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13, WATERLOOPLACE, S.W.,LONDON,May, 1864.MESSRS. Wᴹ H. ALLEN & CO.'SPUBLICATIONS.IN THE PRESS.MEMOIRS OF CAROLINE MATILDA,Queen of Denmark, Sister of George III.In Three vols. 8vo.From Family and State Papers in the possession of Sir Lascelles Wraxall, Bart.[In June.THE MYSTERIES OF THE VATICAN.From the German. In Two Vols. post 8vo.HENRY VIII.:AN HISTORICAL SKETCH.BYCHARLES HASTINGS COLLETTE.This Work contains a Reply to the several popular errors connected with the domestic and public character of Henry VIII., and acts attributed to him.Post 8vo, 9s.LONDONREVIEW,March19, 1864.—"Mr. Collette has furnished Protestants with a manual of instruction on one of the most important periods of English history."MORNINGADVERTISER,March22, 1864.—"We heartily commend this volume to the general perusal of Protestant Englishmen, as an antidote of the false aspersions heaped upon the character of Henry VIII., the chosen instrument, whatever may have been his failings, to break the chains which bound England in their numbing fetters, and to clear the way for the glorious liberty of thought and free perusal of God's word, to which these islands owe so much of their prosperity and glory."

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LONDONREVIEW,March19, 1864.—"Mr. Collette has furnished Protestants with a manual of instruction on one of the most important periods of English history."MORNINGADVERTISER,March22, 1864.—"We heartily commend this volume to the general perusal of Protestant Englishmen, as an antidote of the false aspersions heaped upon the character of Henry VIII., the chosen instrument, whatever may have been his failings, to break the chains which bound England in their numbing fetters, and to clear the way for the glorious liberty of thought and free perusal of God's word, to which these islands owe so much of their prosperity and glory."

LONDONREVIEW,March19, 1864.—"Mr. Collette has furnished Protestants with a manual of instruction on one of the most important periods of English history."

MORNINGADVERTISER,March22, 1864.—"We heartily commend this volume to the general perusal of Protestant Englishmen, as an antidote of the false aspersions heaped upon the character of Henry VIII., the chosen instrument, whatever may have been his failings, to break the chains which bound England in their numbing fetters, and to clear the way for the glorious liberty of thought and free perusal of God's word, to which these islands owe so much of their prosperity and glory."

"THEIR MAJESTIES' SERVANTS:"Annals of the English Stage.ACTORS—AUTHORS AND AUDIENCES,From THOMAS BETTERTON to EDMUND KEAN.BYDR. DORAN, F.S.A.,Author of "Table Traits," "Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover," &c., &c.2 vols. 8vo, 32s."BILL OF THE PLAY."VOL. I.Prologue—The Decline and Fall of the Players—The "Boy Actresses," and the "Young Ladies"—The Gentlemen of the King's Company—Thomas Betterton—"Exeunt," and "Enter"—Elizabeth Barry—"Their first appearance on this stage"—The Dramatic Poets—Noble, gentle, and humble Authors—Professional Authors—The Dramatic Authoresses—The Audiences of the Seventeenth Century—A Seven Years' Rivalry The United and the Disunited Companies—Union, Strength, Prosperity—Competition, and what came of it—The Progress of James Quin, and Decline of Barton Booth—Barton Booth—Mrs. Oldfield—From the Death of Anne Oldfield to that of Wilks—Robert Wilks—Enter, Garrick—Garrick, Quin, Mrs. Porter—Rivalry; and Enter, Spranger Barry—The Old Dublin Theatre—Garrick and Quin: Garrick and Barry—The Audiences of 1700-1750—Exit, James Quin—England and Scotland.VOL. II.Margaret Woffington—Colley Cibber—England and Ireland—Byan, Rich, O'Brien—Susanna Maria Cibber—Re-appearance of Spranger Barry—Retirement of Mrs. Prichard—The last Years of Garrick and Barry—David Garrick—Spranger and Anne Barry—Kitty Clive, Woodward, Shuter—Samuel Foote—Supplemental Catalogue of New Plays from the retirement of Garrick to the end of the Eighteenth Century—Of Authors, and particularly of condemned Authors—The Audiences of the last half of the Eighteenth Century—Charles Macklin—A Bevy of Ladies; but chiefly, Mrs. Bellamy, Miss Farren, Mrs. Abington, and "Perdita"—A Group of Gentlemen—John Henderson—Sarah Siddons—John Kemble—George Frederick Cooke—Master Betty—Stage Costume and Stage Tricks—Prologues, Epilogues; Dedications, and Benefits—Old Stagers Departing—New Ideas; New Theatres; New Authors; and the New Actors—Edmund Kean.ATHENÆUM,Nov.21, 1863.—"Dr. Doran has contrived a couple of volumes which, while they satisfy the information-seeking few, will be received as a treasury of amusing anecdote by the lovers of gossip. The stage of any country, whether it flourishes or not, is sure to produce a crop of good stories, and no one can tell good stories better than Dr. Doran."DAILYNEWS,Dec.29, 1863.—"An elaborate history of the drama in all its aspects.... When once taken up it must be read through. Every page of the work is barbed with wit, and will make its way point foremost.... These volumes provide entertainment for the most diverse tastes."SATURDAYREVIEW,Dec.26, 1863.—"As a collection of anecdotes and brief biographies, Dr. Doran's book leaves little or nothing to desire."MORNINGPOST,Jan.16, 1864.—"Dr. Doran's book contains a copious review of all subjects connected with dramatic literature, with the lives of players, and with the business of the stage, during the whole period of the rise and growth of theatrical representations in England. The style of the volumes is clever and amusing in a high degree; and the diversified stories of information which they condense entitle them to a perusal by every lover of the drama, and especially by every aspirant to the honours of the sock and buskin."

"THEIR MAJESTIES' SERVANTS:"

Annals of the English Stage.

ACTORS—AUTHORS AND AUDIENCES,

From THOMAS BETTERTON to EDMUND KEAN.

BYDR. DORAN, F.S.A.,

Author of "Table Traits," "Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover," &c., &c.

2 vols. 8vo, 32s.

"BILL OF THE PLAY."

VOL. I.

Prologue—The Decline and Fall of the Players—The "Boy Actresses," and the "Young Ladies"—The Gentlemen of the King's Company—Thomas Betterton—"Exeunt," and "Enter"—Elizabeth Barry—"Their first appearance on this stage"—The Dramatic Poets—Noble, gentle, and humble Authors—Professional Authors—The Dramatic Authoresses—The Audiences of the Seventeenth Century—A Seven Years' Rivalry The United and the Disunited Companies—Union, Strength, Prosperity—Competition, and what came of it—The Progress of James Quin, and Decline of Barton Booth—Barton Booth—Mrs. Oldfield—From the Death of Anne Oldfield to that of Wilks—Robert Wilks—Enter, Garrick—Garrick, Quin, Mrs. Porter—Rivalry; and Enter, Spranger Barry—The Old Dublin Theatre—Garrick and Quin: Garrick and Barry—The Audiences of 1700-1750—Exit, James Quin—England and Scotland.

VOL. II.

Margaret Woffington—Colley Cibber—England and Ireland—Byan, Rich, O'Brien—Susanna Maria Cibber—Re-appearance of Spranger Barry—Retirement of Mrs. Prichard—The last Years of Garrick and Barry—David Garrick—Spranger and Anne Barry—Kitty Clive, Woodward, Shuter—Samuel Foote—Supplemental Catalogue of New Plays from the retirement of Garrick to the end of the Eighteenth Century—Of Authors, and particularly of condemned Authors—The Audiences of the last half of the Eighteenth Century—Charles Macklin—A Bevy of Ladies; but chiefly, Mrs. Bellamy, Miss Farren, Mrs. Abington, and "Perdita"—A Group of Gentlemen—John Henderson—Sarah Siddons—John Kemble—George Frederick Cooke—Master Betty—Stage Costume and Stage Tricks—Prologues, Epilogues; Dedications, and Benefits—Old Stagers Departing—New Ideas; New Theatres; New Authors; and the New Actors—Edmund Kean.

ATHENÆUM,Nov.21, 1863.—"Dr. Doran has contrived a couple of volumes which, while they satisfy the information-seeking few, will be received as a treasury of amusing anecdote by the lovers of gossip. The stage of any country, whether it flourishes or not, is sure to produce a crop of good stories, and no one can tell good stories better than Dr. Doran."DAILYNEWS,Dec.29, 1863.—"An elaborate history of the drama in all its aspects.... When once taken up it must be read through. Every page of the work is barbed with wit, and will make its way point foremost.... These volumes provide entertainment for the most diverse tastes."SATURDAYREVIEW,Dec.26, 1863.—"As a collection of anecdotes and brief biographies, Dr. Doran's book leaves little or nothing to desire."MORNINGPOST,Jan.16, 1864.—"Dr. Doran's book contains a copious review of all subjects connected with dramatic literature, with the lives of players, and with the business of the stage, during the whole period of the rise and growth of theatrical representations in England. The style of the volumes is clever and amusing in a high degree; and the diversified stories of information which they condense entitle them to a perusal by every lover of the drama, and especially by every aspirant to the honours of the sock and buskin."

DAILYNEWS,Dec.29, 1863.—"An elaborate history of the drama in all its aspects.... When once taken up it must be read through. Every page of the work is barbed with wit, and will make its way point foremost.... These volumes provide entertainment for the most diverse tastes."

SATURDAYREVIEW,Dec.26, 1863.—"As a collection of anecdotes and brief biographies, Dr. Doran's book leaves little or nothing to desire."

MORNINGPOST,Jan.16, 1864.—"Dr. Doran's book contains a copious review of all subjects connected with dramatic literature, with the lives of players, and with the business of the stage, during the whole period of the rise and growth of theatrical representations in England. The style of the volumes is clever and amusing in a high degree; and the diversified stories of information which they condense entitle them to a perusal by every lover of the drama, and especially by every aspirant to the honours of the sock and buskin."

