Contents
Chap
I. Notes on Mediæval Monastic Libraries.
II. The Monastic Scriptorium.
III. A Forgotten English Preacher.
VI. Religious Instruction in England during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.
VII. A Royal Christmas in the Fifteenth Century.
VIII. The Canterbury Claustral School in the Fifteenth Century.
IX. The Note-books of William Worcester, a Fifteenth-Century Antiquary.
X. Hampshire Recusants. With a complete Index.
Some Press Notices.
Times.—“Full of the learning and research which Dr. Gasquet has made so peculiarly his own.”
Athenæum.—“Whatever Dr. Gasquet writes is of interest, and thanks are due to him for these essays.… Full of rare information, and real contributions to history.”
British Review and National Observer.—“Dr. Gasquet has started a very curious controversy, which will entertain even those whom it does not seriously interest, and will familiarise them incidentally with many facts of history.… The remaining essays are also rich in quaint, curious information.”
Scotsman.—“He has thrown much light on obscure passages and features of later mediæval history in our country.”
Notes and Queries.—“Dr. Gasquet writes clearly and forcibly, and when touching on controversial points, as he frequently has to do, he manifests a studied moderation, and liberality.”
Cheap Illustrated Edition now Completed in 24 Volumes.
THE LARGE TYPE BORDER EDITION OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Edited with Introductory Essays and Notes to each Novel (supplementing those of the Author) by Andrew Lang. With 250 Original Illustrations from Drawings and Paintings specially executed by eminent Artists.
⁂ This is generally conceded to be the best edition of the Waverley Novels, not only as regards editing and illustrations, but also in point of type, printing and paper, and is complete in 24 volumes instead of 25 as in other editions.
List of the Volumes.
1. Waverley.
2. Guy Mannering.
3. The Antiquary.
4. Rob Roy.
5. Old Mortality.
6. The Heart of Midlothian.
7. A Legend of Montrose, and The Black Dwarf.
8. The Bride of Lammermoor.
9. Ivanhoe.
10. The Monastery.
11. The Abbot.
12. Kenilworth.
13. The Pirate.
14. The Fortunes of Nigel.
15. Peveril of the Peak.
16. Quentin Durward.
17. St. Ronan’s Well.
18. Redgauntlet.
19. The Betrothed, and The Talisman.
20. Woodstock.
21. The Fair Maid of Perth.
22. Anne of Geierstein.
23. Count Robert of Paris, and The Surgeon’s Daughter.
Some of the Artists contributing to the “Border Edition,”
Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., P.R.A.
Lockhart Bogle.
Gordon Browne.
D. Y. Cameron.
Frank Dadd, R.I.
R. de Los Rios.
Herbert Dicksee.
M. L. Gow, R.I.
W. B. Hole, R.S.A.
John Pettie, R.A.
Sir James D. Linton, P.R.I.
Ad. Lalauze.
J. E. Lauder, R.S.A.
W. Hatherell, R.I.
Sam Bough, R.S.A.
W. E. Lockhart, R.S.A.
R. W. Macbeth, A.R.A.
H. Macbeth-Raeburn.
J. Macwhirter, A.R.A., R.S.A.
W. Q. Orchardson, R.A.
James Orrock, R.I.
Walter Paget.
Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A.
Frank Short.
W. Strang.
Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., P.R.S.A.
Arthur Hopkins, A.R.W.S.
R. Herdman, R.S.A.
D. Herdman.
Hugh Cameron, R.S.A.
Some Press Notices of the Large Type Border Edition of the Waverley Novels.
The Spectator.—“We trust that this fine edition of our greatest and most poetical of novelists will attain, if it has not already done so, the high popularity it deserves. To all Scott’s lovers it is a pleasure to know that, despite the daily and weekly inrush of ephemeral fiction, the sale of his works is said by the booksellers to rank next below Tennyson’s in poetry, and above that of everybody else in prose.”
The Times.—“It would be difficult to find in these days a more competent and sympathetic editor of Scott than his countryman, the brilliant and versatile man of letters who has undertaken the task; and if any proof were wanted either of his qualifications or of his skill and discretion in displaying them, Mr. Lang has furnished it abundantly in his charming Introduction to ‘Waverley.’ The editor’s own notes are judiciously sparing, but conspicuously to the point, and they are very discreetly separated from those of the author, Mr. Lang’s laudable purpose being to illustrate and explain Scott, not to make the notes a pretext for displaying his own critical faculty and literary erudition. The illustrations by various competent hands are beautiful in themselves and beautifully executed, and, altogether, the ‘Border Edition’ of the Waverley Novels bids fair to become the classical edition of the great Scottish classic.”
