAKES Of Switzerland AND ITALY. 64 Picturesque Views in Chromolithograph, from Original Sketches by C. C. Pyne. With a Map of Routes and Descriptive Notes by Rev. J. Mercier. 2nd Edition. Crown 4to. 2l. 2s.
RIVIERA, THE. Pen-and-Pencil Sketches from Cannes to Genoa. By Dean Alford. With 12 Chromolithographic Illustrations and numerous Woodcuts, from Drawings by the Author. Imp. 8vo. 21s.
CRUIKSHANK (G.) A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF THE ENGRAVED WORKS OF. Including Etchings on Steel, Copper, &c., and Woodcuts executed between the years 1805 and 1870. Compiled by G. W. Reid, Keeper of the Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. With a large number of Illustrations, chiefly from the Original Plates and Blocks. In 3 vols. royal 4to. 12l. 12s.
FLAXMAN. LECTURES ON SCULPTURE, as delivered before the President and Members of the Royal Academy. By J. Flaxman, R.A. With 53 Plates. New Edition, 6s.
HEATON (MRS.) A CONCISE HISTORY OF PAINTING FOR STUDENTS AND GENERAL READERS. By Mrs. Heaton. With Illustrations. 8vo. 15s.
DRAWING COPIES. By P. H. Delamotte, Professor of Drawing at King’s College, London. 96 Original Sketches in Architecture, Trees, Figures, Foregrounds, Landscapes, Boats, and Sea—pieces. Royal 8vo. Oblong, half-bound, 12s.
HANDBOOK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. With Introduction and Notices of the various Schools, and a Frontispiece after Raffaelle. By Louis Fagan, of the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum. Medium 8vo. 8s.; sewed, 9s. in cloth.
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WAIFS AND STRAYS OF NATURAL HISTORY. With Coloured Frontispiece and Woodcuts. Fcap. 3s. 6d.
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By Mrs. Ewing.
‘Everything Mrs. Ewing writes is full of talent, and also full of perception and common sense.’—Saturday Review.
‘Mrs. Ewing gives us some really charming writing. While her first story most prettily teaches children how much they can do to help their parents, the immediate result will be, we fear, anything but good. For if a child once begins “The Brownies,” it will get so deeply interested in it, that when bed-time comes it will altogether forget the moral, and will weary its parents with importunities for just a few minutes more to see how everything ends. The frontispiece, by the old friend of our childhood, George Cruikshank, is no less pretty than the story.’—Saturday Review.
‘It is not often nowadays the privilege of a critic to grow enthusiastic over a new work; and the rarity of the occasion that calls forth the delight is apt to lead one into the sin of hyperbole. And yet we think we shall not be accused of extravagance when we say that, without exception, “Mrs. Overthewny’s Remembrances” is the most delightful work avowedly written for children that we have ever read. There are passages in this book which the genius of George Eliot would be proud to own. It is full of a peculiar, heart-stirring pathos of its own, which culminates in the last pages, when Ida finds that her father is not dead. The book is one that may be recurred to often, and always with the same delight. We predict for it a great popularity.’— Leader.
“‘Melchior’s Dream’ is an exquisite little story, charming by original humour, buoyant spirits, and tender pathos.”—Athenæum.
A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING; or, Some Passages in the Life of an Only Son. With 12 Illustrations by H. Allingham. 5th Edition. Small 8vo. 5s.
‘Let every parent and guardian who wishes to be amused, and at the same time to please a child, purchase “A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, some Passages in the Life of an Only Son,” by J. H Ewing. We will answer for the delight with which they will read it themselves, and we do not doubt that the young and fortunate recipients will also like it. The story is quaint, original, and altogether delightful.’—Athenæum.
‘A capital book for a present. No child who is fortunate enough to possess it will be in a hurry to put it down, for it is a book of uncommon fascination. The story is good, the principles inculcated admirable, and some of the illustrations simply delicious.’—John Bull.
‘A charming tale by another of those clever writers, thanks to whom the children are now really better served than their neighbours.’—Spectator.