GERMAN LIFE AND MANNERS,AS SEEN IN SAXONY AT THE PRESENT DAY:With an Account of Village Life—Town Life—Fashionable Life—Married Life—School and University Life, &c., of Germany at the Present Time.Illustrated with Songs and Pictures of the Student Customs at the University of Jena.BYHENRY MAYHEW,Author of "London Labour and London Poor," "Great World of London," &c.Two Volumes, 8vo, 32s.ATHENÆUM,December5th, 1863.—"This is a work, which in its outspoken and perhaps sometimes boisterous frankness, will shock many admirers of Goethe and Schiller, and of the land they lived in; but which, nevertheless, in despite of the honest, downright blows which Mr. Mayhew distributes so freely with his English cudgel on the members of almost every German class and profession, and on almost every German custom and institution, is full of original thought and observation, and may be studied with profit by both German and English—especially by the German."BELL'SMESSENGER,January23rd, 1864.—"Mr. Mayhew's very amusing volumes well deserve careful perusal. The Luther exploration is deeply interesting."MORNINGPOST,December31st, 1863.—"Mr. Mayhew has made up two very interesting volumes."ILLUSTRATEDTIMES,January16th, 1864.—"Mr. Mayhew has produced the most entertaining and (to a careful reader) instructive book we have seen for a long time—a book that will be greedily gone through and long remembered by everybody that takes it up."ILLUSTRATEDNEWS,January2nd, 1864.—"To say that Mr. Henry Mayhew has written two exceedingly entertaining volumes will appear, to those who know anything of his writings, equivalent only to saying that he has written two volumes. He has now left English for German life; so far, at least, as Saxony offers a specimen of it, and his descriptions are characterised by the same graphic, uncompromising, and, one is bound to say, moreover, studded, as usual, by gems of wit, humour and anecdote, and illustrated by comparisons or contrasts, drawn from that vast stock of experiences with which his acquaintance with an extensive range of society has supplied him."GLASGOWMORNINGJOURNAL,April18, 1864.—"Mr. Mayhew's work is excessively interesting, and in many passages excessively amusing, there can be no manner of of doubt, while we have every reason to believe that the picture it presents of German life and manners is in the main strictly and literally true."LONDONREVIEW,Jan.16th, 1864.—"We do not know where to look for a better view of the student life of a German university than Mr. Mayhew gives usàproposof that of Jena."THEFORESTS AND GARDENS OF SOUTH INDIA.BYHUGH CLEGHORN, M.D., F.L.S.,Conservator of Forests, Madras Presidency.In post 8vo, with Map and numerous Illustrations, price 12s.DAILYNEWS.—"Full of valuable information, and thoroughly reliable in all its statements."

GERMAN LIFE AND MANNERS,

AS SEEN IN SAXONY AT THE PRESENT DAY:

With an Account of Village Life—Town Life—Fashionable Life—Married Life—School and University Life, &c., of Germany at the Present Time.

Illustrated with Songs and Pictures of the Student Customs at the University of Jena.

BYHENRY MAYHEW,

Author of "London Labour and London Poor," "Great World of London," &c.

Two Volumes, 8vo, 32s.

ATHENÆUM,December5th, 1863.—"This is a work, which in its outspoken and perhaps sometimes boisterous frankness, will shock many admirers of Goethe and Schiller, and of the land they lived in; but which, nevertheless, in despite of the honest, downright blows which Mr. Mayhew distributes so freely with his English cudgel on the members of almost every German class and profession, and on almost every German custom and institution, is full of original thought and observation, and may be studied with profit by both German and English—especially by the German."BELL'SMESSENGER,January23rd, 1864.—"Mr. Mayhew's very amusing volumes well deserve careful perusal. The Luther exploration is deeply interesting."MORNINGPOST,December31st, 1863.—"Mr. Mayhew has made up two very interesting volumes."ILLUSTRATEDTIMES,January16th, 1864.—"Mr. Mayhew has produced the most entertaining and (to a careful reader) instructive book we have seen for a long time—a book that will be greedily gone through and long remembered by everybody that takes it up."ILLUSTRATEDNEWS,January2nd, 1864.—"To say that Mr. Henry Mayhew has written two exceedingly entertaining volumes will appear, to those who know anything of his writings, equivalent only to saying that he has written two volumes. He has now left English for German life; so far, at least, as Saxony offers a specimen of it, and his descriptions are characterised by the same graphic, uncompromising, and, one is bound to say, moreover, studded, as usual, by gems of wit, humour and anecdote, and illustrated by comparisons or contrasts, drawn from that vast stock of experiences with which his acquaintance with an extensive range of society has supplied him."GLASGOWMORNINGJOURNAL,April18, 1864.—"Mr. Mayhew's work is excessively interesting, and in many passages excessively amusing, there can be no manner of of doubt, while we have every reason to believe that the picture it presents of German life and manners is in the main strictly and literally true."LONDONREVIEW,Jan.16th, 1864.—"We do not know where to look for a better view of the student life of a German university than Mr. Mayhew gives usàproposof that of Jena."

BELL'SMESSENGER,January23rd, 1864.—"Mr. Mayhew's very amusing volumes well deserve careful perusal. The Luther exploration is deeply interesting."

MORNINGPOST,December31st, 1863.—"Mr. Mayhew has made up two very interesting volumes."

ILLUSTRATEDTIMES,January16th, 1864.—"Mr. Mayhew has produced the most entertaining and (to a careful reader) instructive book we have seen for a long time—a book that will be greedily gone through and long remembered by everybody that takes it up."

ILLUSTRATEDNEWS,January2nd, 1864.—"To say that Mr. Henry Mayhew has written two exceedingly entertaining volumes will appear, to those who know anything of his writings, equivalent only to saying that he has written two volumes. He has now left English for German life; so far, at least, as Saxony offers a specimen of it, and his descriptions are characterised by the same graphic, uncompromising, and, one is bound to say, moreover, studded, as usual, by gems of wit, humour and anecdote, and illustrated by comparisons or contrasts, drawn from that vast stock of experiences with which his acquaintance with an extensive range of society has supplied him."

GLASGOWMORNINGJOURNAL,April18, 1864.—"Mr. Mayhew's work is excessively interesting, and in many passages excessively amusing, there can be no manner of of doubt, while we have every reason to believe that the picture it presents of German life and manners is in the main strictly and literally true."

LONDONREVIEW,Jan.16th, 1864.—"We do not know where to look for a better view of the student life of a German university than Mr. Mayhew gives usàproposof that of Jena."

THEFORESTS AND GARDENS OF SOUTH INDIA.

BYHUGH CLEGHORN, M.D., F.L.S.,

Conservator of Forests, Madras Presidency.

In post 8vo, with Map and numerous Illustrations, price 12s.

DAILYNEWS.—"Full of valuable information, and thoroughly reliable in all its statements."

SECONDEDITION.Dedicated, by Permission, to the Bishop of Oxford.SOCIAL LIFE OF MUNICH.BYEDWARD WILBERFORCE, ESQ.Post 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d.CONTENTS:Munich from the Outside.Manners and Customs.Royalty."The Two Kings of ——"Public Buildings.Picture Galleries.Künstler Feste.Cornelius in Munich.Kaulbach.Munich Artistic.Practical Munich.Bavarian Railways.The Royal Library.The Theatre in Munich.Concerts in Munich.Beerhouses.Village Life in Bavaria.Laws of Trade.Laws of Marriage.Laws of Police.SPECTATOR,Nov.21, 1863.—"The 'Social Life' is altogether an admirable photographic picture, sharp and clear, and true in every line of light and shade."READER,Nov.14, 1863.—"It will command the attention of every thinking German. Mr. Wilberforce's interesting volume embraces nearly the whole range of Munich life, political, social, and artistic. 'Social Life in Munich' is entirely free from the scandalous anecdotes by which town travels are so often disfigured. Written throughout in a pleasing lively strain, it is evidently the work of a keen observer, who benefits the Germans whilst he amuses his own countrymen."GUARDIAN,Dec.2, 1863.—"Mr. Wilberforce has written a clever and characteristic account of this famous city of art."SATURDAYREVIEW,Dec.26, 1863.—"A very able volume. Mr. Wilberforce is a very pleasant and agreeable writer, whose opinion is worth hearing on the subject of modern art, which enters largely into the matter of his discourse."EDINBURGHCOURANT,Nov.14, 1863.—"We welcome this agreeable and instructive book."SIR EVERARD'S DAUGHTER.A NEW NOVEL.BYJOHN CORDY JEAFFRESON,Author of "Live it Down," &c.Second Edition, post 8vo, 10s. 6d.ATHENÆUM,July11, 1863.—"It is, perhaps, the most remarkable work of fiction that Mr. Jeaffreson has written."BELL'SMESSENGER,July18, 1863.—"Compared with many of Mr. Jeaffreson's larger literary productions, this tale is but a sketch; yet as such it shows the hand of a master, and proves that had he been at the pains to have elaborated his subject upon a broader canvas, it would have been not only one of the most successful specimens he has ever prepared, but one of the most remarkable, for a long time past, given to the public by any other modern novelist."

SECONDEDITION.

Dedicated, by Permission, to the Bishop of Oxford.

SOCIAL LIFE OF MUNICH.

BYEDWARD WILBERFORCE, ESQ.

Post 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d.

CONTENTS:

Munich from the Outside.Manners and Customs.Royalty."The Two Kings of ——"Public Buildings.Picture Galleries.Künstler Feste.Cornelius in Munich.Kaulbach.Munich Artistic.Practical Munich.Bavarian Railways.The Royal Library.The Theatre in Munich.Concerts in Munich.Beerhouses.Village Life in Bavaria.Laws of Trade.Laws of Marriage.Laws of Police.

SPECTATOR,Nov.21, 1863.—"The 'Social Life' is altogether an admirable photographic picture, sharp and clear, and true in every line of light and shade."READER,Nov.14, 1863.—"It will command the attention of every thinking German. Mr. Wilberforce's interesting volume embraces nearly the whole range of Munich life, political, social, and artistic. 'Social Life in Munich' is entirely free from the scandalous anecdotes by which town travels are so often disfigured. Written throughout in a pleasing lively strain, it is evidently the work of a keen observer, who benefits the Germans whilst he amuses his own countrymen."GUARDIAN,Dec.2, 1863.—"Mr. Wilberforce has written a clever and characteristic account of this famous city of art."SATURDAYREVIEW,Dec.26, 1863.—"A very able volume. Mr. Wilberforce is a very pleasant and agreeable writer, whose opinion is worth hearing on the subject of modern art, which enters largely into the matter of his discourse."EDINBURGHCOURANT,Nov.14, 1863.—"We welcome this agreeable and instructive book."

SPECTATOR,Nov.21, 1863.—"The 'Social Life' is altogether an admirable photographic picture, sharp and clear, and true in every line of light and shade."

READER,Nov.14, 1863.—"It will command the attention of every thinking German. Mr. Wilberforce's interesting volume embraces nearly the whole range of Munich life, political, social, and artistic. 'Social Life in Munich' is entirely free from the scandalous anecdotes by which town travels are so often disfigured. Written throughout in a pleasing lively strain, it is evidently the work of a keen observer, who benefits the Germans whilst he amuses his own countrymen."

GUARDIAN,Dec.2, 1863.—"Mr. Wilberforce has written a clever and characteristic account of this famous city of art."

