COMPENDIOUS GERMAN GRAMMAR. Crown
A GERMAN READER IN PROSE AND VERSE, with Notes and Vocabulary. Crown 8vo. 5s.
WHITNEY AND EDGREN-A COMPENDIOUS GERMAN AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY, with Notation of Cor- respondences and Brief Etymologies. By Professor W. D. WHITNEY, assisted by A. H. EDGREN. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. THE GERMAN-ENGLISH, separately, 5s.
YONGE (CHARLOTTE M.) THE ABRIDGED BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS. A Reading Book for Schools and general readers. By the Author of "The Heir of Red- clyffe." 18mo. cloth.
FREEMAN (EDWARD A.)-OLD-ENGLISH HISTORY. By EDWARD A. FREEMAN, D. C. L., LL.D., late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. With Five Coloured Maps. New Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. half-bound. 6s.
"The book indeed is full of instruction and interest to students of all ages, and he must be a well-informed man indeed who will not rise from its perusal with clearer and more accurate ideas of a too much neglected portion of English History."-SPECTATOR.
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN. With Coloured Maps, Genealogical Tables, and Chronological Annals. Crown 8vo. 8s. 6d. Fifty-fifth Thousand.
"Stands alone as the one general history of the country, for the sake of which all others, if young and old are wise, will be speedily and surely set aside."-ACADEMY.
SCHOOLS-Edited by EDWARD A. FREEMAN, D.C.L., late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford.
I. GENERAL SKETCH OF EUROPEAN HISTORY. By EDWARD A. FREEMAN, D.C.L. New Edition, revised and enlarged, with Chronological Table, Maps, and Index. 18mo. cloth. 3s. 6d.
HISTORICAL COURSE FOR SCHOOLS, Continued-
"It supplies the great want of a good foundation for historical teaching. The scheme is an excellent one, and this instalment has been executed in a way that promises much for the volumes that are yet to appear.' EDUCATIONAL TIMES.
II. HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By EDITH THOMPSON. New Edition, revised and enlarged, with Maps. 18mo. 2s. 6d. "Freedom from prejudice, simplicity of style, and accuracy of statement are the characteristics of this little volume. It is a trustworthy text-book and likely to be generally serviceable in schools."-PALL MALL GAZETTE. "Upon the whole, this manual is the best sketch of English history for the use of young people we have yet met with."-ATHENÆUM.
"An excellent summary, unimpeachable as to facts, and putting them in the clearest and most impartial light attainable."-GUARDIAN.
"Miss Macarthur has performed her task with admirable care, clear- ness, and fulness, and we have now for the first time a really good School History of Scotland."-EDUCATIONAL TIMES.
IV. HISTORY OF ITALY. By the Rev. W. HUNT, M.A. 18mo. 35.
"It possesses the same solid merit as its predecessors scrupulous care about fidelity in details. ... It is distinguished, too, by information on art, architecture, and social politics, in which the writer grasp is seen by the firmness and clearness of his touch"-EDUCATIONAL TIMES.
V. HISTORY OF GERMANY.
"A remarkably clear and impressive history of Germany. Its great events are wisely kept as central figures, and the smaller events are care- fully kept, not only subordinate and subservient, but most skilfully woven into the texture of the historical tapestry presented to the eye."-- STANDARD.
VI. HISTORY OF AMERICA.
"Mr. Doyle has performed his task with admirable care, fulness, and clearness, and for the first time we have for schools an accurate and inter- esting history of America, from the earliest to the present time."- STANDARD.
EUROPEAN COLONIES. By E. J. PAYNE, M. A. With Maps. 18mo.
"We have seldom met with an historian capable of forming a more comprehensive, far-seeing, and unprejudiced estimate of events and peoples, and we can commend this little work as one certain to prove of the highest interest to all thoughtful readers."-TIMES.
The following is in preparation:
FRANCE. By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.
HISTORY PRIMERS-Edited by JOHN RICHARD GREEN. Author of "A Short History of the English People."
ROME. By the Rev. M. CREighton, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford. With Eleven Maps. New Edition. 18mo. IS.
"The author has been curiously successful in telling in an intelli- gent way the story of Rome from first to last."-SCHOOL Board CHRONICLE.
GREECE. By C. A. FYFFE, M.A., Fellow and late Tutor of University College, Oxford. With Five Maps. Edition. 18mo. IS.
"We give our unqualified praise to this little manual."-SCHOOL-
EUROPEAN HISTORY. By E. A. FREEMAN, D.C.L., LL.D. With Maps. New Edition. 18mo. IS.
"A marvel of clearness."-ACADEMY.
