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THE RENAISSANCE. Studies in Art and Poetry. Second Edition, Revised, with Vignette, engraved byC. H. Jeens. Crown 8vo. 10s.6d.
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DIONYSUS; and other Studies. Crown 8vo.
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Rhoades.—POEMS. ByJames Rhoades. Fcap. 8vo. 4s.6d.
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Rimmer.—ANCIENT STREETS AND HOMESTEADS OF ENGLAND. ByAlfred Rimmer. With Introduction by the Very Rev.J. S. Howson, D.D., Dean of Chester. Royal 8vo. with 150 Illustrations by the Author. Cloth elegant, 21s.
"All the illustrations are clear and good, and they are eminently truthful.... A book which gladdens the eye while it instructs and improves the mind."—Standard."One of the most interesting and beautiful books we have seen this season.... It is full of knowledge, the result of exact and faithful study, most readable and interesting; the illustrations are simply exquisite."—Nonconformist.
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Robinson.—GEORGE LINTON;or, THE FIRST YEARS OF AN ENGLISH COLONY. ByJohn Robinson, F.R.G.S. Crown 8vo. 7s.6d.
"If one may speak confidently on such a matter from one's own experience, it must be a rare thing for a critic to put down a novel, having read every word of it, and find himself at the end asking for more. Yet this is what happened to us with George Linton."—Spectator.
"If one may speak confidently on such a matter from one's own experience, it must be a rare thing for a critic to put down a novel, having read every word of it, and find himself at the end asking for more. Yet this is what happened to us with George Linton."—Spectator.
Rossetti.—Works byChristina Rossetti:—
POEMS. Complete Edition, containing "Goblin Market," "The Prince's Progress," &c. With Four Illustrations. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.SPEAKING LIKENESSES. Illustrated byArthur Hughes. Crown 8vo. gilt edges. 4s.6d.
POEMS. Complete Edition, containing "Goblin Market," "The Prince's Progress," &c. With Four Illustrations. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.
SPEAKING LIKENESSES. Illustrated byArthur Hughes. Crown 8vo. gilt edges. 4s.6d.
"Certain to be a delight to many a juvenile fireside circle."—Morning Post.
"Certain to be a delight to many a juvenile fireside circle."—Morning Post.
Ruth and her Friends.A Story for Girls. With a Frontispiece. Seventh Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 4s.6d.
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"We wish all the school girls and home-taught girls in the land had the opportunity of reading it."—Nonconformist.
Scouring of The White Horse; or, the LongVACATION RAMBLE OF A LONDON CLERK. Illustrated byDoyle. Imp. 16mo. Cheaper Issue. 3s.6d.
Shairp(Principal).—KILMAHOE, a Highland Pastoral, with other Poems. ByJohn Campbell Shairp, Principal of the United College, St. Andrews. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.
"Kilmahoe is a Highland Pastoral, redolent of the warm soft air of the western lochs and moors, sketched out with remarkable grace and picturesqueness."—Saturday Review.
"Kilmahoe is a Highland Pastoral, redolent of the warm soft air of the western lochs and moors, sketched out with remarkable grace and picturesqueness."—Saturday Review.
Shakespeare.—The Works ofWilliam Shakespeare. Cambridge Edition. Edited byW. George Clark, M.A. andW. Aldis Wright, M.A. Nine vols. 8vo. cloth.
TheGuardiancalls it an "excellent, and, to the student, almost indispensable edition;" and theExaminercalls it "an unrivalled edition."
TheGuardiancalls it an "excellent, and, to the student, almost indispensable edition;" and theExaminercalls it "an unrivalled edition."
Shakespeare's Plays.—An attempt to determine the Chronological Order. By the Rev.H. Paine Stokes, B.A. Extra fcap. 8vo. 4s.6d.
Shakespeare Scenes and Characters.—A Series of Illustrations designed byAdamo,Hofmann,Makart,Pecht,Schwoerer, andSpeiss, engraved on Steel byBankel,Bauer,Goldberg,Raab, andSchmidt; with Explanatory Text, selected and arranged by ProfessorDowden. Royal 8vo. Cloth elegant. 2l.12s.6d.