SATURDAYREVIEW,Dec.26, 1863.—"A very able volume. Mr. Wilberforce is a very pleasant and agreeable writer, whose opinion is worth hearing on the subject of modern art, which enters largely into the matter of his discourse."

EDINBURGHCOURANT,Nov.14, 1863.—"We welcome this agreeable and instructive book."

SIR EVERARD'S DAUGHTER.

A NEW NOVEL.

BYJOHN CORDY JEAFFRESON,

Author of "Live it Down," &c.

Second Edition, post 8vo, 10s. 6d.

ATHENÆUM,July11, 1863.—"It is, perhaps, the most remarkable work of fiction that Mr. Jeaffreson has written."BELL'SMESSENGER,July18, 1863.—"Compared with many of Mr. Jeaffreson's larger literary productions, this tale is but a sketch; yet as such it shows the hand of a master, and proves that had he been at the pains to have elaborated his subject upon a broader canvas, it would have been not only one of the most successful specimens he has ever prepared, but one of the most remarkable, for a long time past, given to the public by any other modern novelist."

ATHENÆUM,July11, 1863.—"It is, perhaps, the most remarkable work of fiction that Mr. Jeaffreson has written."

BELL'SMESSENGER,July18, 1863.—"Compared with many of Mr. Jeaffreson's larger literary productions, this tale is but a sketch; yet as such it shows the hand of a master, and proves that had he been at the pains to have elaborated his subject upon a broader canvas, it would have been not only one of the most successful specimens he has ever prepared, but one of the most remarkable, for a long time past, given to the public by any other modern novelist."

THE IONIAN ISLANDSIn the Year 1863.BYPROFESSORD. T. ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S.8vo, cloth, with Maps and Cuts, 16s.SATURDAYREVIEW,Dec.5, 1863.—"What Mr. Ansted saw in the Ionian Islands he saw well, and under good auspices, and has noted down carefully."NONCONFORMIST,Dec.18, 1863.—"Professor Ansted's volume furnishes interesting information on all points on which information might fairly be looked for in such a work. His narrative is throughout light and agreeable reading."ATHENÆUM,Dec.21, 1863.—"Through these Islands Professor Ansted has accomplished a pleasant run, the incidents of which are as pleasantly narrated. What Professor Ansted effected in his volume on the Channel Islands for that insular group in our own seas, he has accomplished as successfully for these Isles of Greece in the work which we now make over to its assured public."THEPRESS,Jan.22, 1864.—"Highly interesting on account of the great variety of information it contains, and not less highly commendable for the impartiality with which the various data for judging of the expediency of the transfer of the Islands to the kingdom of Greece are placed before the reader."TRAVELS IN MEXICO,SOUTH AMERICA, &c., &c.BYG. T. VIGNE, ESQ.,Author of "A Personal Visit to Ghuzni and Affghanistan," and "Travels in Kashmir, Ladak," &c.With Illustrations, 2 vols. post 8vo, 21s.OBSERVER,Nov.15, 1863.—"The author seems to have travelled over a great part of South America, and to have visited all the principal towns and places worth seeing, and his observations, which are made with cleverness and intelligence, are characterized by remarkable freshness of feeling, an unaffected style, and a conscientious truthfulness."SPECTATOR,Nov.28, 1863.—"While in Nicaragua the Filibusters were attracting the attention of Europe, and his (Mr. Vigne's) sketch of the fortunes of General Walker up to his execution forms an episode of considerable interest. The special charm in Mr. Vigne's work is the keenness of his observations as a naturalist in the country in which, above all others, nature seems to have revelled in strange and fantastic creations. Without attempting set descriptions of external scenery or natural phenomena, he manages, by the fidelity and freshness of style, to convey to the mind of the reader the pervading atmosphere of the scene and circumstances with rare felicity."READER,Jan.16, 1864.—"We can recommend this work as a pleasantly written narrative of travel in a most interesting and little known region."

THE IONIAN ISLANDS

In the Year 1863.

BYPROFESSORD. T. ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S.

8vo, cloth, with Maps and Cuts, 16s.

SATURDAYREVIEW,Dec.5, 1863.—"What Mr. Ansted saw in the Ionian Islands he saw well, and under good auspices, and has noted down carefully."NONCONFORMIST,Dec.18, 1863.—"Professor Ansted's volume furnishes interesting information on all points on which information might fairly be looked for in such a work. His narrative is throughout light and agreeable reading."ATHENÆUM,Dec.21, 1863.—"Through these Islands Professor Ansted has accomplished a pleasant run, the incidents of which are as pleasantly narrated. What Professor Ansted effected in his volume on the Channel Islands for that insular group in our own seas, he has accomplished as successfully for these Isles of Greece in the work which we now make over to its assured public."THEPRESS,Jan.22, 1864.—"Highly interesting on account of the great variety of information it contains, and not less highly commendable for the impartiality with which the various data for judging of the expediency of the transfer of the Islands to the kingdom of Greece are placed before the reader."

SATURDAYREVIEW,Dec.5, 1863.—"What Mr. Ansted saw in the Ionian Islands he saw well, and under good auspices, and has noted down carefully."

NONCONFORMIST,Dec.18, 1863.—"Professor Ansted's volume furnishes interesting information on all points on which information might fairly be looked for in such a work. His narrative is throughout light and agreeable reading."

ATHENÆUM,Dec.21, 1863.—"Through these Islands Professor Ansted has accomplished a pleasant run, the incidents of which are as pleasantly narrated. What Professor Ansted effected in his volume on the Channel Islands for that insular group in our own seas, he has accomplished as successfully for these Isles of Greece in the work which we now make over to its assured public."

THEPRESS,Jan.22, 1864.—"Highly interesting on account of the great variety of information it contains, and not less highly commendable for the impartiality with which the various data for judging of the expediency of the transfer of the Islands to the kingdom of Greece are placed before the reader."

TRAVELS IN MEXICO,SOUTH AMERICA, &c., &c.

BYG. T. VIGNE, ESQ.,

Author of "A Personal Visit to Ghuzni and Affghanistan," and "Travels in Kashmir, Ladak," &c.

With Illustrations, 2 vols. post 8vo, 21s.

OBSERVER,Nov.15, 1863.—"The author seems to have travelled over a great part of South America, and to have visited all the principal towns and places worth seeing, and his observations, which are made with cleverness and intelligence, are characterized by remarkable freshness of feeling, an unaffected style, and a conscientious truthfulness."SPECTATOR,Nov.28, 1863.—"While in Nicaragua the Filibusters were attracting the attention of Europe, and his (Mr. Vigne's) sketch of the fortunes of General Walker up to his execution forms an episode of considerable interest. The special charm in Mr. Vigne's work is the keenness of his observations as a naturalist in the country in which, above all others, nature seems to have revelled in strange and fantastic creations. Without attempting set descriptions of external scenery or natural phenomena, he manages, by the fidelity and freshness of style, to convey to the mind of the reader the pervading atmosphere of the scene and circumstances with rare felicity."READER,Jan.16, 1864.—"We can recommend this work as a pleasantly written narrative of travel in a most interesting and little known region."

SPECTATOR,Nov.28, 1863.—"While in Nicaragua the Filibusters were attracting the attention of Europe, and his (Mr. Vigne's) sketch of the fortunes of General Walker up to his execution forms an episode of considerable interest. The special charm in Mr. Vigne's work is the keenness of his observations as a naturalist in the country in which, above all others, nature seems to have revelled in strange and fantastic creations. Without attempting set descriptions of external scenery or natural phenomena, he manages, by the fidelity and freshness of style, to convey to the mind of the reader the pervading atmosphere of the scene and circumstances with rare felicity."

READER,Jan.16, 1864.—"We can recommend this work as a pleasantly written narrative of travel in a most interesting and little known region."

VICTOR HUGO;A LIFE RELATED BY ONE WHO HAS WITNESSED IT.INCLUDINGAn Original Drama, in Three Acts,ENTITLED"INEZ DE CASTRO."FROM THE FRENCH.Two Vols. post 8vo, £1 1s.Contents:La Vendée.Marriage.Campaign of the Rhine.Fra Diavolo.Journey into Italy.Arrest of Lahorie.Meeting with Napoleon.Coucha the Monk.Story of General Louis Hugo.El Empecinado.An Idyll at Bayonne.Masserano Palace.College of the Noble.France Invaded.Bourbons.The Hundred Days.The Foolish Things Master Hugodid before he was fully fledged.First Introduction to the Academy.A Word for Chateaubriand.Death of the Mother.Lamennais becomes VictorHugo's Confessor.A Wedding.A Visit to Blois.Coronation of Charles X.Visit to Lamartine.M. Victor Hugo's Recital.Letter from Lamennais.Cromwell.Amy Robsart.The Scaffold.The Consequences of"The Last Day of a Convict."Ernani.Notre Dame de Paris.Marion de Lorme.Lucrezia Borgia.Marie Tudor.La Esmeralda.Fête at Versailles.ATHENÆUM,June27, 1863.—"The story of such a life as M. Victor Hugo, told by a witness, can hardly fail to be a tale which will make Europe sit still to listen."PRESS,July25, 1863.—"These volumes contain a wonderful wealth of anecdote, and we predict that they will be read with great avidity."LONDONREVIEW,July25, 1863.—"We have said enough, we hope, to show our readers that the present volumes will repay perusal. From beginning to end we have found them full of lively and interesting gossip, with numerous passages which have also an historical value."STANDARD,Sept.29, 1863.—"This is altogether a very charming little book; its contents are so various that no reader can fail to be pleased, and the style—light, graceful, and piquant—is the perfection of chatty biography."NONCONFORMIST,Sept.2, 1863.—"A work which is sure to attract much attention."EDINBURGHCOURANT,Sept.19, 1863.—"The anecdotes—the pictures—the sketches of continental men and women—all of which follow each other naturally in the story of the career of a famous Frenchman, make this life as instructive as it is amusing to British readers."

VICTOR HUGO;

A LIFE RELATED BY ONE WHO HAS WITNESSED IT.

INCLUDING

An Original Drama, in Three Acts,

ENTITLED

"INEZ DE CASTRO."

FROM THE FRENCH.

Two Vols. post 8vo, £1 1s.

Contents:

La Vendée.Marriage.Campaign of the Rhine.Fra Diavolo.Journey into Italy.Arrest of Lahorie.Meeting with Napoleon.Coucha the Monk.Story of General Louis Hugo.El Empecinado.An Idyll at Bayonne.Masserano Palace.College of the Noble.France Invaded.Bourbons.The Hundred Days.The Foolish Things Master Hugodid before he was fully fledged.First Introduction to the Academy.A Word for Chateaubriand.Death of the Mother.Lamennais becomes VictorHugo's Confessor.A Wedding.A Visit to Blois.Coronation of Charles X.Visit to Lamartine.M. Victor Hugo's Recital.Letter from Lamennais.Cromwell.Amy Robsart.The Scaffold.The Consequences of"The Last Day of a Convict."Ernani.Notre Dame de Paris.Marion de Lorme.Lucrezia Borgia.Marie Tudor.La Esmeralda.Fête at Versailles.

