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AdvertisementsSelect BooksPUBLISHED BYMr. T. Fisher UnwinLondon:Paternoster Square.MDCCCXCI.Adventure headerThe Adventure Series.Averaging 400 pp. each.Large crown8vo., cloth, 5s.each, fully Illustrated.Thedesire of the English people for genuine accounts of the adventures of their fellows has at present chiefly called forth the ingenious absurdities of writers who have always stopped at home. To dispel the idea that adventures are confined to Africa, Mr.T. Fisher Unwinhas in hand a Collection which will include the narratives of Travellers, Soldiers, Seamen, Prisoners who have escaped from Captivity, early Emigrants, Famous Robbers, Pirates and Buccaneers, Adventurers for Profit, and Adventurers for Pleasure. While most of the volumes published will be necessarily reprints, with full introductions by various Eminent Hands, the publisher designs to include in his Series the exploits of contemporaries, English and Foreign. Of the first four volumes in the Series it is superfluous to speak,—the names of Trelawny, the friend of Byron and Shelley; of Robert Drury, the early authority on Madagascar; of John Shipp, the soldier who twice rose from the ranks to a commission; of Pellow, the undaunted Cornishman who lived for twenty-three years a captive among the savage Moors;—these names speak for themselves. But of volumes to come a word may be said. Professor Vambéry has in preparation a volume on the life of a man whose adventures are even more entertaining and interesting than those of the celebrated Professor himself; an eminent American, known for his dealings withPirates, has a volume in preparation onThe Buccaneers; an Englishman of equal celebrity is giving his attention to the claims of an English, a Scotch, and an Irish Robber; these and many other subjects will find a place. Taking for his motto Lord Beaconsfield’s aphorism “Adventures are to the Adventurous” the publisher launches the Series, assured that though his undertaking be of Adventure, the public will not deem it venturous.I.The Adventures of a Younger Son.By E. J. TRELAWNY. With an Introduction by EDWARD GARNETT.Second Edition. Illustrated with several Portraits of Trelawny,Cuts illustrating his Greek Adventures, and an Autograph Letter.II.Robert Drury’s Journal in Madagascar.With Preface and Notes byCapt. S. P. OLIVER, Author of “Madagascar.”Illustrated with Maps and curious Cuts.III.Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp.With Introduction by H. MANNERS CHICHESTER. Illustrated.IV.The Adventures of Thomas Pellow, of Penryn, Mariner.(Three-and-Twenty Years in Captivity among the Moors.)Written by Himself; and Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, byDr. ROBERT BROWN. Illustrated from Contemporaneous Prints.V.The Buccaneers and Marooners of America:Being an account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of certain notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main.Edited by HOWARD PYLE. Illustrated.(Others in the Press. Prospectus forwarded on application.)Catalogue of Select Books in Belles Lettres, History, Biography, Theology, Travel, Miscellaneous, and Books for Children.Belle Lettres titleBelles Lettres.Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling.Illustrated by numerous Incantations, Specimens of Medical Magic, Anecdotes and Tales, byCharles Godfrey Leland(“Hans Breitman”), President of the Gypsy Lore Society, &c., &c. With numerous Illustrations and Initial Letters drawn by the Author. Small4to., cloth, 16s.Limited Edition of 150 Copies, numbered and signed, demy4to., price £1 11s.6d. nett, to subscribers only.This volume is one of the most important contributions of late years to the study of Folk Lore, and is drawn from the most interesting and curious sources, setting forth the magical practices of the Romany in different Countries, and their strange beliefs.Dreams.ByOlive Schreiner, Author of “The Story of an African Farm.” With Portrait. Fcap.8vo.buckram, gilt, 6s.Contents:—1. The Lost Joy.—2. The Hunter.—3. The Gardens of Pleasure—4. In a Far-off World.—5. Three Dreams in a Desert.—6. A Dream of Wild Bees.—7. In a Ruined Chapel.—8. Life’s Gifts.—9. The Artist’s Secret.—10. I Thought I Stood——.-11. The Moonlight Fell across my Bed.Gottfried Keller:A Selection of his Tales. Translated, with a Memoir, byKate Freiligrath Kroeker, Translator of “Brentano’s Fairy Tales.” With Portrait. Crown8vo., cloth, 6s.Keller is the greatest Swiss romancer of modern days.The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare.ByJ. J. Jusserand, Author of “English Wayfaring Life.” Translated by Elizabeth Lee, Revised and Enlarged by the Author. Illustrated by Six Heliogravures byDujardin, of Paris, and 21 full-page and many smaller Illustrations in facsimile. Demy8vo., handsome cloth, gilt tops, 21s.