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WORKS BY THE REV. CHARLES KINGSLEY.

CHAPLAIN IN ORDINARY TO THE QUEEN, RECTOR OF EVERSLEY,

AND PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

WESTWARD HO!

NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION. Crown 8vo. cloth, 6s.

'Mr. Kingsley has selected a good subject, and has written a good novel to an excellent purpose.' TIMES. We thank Mr. Kingsley heartily for almost the best historical novel, to our mind, of the day.' FRASER'S MAGAZINE.

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NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION. Crown 8vo. cloth, 6s.

In "Two Years Ago," Mr. Kingsley is, as always, genial, large-hearted, and humorous; with a quick eye and a keen relish alike for what is beautiful in nature and for what is genuine, strong, and earnest in man.'-GUARDIAN.

ALTON LOCKE, TAILOR AND POET.

NEW EDITION. Crown 8vo. cloth, 4s. 6d. With New Preface.
This Edition is printed in crown 8yo. uniform with Westward Ho !! &c., and contains

a New Preface.

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GREEK FAIRY TALES FOR THE YOUNG.

SECOND EDITION, with Illustrations. Royal 16mo. cloth, 5s.

'A charming book, adapted in style and manner, as a man of genius only could have adapted it, to the believing imagination, susceptible spirit of youths.'-BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. 'Rarely have these heroes of Greek tradition been celebrated in a bolder or more stirring strain.'-SATURDAY REView.

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ALEXANDRIA AND HER SCHOOLS.
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THE LIMITS OF EXACT SCIENCE
AS APPLIED TO HISTORY.

INAUGURAL LECTURE AT CAMBRIDGE. Crown 8vo. 2s.

PHAETHON:

LOOSE THOUGHTS FOR LOOSE THINKERS.

THIRD EDITION. Crown 8vo. 2s.

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By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON. Dedicated to the Marquis of Lansdowne,

"The poem is a pure, tender, touching tale of pain, sorrow, love, duty, piety, and death.' EDINBURGH REVIEW. 'A true poem, noble in subject and aim, natural in flow, worthy in expression, with the common soul of humanity throbbing in every page through wholesome words.'-EXAMINER,

GOBLIN MARKET AND OTHER POEMS. By CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI. With Two Illustrations from Designs by D. G. Rossetti. Fcp. 8vo. cloth, 5s.

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THE

LUGGIE AND OTHER POEMS.

By DAVID GRAY. With a Preface by R. MONCKTON MILNES, M.P. Fcp. 8vo. cloth, 5s.

'Full of the purest and simplest poetry.'-SPECTATOR.

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'The poem bears in every page evidence of genius controlled, purified, and disciplined, but ever present.'-STANDARD.

'A felicitous and noble composition.'-NONCONFORMIST,

BY THE SAME AUTHOR,

A LIFE DRAMA AND OTHER POEMS.

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CITY POEMS.

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BLANCHE LISLE AND OTHER POEMS.

By CECIL HOME. Fcp. 8vo. cloth, 4s. 6d.

"The writer has music and meaning in his lines and stanzas, which, in the selection of diction and gracefulness of cadence, have seldom been excelled.'-LEADER.

'Full of a true poet's imagination.'- JOHN BULL.

THE POEMS OF ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH,

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SOMETIME FELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD.

With a Memoir by F. T. PALGRAVE. Fcp. 8vo. cloth, 6s.

Few, if any, literary men of larger, deeper, and more massive mind have lived in this generation than the author of these few poems, and of this the volume before us bears ample evidence......There is nothing in it that is not in some sense rich either in thought or beauty, or both.'-SPECTATOR.

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THE MOOR COTTAGE:

TALE OF

HOME

LIFE.

By MAY BEVERLEY, author of 'Little Estella, and other Fairy Tales for the Young.' Crown 8vo. cloth, price 6s.

This charming tale is told with such excellent art, that it reads like an episode from real life.'-ATLAS.

The whole plot of the story is conceived and executed in an 'admirable manner: a work which, when once taken up, it is difficult to put down.'-JOHN BULL.

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A LADY IN HER OWN RIGHT.

By WESTLAND MARSTON. Crown 8vo. cloth, price 6s. 'Since "The Mill on the Floss" was noticed, we have read no work of fiction which we can so heartily recommend to our readers as "A Lady in her Own Right:" the plot, incidents, and characters are all good: the style is simple and graceful: it abounds in thoughts judiciously introduced and well expressed, and throughout a kind, liberal, and gentle spirit." CHURCH OF ENGLAND MONTHLY REVIEW.

THE BROKEN TROTH:

A TALE OF TUSCAN LIFE FROM THE ITALIAN.

By PHILIP IRETON. 2 vols. fcp. 8vo. cloth, 12s.