ATHENÆUM,June27, 1863.—"The story of such a life as M. Victor Hugo, told by a witness, can hardly fail to be a tale which will make Europe sit still to listen."PRESS,July25, 1863.—"These volumes contain a wonderful wealth of anecdote, and we predict that they will be read with great avidity."LONDONREVIEW,July25, 1863.—"We have said enough, we hope, to show our readers that the present volumes will repay perusal. From beginning to end we have found them full of lively and interesting gossip, with numerous passages which have also an historical value."STANDARD,Sept.29, 1863.—"This is altogether a very charming little book; its contents are so various that no reader can fail to be pleased, and the style—light, graceful, and piquant—is the perfection of chatty biography."NONCONFORMIST,Sept.2, 1863.—"A work which is sure to attract much attention."EDINBURGHCOURANT,Sept.19, 1863.—"The anecdotes—the pictures—the sketches of continental men and women—all of which follow each other naturally in the story of the career of a famous Frenchman, make this life as instructive as it is amusing to British readers."

ATHENÆUM,June27, 1863.—"The story of such a life as M. Victor Hugo, told by a witness, can hardly fail to be a tale which will make Europe sit still to listen."

PRESS,July25, 1863.—"These volumes contain a wonderful wealth of anecdote, and we predict that they will be read with great avidity."

LONDONREVIEW,July25, 1863.—"We have said enough, we hope, to show our readers that the present volumes will repay perusal. From beginning to end we have found them full of lively and interesting gossip, with numerous passages which have also an historical value."

STANDARD,Sept.29, 1863.—"This is altogether a very charming little book; its contents are so various that no reader can fail to be pleased, and the style—light, graceful, and piquant—is the perfection of chatty biography."

NONCONFORMIST,Sept.2, 1863.—"A work which is sure to attract much attention."

EDINBURGHCOURANT,Sept.19, 1863.—"The anecdotes—the pictures—the sketches of continental men and women—all of which follow each other naturally in the story of the career of a famous Frenchman, make this life as instructive as it is amusing to British readers."

In One handsome 8vo volume,with72Illustrations on Wood byVIZETELLY, LOUDAN, NICHOLLS,andHART,also with a Map,price£1 6s.THE CHANNEL ISLANDS:CONTAININGPart I.—PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.The Channe and Channel Islands—Alderney, Ortach, and the Casquets—Island and Coast of Guernsey—Islands and Rocks near Guernsey—Jersey and adjacent Rocks—Chaussey Archipelago and the Minquiers—Climate, Meteorology, and Sanitary Condition.Part II.—NATURAL HISTORY.Vegetable productions natural to the Islands—Animals in the Islands and adjacent Seas—Geology and Mineralogy, Ancient Formations—Modern Destruction and Renovation—Fauna and Flora, considered in reference to their Physical Geography and Geology.Part III.—CIVIL HISTORY.Pagan and Legendary Period—German Period—Norman Conquest to beginning of Civil Wars—Civil Wars—Accession of William the Third to present Time—Antiquities and Archæology—Language and Literature.Part IV.—ECONOMICS and TRADE.Agriculture—Horticulture—Trade, Commerce, and Manufactures—Constitution and Laws—Manners and Customs—Principal Public Institutions—Hints to Tourists—Money, Weights, and Measures—Statistics.BYDAVID THOMAS ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S., &c.,ANDROBERT GORDON LATHAM, M.A., M.D., F.R.S.The Illustrations drawn on Wood expressly for this Work, byPAULJ. NAFTEL,Member of the London Society of Painters in Water Colours.SATURDAYREVIEW,April4, 1863.—"This is a really valuable work. A book which will long remain the standard authority on its subject. No one who has been to the Channel Islands, or who purposes going there, will be insensible of its value."ATHENÆUM,Nov.16, 1862.—"It is the produce of many hands, and every hand a good one. Nearly everything which a man can desire to know about Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, about their history, geography, and natural history, Professor Ansted and Dr. Latham have contrived to tell."SPECTATOR,Jan.24, 1863.—"We are quite sure that to all classes of readers this work will prove exceedingly interesting, while scientific men will acknowledge that it leaves no room for any future history of the Islands."LONDONREVIEW,Jan.17, 1863.—"We can safely say that no one can visit the Channel Islands without finding much to interest and inform in the work before us."OBSERVER,Nov.30, 1862.—"As gems of art, these illustrations have rarely been equalled, and certainly have never been surpassed. They are alone sufficient to confer a lasting popularity and permanent value. The volume however, possesses an intrinsic worth irrespective of all its graces of adornment, which will not fail to command it the hearty approbation of every reader."

In One handsome 8vo volume,with72Illustrations on Wood byVIZETELLY, LOUDAN, NICHOLLS,andHART,also with a Map,price£1 6s.

THE CHANNEL ISLANDS:

CONTAINING

Part I.—PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.

The Channe and Channel Islands—Alderney, Ortach, and the Casquets—Island and Coast of Guernsey—Islands and Rocks near Guernsey—Jersey and adjacent Rocks—Chaussey Archipelago and the Minquiers—Climate, Meteorology, and Sanitary Condition.

Part II.—NATURAL HISTORY.

Vegetable productions natural to the Islands—Animals in the Islands and adjacent Seas—Geology and Mineralogy, Ancient Formations—Modern Destruction and Renovation—Fauna and Flora, considered in reference to their Physical Geography and Geology.

Part III.—CIVIL HISTORY.

Pagan and Legendary Period—German Period—Norman Conquest to beginning of Civil Wars—Civil Wars—Accession of William the Third to present Time—Antiquities and Archæology—Language and Literature.

Part IV.—ECONOMICS and TRADE.

Agriculture—Horticulture—Trade, Commerce, and Manufactures—Constitution and Laws—Manners and Customs—Principal Public Institutions—Hints to Tourists—Money, Weights, and Measures—Statistics.

BYDAVID THOMAS ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S., &c.,

AND

ROBERT GORDON LATHAM, M.A., M.D., F.R.S.

The Illustrations drawn on Wood expressly for this Work, byPAULJ. NAFTEL,Member of the London Society of Painters in Water Colours.

SATURDAYREVIEW,April4, 1863.—"This is a really valuable work. A book which will long remain the standard authority on its subject. No one who has been to the Channel Islands, or who purposes going there, will be insensible of its value."ATHENÆUM,Nov.16, 1862.—"It is the produce of many hands, and every hand a good one. Nearly everything which a man can desire to know about Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, about their history, geography, and natural history, Professor Ansted and Dr. Latham have contrived to tell."SPECTATOR,Jan.24, 1863.—"We are quite sure that to all classes of readers this work will prove exceedingly interesting, while scientific men will acknowledge that it leaves no room for any future history of the Islands."LONDONREVIEW,Jan.17, 1863.—"We can safely say that no one can visit the Channel Islands without finding much to interest and inform in the work before us."OBSERVER,Nov.30, 1862.—"As gems of art, these illustrations have rarely been equalled, and certainly have never been surpassed. They are alone sufficient to confer a lasting popularity and permanent value. The volume however, possesses an intrinsic worth irrespective of all its graces of adornment, which will not fail to command it the hearty approbation of every reader."

ATHENÆUM,Nov.16, 1862.—"It is the produce of many hands, and every hand a good one. Nearly everything which a man can desire to know about Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, about their history, geography, and natural history, Professor Ansted and Dr. Latham have contrived to tell."

SPECTATOR,Jan.24, 1863.—"We are quite sure that to all classes of readers this work will prove exceedingly interesting, while scientific men will acknowledge that it leaves no room for any future history of the Islands."

LONDONREVIEW,Jan.17, 1863.—"We can safely say that no one can visit the Channel Islands without finding much to interest and inform in the work before us."

OBSERVER,Nov.30, 1862.—"As gems of art, these illustrations have rarely been equalled, and certainly have never been surpassed. They are alone sufficient to confer a lasting popularity and permanent value. The volume however, possesses an intrinsic worth irrespective of all its graces of adornment, which will not fail to command it the hearty approbation of every reader."

SECOND EDITION.AN INQUIRYINTO THETHEORIESOFHISTORY, CHANCE, LAW, WILL;With SPECIAL REFERENCE to the PRINCIPLES of POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY.BYWILLIAM ADAM.8vo, cloth, 15s.WESTMINSTERREVIEW.—"The 'Inquiry into the Theories of History,' although anonymous, is a first-rate book. Its object is to reconcile Theism with the scientific conception of law, and from that reconciliation to deduce a true theory of history. The book contains a most able and effectual vindication of Theism, and of a rational, as opposed to irrational, Positivism."CORNHILLMAGAZINE.—"Written with remarkable ability, and, considering its polemical spirit, with excellent temper. The style is always animated, and at times felicitous. The volume gives ample proof of metaphysical acuteness. One good service it will certainly effect—namely, that of fastening the attention of its readers on the great fundamental problems of historical science."SPECTATOR.—"The whole book bears the evident mark of maturity of thought. The third chapter is full of thoughtful and able argument, in which the positions, not only of Comte, but often of Mill, are powerfully and successfully assailed."ATHENÆUM.—"The book now under notice is no doubt heavy and massive, but no competent critic will be prepared to pronounce it dull. It is exceedingly calm and candid, clear-sighted, and ingenious in an eminent degree. It is well thought and weightily written. We have not come across a book of the present day for a considerable while so far removed from the common run of writing and of thinking as this one is. This author manifests that originality which always goes to the centre of a question, whether well or ill conceived, and takes sundry important and fresh views of the entire problem before turning aside from the contemplation of it. Be the writer who he may, he has the credit, at least, of producing a highly original work."THE POLISH CAPTIVITY:An ACCOUNT of the PRESENT POSITION and PROSPECTS of the POLES in the KINGDOM of POLAND,AND IN THEPOLISHPROVINCES OFAUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, ANDRUSSIA.BYSUTHERLAND EDWARDS.Two Volumes, 8vo, with Chromo-Lithographic Illustrations, 26s.TImes,April2, 1863.—"A highly opportune production."SPECTATOR,March28, 1863.—"The 'Polish Captivity' is full of light but suggestive sketches,pièces justificativesof historic value, national songs and stories, descriptions of Polish towns, Polish notabilities, and Polish women, and is, besides, a book an English lady might read with twice the ease of Mr. Trollope's latest novel."ATHENÆUM,March21, 1863.—"Mr. Edwards' book will be read with deep interest. It is well written, and the narratives are well constructed."LONDONREVIEW,March28, 1863.—"The book in which Mr. Sutherland Edwards has depicted the 'Polish Captivity' would have been valuable at any time, but the opportuneness of its arrival so enhances its merits, that it is certain to command a greater than ordinary success."