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Also a LARGE PAPER EDITION, India Proofs. Folio, half-morocco elegant. 4l.14s.6d.
Shakespeare's Tempest.Edited with Glossarial and Explanatory Notes, by the Rev.J. M. Jephson. New Edition. 18mo. 1s.
Slip(A)in the Fens.—Illustrated by the Author. Crown 8vo. 6s.
"An artistic little volume, for every page is a picture."—Times."It will be read with pleasure, and with a pleasure that is altogether innocent."—Saturday Review.
"An artistic little volume, for every page is a picture."—Times."It will be read with pleasure, and with a pleasure that is altogether innocent."—Saturday Review.
Smedley.—TWO DRAMATIC POEMS. ByMenella Bute Smedley, Author of "Lady Grace," &c. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.
"May be read with enjoyment and profit."—Saturday Review.
"May be read with enjoyment and profit."—Saturday Review.
Smith.—POEMS. ByCatherine Barnard Smith. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.
Smith(Rev. Walter).—HYMNS OF CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. By the Rev.Walter C. Smith, M.A. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.
Southesk.—THE MEDA MAIDEN: AND OTHER POEMS. By the Earl of Southesk, K.T. Extra fcap. 8vo. 7s.
"It is pleasant in these days, when there is so much artificial and sensuous verse published, to come across a book so thoroughly fresh and healthy as Lord Southesk's.... There is an infinite charm about them in their spontaneity and their healthful philosophy, in the fervent love for nature which is their distinguishing characteristic, and the manly and wholesome tone which pervades every page."—Scotsman.
"It is pleasant in these days, when there is so much artificial and sensuous verse published, to come across a book so thoroughly fresh and healthy as Lord Southesk's.... There is an infinite charm about them in their spontaneity and their healthful philosophy, in the fervent love for nature which is their distinguishing characteristic, and the manly and wholesome tone which pervades every page."—Scotsman.
Stanley.—TRUE TO LIFE.—A SIMPLE STORY. ByMary Stanley. Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
"For many a long day we have not met with a more simple, healthy, and unpretending story."—Standard.
"For many a long day we have not met with a more simple, healthy, and unpretending story."—Standard.
Stephen(C. E.)—THE SERVICE OF THE POOR; being an Inquiry into the Reasons for and against the Establishment of Religious Sisterhoods for Charitable Purposes. ByCaroline Emilia Stephen. Crown 8vo. 6s.6d.
"It touches incidentally and with much wisdom and tenderness on so many of the relations of women, particularly of single women, with society, that it may be read with advantage by many who have never thought of entering a Sisterhood."—Spectator.
"It touches incidentally and with much wisdom and tenderness on so many of the relations of women, particularly of single women, with society, that it may be read with advantage by many who have never thought of entering a Sisterhood."—Spectator.
Stephens(J. B.)—CONVICT ONCE. A Poem. ByJ. Brunton Stephens. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s.6d.
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Streets and Lanes of a City: Being the Reminiscences ofAmy Dutton. With a Preface by theBishop of Salisbury. Second and Cheaper Edition. Globe 8vo. 2s.6d.
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"One of the most really striking books that has ever come before us."—Literary Churchman.
Thompson.—A HANDBOOK TO THE PUBLIC PICTURE GALLERIES OF EUROPE. With a brief sketch of the History of the various schools of Painting from the thirteenth century to the eighteenth, inclusive. ByKate Thompson. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.
"A very remarkable memoir of the several great schools of painting, and a singularly lucid exhibition of the principal treasures of all the chief and some of the smaller picture galleries of Europe. This unpretending book which does so much for the history of art is also a traveller's guide-book; a guide-book, moreover, so convenient in arrangement and comprehensive in design that it will not fail to become the companion of the majority of English tourists.... The large crowd of ordinary connoisseurs who only care to know a little about pictures, and the choicer body of intelligent students of all artistic objects that fall in their way, willextol the compact little volume as the model of what an art explorer'svade mecumshould be. It will also be found in the highest degree serviceable to the more learned connoisseurs and erudite authorities on the matter of art."—Morning Post.