The Athenæum.-“The handsome ‘Border Edition’ has been brought by Mr. Nimmo to a successful conclusion. Mr. Nimmo deserves to be complimented on the manner in which the Edition has been printed and illustrated, and Mr. Lang on the way in which he has performed his portion of the work. His Introductions have been tasteful and readable; he has not overdone his part; and, while he has supplied much useful information, he has by no means overburdened the volumes with notes.”
Notes and Queries.—“Mr. Nimmo’s spirited and ambitious enterprise has been conducted to a safe termination, and the most ideal edition of the Waverley Novels in existence is now completed.”
Saturday Review.—“Of all the many collections of the Waverley Novels, Mr. Nimmo’s ‘Border Edition’ is incomparably the most handsome and the most desirable.… Type, paper, illustrations are altogether admirable.”
Daily Chronicle.—“There is absolutely no fault to be found with it, as to paper, type, or arrangement.”
Magazine of Art.—“Size, type, paper, and printing, to say nothing of the excessively liberal and charming introduction or of the illustrations, make this perhaps the most desirable edition of Scott ever issued on this side of the border.”
Two-Volume edition of
The Border Waverley.
Purchasers of this beautiful edition are recommended to complete their sets at once, as many of the Volumes are out of print, and those still remaining will soon be.
Two Important Ornithological Works by Henry Seebohm.
THE STANDARD WORK ON BRITISH BIRDS.
A History or British Birds.
To which is added the Author’s Notes on their Classification and Geographical Distribution; also Sixty-eight Coloured Plates of their Eggs. By Henry Seebohm, Author of “Siberia in Europe,” “Siberia in Asia,” &c. &c.
Saturday Review.—“The illustrations are as nearly perfect as the most careful colour-printing can produce, rivalling—and it is no slight praise—the admirable egg-pictures of Hewitson, some of which might almost have been executed by hand; and the book is written in an easy, pleasant style, redolent of the field rather than of the study.”
Zoologist.—“The text contains not only a description of each egg and its varieties, but also a very full account of the life-history of each bird.… If we may conceive the works of Yarrell and Hewitson rolled into one, with corrections, emendations, and important additions, and with woodcuts as well as coloured plates, such a work is Mr. Seebohm’s.”
Nature.—“We unhesitatingly express our opinion that since the time of Macgillivray no such original book as Mr. Seebohm’s has been published on British ornithology; we think that the figures of the eggs are by far the best that have yet been given.”
ONLY FIVE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED.
The Geographical Distribution or the Charadriidæ;
Or, The Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies.
By Henry Seebohm, Author of “Siberia in Europe,” “Siberia in Asia,” “A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of their Eggs,” &c.
Nature.—“This is a handsome volume of more than 500 pages, and is illustrated by twenty-one coloured plates, drawn in Mr. Keulemans’s best style. The book is profusely illustrated by woodcuts, showing the specific characters of the different species, and these will be invaluable to the student of these difficult birds. In fact, no work has ever been so remarkably treated in this respect, and it will be the book of reference for the Charadriidæ for many years to come.”
Fern Growing:
Fifty Years’ Experience in Crossing and Cultivation.
With a List of the most important Varieties and a History of the Discovery of Multiple Parentage. By E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., F.L.S.
Athenæum.—“In some respects the most important treatise on British ferns that has hitherto appeared.”
A Natural History or British Grasses.
Note.—This is a work not only valuable to the botanical student for its pictorial accuracy, but of use also to the landed proprietor and the farmer, pointing out to them those grasses which are useful and lucrative in husbandry, and teaching them the varied soils and positions upon which they thrive, and explaining their qualities and the several uses to which they are applied in many branches of manufacture and industry.
Rev. F. O. Morris’s Popular Works on Natural History.
ISSUE OF NEW AND REVISED EDITIONS.
A History of British Birds.
By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A.
Times.—“The protecting landowner, the village naturalist, the cockney ‘oologist,’ and the schoolboy all alike owe a debt to the Rev. F. O. Morris’s admirable work, in six volumes, on British birds, with its beautiful hand-painted plates.”