“Here we have learned, yet not at all wearisome, descriptions of the works which led up to the novel as we now understand it.... Dr. Jusserand’s agreeable style in recounting the origin of the modern literary ‘three decker’ makes his book, though historically valuable, very pleasant reading.”—Daily Telegraph.English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages(XIVthCentury). ByJ. J. Jusserand. Translated from the French byLucy A. Toulmin Smith. Illustrated. Third Edition. Demy8vo., cloth, 12s.“This is an extremely fascinating book, and it is surprising that several years should have elapsed before it was brought out in an English dress. However, we have lost nothing by waiting.”—Times.The Letters of Horace Walpole.Selected and Edited, with Introduction and Notes, byCharles Duke Yonge, M.A.Portraits and Illustrations. Limited Edition of 750 copies in TwoVols., medium8vo., cloth, 32s.“Have been carefully edited, and, moreover, contain admirable illustrations.”—Guardian.The Trials of a Country Parson:Some Fugitive Papers byRev.A. Jessopp,D.D., Author of “Arcady,” “The Coming of the Friars,” &c. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.“Sparkles with fresh and unforced humour, and abounds in genial common-sense.”—Scotsman.The Coming of the Friars,And other Mediæval Sketches. By theRev.Augustus Jessopp,D.D., Author of “Arcady: For Better, For Worse,” &c. Third Edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.“Always interesting and frequently fascinating.”—St. James’s Gazette.Arcady:For Better, For Worse. ByAugustus Jessopp,D.D., Author of “One Generation of a Norfolk House.” Portrait. Popular Edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.“A volume which is, to our minds, one of the most delightful ever published in English.”—Spectator.The Twilight of the Gods.ByRichard Garnett,LL.D.Crown8vo., cloth, 6s.“If imagination and style constitute the true elixir of literary life, Dr. Garnett’s ‘Twilight of the Gods’ should live.”—British Weekly.Light and Shadow: A Novel.ByEdward Garnett, Author of “The Paradox Club.” Crown8vo., cloth, 6s.“An exceedingly clever book.”—Daily News.The Paradox Club.ByEdward Garnett. With Portrait of Nina Lindon. Second Edition. Crown8vo., limp cloth, 3s.6d.“Mr. Garnett’s dialogue is often quite as good as his description, and in description he is singularly happy. The mystery of London streets by night is powerfully suggested, and the realistic force of his night-pieces is enhanced by the vague and Schumann-like sentiment that pervades them.”—Saturday Review.Soul-Shapes.Crown4to., with four coloured plates of Souls on hand-made paper, with Japanese vellum cover, 3s.6d.Robert Browning: Personal Notes.Frontispiece. Small crown8vo., parchment, 4s.6d.“Every lover of Browning will wish to possess this exquisitely-printed and as exquisitely-bound little volume.”—Yorkshire Daily Post.Old Chelsea.A Summer-Day’s Stroll. By Dr.Benjamin Ellis Martin. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell. Second Edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.“Dr. Martin has produced an interesting account of old Chelsea, and he has been well seconded by his coadjutor.”—Athenæum.Euphorion:Studies of the Antique and the Mediæval in the Renaissance. ByVernon Lee. Cheap Edition, in one volume. Demy8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.“It is the fruit, as every page testifies, of singularly wide reading and independent thought, and the style combines with much picturesqueness a certain largeness of volume, that reminds us more of our earlier writers than those of our own time.”—Contemporary Review.Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy.ByVernon Lee. Demy8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.“These studies show a wide range of knowledge of the subject, precise investigation, abundant power of illustration, and hearty enthusiasm.... The style of writing is cultivated, neatly adjusted, and markedly clever.”—Saturday Review.Belcaro:Being Essays on Sundry Æsthetical Questions. ByVernon Lee. Crown8vo., cloth, 5s.Juvenilia:A Second Series of Essays on Sundry Æsthetical Questions. ByVernon Lee. Twovols.Small crown8vo., cloth, 12s.“To discuss it properly would require more space than a single number of ‘The Academy’ could afford.”—Academy.Baldwin:Dialogues on Views and Aspirations, ByVernon Lee. Demy8vo., cloth, 12s.“The dialogues are written with ... an intellectual courage which shrinks from no logical conclusion.”—Scotsman.Ottilie:An Eighteenth Century Idyl. ByVernon Lee. Square8vo., cloth extra, 3s.6d.“A graceful little sketch.... Drawn with full insight into the period described.”