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Jeff Briggs's Love Story. By BRET HARTE.

The Twins of Table Mountain. By BRet Harte.

Mrs. Gainsborough's Diamonds. By JULIAN HAWTHORNE.
Kathleen Mavourneen. By the Author of "That Lass o' Lowrie's."
Lindsay's Luck. By the Author of "That Lass o' Lowrie's.".

Pretty Polly Pemberton. By the Author of "That Lass o' Lowrie's."
Trooping with Crows. By Mrs. PIRKIS.

Proctor's (R. A.) Works:

Easy Star Lessons for Young Learners. With Star Maps for every Night in the Year, Drawings of the Constellations, &c. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s.

[In preparation. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR. Demy 8vo, cloth extra, 12s. 6d.

Pleasant Ways in Science. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 10s. 6d.

Rough Ways made Smooth: A Series of Familiar Essays
on Scientific Subjects. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo,
cloth extra, 10s. 6d.

Our Place among Infinities: A Series of Essays contrasting our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities Around us. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s.

The Expanse of Heaven: A Series of Essays on the
Wonders of the Firmament. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR. Crown
8vo, cloth extra, 6s.

Wages and Wants of Science Workers. Showing the Re-
sources of Science as a Vocation, and Discussing the Scheme for their
Increase out of the National Exchequer. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR.
Crown 8vo, Is. 6d.

"Mr. Proctor, of all writers of our time, best conforms to Matthew Arnold's conception of a man of culture, in that he strives to humanise knowledge and divest it of whatever is harsh, crude, or technical, and so makes it a source of happiness and brightness for all."-WESTMINster Review.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7s. 6d.

Pursuivant of Arms, The;

With

or, Heraldry founded upon Facts. A Popular Guide to the Science of Heraldry. By J. R. PLANCHÉ, Somerset Herald. Coloured Frontispiece, Plates, and 200 Illustrations.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, 7s. 6d.

Rabelais' Works.

Faithfully Translated from the French, with Variorum Notes, and numerous Characteristic Illustrations by GUStave Doré.

"His buffoonery was not merely Brutus's rough skin, which contained a rod of gold: it was necessary as an amulet against the monks and legates; and he must be classed with the greatest creative minds in the world—with Shakespeare, with Dante, and with Cervantes."-S. T. COLERidge.

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, with numerous Illustrations, and a beautifully executed Chart of the various Spectra, 7s. 6d.

Rambosson's Astronomy.

By J. RAMBOSSON, Laureate of the Institute of France. Translated by C. B. PITMAN. Profusely Illustrated.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 10s. 6d.

Richardson's (Dr.) A Ministry of Health,

and other Papers. By BENJAMIN WARD RICHARDSON, M.D., &c. "This highly interesting volume contains upwards of nine addresses, written in the author's well-known style, and full of great and good thoughts. The work is, like all those of the author, that of a man of genius, of great power, of experience, and noble independence of thought."-POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW.

Square 8vo, cloth extra gilt, 10s. 6d.

Rimmer's Our Old Country Towns.

Described by Pen and Pencil. With over Fifty Illustrations by
ALFRED RIMMER.
[In preparation.

Handsomely printed, price 5s.

Roll of Battle Abbey, The;

Or, A List of the Principal Warriors who came over from Normandy with William the Conqueror, and Settled in this Country, A.D. 1066–7. Printed on fine plate paper, nearly three feet by two, with the principal Arms emblazoned in Gold and Colours.

Two Vols., large 4to, profusely Illustrated, half-morocco, £2 16s.

Rowlandson, the Caricaturist:

A Selection from his Works, with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures, and a Sketch of his Life, Times, and Contemporaries. With nearly 400 Illustrations, mostly in Facsimile of the Originals. By JOSEPH GREGO, Author of "James Gillray, the Caricaturist; his Life, Works, and Times."

"Mr. Grego's excellent account of the works of Thomas Rowlandson illustrated with some 400 spirited, accurate, and clever transcripts from his designs. The thanks of all who care for what is original and personal in art are due to Mr. Grego for the pains he has been at, and the time he has expended, in the preparation of this very pleasant, very careful and adequate memorial."-PALL MALL GAZETTE.

"The editor has discharged his task with sound judgment; it was one that demanded indefatigable labour-careful and thoughtful study as well. . . . The work is a valuable contribution to the art literature of the day, indispensable in all libraries."-ART JOURNAL.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, 7s. 6d.

Signboards:

Their History. With Anecdotes of Famous Taverns and Remarkable Characters. By JACOB LARWOOD and JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. With nearly 100 Illustrations.

"Even if we were ever so maliciously inclined, we could not pick out all Messrs. Larwood and Hotten's plums, because the good things are so numerous as to defy the most wholesale depredation."-TIMES.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, profusely Illustrated, 4s. 6d. each.

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"Secret Out Series, The..

The Pyrotechnist's Treasury; or, Complete Art of Making Fireworks. By THOMAS KENTISH. With numerous Illustrations.