"A very remarkable memoir of the several great schools of painting, and a singularly lucid exhibition of the principal treasures of all the chief and some of the smaller picture galleries of Europe. This unpretending book which does so much for the history of art is also a traveller's guide-book; a guide-book, moreover, so convenient in arrangement and comprehensive in design that it will not fail to become the companion of the majority of English tourists.... The large crowd of ordinary connoisseurs who only care to know a little about pictures, and the choicer body of intelligent students of all artistic objects that fall in their way, willextol the compact little volume as the model of what an art explorer'svade mecumshould be. It will also be found in the highest degree serviceable to the more learned connoisseurs and erudite authorities on the matter of art."—Morning Post.
Thring.—SCHOOL SONGS. A Collection of Songs for Schools. With the Music arranged for four Voices. Edited by the Rev.E. ThringandH. Riccius. Folio. 7s.6d.
Tom Brown's School Days.—ByAn Old Boy. Golden Treasury Edition, 4s.6d.People's Edition, 2s.With Seven Illustrations byA. HughesandSydney Hall. Crown 8vo. 6s.
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"The most famous boy's book in the language."—Daily News.
Tom Brown at Oxford.—New Edition. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s.
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"A book of great power and truth."—National Review.
Tourgenief.—VIRGIN SOIL. ByI. Tourgenief. Translated byAshton W. Dilke. Crown 8vo. 10s.6d.
"If we want to know Russian life and society in all its phases ... we cannot do better than take up the works of the greatest of Russian novelists, and one of the greatest in all European literature, Ivan Tourgenief."—Daily News.
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Trench.—Works byR. Chenevix Trench, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. (For other Works by this Author, seeTheological,Historical, andPhilosophical Catalogues.)
POEMS. Collected and arranged anew. Fcap. 8vo. 7s.6d.HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by ArchbishopTrench. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 5s.6d.
POEMS. Collected and arranged anew. Fcap. 8vo. 7s.6d.
HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by ArchbishopTrench. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 5s.6d.
"The Archbishop has conferred in this delightful volume an important gift on the whole English-speaking population of the world."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"The Archbishop has conferred in this delightful volume an important gift on the whole English-speaking population of the world."—Pall Mall Gazette.
SACRED LATIN POETRY, Chiefly Lyrical. Selected and arranged for Use. By ArchbishopTrench. Third Edition, Corrected and Improved. Fcap. 8vo. 7s.
SACRED LATIN POETRY, Chiefly Lyrical. Selected and arranged for Use. By ArchbishopTrench. Third Edition, Corrected and Improved. Fcap. 8vo. 7s.
Turner.—Works by the Rev.Charles Tennyson Turner:—
SONNETS. Dedicated to his Brother, the Poet Laureate. Fcap. 8vo. 4s.6d.SMALL TABLEAUX. Fcap. 8vo. 4s.6d.
SONNETS. Dedicated to his Brother, the Poet Laureate. Fcap. 8vo. 4s.6d.
SMALL TABLEAUX. Fcap. 8vo. 4s.6d.
Tyrwhitt.—OUR SKETCHING CLUB. Letters and Studies on Landscape Art. By Rev.R. St. John Tyrwhitt, M.A. With an Authorized Reproduction of the Lessons and Woodcuts in Professor Ruskin's "Elements of Drawing." Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 7s.6d.
Under the Limes.—By the Author of "Christina North." Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
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"One of the prettiest and best told stories which it has been our good fortune to read for a long time."—Pall Mall Gazette.
Villari.—IN CHANGE UNCHANGED. ByLinda Villari. Author of "In the Golden Shell," &c. Two vols. Crown 8vo. 21s.
Wandering Willie.By the Author of "Effie's Friends," and "John Hatherton." Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
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Webster.—Works byAugusta Webster:—
"If Mrs. Webster only remains true to herself, she will assuredly take a higher rank as a poet than any woman has yet done."—Westminster Review.
"If Mrs. Webster only remains true to herself, she will assuredly take a higher rank as a poet than any woman has yet done."—Westminster Review.
DRAMATIC STUDIES. Extra fcap. 8vo. 5s.
DRAMATIC STUDIES. Extra fcap. 8vo. 5s.
"A volume as strongly marked by perfect taste as by poetic power."—Nonconformist.
"A volume as strongly marked by perfect taste as by poetic power."—Nonconformist.
