GOWANS’S COSMOPOLITAN LIBRARY
GOWANS’S COSMOPOLITAN LIBRARY
Small Fcap. 8vo. Cloth, gilt top. 1s. net per volume.
This series will be confined to standard works of our own or of other literatures. The publishers will endeavour to avoid the beaten track as much as possible, and in particular will try to lay before the discriminating reader translations of a few of the thousands of foreign books which only require to be translated to become favourites in this country.
The first five volumes are:—
1. THE TWELVE BEST SHORT STORIES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected byAdam L. Gowans.2. FAMOUS GHOST-STORIES BY ENGLISH AUTHORS. Selected byAdam L. Gowansfrom the best writers in the language.3. CHIUSHINGURA, OR THE LOYAL LEAGUE. A famous Japanese Romance. Translated byF. Victor Dickins, C.B.4. A CAPTIVE OF LOVE. A novel from the original of Bakin, the greatest novelist of Japan.5. THE TWELVE BEST SHORT STORIES IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. Selected byAuguste Dorchain.
1. THE TWELVE BEST SHORT STORIES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected byAdam L. Gowans.
2. FAMOUS GHOST-STORIES BY ENGLISH AUTHORS. Selected byAdam L. Gowansfrom the best writers in the language.
3. CHIUSHINGURA, OR THE LOYAL LEAGUE. A famous Japanese Romance. Translated byF. Victor Dickins, C.B.
4. A CAPTIVE OF LOVE. A novel from the original of Bakin, the greatest novelist of Japan.
5. THE TWELVE BEST SHORT STORIES IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. Selected byAuguste Dorchain.
The publishers beg to draw attention to the following facts:—
1. The type of the books in this series will beset by handand the irregular alignment which makes the reading of some cheap series so distressing to the eye will thus be avoided.
2. The paper will be of good quality and “free from mechanical wood.”
3. The books will be strongly, not flimsily, bound in Winterbottom’s extra cloth.
The publishers make no announcement at present with regard to the issue of future volumes, which will be issued at such irregular intervals as may be found convenient.