SECOND EDITION.

AN INQUIRYINTO THETHEORIESOFHISTORY, CHANCE, LAW, WILL;

With SPECIAL REFERENCE to the PRINCIPLES of POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY.

BYWILLIAM ADAM.

8vo, cloth, 15s.

WESTMINSTERREVIEW.—"The 'Inquiry into the Theories of History,' although anonymous, is a first-rate book. Its object is to reconcile Theism with the scientific conception of law, and from that reconciliation to deduce a true theory of history. The book contains a most able and effectual vindication of Theism, and of a rational, as opposed to irrational, Positivism."CORNHILLMAGAZINE.—"Written with remarkable ability, and, considering its polemical spirit, with excellent temper. The style is always animated, and at times felicitous. The volume gives ample proof of metaphysical acuteness. One good service it will certainly effect—namely, that of fastening the attention of its readers on the great fundamental problems of historical science."SPECTATOR.—"The whole book bears the evident mark of maturity of thought. The third chapter is full of thoughtful and able argument, in which the positions, not only of Comte, but often of Mill, are powerfully and successfully assailed."ATHENÆUM.—"The book now under notice is no doubt heavy and massive, but no competent critic will be prepared to pronounce it dull. It is exceedingly calm and candid, clear-sighted, and ingenious in an eminent degree. It is well thought and weightily written. We have not come across a book of the present day for a considerable while so far removed from the common run of writing and of thinking as this one is. This author manifests that originality which always goes to the centre of a question, whether well or ill conceived, and takes sundry important and fresh views of the entire problem before turning aside from the contemplation of it. Be the writer who he may, he has the credit, at least, of producing a highly original work."

CORNHILLMAGAZINE.—"Written with remarkable ability, and, considering its polemical spirit, with excellent temper. The style is always animated, and at times felicitous. The volume gives ample proof of metaphysical acuteness. One good service it will certainly effect—namely, that of fastening the attention of its readers on the great fundamental problems of historical science."

SPECTATOR.—"The whole book bears the evident mark of maturity of thought. The third chapter is full of thoughtful and able argument, in which the positions, not only of Comte, but often of Mill, are powerfully and successfully assailed."

ATHENÆUM.—"The book now under notice is no doubt heavy and massive, but no competent critic will be prepared to pronounce it dull. It is exceedingly calm and candid, clear-sighted, and ingenious in an eminent degree. It is well thought and weightily written. We have not come across a book of the present day for a considerable while so far removed from the common run of writing and of thinking as this one is. This author manifests that originality which always goes to the centre of a question, whether well or ill conceived, and takes sundry important and fresh views of the entire problem before turning aside from the contemplation of it. Be the writer who he may, he has the credit, at least, of producing a highly original work."

THE POLISH CAPTIVITY:

An ACCOUNT of the PRESENT POSITION and PROSPECTS of the POLES in the KINGDOM of POLAND,

AND IN THEPOLISHPROVINCES OFAUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, ANDRUSSIA.

BYSUTHERLAND EDWARDS.

Two Volumes, 8vo, with Chromo-Lithographic Illustrations, 26s.

TImes,April2, 1863.—"A highly opportune production."SPECTATOR,March28, 1863.—"The 'Polish Captivity' is full of light but suggestive sketches,pièces justificativesof historic value, national songs and stories, descriptions of Polish towns, Polish notabilities, and Polish women, and is, besides, a book an English lady might read with twice the ease of Mr. Trollope's latest novel."ATHENÆUM,March21, 1863.—"Mr. Edwards' book will be read with deep interest. It is well written, and the narratives are well constructed."LONDONREVIEW,March28, 1863.—"The book in which Mr. Sutherland Edwards has depicted the 'Polish Captivity' would have been valuable at any time, but the opportuneness of its arrival so enhances its merits, that it is certain to command a greater than ordinary success."

TImes,April2, 1863.—"A highly opportune production."

SPECTATOR,March28, 1863.—"The 'Polish Captivity' is full of light but suggestive sketches,pièces justificativesof historic value, national songs and stories, descriptions of Polish towns, Polish notabilities, and Polish women, and is, besides, a book an English lady might read with twice the ease of Mr. Trollope's latest novel."

ATHENÆUM,March21, 1863.—"Mr. Edwards' book will be read with deep interest. It is well written, and the narratives are well constructed."

LONDONREVIEW,March28, 1863.—"The book in which Mr. Sutherland Edwards has depicted the 'Polish Captivity' would have been valuable at any time, but the opportuneness of its arrival so enhances its merits, that it is certain to command a greater than ordinary success."

SECOND EDITION.THE RUSSIANS AT HOME:UNPOLITICAL SKETCHES.Showing what Newspapers they read; what Theatres they frequent; and how they eat, drink, and enjoy themselves; with other matter relating chiefly to Literature, Music, and to Places of Historical and Religious Interest in and about Moscow.BYSUTHERLAND EDWARDS, ESQ.Second Edition, in post 8vo, with Illustrations, price 10s. 6d.EDINBURGHEVENINGCOURANT.—"It is a book that we can seriously recommend, not only to those who are desirous of abundant and reliable information respecting the social economy of the Russian people, but to those who seek an entertaining volume, that may be perused in any part with both profit and amusement."GLOBE.—"This book is full of useful information and sensible comment on a people and country which are very little known in England, even among the cultivated and travelling classes."ILLUSTRATEDTIMES.—"The book may be recommended as embodying a large amount of varied information concerning Russia in the pleasantest possible form. Every page has the advantage of being readable, and is always fresh in what it has to say and in the manner of saying it."SPECTATOR.—"This is not only one of the most amusing books that we have read for a long time, but also the best and most reliable account of Russian life and manners which has hitherto been given to the public."SECOND EDITION.THE HISTORY OF THE OPERA,From Monteverde to Donizetti.BYSUTHERLAND EDWARDS, ESQ.2 vols. post 8vo, 21s.THETIMES.—"The new history of the lyrical drama with which Mr. Sutherland Edwards favours the public, has three qualities to recommend it. In the first place, it contains, for its size, a very complete account of the progress of an art, which now, beyond all others, occupies the attention of the civilized world; in the second place, it is one of those treasures of amusing anecdote that may be taken up and laid down at a moment's notice; in the third place, it abounds with the observations of a shrewd and independent thinker, who has seen much, read much, and travelled much, and who approaches his subject less as a professed musician than as one of those cultivated men who take a position between the artist and the multitude, and who, after all, constitute the body upon whom the general appreciation of every art depends.... The anecdotes, which we have given in illustration of an extremely short and inglorious period of operatic history, occupy but very few pages in Mr. Edwards' book; and, when we inform our readers that his two volumes are replete with matter of the same kind, they will easily judge of the amount of entertainment to be derived from his labours. So abundant is his material, that he might, if he had pleased, have filled a dozen quartos; and, as he himself confesses, he found the task of omission heavier than that of collection. Let us add, that he has omitted well, and that he has seasoned a pleasant and instructive history with the very concentrated essence of agreeable gossip."HERALD.—"Mr. Edwards has here produced a work which ought to command a great sale, if its merits and the great number of opera-goers may be considered. Completely master of his subject, and possessing a ready and pleasing pen, Mr. Edwards in these volumes gives us an exceedingly interesting history of operatic performances."SUN.—"We commend these light and pleasant volumes to all lovers of musical and dramatic art, assuring them they will find ample entertainment in their animated pages."

SECOND EDITION.

THE RUSSIANS AT HOME:

UNPOLITICAL SKETCHES.

Showing what Newspapers they read; what Theatres they frequent; and how they eat, drink, and enjoy themselves; with other matter relating chiefly to Literature, Music, and to Places of Historical and Religious Interest in and about Moscow.

BYSUTHERLAND EDWARDS, ESQ.

Second Edition, in post 8vo, with Illustrations, price 10s. 6d.

EDINBURGHEVENINGCOURANT.—"It is a book that we can seriously recommend, not only to those who are desirous of abundant and reliable information respecting the social economy of the Russian people, but to those who seek an entertaining volume, that may be perused in any part with both profit and amusement."GLOBE.—"This book is full of useful information and sensible comment on a people and country which are very little known in England, even among the cultivated and travelling classes."ILLUSTRATEDTIMES.—"The book may be recommended as embodying a large amount of varied information concerning Russia in the pleasantest possible form. Every page has the advantage of being readable, and is always fresh in what it has to say and in the manner of saying it."SPECTATOR.—"This is not only one of the most amusing books that we have read for a long time, but also the best and most reliable account of Russian life and manners which has hitherto been given to the public."

GLOBE.—"This book is full of useful information and sensible comment on a people and country which are very little known in England, even among the cultivated and travelling classes."

ILLUSTRATEDTIMES.—"The book may be recommended as embodying a large amount of varied information concerning Russia in the pleasantest possible form. Every page has the advantage of being readable, and is always fresh in what it has to say and in the manner of saying it."

SPECTATOR.—"This is not only one of the most amusing books that we have read for a long time, but also the best and most reliable account of Russian life and manners which has hitherto been given to the public."

SECOND EDITION.

THE HISTORY OF THE OPERA,

From Monteverde to Donizetti.

BYSUTHERLAND EDWARDS, ESQ.

2 vols. post 8vo, 21s.

THETIMES.—"The new history of the lyrical drama with which Mr. Sutherland Edwards favours the public, has three qualities to recommend it. In the first place, it contains, for its size, a very complete account of the progress of an art, which now, beyond all others, occupies the attention of the civilized world; in the second place, it is one of those treasures of amusing anecdote that may be taken up and laid down at a moment's notice; in the third place, it abounds with the observations of a shrewd and independent thinker, who has seen much, read much, and travelled much, and who approaches his subject less as a professed musician than as one of those cultivated men who take a position between the artist and the multitude, and who, after all, constitute the body upon whom the general appreciation of every art depends.... The anecdotes, which we have given in illustration of an extremely short and inglorious period of operatic history, occupy but very few pages in Mr. Edwards' book; and, when we inform our readers that his two volumes are replete with matter of the same kind, they will easily judge of the amount of entertainment to be derived from his labours. So abundant is his material, that he might, if he had pleased, have filled a dozen quartos; and, as he himself confesses, he found the task of omission heavier than that of collection. Let us add, that he has omitted well, and that he has seasoned a pleasant and instructive history with the very concentrated essence of agreeable gossip."HERALD.—"Mr. Edwards has here produced a work which ought to command a great sale, if its merits and the great number of opera-goers may be considered. Completely master of his subject, and possessing a ready and pleasing pen, Mr. Edwards in these volumes gives us an exceedingly interesting history of operatic performances."SUN.—"We commend these light and pleasant volumes to all lovers of musical and dramatic art, assuring them they will find ample entertainment in their animated pages."