A WOMAN SOLD, AND OTHER POEMS. Crown 8vo. 7s.6d.
A WOMAN SOLD, AND OTHER POEMS. Crown 8vo. 7s.6d.
"Mrs. Webster has shown us that she is able to draw admirably from the life; that she can observe with subtlety, and render her observations with delicacy; that she can impersonate complex conceptions and venture into recesses of the ideal world into which few living writers can follow her."—Guardian.
"Mrs. Webster has shown us that she is able to draw admirably from the life; that she can observe with subtlety, and render her observations with delicacy; that she can impersonate complex conceptions and venture into recesses of the ideal world into which few living writers can follow her."—Guardian.
PORTRAITS. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s.6d.
PORTRAITS. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s.6d.
"Mrs. Webster's poems exhibit simplicity and tenderness ... her taste is perfect.... This simplicity is combined with a subtlety of thought, feeling, and observation which demand that attention which only real lovers of poetry are apt to bestow."—Westminster Review.
"Mrs. Webster's poems exhibit simplicity and tenderness ... her taste is perfect.... This simplicity is combined with a subtlety of thought, feeling, and observation which demand that attention which only real lovers of poetry are apt to bestow."—Westminster Review.
PROMETHEUS BOUND OF ÆSCHYLUS. Literally translated into English Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s.6d.
PROMETHEUS BOUND OF ÆSCHYLUS. Literally translated into English Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s.6d.
"Closeness and simplicity combined with literary skill."—Athenæum."Mrs. Webster's 'Dramatic Studies' and 'Translation of Prometheus' have won for her an honourable place among our female poets. She writes with remarkable vigour and dramatic realization, and bids fair to be the most successful claimant of Mrs. Browning's mantle."—British Quarterly Review.
"Closeness and simplicity combined with literary skill."—Athenæum."Mrs. Webster's 'Dramatic Studies' and 'Translation of Prometheus' have won for her an honourable place among our female poets. She writes with remarkable vigour and dramatic realization, and bids fair to be the most successful claimant of Mrs. Browning's mantle."—British Quarterly Review.
MEDEA OF EURIPIDES. Literally translated into English Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s.6d.
MEDEA OF EURIPIDES. Literally translated into English Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s.6d.
"Mrs. Webster's translation surpasses our utmost expectations. It is a photograph of the original without any of that harshness which so often accompanies a photograph."—Westminster Review.
"Mrs. Webster's translation surpasses our utmost expectations. It is a photograph of the original without any of that harshness which so often accompanies a photograph."—Westminster Review.
THE AUSPICIOUS DAY. A Dramatic Poem. Extra fcap. 8vo. 5s.
THE AUSPICIOUS DAY. A Dramatic Poem. Extra fcap. 8vo. 5s.
"The 'Auspicious Day' shows a marked advance, not only in art, but, in what is of far more importance, in breadth of thought and intellectual grasp."—Westminster Review."This drama is a manifestation of high dramatic power on the part of the gifted writer, and entitled to our warmest admiration, as a worthy piece of work."—Standard.
"The 'Auspicious Day' shows a marked advance, not only in art, but, in what is of far more importance, in breadth of thought and intellectual grasp."—Westminster Review."This drama is a manifestation of high dramatic power on the part of the gifted writer, and entitled to our warmest admiration, as a worthy piece of work."—Standard.
YU-PE-YA'S LUTE. A Chinese Tale in English Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s.6d.
YU-PE-YA'S LUTE. A Chinese Tale in English Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s.6d.
"A very charming tale, charmingly told in dainty verse, with occasional lyrics of tender beauty."—Standard."We close the book with the renewed conviction that in Mrs. Webster we have a profound and original poet. The book is marked not by mere sweetness of melody—rare as that gift is—but by the infinitely rarer gifts of dramatic power, of passion, and sympathetic insight."—Westminster Review.
"A very charming tale, charmingly told in dainty verse, with occasional lyrics of tender beauty."—Standard."We close the book with the renewed conviction that in Mrs. Webster we have a profound and original poet. The book is marked not by mere sweetness of melody—rare as that gift is—but by the infinitely rarer gifts of dramatic power, of passion, and sympathetic insight."—Westminster Review.