A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds.
By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A. Entirely Revised and brought up to Date by W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S., Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union, with 248 Plates chiefly Coloured by Hand.
Times.—“These latter (illustrations) are excellent, and indeed are the strength of this very handsome book, which, in its new and more accurate form, ought to find a place in many a library.”
A History of British Butterflies.
By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A.
A Natural History of British Moths.
By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A. With 132 Plates Coloured by Hand (1933 Figures), and an Introduction by W. Egmont Kirby, M.D.
British Game Birds and Wild Fowl.
By Beverley R. Morris, M.D. Entirely Revised and brought up to Date by W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S. With Sixty Large Plates all Coloured by Hand.
Daily News.—“Has held a unique position among works of its class. The sixty hand-coloured plates are splendidly executed.”
Francis Orpen Morris.
A memoir of the above-mentioned Author.
By his Son, the Rev. M. C. F. Morris, B.C.L., M.A., Rector of Nunburnholme, Yorkshire. With Portrait and Two Illustrations.
Land and Water.—“This very interesting memoir of the naturalist, whose works are perhaps better known among the ’rising generation’ than those of any other authority, … gives a remarkably clear and distinct picture of the late Mr. F. O. Morris.”
Yorkshire Post.—“A book so conscientiously written as to rank well among biographies.”
Audubon, and His Journals.
By Maria R. Audubon. With Notes by Elliott Coues.
Contents.—Audubon: A Biography. The European Journals, 1826-29. The Labrador Journal, 1833. The Missouri River Journal, 1843. The Episodes. With a full Index.
Note.—To English people the name of Audubon is a familiar and respected one, and there is little reason to doubt that the present work, forming as it does so handsome a monument of his life’s work, should be acceptable both to the lover of good books and to the naturalist. The former has the attraction of Audubon’s picturesque and engaging English style, added to reminiscences and narratives of a diverse and fascinating character, and a highly interesting biography of Audubon from the pen of his granddaughter. The naturalist, on the other hand, has here for the first time the complete and carefully edited text of Audubon’s valuable journals, supplemented by appropriate and interesting notes by so eminent a zoologist as Dr. Elliott Coues. The entire publication is virtually new, since even the European journals are here much amplified, while the Missouri and Labrador journals are practically unpublished, and the “Episodes” have never before appeared collectively except in a French translation. The work is one of the widest interest, and must at once take its place as the authoritative biography of Audubon, as well as the first adequate presentation of his journals, which in their now complete form give “the man instead of the death mask.”
Times.—“Audubon’s unpublished manuscripts are the record of a long, a varied, and an adventurous life, passed in unremitting activity and indefatigable industry. We must say at once that for the most part they are fascinating. They are sensational, instructive, and frankly autobiographical, and they show a many-sided man in his various aspects, with the absolute unreserve of innocent egoism.”
Saturday Review.—“There is much that will interest readers of vastly different tastes. Thus the European journals in the first volume have an interest that is chiefly personal, and we get interesting scraps of conversation with Sir Walter Scott, Jeffrey, Wilson, Lord Stanley, Cuvier, St. Hilaire, Selby, Constant, Gerard, Jardine, and Bewick, as well as many other notables in the science, art, and literature of Edinburgh, London, and Paris in the late twenties.”
Spectator.—“The two volumes present the life of the great French-American naturalist in a most attractive form. The journal of his voyage up the Missouri is now first given to the world, and the freshness of his life in the woods and of his own charming personality is not marred by any unwise editing or comment. The illustrations are excellent, worthy of a work dealing with the life of the man who used the instruction received from the revolutionary painter David in his youth to make the greatest advance in the illustration of nature ever achieved by one man.”
Scotsman.—“A worthy and enduring memorial has been raised to the great American ornithologist in the two volumes prepared by his granddaughter. Miss Audubon’s work has been admirably done; and the worth of the book is much enhanced by the zoological and other notes which Dr. Coues has appended.”
New Work on English Monastic History.
The
English Black Monks of St. Benedict
A Sketch of their History from the coming of St. Augustine to the Present Day.
By the Rev. Ethelred L. Taunton.
Some Press Notices.