HERALD.—"Mr. Edwards has here produced a work which ought to command a great sale, if its merits and the great number of opera-goers may be considered. Completely master of his subject, and possessing a ready and pleasing pen, Mr. Edwards in these volumes gives us an exceedingly interesting history of operatic performances."

SUN.—"We commend these light and pleasant volumes to all lovers of musical and dramatic art, assuring them they will find ample entertainment in their animated pages."

SECOND EDITION.LADY MORGAN'S MEMOIRS:Autobiography, Diaries, and Correspondence.INCLUDINGLETTERS FROMKING JEROME,MADAME PATTERSON BONAPARTE,THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE,DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE,DUKE OF LEINSTER,MARQUIS WELLESLEY,MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY,MARQUIS OF ABERCORN,MARCHIONESS OF ABERCORN,THE EARL OF ABERDEEN,THE EARL OF CARLISLE,LORD MELBOURNE,LADY CAROLINE LAMB,LORD CLONCURRY,LADY STANLEY,LORD DARNLEY,THE COUNTESS OF CORK AND ORRERY,LADY LEITRIM,LORD DUNCANNON,LORD MACAULAY,LORD ERSKINE,JOSEPH HUME,DANIEL O'CONNELL,SHEIL,E. JENNER,LA FAYETTE,BYRON,COUNTESS GUICCIOLI,MOORE,DOUGLAS JERROLD,SIR E. BULWER LYTTON,THOMAS CAMPBELL,MRS. HEMANS,REV. SIDNEY SMITH.OBSERVER.—"Full of pleasant memoirs and piquant reading."DAILYTELEGRAPH.—"The book that tells the story of Lady Morgan's life will always be of value for its pictures of a state of society which, with much of its good, and more of its evil, has passed away for ever."DAILYNEWS.—"Surveying, as they do, considerably more than half the last hundred years, and touching upon some of the most instructive events of that period, these volumes, it need hardly be said, are most interesting. Princes, dukes, and nobles, authors, artists, andliteratiof every profession, crowd the pages of the work."MANCHESTEREXAMINER.—"One of the most pleasant books of its class with which we are acquainted."In Two Volumes, 8vo, price 26s.With a Portrait of LADYMORGAN, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and a Portrait of SIRCHARLESMORGAN.THE NATIONALITIES OF EUROPE.BYDR. R. G. LATHAM.Two Vols. 8vo, 32s.OBSERVER.—"The mass of facts gathered from all quarters and crowded together in the pages of these volumes is something wonderful."

SECOND EDITION.

LADY MORGAN'S MEMOIRS:

Autobiography, Diaries, and Correspondence.

INCLUDING

LETTERS FROM

KING JEROME,MADAME PATTERSON BONAPARTE,THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE,DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE,DUKE OF LEINSTER,MARQUIS WELLESLEY,MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY,MARQUIS OF ABERCORN,MARCHIONESS OF ABERCORN,THE EARL OF ABERDEEN,THE EARL OF CARLISLE,LORD MELBOURNE,LADY CAROLINE LAMB,LORD CLONCURRY,LADY STANLEY,LORD DARNLEY,THE COUNTESS OF CORK AND ORRERY,LADY LEITRIM,LORD DUNCANNON,LORD MACAULAY,LORD ERSKINE,JOSEPH HUME,DANIEL O'CONNELL,SHEIL,E. JENNER,LA FAYETTE,BYRON,COUNTESS GUICCIOLI,MOORE,DOUGLAS JERROLD,SIR E. BULWER LYTTON,THOMAS CAMPBELL,MRS. HEMANS,REV. SIDNEY SMITH.

OBSERVER.—"Full of pleasant memoirs and piquant reading."DAILYTELEGRAPH.—"The book that tells the story of Lady Morgan's life will always be of value for its pictures of a state of society which, with much of its good, and more of its evil, has passed away for ever."DAILYNEWS.—"Surveying, as they do, considerably more than half the last hundred years, and touching upon some of the most instructive events of that period, these volumes, it need hardly be said, are most interesting. Princes, dukes, and nobles, authors, artists, andliteratiof every profession, crowd the pages of the work."MANCHESTEREXAMINER.—"One of the most pleasant books of its class with which we are acquainted."

OBSERVER.—"Full of pleasant memoirs and piquant reading."

DAILYTELEGRAPH.—"The book that tells the story of Lady Morgan's life will always be of value for its pictures of a state of society which, with much of its good, and more of its evil, has passed away for ever."

DAILYNEWS.—"Surveying, as they do, considerably more than half the last hundred years, and touching upon some of the most instructive events of that period, these volumes, it need hardly be said, are most interesting. Princes, dukes, and nobles, authors, artists, andliteratiof every profession, crowd the pages of the work."

MANCHESTEREXAMINER.—"One of the most pleasant books of its class with which we are acquainted."

In Two Volumes, 8vo, price 26s.

With a Portrait of LADYMORGAN, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and a Portrait of SIRCHARLESMORGAN.

THE NATIONALITIES OF EUROPE.

BYDR. R. G. LATHAM.

Two Vols. 8vo, 32s.

OBSERVER.—"The mass of facts gathered from all quarters and crowded together in the pages of these volumes is something wonderful."

THIRD EDITION.HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIREIN INDIA.BYEDWARD THORNTON, ESQ.Containing a copious Glossary of Indian Terms, and a complete Chronological Index of Events, to aid the aspirant for Public Examinations.One Vol. 8vo, with Map, price 16s.THETIMES.—"Mr. Thornton is master of a style of great perspicuity and vigour, always interesting, and frequently rising into eloquence. His power of painting character and of bringing before the eye of the reader the events which he relates, is remarkable; and if the knowledge of India can be made popular, we should say his is the pen to effect it."GLOBE.—"Mr. Thornton's history is comprehensive in its plan, clear and forcible in its style, and impartial in its tone."EDINBURGHEVENINGCOURANT.—"The writer evinces diligence and research into original authorities; his style is easy, and the intrinsic interest of the important events of Indian history is thus increased by a popular and amusing narrative."PATRIOT.—"The style of the work is free, rapid, and spirited, and bears marks of a thorough familiarity with the subject. Every Englishman ought to be acquainted with the history of the British Empire in India, and we therefore cordially recommend this work to our readers."The LIBRARYEDITIONin Six Vols. may be had, £2 8s.A GAZETTEER OF INDIA,Compiled chiefly from the Records at the India Office,WITH NOTES, MARGINAL REFERENCES, AND MAP.BYEDWARD THORNTON, ESQ.*⁎* The chief objects in view in compiling this Gazetteer are:—1st. To fix the relative position of the various cities, towns, and villages, with as much precision as possible, and to exhibit with the greatest practicable brevity all that is known respecting them; and,2ndly. To note the various countries, provinces, or territorial divisions, and to describe the physical characteristics of each, together with their statistical, social, and political circumstances.To these are added minute descriptions of the principal rivers and chains of mountains; thus presenting to the reader, within a brief compass, a mass of information which cannot otherwise be obtained, except from a multiplicity of volumes and manuscript records. The work, in short, may be regarded as an epitome of all that has been written and published respecting the territories under the government or political superintendence of the British power in India.In Four Vols. 8vo, with Map, price £2 16s.

THIRD EDITION.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

IN INDIA.

BYEDWARD THORNTON, ESQ.

Containing a copious Glossary of Indian Terms, and a complete Chronological Index of Events, to aid the aspirant for Public Examinations.

One Vol. 8vo, with Map, price 16s.

THETIMES.—"Mr. Thornton is master of a style of great perspicuity and vigour, always interesting, and frequently rising into eloquence. His power of painting character and of bringing before the eye of the reader the events which he relates, is remarkable; and if the knowledge of India can be made popular, we should say his is the pen to effect it."GLOBE.—"Mr. Thornton's history is comprehensive in its plan, clear and forcible in its style, and impartial in its tone."EDINBURGHEVENINGCOURANT.—"The writer evinces diligence and research into original authorities; his style is easy, and the intrinsic interest of the important events of Indian history is thus increased by a popular and amusing narrative."PATRIOT.—"The style of the work is free, rapid, and spirited, and bears marks of a thorough familiarity with the subject. Every Englishman ought to be acquainted with the history of the British Empire in India, and we therefore cordially recommend this work to our readers."

GLOBE.—"Mr. Thornton's history is comprehensive in its plan, clear and forcible in its style, and impartial in its tone."

EDINBURGHEVENINGCOURANT.—"The writer evinces diligence and research into original authorities; his style is easy, and the intrinsic interest of the important events of Indian history is thus increased by a popular and amusing narrative."

PATRIOT.—"The style of the work is free, rapid, and spirited, and bears marks of a thorough familiarity with the subject. Every Englishman ought to be acquainted with the history of the British Empire in India, and we therefore cordially recommend this work to our readers."

The LIBRARYEDITIONin Six Vols. may be had, £2 8s.

A GAZETTEER OF INDIA,

Compiled chiefly from the Records at the India Office,

WITH NOTES, MARGINAL REFERENCES, AND MAP.

BYEDWARD THORNTON, ESQ.

*⁎* The chief objects in view in compiling this Gazetteer are:—

1st. To fix the relative position of the various cities, towns, and villages, with as much precision as possible, and to exhibit with the greatest practicable brevity all that is known respecting them; and,

2ndly. To note the various countries, provinces, or territorial divisions, and to describe the physical characteristics of each, together with their statistical, social, and political circumstances.

To these are added minute descriptions of the principal rivers and chains of mountains; thus presenting to the reader, within a brief compass, a mass of information which cannot otherwise be obtained, except from a multiplicity of volumes and manuscript records. The work, in short, may be regarded as an epitome of all that has been written and published respecting the territories under the government or political superintendence of the British power in India.

In Four Vols. 8vo, with Map, price £2 16s.