‘Mrs. Ewing has written as good a story as her “Brownies,” and that is saying a great deal. “Lob-lie-by-the-fire” has humour and pathos, and teaches what is right without making children think they are reading a sermon.’—Saturday Review.
‘The homely good sense and humour of the bulk of the story are set off by the pathos of its opening and its close, and a soft and beautiful light, as of dawn and sunset, is thrown round the substantial English ideal of what a girl’s education ought to be, which runs through the tale.’—Spectator.
‘It is a beautifully told story, full of humour and pathos, and bright sketches of scenery and character. It is all told with great naturalness, and will amuse grown-up people quite as much as children. In reading the story, we have been struck especially by characteristic bits of description, which show very happily the writer’s appreciation of child life.’—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘We have rarely met, on such a modest scale, with characters so ably and simply drawn... The merits of the volume, in themselves not small, are much enhanced by some clever illustrations from the pencil of Mrs. Allingham.’—Athenæum.
‘The tone of the book is pleasant and healthy, and singularly free from that sentimental, not to say “mawkish,” stain which is apt to disfigure such productions. The illustrations by Mrs. Allingham add a special attraction to the little volume.’—Times.
‘It is scarcely necessary to say that Mrs. Ewing’s book is one of the best of the year.’—Saturday Review.
‘There is in it not only a great deal of common sense, but there is true humour.... We have not met a healthier or breezier tale for girls for a long period.’—Academy.
‘A capital story, which, like all that Mrs. Ewing gives us, will be read with pleasure Some well-drawn illustrations materially increase the attractiveness of the volume.’—City Press.
By Mrs. O’Reilly.
‘Mrs. O’Reilly’s works need no commendation... the style is so good, the narrative so engrossing, and the tone so excellent.’—John Bull.
‘A worthy successor of some charming little volumes of the same kind.... The tale from which the title is taken is for its grace and pathos an especial favourite.’—Spectator.
‘Mrs. O’Reilly could not write otherwise than well, even if she were to try.’—Morning Post.
‘A pleasant story.... It is a book for girls, and grown people will also enjoy reading it.’—Athenæum.
‘A pleasant, well-written, interesting story, likely to be acceptable to young people who are in their teens.’—Scotsman.
‘In one of our former reviews we praised “Deborah’s Drawer.” “Giles’s Minority” no less deserves our goodwill. It is a picture of school-room life, and is so well drawn that grown-up readers may delight in it. In literary excellence this little book is above most of its fellows.’—Times.
‘It is a capital child’s book, and it has a charm for grown-up people also, as the fairy haze of “long-ago” brightens every page. We are not ashamed to confess to the “thrilling interest” with which we followed the history of “Robertina” and “Mabel.”’—Athenæum.
‘Any godmamma who wishes to buy an unusually pretty and artistically-written gift-book for an eight-year-old pet cannot do better than spend a florin or two on the contents of “Aunt Deborah’s Drawer.”’—Athenæum.
‘If anybody wants a pretty little present for a pretty (and good) little daughter, or a niece or grand-daughter, we cannot recommend a better or tastier one than “Daisy’s Companions.”’—Times.
Captain Marryats Books for Boys.
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By Hans Christian Andersen.
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This and the above volume form the most complete English Edition of Andersen’s Tales.
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—Literary World.
Guessing stories; or, The Surprising Adventures of the Man with the Extra Pair of Eyes. By the late Archdeacon Freeman. 3rd Edition, 2s. 6d.
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GLIMPSES INTO PET-LAND. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S. With Frontispiece. Fcap. 3s. 6d.
FRIENDS IN FUR AND FEATHERS. By Gwynfryn. Illustrated with 8 Full-page Engravings by F. W. Keyl, &c. 5th Edition. Handsomely bound, 3s. 6d.
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OLD NURSERY RHYMES AND CHIMES. Collected and arranged by a Peal of Bells. Fcap. 4to. Ornamental binding, 2s. 6d.
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