Saturday Review.—“On the whole, it would be difficult within the limits that the author has set for himself to write a more interesting book. We recommend, more especially to the general reader, the three chapters on the life of a monk in the world and in his monastery, and that describing the life of women under the rule.”
Literature.—“We are struck with the skill with which he has mastered the details of a somewhat complicated story, and the clear way he has set it down for the benefit of his readers.”
Record.—“We must add a word to express our sense of the interest and value of the appendix to Volume I., which is a translation of the Consuetudinary of the monks of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury. It is a real help to understanding the ways and works, the helps and the temptations, of the monks.”
Bookman.—“Much idle legend has been dissipated by Mr. Taunton’s researches, many points left dark are now cleared up, and in the perplexed quarrellings which ruined the prospects of Catholicism at the close of the reign of Elizabeth, as under James I. and Charles I., the historian holds a balance which does not waver.”
The Flora of the Alps.
Being a Description of all the Species of Flowering Plants indigenous to Switzerland, and of the Alpine Species of the adjacent mountain districts of France, Italy, and Austria, including the Pyrenees. By Alfred W. Bennett, M.A., B.Sc., F.L.S., Lecturer on Botany at St. Thomas’s Hospital.
Times.—“Meets a want which has long been felt by English travellers of a complete illustrated guide to all the flowers which are indigenous to Switzerland.… The illustrations are numerous and accurate.”
Standard.—“Mr. Bennett gives an adequate description, and one which is both clear and exact, of all the species of flowering plants common to Switzerland.”
Spectator.—“These two volumes will form comprehensive and delightful companions to every traveller.”
Daily News.—“The letterpress is excellent, as, indeed, we should have expected from so high an authority; the plates are likely to be of great service to the traveller, and with their aid he will be able to identify most of the flowers he may find among the mountains.”
Land and Water.—“These very beautifully illustrated volumes will be welcomed by the numberless people whose summer holiday is spent in Switzerland or the Alpine districts.”
The Complete Angler
of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton.
Edited by John Major.
Scotsman.—“There are all sorts of editions of the fisher’s classic; but this will appeal most strongly to the man whose affections attach themselves with an equal tenacity to a good day’s fishing and a good book.”
Bookman.—“In Creswick’s engravings and all the other pictures—‘embellishments’ they are called in the language of the forties when Major brought out his edition—will lie the chief interest and charm. They alone would make Major’s edition one of the very best to possess.”
Glasgow Herald.—“As good an edition of the angler’s classic as any one need wish to have.”
Liverpool Post.—“In these days of processed-blocks it is indeed refreshing to come upon wood engravings such as the tailpieces to the different chapters.”
Hillingdon Hall; or, The Cockney Squire.
A Tale of Country Life. By R. S. Surtees, Author of “Handley Cross,” “Jorrocks’s Jaunts and Jollities,” &c.
Saturday Review.—“Mr. Jorrocks is one of those evergreens whom age cannot wither nor modern culture stale. ‘Handley Cross’ certainly used to be, and probably is still, the delight of every well-constituted schoolboy; while the somewhat soberer ‘Hillingdon Hall’ should have considerable interest for country folk at the present day, both as a picture of life in the early days of Queen Victoria, and as containing several eloquent dissertations by the hero and others on the effect of the abolition of the Corn-laws upon the agricultural interest.”
ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM STRANG, R.P.E.
The Pilgrim’s Progress.
With Fourteen Plates, Designed and Etched by William Strang, R.P.E. (Illustrator of Milton’s “Paradise Lost”).
Times.—“A sumptuous edition, illustrated by Mr. Strang with great artistic power.”
New Work on the Yiddish Dialect.
The History of Yiddish Literature
in the Nineteenth Century.
By LEO WIENER
Instructor in the Slavic Languages at Harvard University.
The Works of Catherine Charlotte, Lady Jackson, “Old Paris: Its Court and Literary Salons,” 2 vols. “The Old Regime: Court, Salons, and Theatres,” 2 vols. “The Court of France in the Sixteenth Century, 1514-1559,” 2 vols. “The Last of the Valois, and Accession of Henry of Navarre, 1559-1589,” 2 vols. “The First of the Bourbons, 1589-1595,” 2 vols. “The French Court and Society: Reign of Louis XVI. and First Empire,” 2 vols. “The Court of the Tuileries, from the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe,” 2 vols.