FOURTH EDITION.AUTOBIOGRAPHYOFMISS CORNELIA KNIGHT,Lady-Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales,WITH EXTRACTS FROM HER JOURNALS AND ANECDOTE BOOKS.In Two Vols. 8vo, with Portrait of the PRINCESSCHARLOTTEof WALES, price 26s.TIMES.—"Why we should turn to these volumes as among the most interesting of the recent season will be sufficiently evident as we indicate their contents."MORNINGSTAR,July22, 1861.—"Emphatically a readable book is this autobiography. Indeed, having once opened it, the reader cannot easily lay it aside until he has got through the whole. Not the least interesting part is the collection of miscellaneous anecdotes of persons and events which are clustered together as a sort of appendix at the close. It is a book fit to be read, but fit also for something better than a casual reading; worthy of a higher repute than an evanescent popularity, merely founded upon the great names it introduces, and the amusing scraps of gossip it contains."ATHENÆUM,June8, 1861.—"Of the popularity of these volumes, on account of their historical as well as gossiping merits, there can be no doubt whatever."THE REPUBLIC OF FOOLS:BEINGTHE HISTORY OF THE STATE AND PEOPLE OF ABDERA, IN THRACE.TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF C. M. VON WIELAND,BY THEREV. H. CHRISTMAS.In Two Volumes, post 8vo, cloth, price 18s.OBSERVER.—"As a prose satire, the History of the Abderites yields only in breadth of humour and pungency of wit to Dean Swift's immortal Travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver; and of works of that class, we know of none in any language that can compare with either of the two."LONDONREVIEW.—"Here is enjoyment for many a Christmas to come, for many thousands of English boys, and many thousands of English men and women. Unfortunately for the world, Pisistratus Caxton departed this life without having made any contribution towards the great history of human folly, save, indeed, by the records of his own. Mr. Christmas has given us something even better in his translation of Wieland's Abderites; and in the simplest, most racy, and vernacular English, has enriched our literature with another character of the family dear to mankind, of the Quixotes, Gullivers and other human foils of human self-love and vanity. If the addition to our shelves of a book to delight the young and instruct the old, overflowing with wit, fun, drollery inexpressible, wisdom, depth and knowledge, is an achievement deserving of national thanks, we undertake to convey our share to Mr. Christmas, fearing only lest we should not have thanked him sufficiently."MORNINGHERALD.—"There is, indeed, about it, nothing of the stiffness of a translation; and the work reads with all the ease and freedom of an original composition."

FOURTH EDITION.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

MISS CORNELIA KNIGHT,

Lady-Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales,

WITH EXTRACTS FROM HER JOURNALS AND ANECDOTE BOOKS.

In Two Vols. 8vo, with Portrait of the PRINCESSCHARLOTTEof WALES, price 26s.

TIMES.—"Why we should turn to these volumes as among the most interesting of the recent season will be sufficiently evident as we indicate their contents."MORNINGSTAR,July22, 1861.—"Emphatically a readable book is this autobiography. Indeed, having once opened it, the reader cannot easily lay it aside until he has got through the whole. Not the least interesting part is the collection of miscellaneous anecdotes of persons and events which are clustered together as a sort of appendix at the close. It is a book fit to be read, but fit also for something better than a casual reading; worthy of a higher repute than an evanescent popularity, merely founded upon the great names it introduces, and the amusing scraps of gossip it contains."ATHENÆUM,June8, 1861.—"Of the popularity of these volumes, on account of their historical as well as gossiping merits, there can be no doubt whatever."

TIMES.—"Why we should turn to these volumes as among the most interesting of the recent season will be sufficiently evident as we indicate their contents."

MORNINGSTAR,July22, 1861.—"Emphatically a readable book is this autobiography. Indeed, having once opened it, the reader cannot easily lay it aside until he has got through the whole. Not the least interesting part is the collection of miscellaneous anecdotes of persons and events which are clustered together as a sort of appendix at the close. It is a book fit to be read, but fit also for something better than a casual reading; worthy of a higher repute than an evanescent popularity, merely founded upon the great names it introduces, and the amusing scraps of gossip it contains."

ATHENÆUM,June8, 1861.—"Of the popularity of these volumes, on account of their historical as well as gossiping merits, there can be no doubt whatever."

THE REPUBLIC OF FOOLS:

BEING

THE HISTORY OF THE STATE AND PEOPLE OF ABDERA, IN THRACE.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF C. M. VON WIELAND,

BY THEREV. H. CHRISTMAS.

In Two Volumes, post 8vo, cloth, price 18s.

OBSERVER.—"As a prose satire, the History of the Abderites yields only in breadth of humour and pungency of wit to Dean Swift's immortal Travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver; and of works of that class, we know of none in any language that can compare with either of the two."LONDONREVIEW.—"Here is enjoyment for many a Christmas to come, for many thousands of English boys, and many thousands of English men and women. Unfortunately for the world, Pisistratus Caxton departed this life without having made any contribution towards the great history of human folly, save, indeed, by the records of his own. Mr. Christmas has given us something even better in his translation of Wieland's Abderites; and in the simplest, most racy, and vernacular English, has enriched our literature with another character of the family dear to mankind, of the Quixotes, Gullivers and other human foils of human self-love and vanity. If the addition to our shelves of a book to delight the young and instruct the old, overflowing with wit, fun, drollery inexpressible, wisdom, depth and knowledge, is an achievement deserving of national thanks, we undertake to convey our share to Mr. Christmas, fearing only lest we should not have thanked him sufficiently."MORNINGHERALD.—"There is, indeed, about it, nothing of the stiffness of a translation; and the work reads with all the ease and freedom of an original composition."

LONDONREVIEW.—"Here is enjoyment for many a Christmas to come, for many thousands of English boys, and many thousands of English men and women. Unfortunately for the world, Pisistratus Caxton departed this life without having made any contribution towards the great history of human folly, save, indeed, by the records of his own. Mr. Christmas has given us something even better in his translation of Wieland's Abderites; and in the simplest, most racy, and vernacular English, has enriched our literature with another character of the family dear to mankind, of the Quixotes, Gullivers and other human foils of human self-love and vanity. If the addition to our shelves of a book to delight the young and instruct the old, overflowing with wit, fun, drollery inexpressible, wisdom, depth and knowledge, is an achievement deserving of national thanks, we undertake to convey our share to Mr. Christmas, fearing only lest we should not have thanked him sufficiently."

MORNINGHERALD.—"There is, indeed, about it, nothing of the stiffness of a translation; and the work reads with all the ease and freedom of an original composition."

THE HISTORY OF CHESS,From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India till the Period of its Establishment in Western and Central Europe.BYDUNCAN FORBES, LL.D.8vo, 15s.HERALD.—"This volume will be a welcome addition to the library of every lover of the noble game of chess. Our author makes a stout fight for the Hindoos as the inventors of the game, and adduces many cogent proofs in support of his opinion. He shows how the game is played in other countries, how it has been modified both in the names of the pieces and the names of the game by the peculiarities of the country or the national temperament of the inhabitants; and then traces the steps by which it has arrived at its present place of honour in civilized and intellectual Europe. The book is, therefore, full of curious lore, that lean on other and higher subjects than chess-playing, for it involves dissertations on ethnology, comparative etymology, the dispersion and settlement of nations, and the manners and customs of different countries, to a degree that would not be at all anticipated by a person who contented himself by reading the title-page. All this information is given, not in any dry, repulsive, or even technical style, but freshly, clearly, and in an animated manner—the style that would naturally be adopted by a gentleman and man of the world."THE ARMIES OF THE GREAT POWERS.BYLASCELLES WRAXALL.Post 8vo, 10s. 6d.*⁎* "The object of this work is to furnish a correct and detailed account of the amount and nature of the forces belonging to the Great Powers. At a glance may be perceived the strength of the respective armies, and characteristics of their troops, their drill, discipline, and uniform. Although Mr. Wraxall treats more especially of the Armies of France, Austria, England, Russia, and Prussia, he has not omitted those of Sardinia, Turkey, and Anglo-India. The value of such a manual can hardly be over-estimated at the present moment."SATURDAYREVIEW.—"To all whose interest in the noble art of national self-defence is as real as it should be, a compilation like Mr. Wraxall's has considerable value."SIN:ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES.AN ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE THE ORIGIN, NATURE, EXTENT, AND RESULTS OF MORAL EVIL.A Series of Lent Lectures.BY THEREV. HENRY CHRISTMAS, M.A., F.R.S.Post 8vo, cloth, price 5s.CIVILSERVICEGAZETTE.—"These lectures are learned, eloquent, and earnest, and though they approach the 'limits of religious thought,' they do not transgress those limits; and they present the reader with a comprehensive review, based upon revelation, of the nature, extent, and consequences of moral evil or sin, both in this world and the world to come."

THE HISTORY OF CHESS,

From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India till the Period of its Establishment in Western and Central Europe.

BYDUNCAN FORBES, LL.D.

8vo, 15s.

HERALD.—"This volume will be a welcome addition to the library of every lover of the noble game of chess. Our author makes a stout fight for the Hindoos as the inventors of the game, and adduces many cogent proofs in support of his opinion. He shows how the game is played in other countries, how it has been modified both in the names of the pieces and the names of the game by the peculiarities of the country or the national temperament of the inhabitants; and then traces the steps by which it has arrived at its present place of honour in civilized and intellectual Europe. The book is, therefore, full of curious lore, that lean on other and higher subjects than chess-playing, for it involves dissertations on ethnology, comparative etymology, the dispersion and settlement of nations, and the manners and customs of different countries, to a degree that would not be at all anticipated by a person who contented himself by reading the title-page. All this information is given, not in any dry, repulsive, or even technical style, but freshly, clearly, and in an animated manner—the style that would naturally be adopted by a gentleman and man of the world."

THE ARMIES OF THE GREAT POWERS.

BYLASCELLES WRAXALL.

Post 8vo, 10s. 6d.

*⁎* "The object of this work is to furnish a correct and detailed account of the amount and nature of the forces belonging to the Great Powers. At a glance may be perceived the strength of the respective armies, and characteristics of their troops, their drill, discipline, and uniform. Although Mr. Wraxall treats more especially of the Armies of France, Austria, England, Russia, and Prussia, he has not omitted those of Sardinia, Turkey, and Anglo-India. The value of such a manual can hardly be over-estimated at the present moment."SATURDAYREVIEW.—"To all whose interest in the noble art of national self-defence is as real as it should be, a compilation like Mr. Wraxall's has considerable value."

SATURDAYREVIEW.—"To all whose interest in the noble art of national self-defence is as real as it should be, a compilation like Mr. Wraxall's has considerable value."

SIN:ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES.

AN ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE THE ORIGIN, NATURE, EXTENT, AND RESULTS OF MORAL EVIL.

A Series of Lent Lectures.

BY THEREV. HENRY CHRISTMAS, M.A., F.R.S.

Post 8vo, cloth, price 5s.

CIVILSERVICEGAZETTE.—"These lectures are learned, eloquent, and earnest, and though they approach the 'limits of religious thought,' they do not transgress those limits; and they present the reader with a comprehensive review, based upon revelation, of the nature, extent, and consequences of moral evil or sin, both in this world and the world to come."