—Spectator.Introductory Studies in Greek Art.Delivered in the British Museum byJane E. Harrison. With Illustrations. Square imperial 16mo., 7s.6d.“The best work of its kind in English.”—Oxford Magazine.The Fleet:Its River, Prison, and Marriages. ByJohn Ashton, Author of “Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne,” &c. With 70 Drawings by the Author from Original Pictures. Second and Cheaper Edition, cloth, 7s.6d.Romances of Chivalry:Told and Illustrated in Fac-simile byJohn Ashton. Forty-six Illustrations. New and Cheaper Edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.“The result (of the reproduction of the wood blocks) is as creditable to his artistic, as the text is to his literary, ability.”—Guardian.The Dawn of the Nineteenth Century in England:A Social Sketch of the Times. ByJohn Ashton. Cheaper Edition, in one vol. Illustrated. Large crown8vo., 10s.6d.“The book is one continued source of pleasure and interest, and opens up a wide field for speculation and comment, and many of us will look upon it as an important contribution to contemporary history, not easily available to others than close students.”—Antiquary.Chopin, and Other Musical Essays.ByHenry T. Finck, Author of “Romantic Love and Personal Beauty.” Crown8vo., cloth, 6s.“The six essays are all written with great thoroughness, and the interest of each one is admirably sustained throughout.”—Freeman’s Journal.The Temple:Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. By Mr.George Herbert. New and fourth edition, with Introductory Essay byJ. Henry Shorthouse. Small crown, sheep, 5s.A facsimile reprint of the Original Edition of 1633.“This charming reprint has a fresh value added to it by the Introductory Essay of the Author of ‘John Inglesant.’”—Academy.Songs, Ballads, and A Garden Play.ByA. Mary F. Robinson, Author of “An Italian Garden.” With Frontispiece of Dürer’s “Melancholia.” Small crown8vo., half bound, vellum, 5s.“The romantic ballads have grace, movement, passion and strength.”—Spectator.“Marked by sweetness of melody and truth of colour.”—Academy.Essays towards a Critical Method.Studies in English Literature. ByJohn M. Robertson. Cr.8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.“His essays are always shrewd and readable. His criticisms on the critics are enjoyable for the irony (conscious or unconscious) that is in them; and the book will not fail to please lovers of literature and literary history, and to prove suggestive to the critical.”—Scotsman.The Lazy Minstrel.ByJ. Ashby-Sterry, Author of “Boudoir Ballads.” Fourth and Popular Edition. Frontispiece byE. A. Abbey. Fcap.8vo., cloth, 2s.6d.“One of the lightest and brightest writers of vers de société.”St. James’s Gazette.Caroline Schlegel,and Her Friends. By Mrs.Alfred Sidgwick. With Steel Portrait. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.“This is a singularly brilliant, delicate and fascinating sketch—one of the most skilful pieces of literary workmanship we have seen for a long time.... Mrs. Sidgwick is a writer of very unusual equipment, power and promise.”British Weekly.Amos Kilbright:His Adscititious Adventures. With other Stories. ByFrank R. Stockton.8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.“Mr. Stockton is the quaintest of living humorists.”—Academy.History headerHistory.The Vikings in Western Christendom,A.D. 789-888. ByC. F. Keary, Author of “Outlines of Primitive Belief,” “The Dawn of History,” &c. With Map and Tables. Demy8vo., cloth, 16s.National Life and Thought;Or, Lectures on Various Nations of the World. Delivered at South Place Institute by ProfessorThorold Rogers,J. S. Cotton Minchin,W. R. Morfill,F. H. Groome,J. Theodore Bent, ProfessorA. Pülsky,Eirike Magnusson, and other Specialists. Demy8vo., cloth, 10s.6d.These Lectures attracted much attention in the Session of 1889-90, and are now reprinted to meet the desire of a very large public. In each case the authors have striven to put their audience in thorough sympathy with the National Life and Thought of the Nations treated of.Battles and Leaders of the American Civil War.An Authoritative History, written by Distinguished Participants on both sides. Edited byRobert U. JohnsonandClarence C. Buel, of the Editorial Staff of “The Century Magazine.” Four Volumes, Royal8vo., elegantly bound, £5 5s.Lord Wolseley, in writing a series of articles in theNorth American Reviewon this work, says: “The Century Company has, in my judgment, done a great service to the soldiers of all armies by the publication of these records of the great War.”Diary of the Parnell Commission.Revised with Additions, fromThe Daily News. ByJohn Macdonald, M.A. Large crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.