The Art of Amusing :

A Collection of Graceful Arts,
Games, Tricks, Puzzles, and Cha-
rades. By FRANK BELLEW.
Illustrations.

Hanky-Panky:

300

Very Easy Tricks, Very Difficult
Tricks, White Magic, Sleight of
Hand. Edited by W. H. CREMER.
200 Illustrations.

The Merry Circle:

A Book of New Intellectual Games and Amusements. By CLARA BELLEW. Many Illustrations.

Magician's Own Book:

Performances with Cups and Balls, Eggs, Hats, Handkerchiefs, &c. All from Actual Experience. Edited by W. H. CREMER. 200 Illustrations. Magic No Mystery:

Tricks with Cards, Dice, Balls, &c.,
with fully Descriptive Directions;
the Art of Secret Writing; the
Training of Performing Animals,
&c. With Coloured Frontispiece
and many Illustrations.
The Secret Out:

One Thousand Tricks with Cards,
and other Recreations; with Enter-
taining Experiments in Drawing-room
"White Magic."
By W. H.
CREMER. 300 Engravings.

or

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s.

Senior's Travel and Trout in the Antipodes. An Angler's Sketches in Tasmania and New Zealand. By WILLIAM SENIOR (" Red Spinner "), Author of "By Stream and Sea," &c.

"In every way a happy production. What Turner effected in colour on canvas, Mr. Senior may be said to effect by the force of a practical mind, in language that is magnificently descriptive, on his subject. There is in both painter and writer the same magical combination of idealism and realism, and the same hearty appreciation for all that is sublime and pathetic in natural scenery. That there is an undue share of travel to the number of trout caught is certainly not Mr. Senior's fault; but the comparative scarcity of the prince of fishes is adequately atoned for, in that the writer was led pretty well through all the glorious scenery of the antipodes in quest of him. So great is the charm and the freshness and the ability of the book, that it is hard to put it down when once taken up."-HOME NEWS.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with 10 full-page Tinted Illustrations, 7s. 6d.

Sheridan's Complete Works,

With Life and Anecdotes. Including his Dramatic Writings, printed from the Original Editions, his works in Prose and Poetry, Translations, Speeches, Jokes, Puns, &c.; with a Collection of Sheridaniana.

"The editor has brought together within a manageable compass not only the seven plays by which Sheridan is best known, but a collection also of his poetical pieces which are less familiar to the public, sketches of unfinished dramas, selections from his reported witticisms, and extracts from his principal speeches. To these is prefixed a short but well-written memoir, giving the chief facts in Sheridan's literary and political career; so that, with this volume in his hand, the student may consider himself tolerably well furnished with all that is necessary for a general comprehension of the subject of it."-PALL MALL GAZETTE.

Shakespeare and Shakespeareana :
Shakespeare, The First Folio.

Mr. WILLIAM SHAKES

PEARE'S Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. London, Printed by ISAAC IAGGARD and ED. BLOUNT, 1623.-A Reproduction of the extremely rare original, in reduced facsimile by a photographic process ensuring the strictest accuracy in every detail. Small 8vo, half-Roxburghe, 10s. 6d. "To Messrs. Chatto and Windus belongs the merit of having done more to facilitate the critical study of the text of our great dramatist than all the Shakespeare clubs and societies put together. A complete facsimile of the celebrated First Folio edition of 1623 for half-a-guinea is at once a miracle of cheapness and enterprise. Being in a reduced form, the type is necessarily rather diminutive, but it is as distinct as in a genuine copy of the original, and will be found to be as useful and far more handy to the student than the latter."-ATHENÆUM.

Shakespeare, The Lansdowne.

Beautifully printed in red and black, in small but very clear type. With engraved facsimile of DROESHOUT's Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

Shakespeare for Children: Tales from Shakespeare.
By CHARLES and MARY LAMB. With numerous Illustrations,
Coloured and Plain, by J. MOYR SMITH.
10s. 6d.

Shakespeare Music, The Handbook of.

Crown 4to, cloth gilt,

Being an Account of Three Hundred and Fifty Pieces of Music, set to Words taken from the Plays and Poems of Shakespeare, the compositions ranging from the Elizabethan age to the Present Time. By ALFRED Roffe. 4to, half-Roxburghe, 75.

Shakespeare, A Study of. By ALGERNON C. SWINBURNE.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 8s.

Elizabethan Demonology.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 55.

By T. A. SPALDING, LL.B.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 6s. 6d.

Slang Dictionary, The:

Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal.

An ENTIRELY NEW

EDITION, revised throughout, and considerably Enlarged.

"We are glad to see the Slang Dictionary reprinted and enlarged. From a high scientific point of view this book is not to be despised. Of course it cannot fail to be amusing also. It contains the very vocabulary of unrestrained humour, and oddity, and grotesqueness. In a word, it provides valuable material both for the student of language and the student of human nature.”—ACADEMY.

Demy 8vo, cloth extra, Illustrated," 21s.

Sword, The Book of the:

Being a History of the Sword, and its Use, in all Times and in all
Countries. By Captain RICHARD BURTON.
Illustrations.

With numerous

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