HUNGARY AND TRANSYLVANIAIn 1862.BYPROFESSORD. T. ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S., &c.ATHENÆUM,June16, 1862.—"Professor Ansted's descriptions are written with a neatness attesting the accuracy of a scientific observer's eyes. His volume is one of both value and entertainment: a book calculated to turn the thoughts of tourists down the Danube."DAILYNEWS,Sept.8, 1862.—"We have read many books on Hungary, but not one which, in so brief a compass and on so many different aspects of the land and its inhabitants, conveys an equal amount of information in so satisfactory a style."MEMORABLE EVENTS OF MODERN HISTORY.BYJ. G. EDGAR.In One closely-printed post 8vo volume, with Illustrations, price 6s. 6d.*⁎* A volume narrating the History of the Principal Events of Modern Europe, and calculated to serve at once as an educational book, as a reading book, and a book of reference.PRESS,Feb.2, 1862.—"Mr. Edgar is always pure, elegant, and vigorous. He seems to have received from nature, what men vainly strive to acquire from art, the power of writing narrative easily, clearly, and forcibly. Goldsmith possessed this faculty, and Southey undoubtedly possessed it; and we know of few contemporary writers in the English language who possess it to an equal degree with Mr. Edgar. The book is a capital one, and fully up to the higher level of educational literature, of which the rising generation has the benefit. We confidently recommend it to the public, and wish it, for their sakes, all the success which it deserves."OBSERVER,Feb.23, 1862.—"A most acceptable and useful present for the youth of both sexes."THE SCIENCE OF HOME LIFE:CONTAININGHeat in its Relation to Things in General.On the Physical Relations of the Atmosphere as affected by Heat, Moisture, and Pressure.The Atmosphere in Relation to Vegetable and Animal Life.On Coal and Coal-Gas.On Flame, and the Chemistry of a Candle.The Physical and Chemical Properties of Water.On Soap, with some Account of Bleaching and Disinfecting Agents.Glass, China, and Earthenware.The Noble Metals.The Base Metals.On Fermentation and Fermented Liquors.The Breakfast Table.The Dinner Table.Ourselves in Relation to the External World.In 8vo, with numerous Illustrations, 6s.

HUNGARY AND TRANSYLVANIA

In 1862.

BYPROFESSORD. T. ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S., &c.

ATHENÆUM,June16, 1862.—"Professor Ansted's descriptions are written with a neatness attesting the accuracy of a scientific observer's eyes. His volume is one of both value and entertainment: a book calculated to turn the thoughts of tourists down the Danube."DAILYNEWS,Sept.8, 1862.—"We have read many books on Hungary, but not one which, in so brief a compass and on so many different aspects of the land and its inhabitants, conveys an equal amount of information in so satisfactory a style."

DAILYNEWS,Sept.8, 1862.—"We have read many books on Hungary, but not one which, in so brief a compass and on so many different aspects of the land and its inhabitants, conveys an equal amount of information in so satisfactory a style."

MEMORABLE EVENTS OF MODERN HISTORY.

BYJ. G. EDGAR.

In One closely-printed post 8vo volume, with Illustrations, price 6s. 6d.

*⁎* A volume narrating the History of the Principal Events of Modern Europe, and calculated to serve at once as an educational book, as a reading book, and a book of reference.

PRESS,Feb.2, 1862.—"Mr. Edgar is always pure, elegant, and vigorous. He seems to have received from nature, what men vainly strive to acquire from art, the power of writing narrative easily, clearly, and forcibly. Goldsmith possessed this faculty, and Southey undoubtedly possessed it; and we know of few contemporary writers in the English language who possess it to an equal degree with Mr. Edgar. The book is a capital one, and fully up to the higher level of educational literature, of which the rising generation has the benefit. We confidently recommend it to the public, and wish it, for their sakes, all the success which it deserves."OBSERVER,Feb.23, 1862.—"A most acceptable and useful present for the youth of both sexes."

OBSERVER,Feb.23, 1862.—"A most acceptable and useful present for the youth of both sexes."

THE SCIENCE OF HOME LIFE:

CONTAINING

Heat in its Relation to Things in General.On the Physical Relations of the Atmosphere as affected by Heat, Moisture, and Pressure.The Atmosphere in Relation to Vegetable and Animal Life.On Coal and Coal-Gas.On Flame, and the Chemistry of a Candle.The Physical and Chemical Properties of Water.On Soap, with some Account of Bleaching and Disinfecting Agents.Glass, China, and Earthenware.The Noble Metals.The Base Metals.On Fermentation and Fermented Liquors.The Breakfast Table.The Dinner Table.Ourselves in Relation to the External World.

Heat in its Relation to Things in General.

On the Physical Relations of the Atmosphere as affected by Heat, Moisture, and Pressure.

The Atmosphere in Relation to Vegetable and Animal Life.

On Coal and Coal-Gas.

On Flame, and the Chemistry of a Candle.

The Physical and Chemical Properties of Water.

On Soap, with some Account of Bleaching and Disinfecting Agents.

Glass, China, and Earthenware.

The Noble Metals.

The Base Metals.

On Fermentation and Fermented Liquors.

The Breakfast Table.

The Dinner Table.

Ourselves in Relation to the External World.

In 8vo, with numerous Illustrations, 6s.

A COURSEOFELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS,FOR THE USE OF CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION INTO EITHER OF THE MILITARY COLLEGES; OF APPLICANTS FOR APPOINTMENTS IN THE HOME OR INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE; AND OF MATHEMATICAL STUDENTS GENERALLY.BYPROFESSORJ. R. YOUNG.In One closely-printed Volume, 8vo, pp. 648, price 12s.ATHENÆUM,March9, 1861.—"In the work before us he has digested a complete Elementary Course by aid of his long experience as a teacher and a writer; and he has produced a very useful book.... Mr. Young has not allowed his own taste to rule the distribution, but has adjusted his parts with the skill of a veteran."THELONDONREVIEW,April6, 1861.—"Mr. Young is well known as the author of undoubtedly the best treatise on the 'Theory of Equations' which is to be found in our language—a treatise distinguished by originality of thought, great learning, and admirable perspicuity. Nor are these qualities wanting in the work which we are reviewing.... Considering the difficulty of the task which Mr. Young has undertaken to discharge, and the extent of useful knowledge he has succeeded in imparting accurately and lucidly in so small a compass, we can without hesitation commend this work to the public as by far the best elementary course of mathematics in our language."ANOTHER BLOW FOR LIFE.BYGEORGE GODWIN, ESQ., F.R.S.,Author of "London Shadows, Town Swamps, and Social Bridges," Editor of "The Builder," &c., &c.ASSISTED BY JOHN BROWN.WITH FORTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS.In fcap. 4to, cloth.OBSERVER,Jan.3, 1864.—"This book should be studied by all who have a grain of kindly feeling towards their poorer neighbours, and every one should strive to find some means of alleviating the misery it points out. The illustrations with which the book is liberally supplied will go far to make the subject better understood."BELL'SMESSENGER,Jan.16, 1864.—"'Another Blow for Life' is a great and good book, and does honour to its author's head and heart."THEREADER,Jan.9, 1864.—"The author deserves honour for the persevering and indomitable energy with which he has faithfully chronicled all those material dilapidations and filth which are the inevitable concomitants of moral decadence, and we hope his book will fall into the thankful hands of every thinking man and escape the too frequent fate of books chronicling disagreeable truths which come unpleasantly, 'between the wind and our nobility.'"

A COURSE

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS,

FOR THE USE OF CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION INTO EITHER OF THE MILITARY COLLEGES; OF APPLICANTS FOR APPOINTMENTS IN THE HOME OR INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE; AND OF MATHEMATICAL STUDENTS GENERALLY.

BYPROFESSORJ. R. YOUNG.

In One closely-printed Volume, 8vo, pp. 648, price 12s.

ATHENÆUM,March9, 1861.—"In the work before us he has digested a complete Elementary Course by aid of his long experience as a teacher and a writer; and he has produced a very useful book.... Mr. Young has not allowed his own taste to rule the distribution, but has adjusted his parts with the skill of a veteran."THELONDONREVIEW,April6, 1861.—"Mr. Young is well known as the author of undoubtedly the best treatise on the 'Theory of Equations' which is to be found in our language—a treatise distinguished by originality of thought, great learning, and admirable perspicuity. Nor are these qualities wanting in the work which we are reviewing.... Considering the difficulty of the task which Mr. Young has undertaken to discharge, and the extent of useful knowledge he has succeeded in imparting accurately and lucidly in so small a compass, we can without hesitation commend this work to the public as by far the best elementary course of mathematics in our language."

THELONDONREVIEW,April6, 1861.—"Mr. Young is well known as the author of undoubtedly the best treatise on the 'Theory of Equations' which is to be found in our language—a treatise distinguished by originality of thought, great learning, and admirable perspicuity. Nor are these qualities wanting in the work which we are reviewing.... Considering the difficulty of the task which Mr. Young has undertaken to discharge, and the extent of useful knowledge he has succeeded in imparting accurately and lucidly in so small a compass, we can without hesitation commend this work to the public as by far the best elementary course of mathematics in our language."

ANOTHER BLOW FOR LIFE.

BYGEORGE GODWIN, ESQ., F.R.S.,

Author of "London Shadows, Town Swamps, and Social Bridges," Editor of "The Builder," &c., &c.

ASSISTED BY JOHN BROWN.

WITH FORTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS.

In fcap. 4to, cloth.

OBSERVER,Jan.3, 1864.—"This book should be studied by all who have a grain of kindly feeling towards their poorer neighbours, and every one should strive to find some means of alleviating the misery it points out. The illustrations with which the book is liberally supplied will go far to make the subject better understood."BELL'SMESSENGER,Jan.16, 1864.—"'Another Blow for Life' is a great and good book, and does honour to its author's head and heart."THEREADER,Jan.9, 1864.—"The author deserves honour for the persevering and indomitable energy with which he has faithfully chronicled all those material dilapidations and filth which are the inevitable concomitants of moral decadence, and we hope his book will fall into the thankful hands of every thinking man and escape the too frequent fate of books chronicling disagreeable truths which come unpleasantly, 'between the wind and our nobility.'"

BELL'SMESSENGER,Jan.16, 1864.—"'Another Blow for Life' is a great and good book, and does honour to its author's head and heart."

THEREADER,Jan.9, 1864.—"The author deserves honour for the persevering and indomitable energy with which he has faithfully chronicled all those material dilapidations and filth which are the inevitable concomitants of moral decadence, and we hope his book will fall into the thankful hands of every thinking man and escape the too frequent fate of books chronicling disagreeable truths which come unpleasantly, 'between the wind and our nobility.'"

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