The style is so easy and natural.

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The story is well told from beginning to end.'-PRESS.

A genuine Italian tale-a true picture of the Tuscan peasant population, with all their virtues, faults, weaknesses, follies, and even vices. The best Italian tale that has been published since the appearance of the Promessi Sposi' of Manzoni.. The Broken Troth' is one of those that cannot be read but with pleasure.'-LONDON REVIEW.

FOOTNOTES FROM THE PAGE OF NATURE:

OR, FIRST FORMS OF VEGETATION.

A popular work on Algæ, Fungi, Mosses, and Lichens.

By the Rev. HUGH MACMILLAN, F.R.S.E. With numerous Illustrations and a Coloured Frontispiece. Fcp. 8vo. 5s.

'Admirably adapted to serve as an introduction to the study of more scientific botanic works, and to throw a new interest over country rambles by bringing into notice the simple forms of vegetation everywhere to be met with.'-SATURDAY REVIEW.

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GLAUCUS ;

OR, WONDERS OF THE SEA SHORE. By CHARLES KINGSLEY, M.A. Rector of Eversley, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. Containing beautifully Coloured Illustrations of the Objects mentioned in the work. Royal 16mo, elegantly bound in cloth, gilt leaves, 5s.

'One of the most charming works on Natural History written in such a style, and adorned with such a variety of illustration, that we question whether the most unconcerned reader can peruse it without deriving both pleasure and profit.'- ANNALS OF NATURAL HISTORY.

STRAY NOTES ON FISHING AND NATURAL

HISTORY.

By CORNWALL SIMEON. With Illustrations, 7s. 6d.

'If this remarkably agreeable work does not rival in popularity the celebrated "White's Selborne," it will not be because it does not deserve it ... the mind is almost satiated with

a repletion of strange facts and good things.'— FIELD.

THE

HUMAN HAND AND THE HUMAN FOOT.

By G. M. HUMPHRY, M.D. F.R.S., Lecturer on Surgery and Anatomy in the University of Cambridge.

With numerous Illustrations, Fcp. 8vo. cloth, 4s. 6d.

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The marvels of creative wisdom are herein set forth plainly and simply, and yet withal scientifically and correctly .. every explanation is given which can by any chance be needed to render the subject perfectly clear and intelligible, whilst most carefully executed engravings are profusely scattered through the text. In this little volume there is stored up such an amount of valuable information written in an entertaining form as deserves to gain for it admission into the library of every one.'- ENGLISH CHURCHMAN.

LIFE ON THE EARTH;

ITS ORIGIN AND SUCCESSION. By JOHN PHILLIPS, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford. Crown 8vo. 6s. 6d.

It is not without gratitude as well as pleasure that one receives at such a time â careful and condensed summary of the present unquestionable results of scientific research, proceeding from one who has great clearness and soundness of intellect, and the richest and completest knowledge.'-NONCONFORMIST.

THE STORY OF A BOULDER;

OR, GLEANINGS BY A FIELD GEOLOGIST.

By ARCHIBALD GEIKIE. Illustrated. Fcp. 8vo. cloth, 5s.

'We do not know a more readable book on a scientific subject, and it will be invaluable to young people, as well as interesting to those who are already acquainted with the subject it treats of. CLERICAL JOUrnal.

LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF

M. DE TOCQUEVILLE.

Translated from the French. By the Translator of 'Napoleon Correspondence with King Joseph. With numerous additions. 2 vols. crown 8vo. 21s. "The appearance of this work will be welcomed by every politician and every Englishman capable of appreciating exhaustive and solid thought.'- SPECTATOR.

Few men of the nineteenth century have attained a more remarkable influence. Charming as specimens of style, they are of infinitely greater value as showing the inner life of a man who was as simple as a child, and yet as gifted as any of the many learned writers and scholars whom France has produced.'-BELL'S MESSENGER.

PICTURES OF OLD ENGLAND.

By Dr. REINHOLD_PAULI.

Translated, with the author's revision, by E. C. OTTÉ. With a Map of London in the Thirteenth Century.

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

CONTENTS:

1. CANTERBURY AND THE WORSHIP OF ST. THOMAS À BECKET. II. MONKS AND MENDICANT FRIARS.

III. PARLIAMENT IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

IV. ENGLAND'S EARLIEST RELATIONS TO AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

V. THE EMPEROR LOUIS IV. AND KING EDWARD III.

VI. THE HANSEATIC STEEL YARD IN LONDON.

VII. TWO POETS, GOWER AND CHAUCER.

VIII. JOHN WICLIF.

There are some books so admirable, that merely general criticism subsides into "Read, it will satisfy you." Dr. Pauli's work is of this kind.'-NONCONFORMIST.

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