AND OTHER INTERESTING ILLUSTRATIONS AND PORTRAITS

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Bound in finest Velvet Calf, 12s. 6d. net An admirable and living record of the men and manners of Scotland two or three generations ago, written by one of the most able of that brilliant coterie of Scott, Sydney Smith and Brougham. Not only is it a valuable contribution to history, with its power of personal portraiture, but its humorous and racy descriptions of the quaintly coloured state of the society and manners of the time, very strange to modern ears, have gained for it the name

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Sm. 4to. 228 pp. . Buckram The simple distinctive beauty of the art of Ancient Egypt, and the wonderful craftsmanship of its people are little known. In these circumstances this important work, written by one of the most eminent Egyptologists of the day, should command much attention. It contains a very fully illustrated survey of Egyptian Arts and Crafts, including the most recent discoveries.

Mr Edwin Alexander's illustrations to this pleasantly
written book on Wild Flowers are quite unique in their
delicacy of colour and wonderful detail, and are without
doubt the finest ever seen in a nature book. "The
Wild Flowers" is not a technical work, nor is it merely
a dictionary of wild flowers. It is written from the
standpoint of the ordinary admirer of beauty in nature,
telling in an attractive way all that is interesting about our
better-known Wild Flowers, each in its natural setting.

SECOND EDITION

The publisher has endeavoured to make the Holyrood
Book an ideal small volume for the book-lover, and he
believes that the result is an artistic book, such as
has never before been produced at a popular price.
The booklover will find these little editions de luxe
pleasant both to handle and to read. The Holyrood
Books are printed in red and black from new type
at The Foulis Press, Edinburgh, on handmade paper,
with deckle edge and wide margin.

I. HAZLITT: ON BOOKS AND CHARACTER.

II. LETTERS OF JOHN KEATS.

III. EMERSON: FRIENDSHIP AND SELF-RELIANCE.

IV. A LITTLE BOOK OF NATURE: A Selection from Writings of Fiona Macleod.

V. MONTAIGNE: SELECT ESSAYS.

VI. EMERSON: HEROISM, LOVE, AND MANNERS.

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Erskine Nicol's illustrations of Irish life are world-famous for their inimitable character and humour. The finest of these pictures have been collected for this book, and are now reproduced for the first time direct from the originals. Mrs Hall's tales have long been distinguished for their faithful painting of true Irish Character and Wit.