"The work is always clear, and forms a luminous key to European history."-SCHOOL BOARD CHRONICLE.
"There are few writers but himself who could have compressed so much information in so little space."-EDUCATIONAL TIMES.
GREEK ANTIQUITIES. By the Rev. J. P. MAHAFFY, M.A. Illustrated. 18mo. IS.
"All that is necessary for the scholar to know is told so compactly yet so fully, and in a style so interesting, that it is impossible for even the dullest boy to look on this little work in the same light as he regards his other school books."-SCHOOLMASTER.
CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 18mo.
"Another valuable aid to the study of the ancient world. contains an enormous quantity of information packed into a small space, and at the same time communicated in a very readable shape."-JOHN BULL.
GEOGRAPHY. By GEORGE GROVE, D.C.L. With Maps. 18mo. IS.
"A model of what such a work should be we know of no short treatise better suited to infuse life and spirit into the dull lists of proper names of which our ordinary class-books so often almost exclusively consist."-TIMES.
ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. By Professor WILKINS. Illus- trated. 18mo. IS.
"A little book that throws a blaze of light on Roman History, and is, moreover, intensely interesting."-School Board Chronicle.
HISTORY PRIMERS Continued-
ENGLAND. By J. R. GREEN, M.A.
FRANCE. BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.
MICHELET-A SUMMARY OF MODERN HISTORY. Translated from the French of M. MICHELET, and continued to the Present Time, by M. C. M. SIMPSON. Globe 8vo. 4s. 6d.
"We are glad to see one of the ablest and most useful summaries of European history put into the hands of English readers. The transla-
tion is excellent."-STANDARD.
OTTÉ.-SCANDINAVIAN HISTORY. With Maps. Globe 8vo. 6s.
"A_readable, well-arranged, complete, and accurate volume."-LITE- RARY REVIEW.
PAULI.-PICTURES OF OLD ENGLAND. By Dr. R. PAULI. Translated with the sanction of the Author by E. C. OTTÉ. Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
YONGE (CHARLOTTE M.)-A PARALLEL HISTORY OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND: consisting of Outlines and Dates. By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE, Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe," "Cameos of English History," &c., &c. Oblong 4to. 35. 6d.
"We can imagine few more really advantageous courses of historical study for a young mind than going carefully and steadily through Miss Yonge's excellent little book."-EDUCATIONAL TIMES.
CAMEOS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY. FROM ROLLO TO EDWARD II. By the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." Extra fcap. 8vo. Third Edition, enlarged. 55. "Instead of dry details, we have living pictures, faithful, vivid, and striking."-NONCONFORMIST.
A SECOND SERIES OF CAMEOS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY-THE WARS IN FRANCE. Third Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo.
"Though mainly intended for young readers, they will, if we mistake not, be found very acceptable to those of more mature years, and the life and reality imparted to the dry bones of history cannot fail to be at- tractive to readers of every age."-JOHN BULL.
A THIRD SERIES OF CAMEOS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY-THE WARS OF THE ROSES.
A FOURTH SERIES. EUROPEAN HISTORY.
Historical Selections from the Best Authorities.
arranged by E. M. SEWELL and C. M. YONGE. 1003-1154. Third Edition. Crown 8vo.
[In the press.
a Series of Edited and First Series,
65. Second
Series, 1088-1228. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
"We know of scarcely anything which is so likely to raise to a higher level the average standard of English education.”—ĠUARDIAN.
*For other Works by these Authors, see THEOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
ABBOTT (REV. E. A.)—BIBLE LESSONS. By the Rev. E. A. ABBOTT, D.D., Head Master of the City of London School. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d.
"Wise, suggestive, and really profound initiation into religious thought." -GUARDIAN.
"I think nobody could read them without being both the better for them himself, and being also able to see how this difficult duty of im- parting a sound religious education may be effected."-BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S AT ABERGWILLY.
ARNOLD-A BIBLE-READING FOR SCHOOLS-THE GREAT PROPHECY OF ISRAEL'S RESTORATION (Isaiah, Chapters xl.-lxvi.). Arranged and Edited for Young Learners. By MATTHEW ARNOLD, D.C.L., formerly Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford, and Fellow of Oriel. Fourth Edition. 18mo. cloth.
"There can be no doubt that it will be found excellently calculated to further instruction in Biblical literature in any school into which it may be introduced; and we can safely say that whatever school uses the book, it will enable its pupils to understand Isaiah, a great advantage compared with other establishments which do not avail themselves of it.'
ISAIAH XL.-LXVI. With the Shorter Prophecies allied to it. Arranged and Edited, with Notes, by MATTHEW ARNOLD. Crown 8vo. 55.
« ForrigeFortsett » |