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HAKESPEARE'S Plays and Poems. Edited, with a scrupulous Revision of the Text, but without Note or Comment, by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. With an Introductory Essay and Copious Glossary. In Four Handsome Library 8vo. Volumes, elegantly printed on toned paper, cloth, 17. 1s.; cloth gilt, 17. 5s. (published at 21. 2s.); calf extra 21. 2s.

This splendid edition of Shakespeare's Works is copyright, having been carefully revised and amplified by Mr. and Mrs. Cowden Clarke. The Text is selected with great care, and is printed from a new fount of ancient type on toned paper, forming four handsome volumes, bound in cloth extra, calf, calf extra, russia, or in the best morocco with appropriate tooling.

Cowden Clarke's Shakespeare. The above Text, with Life and excellent Glossary, arranged on the Plan of a Concordance, giving not only the meanings of doubtful words, but also a complete Index to all the passages in which they are to be found. In 1 vol. royal 8vo. with very clear type on toned paper. Portrait after Droeshout, bound in gilt cloth, 12s.; calf extra, 15s.

This edition is also kept richly bound in morocco, gilt leaves, with broad gilt borders on side, and Shakespeare's arms stamped in centre, forming a most charming and elegant gift book.

POPULAR MODERN BOOKS,

PUBLISHED OR SOLD BY

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I & 54, LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON, W. C. AND HIGH STREET, ETON.

Although many of the Books are offered at less than half their published prices, they are warranted clean and perfect, and the same as if purchased at the full price.

FURTHER REDUCTION IN PRICE.

HAKESPEARE'S Plays and Poems. Edited, with a scrupulous Revision of the Text, but without Note or Comment, by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. With an Introductory Essay and Copious Glossary. In Four Handsome Library 8vo. Volumes, elegantly printed on toned paper, cloth, 17. 15.; cloth gilt, 17. 5s. (published at 21. 2s.); calf extra 21. 2s.

This splendid edition of Shakespeare's Works is copyright, having been carefully revised and amplified by Mr. and Mrs. Cowden Clarke. The Text is selected with great care, and is printed from a new fount of ancient type on toned paper, forming four handsome volumes, bound in cloth extra, calf, calf extra, russia, or in the best morocco with appropriate tooling.

Cowden Clarke's Shakespeare. The above Text, with Life and excellent Glossary, arranged on the Plan of a Concordance, giving not only the meanings of doubtful words, but also a complete Index to all the passages in which they are to be found. In 1 vol. royal 8vo. with very clear type on toned paper. Portrait after Droeshout, bound in gilt cloth, 125.; calf extra, 15s.

This edition is also kept richly bound in morocco, gilt leaves, with broad gilt borders on side, and Shakespeare's arms stamped in centre, forming a most charming and elegant gift book.

A unique edition of Bunyan's Emblems.

John Bunyan's Divine and Moral Emblems; or, Temporal Things Spiritualised. Illustrated with 49 quaint and characteristic Engravings, numerous Head and Tail Pieces, Initial Letters, &c. Fcap. 8vo. cloth elegant, 2s. 6d. (published at 5s.); or in calf antique, red edges, 5s. 6d.

This curious and valuable little work had almost slipped from human memory, and had escaped the attention of publishers for nearly a century. It has now been reproduced from an old edition published in 1767.

A Reprint of Pickering's Famous Edition.

The Poetical and Prose Works of John Milton. Carefully reprinted from the Author's Original Copies. Including a Facsimile of the Agreement for the Sale of "Paradise Lost" to Samuel Symmons for the sum of 201.; together with a Pedigree of the Family of Milton; and a complete History of the Poet's Life by the Rev. John Mitford. 8 vols. 8vo. cloth, 41. 4s.; calf extra, gilt, 51. 15s. 6d.; or elegantly bound in the best French morocco, 81. 8s.

*** The Poet's own peculiar orthography and punctuation have been carefully preserved, and every care has been exercised to render this the most attractive, as it is the most complete Edition extant. It is printed in a fine large ancient type, and upon thick toned paper; and whether judged as a specimen of printing and typography, or as an evidence of the ability and perseverance of the Editor, it will be found one of the most perfect books ever issued to the public.

"Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book."

The Book of Common Prayer, with the Psalter, and latest alterations, and with finely executed Woodcut Borders round every page, exactly copied from "Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book," and comprising Albert Dürer's "Life of Christ," Holbein's "Dance of Death," "The Cardinal Virtues," &c. Crown 8vo. cloth, uncut, 9s. 6d. (published at 215.); cloth extra, gilt, 10s. 6d.; calf antique, 14s. 6d.; morocco plain, gilt edges, 17s. 6d.; or best morocco antique, 25s.

This singularly curious edition of the Common Prayer Book of our Established Church is worthy of special notice. The borders surrounding each page are in imitation of celebrated missals of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, including wood engravings of Albert Dürer's "Life of Christ," Holbein's "Dance of Death,' with Scriptural Quotations and Proverbs in the margin; also quaint woodcut borders of fruit and flowers, and full-length Portrait of Queen Elizabeth kneeling at prayer. Copies in rich and tastefully finished bindings are constantly kept in stock.

A bandsome present for all ages.

Gray's Poems. A unique little edition, printed on superior toned paper, with beautiful Landscape Illustrations from drawings by Birket Foster, and ornamental head and tail pieces by Harry Rogers, engraved by Edmund Evans.

SPECIMEN OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS.

"Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,

That crown the wat'ry glade."

In a neat cloth binding, gilt edges, 35. 6d.; calf extra, gilt, 6s. 6d.; morocco antique, lettered on side, 8s. 6d.; smooth French morocco, best quality, suitably gilt, 95.