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PUBLISHED BY

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MDCCCXCI.

Adventure headerThe Adventure Series.Averaging 400 pp. each.Large crown8vo., cloth, 5s.each, fully Illustrated.

Adventure headerThe Adventure Series.

The Adventure Series.

Averaging 400 pp. each.Large crown8vo., cloth, 5s.each, fully Illustrated.

Thedesire of the English people for genuine accounts of the adventures of their fellows has at present chiefly called forth the ingenious absurdities of writers who have always stopped at home. To dispel the idea that adventures are confined to Africa, Mr.T. Fisher Unwinhas in hand a Collection which will include the narratives of Travellers, Soldiers, Seamen, Prisoners who have escaped from Captivity, early Emigrants, Famous Robbers, Pirates and Buccaneers, Adventurers for Profit, and Adventurers for Pleasure. While most of the volumes published will be necessarily reprints, with full introductions by various Eminent Hands, the publisher designs to include in his Series the exploits of contemporaries, English and Foreign. Of the first four volumes in the Series it is superfluous to speak,—the names of Trelawny, the friend of Byron and Shelley; of Robert Drury, the early authority on Madagascar; of John Shipp, the soldier who twice rose from the ranks to a commission; of Pellow, the undaunted Cornishman who lived for twenty-three years a captive among the savage Moors;—these names speak for themselves. But of volumes to come a word may be said. Professor Vambéry has in preparation a volume on the life of a man whose adventures are even more entertaining and interesting than those of the celebrated Professor himself; an eminent American, known for his dealings withPirates, has a volume in preparation onThe Buccaneers; an Englishman of equal celebrity is giving his attention to the claims of an English, a Scotch, and an Irish Robber; these and many other subjects will find a place. Taking for his motto Lord Beaconsfield’s aphorism “Adventures are to the Adventurous” the publisher launches the Series, assured that though his undertaking be of Adventure, the public will not deem it venturous.

I.The Adventures of a Younger Son.By E. J. TRELAWNY. With an Introduction by EDWARD GARNETT.Second Edition. Illustrated with several Portraits of Trelawny,Cuts illustrating his Greek Adventures, and an Autograph Letter.

II.Robert Drury’s Journal in Madagascar.With Preface and Notes byCapt. S. P. OLIVER, Author of “Madagascar.”Illustrated with Maps and curious Cuts.

III.Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp.With Introduction by H. MANNERS CHICHESTER. Illustrated.

IV.The Adventures of Thomas Pellow, of Penryn, Mariner.(Three-and-Twenty Years in Captivity among the Moors.)Written by Himself; and Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, byDr. ROBERT BROWN. Illustrated from Contemporaneous Prints.

V.The Buccaneers and Marooners of America:Being an account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of certain notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main.Edited by HOWARD PYLE. Illustrated.(Others in the Press. Prospectus forwarded on application.)

Catalogue of Select Books in Belles Lettres, History, Biography, Theology, Travel, Miscellaneous, and Books for Children.

Catalogue of Select Books in Belles Lettres, History, Biography, Theology, Travel, Miscellaneous, and Books for Children.

Belle Lettres titleBelles Lettres.

Belles Lettres.

Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling.Illustrated by numerous Incantations, Specimens of Medical Magic, Anecdotes and Tales, byCharles Godfrey Leland(“Hans Breitman”), President of the Gypsy Lore Society, &c., &c. With numerous Illustrations and Initial Letters drawn by the Author. Small4to., cloth, 16s.Limited Edition of 150 Copies, numbered and signed, demy4to., price £1 11s.6d. nett, to subscribers only.

This volume is one of the most important contributions of late years to the study of Folk Lore, and is drawn from the most interesting and curious sources, setting forth the magical practices of the Romany in different Countries, and their strange beliefs.

Dreams.ByOlive Schreiner, Author of “The Story of an African Farm.” With Portrait. Fcap.8vo.buckram, gilt, 6s.

Contents:—1. The Lost Joy.—2. The Hunter.—3. The Gardens of Pleasure—4. In a Far-off World.—5. Three Dreams in a Desert.—6. A Dream of Wild Bees.—7. In a Ruined Chapel.—8. Life’s Gifts.—9. The Artist’s Secret.—10. I Thought I Stood——.-11. The Moonlight Fell across my Bed.

Gottfried Keller:A Selection of his Tales. Translated, with a Memoir, byKate Freiligrath Kroeker, Translator of “Brentano’s Fairy Tales.” With Portrait. Crown8vo., cloth, 6s.

Keller is the greatest Swiss romancer of modern days.

The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare.ByJ. J. Jusserand, Author of “English Wayfaring Life.” Translated by Elizabeth Lee, Revised and Enlarged by the Author. Illustrated by Six Heliogravures byDujardin, of Paris, and 21 full-page and many smaller Illustrations in facsimile. Demy8vo., handsome cloth, gilt tops, 21s.

“Here we have learned, yet not at all wearisome, descriptions of the works which led up to the novel as we now understand it.... Dr. Jusserand’s agreeable style in recounting the origin of the modern literary ‘three decker’ makes his book, though historically valuable, very pleasant reading.”—Daily Telegraph.

English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages(XIVthCentury). ByJ. J. Jusserand. Translated from the French byLucy A. Toulmin Smith. Illustrated. Third Edition. Demy8vo., cloth, 12s.

“This is an extremely fascinating book, and it is surprising that several years should have elapsed before it was brought out in an English dress. However, we have lost nothing by waiting.”—Times.

The Letters of Horace Walpole.Selected and Edited, with Introduction and Notes, byCharles Duke Yonge, M.A.Portraits and Illustrations. Limited Edition of 750 copies in TwoVols., medium8vo., cloth, 32s.

“Have been carefully edited, and, moreover, contain admirable illustrations.”—Guardian.

The Trials of a Country Parson:Some Fugitive Papers byRev.A. Jessopp,D.D., Author of “Arcady,” “The Coming of the Friars,” &c. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.

“Sparkles with fresh and unforced humour, and abounds in genial common-sense.”—Scotsman.

The Coming of the Friars,And other Mediæval Sketches. By theRev.Augustus Jessopp,D.D., Author of “Arcady: For Better, For Worse,” &c. Third Edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.

“Always interesting and frequently fascinating.”—St. James’s Gazette.

Arcady:For Better, For Worse. ByAugustus Jessopp,D.D., Author of “One Generation of a Norfolk House.” Portrait. Popular Edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.

“A volume which is, to our minds, one of the most delightful ever published in English.”—Spectator.

The Twilight of the Gods.ByRichard Garnett,LL.D.Crown8vo., cloth, 6s.

“If imagination and style constitute the true elixir of literary life, Dr. Garnett’s ‘Twilight of the Gods’ should live.”—British Weekly.

Light and Shadow: A Novel.ByEdward Garnett, Author of “The Paradox Club.” Crown8vo., cloth, 6s.

“An exceedingly clever book.”—Daily News.

The Paradox Club.ByEdward Garnett. With Portrait of Nina Lindon. Second Edition. Crown8vo., limp cloth, 3s.6d.

“Mr. Garnett’s dialogue is often quite as good as his description, and in description he is singularly happy. The mystery of London streets by night is powerfully suggested, and the realistic force of his night-pieces is enhanced by the vague and Schumann-like sentiment that pervades them.”—Saturday Review.

Soul-Shapes.Crown4to., with four coloured plates of Souls on hand-made paper, with Japanese vellum cover, 3s.6d.

Robert Browning: Personal Notes.Frontispiece. Small crown8vo., parchment, 4s.6d.

“Every lover of Browning will wish to possess this exquisitely-printed and as exquisitely-bound little volume.”—Yorkshire Daily Post.

Old Chelsea.A Summer-Day’s Stroll. By Dr.Benjamin Ellis Martin. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell. Second Edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.

“Dr. Martin has produced an interesting account of old Chelsea, and he has been well seconded by his coadjutor.”—Athenæum.

Euphorion:Studies of the Antique and the Mediæval in the Renaissance. ByVernon Lee. Cheap Edition, in one volume. Demy8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.

“It is the fruit, as every page testifies, of singularly wide reading and independent thought, and the style combines with much picturesqueness a certain largeness of volume, that reminds us more of our earlier writers than those of our own time.”—Contemporary Review.

Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy.ByVernon Lee. Demy8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.

“These studies show a wide range of knowledge of the subject, precise investigation, abundant power of illustration, and hearty enthusiasm.... The style of writing is cultivated, neatly adjusted, and markedly clever.”—Saturday Review.

Belcaro:Being Essays on Sundry Æsthetical Questions. ByVernon Lee. Crown8vo., cloth, 5s.

Juvenilia:A Second Series of Essays on Sundry Æsthetical Questions. ByVernon Lee. Twovols.Small crown8vo., cloth, 12s.

“To discuss it properly would require more space than a single number of ‘The Academy’ could afford.”—Academy.

Baldwin:Dialogues on Views and Aspirations, ByVernon Lee. Demy8vo., cloth, 12s.

“The dialogues are written with ... an intellectual courage which shrinks from no logical conclusion.”—Scotsman.

Ottilie:An Eighteenth Century Idyl. ByVernon Lee. Square8vo., cloth extra, 3s.6d.

“A graceful little sketch.... Drawn with full insight into the period described.”—Spectator.

Introductory Studies in Greek Art.Delivered in the British Museum byJane E. Harrison. With Illustrations. Square imperial 16mo., 7s.6d.

“The best work of its kind in English.”—Oxford Magazine.

The Fleet:Its River, Prison, and Marriages. ByJohn Ashton, Author of “Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne,” &c. With 70 Drawings by the Author from Original Pictures. Second and Cheaper Edition, cloth, 7s.6d.

Romances of Chivalry:Told and Illustrated in Fac-simile byJohn Ashton. Forty-six Illustrations. New and Cheaper Edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.

“The result (of the reproduction of the wood blocks) is as creditable to his artistic, as the text is to his literary, ability.”—Guardian.

The Dawn of the Nineteenth Century in England:A Social Sketch of the Times. ByJohn Ashton. Cheaper Edition, in one vol. Illustrated. Large crown8vo., 10s.6d.

“The book is one continued source of pleasure and interest, and opens up a wide field for speculation and comment, and many of us will look upon it as an important contribution to contemporary history, not easily available to others than close students.”—Antiquary.

Chopin, and Other Musical Essays.ByHenry T. Finck, Author of “Romantic Love and Personal Beauty.” Crown8vo., cloth, 6s.

“The six essays are all written with great thoroughness, and the interest of each one is admirably sustained throughout.”—Freeman’s Journal.

The Temple:Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. By Mr.George Herbert. New and fourth edition, with Introductory Essay byJ. Henry Shorthouse. Small crown, sheep, 5s.

A facsimile reprint of the Original Edition of 1633.

“This charming reprint has a fresh value added to it by the Introductory Essay of the Author of ‘John Inglesant.’”—Academy.

Songs, Ballads, and A Garden Play.ByA. Mary F. Robinson, Author of “An Italian Garden.” With Frontispiece of Dürer’s “Melancholia.” Small crown8vo., half bound, vellum, 5s.

“The romantic ballads have grace, movement, passion and strength.”—Spectator.“Marked by sweetness of melody and truth of colour.”—Academy.

Essays towards a Critical Method.Studies in English Literature. ByJohn M. Robertson. Cr.8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.

“His essays are always shrewd and readable. His criticisms on the critics are enjoyable for the irony (conscious or unconscious) that is in them; and the book will not fail to please lovers of literature and literary history, and to prove suggestive to the critical.”—Scotsman.

The Lazy Minstrel.ByJ. Ashby-Sterry, Author of “Boudoir Ballads.” Fourth and Popular Edition. Frontispiece byE. A. Abbey. Fcap.8vo., cloth, 2s.6d.

“One of the lightest and brightest writers of vers de société.”St. James’s Gazette.

Caroline Schlegel,and Her Friends. By Mrs.Alfred Sidgwick. With Steel Portrait. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.

“This is a singularly brilliant, delicate and fascinating sketch—one of the most skilful pieces of literary workmanship we have seen for a long time.... Mrs. Sidgwick is a writer of very unusual equipment, power and promise.”British Weekly.

Amos Kilbright:His Adscititious Adventures. With other Stories. ByFrank R. Stockton.8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.

“Mr. Stockton is the quaintest of living humorists.”—Academy.

History headerHistory.

History headerHistory.

History.

The Vikings in Western Christendom,A.D. 789-888. ByC. F. Keary, Author of “Outlines of Primitive Belief,” “The Dawn of History,” &c. With Map and Tables. Demy8vo., cloth, 16s.

National Life and Thought;Or, Lectures on Various Nations of the World. Delivered at South Place Institute by ProfessorThorold Rogers,J. S. Cotton Minchin,W. R. Morfill,F. H. Groome,J. Theodore Bent, ProfessorA. Pülsky,Eirike Magnusson, and other Specialists. Demy8vo., cloth, 10s.6d.

These Lectures attracted much attention in the Session of 1889-90, and are now reprinted to meet the desire of a very large public. In each case the authors have striven to put their audience in thorough sympathy with the National Life and Thought of the Nations treated of.

Battles and Leaders of the American Civil War.An Authoritative History, written by Distinguished Participants on both sides. Edited byRobert U. JohnsonandClarence C. Buel, of the Editorial Staff of “The Century Magazine.” Four Volumes, Royal8vo., elegantly bound, £5 5s.

Lord Wolseley, in writing a series of articles in theNorth American Reviewon this work, says: “The Century Company has, in my judgment, done a great service to the soldiers of all armies by the publication of these records of the great War.”

Diary of the Parnell Commission.Revised with Additions, fromThe Daily News. ByJohn Macdonald, M.A. Large crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.

“Mr. Macdonald has done his work well.”—Speaker.

The End of the Middle Ages:Essays and Questions in History. ByA. Mary F. Robinson(Madame Darmesteter). Demy8vo., cloth, 10s.6d.

“We travel from convent to palace, find ourselves among all the goodness, the wisdom, the wildness, the wickedness, the worst and the best of that wonderful time. We meet with devoted saints and desperate sinners.... We seem to have made many new acquaintances whom before we only knew by name among the names of history.... We can heartily recommend this book to every one who cares for the study of history, especially in its most curious and fascinating period, the later middle age.”—Spectator.

The Federalist:A Commentary in the Form of Essays on the United States Constitution. ByAlexander Hamilton, and others. Edited byHenry Cabot Lodge. Demy8vo., Roxburgh binding, 10s.6d.

“The importance of the Essays can hardly be exaggerated.”—Glasgow Mail.

The Story of the Nations.Crown8vo., Illustrated, and furnished with Maps and Indexes, each 5s.

Rome.ByArthur Gilman, M.A., Author of “A History of the American People,” &c. Third edition.

The Jews.In Ancient, Mediæval, and Modern Times. By Prof.J. K. Hosmer. Second edition.

Germany.ByRev.S. Baring-Gould, Author of “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,” &c. Second edition.

Carthage.By Prof.Alfred J. Church, Author of “Stories from the Classics,” &c. Third edition.

Alexander’s Empire.By Prof.J. P. Mahaffy, Author of “Social Life in Greece.” Fourth edition.

The Moors in Spain.ByStanley Lane-Poole, Author of “Studies in a Mosque.” Third edition.

Ancient Egypt.By CanonRawlinson, Author of “The Five Great Monarchies of the World.” Third edition.

Hungary.By Prof.Arminius Vambéry, Author of “Travels in Central Asia.” Second edition.

The Saracens:From the Earliest Times to the Fall of Bagdad. ByArthur Gilman, M.A., Author of “Rome,” &c.

Ireland.By the Hon.Emily Lawless, Author of “Hurrish.” Third edition.

Chaldea.ByZ. A. Ragozin, Author of “Assyria,” &c. Second edition.

The Goths.ByHenry Bradley. Second edition.

Assyria.ByZénaïde A. Ragozin, Author of “Chaldea,” &c.

Turkey.ByStanley Lane-Poole. Second edition.

Holland.By ProfessorThorold Rogers. Second edition.

Mediæval France.ByGustave Masson. Second edition.

Persia.ByS. G. W. Benjamin. Second edition.

Phœnicia.ByCanon Rawlinson.

Media.ByZ. A. Ragozin.

The Hansa Towns.ByHelen Zimmern.

Early Britain.By Prof.A. J. Church, Author of “Carthage,” &c.

Russia.ByW. R. Morfill, M.A.

The Barbary Corsairs.ByStanley Lane-Poole.

The Jews under the Roman Empire.ByW. Douglas Morrison, M.A.

Scotland.ByJohn Macintosh,LL.D.

Switzerland.ByLina HugandR. Stead.

Mexico.BySusan Hale.

(For further information, see “Nation Series” Catalogue. Sent to any address on application to the Publisher.)

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