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BLAIR'S CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES, Revised and Enlarged. Comprehending the Chronology and History of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Russian Treaty of Peace, April 1856. By J. Willoughby Rosse. Double volume (upwards of 800 pages). 10S.

INDEX OF DATES. Comprehending the principal Facts in the Chronology and History of the World, from the Earliest to the Present Time, alphabetically arranged; being a complete Index to Bohn's enlarged Edition of Blair's Chronological Tables. By J. W. Rosse. 2 vols. 5s. each. BOHN'S DICTIONARY OF POETICAL QUOTATIONS. 4th edition. 6s. N. S.

Mr. Bohn's volume has the rare recommendation of being entirely free from the rubbish which is commonly thrust into similar collections. His selections have been made from a long and extensive course of reading, and it everywhere bears evidence of a scholar's eye and taste. There must be, as we judge, nearly 8000 quotations in the volume, ranging from Chaucer to Tennyson.'-Times.

BUCHANAN'S DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, PROFESSIONS, COMMERCE, ARTS, AND TRADES. With Supplement by Jas. A. Smith. 6s. N. S.

CLARK'S (Hugh) INTRODUCTION TO HERALDRY. 18th edition. Revised and enlarged by J. R. Planché, Rouge Croix. 5s. With nearly 1000 Illustrations.

with the Illustrations Coloured, 15s. N. S.

CHRONICLES OF THE TOMBS.

A SELECT COLLECTION OF EPITAPHS, preceded by an Essay on Epitaphs, and other Monumental Inscriptions, with Incidental Observations on Sepulchral Antiquities. By T. J. Pettigrew, F.R.S., F.S.A. With Index. 5s.

COINS, MANUAL OF.—See Humphreys and Henfrey.

DATES, INDEX OF.-See Blair.

'DICTIONARY OF OBSOLETE AND PROVINCIAL ENGLISH. Con. taining Words from the English Writers previous to the 19th Century, which are no longer in use, or are not used in the same sense, and Words which are now used only in the Provincial Dialects. Compiled by Thomas Wright, M.A., F.S.A., &c. 2 vols. 5s. each.

EPIGRAMMATISTS (The). A SELECTION from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Times. With Introduction, Notes, Observations, Illustrations, an Appendix on Works connected with Epigrammatic Literature, and three separate Indices. By the Rev. Henry Philip Dodd, M.A. Oxford. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, with many New Epigrams, principally of an amusing character. 6s. N. S.

This volume is the most complete work on Epigrams yet issued. It contains upwards of 1850 specimens, selected from about 490 authors of all nations, beginning with Archilochus (B.c. 690), and ending with our present Laureate. Slight biographical notices are attached to each author, and explanations, notes, comparisons, and anecdotes, are given wherever the epigrams are made more interesting by such means.

GAMES, HANDBOOK OF. Comprising Treatises on all the principal Games of Chance, Skill, and Manual Dexterity. In all, above 40 Games (the Whist, Draughts, and Billiards being especially comprehensive). By various Amateurs and Professionals. Edited by Henry G. Bohn. Illustrated by numerous Diagrams. 5s. N. S.

HENFREY'S GUIDE TO ENGLISH COINS, from the Conquest to the present time. New and revised edition. By C. F. Keary, M.A., F.S.A. With an Historical Introduction by the Editor. 6s. N. S.

HUMPHREYS' COIN COLLECTORS' MANUAL, or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins. Comprising an Historical and Critical Account of the Origin and Progress of Coinage, from the earliest Time to the Fall of the Roman Empire; with some Account of the Coinage of Modern Europe, more especially of Great Britain. By H. N. Humphreys. With Index and upwards of 140 Illustrations on Wood and Steel. 2 vols. 5s. each. N. S.

LOWNDES' BIBLIOGRAPHER'S MANUAL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing; with Biographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the rarer Articles, and the Prices at which they have been sold in the Present Century. By W. T. Lowndes. Enlarged edition by H. G. Bohn. Parts I.-X. (A to Z) 35. 6d. each. Part XI. (Appendix volume), 5s. Or the II parts in half morocco, 21. 2s.

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MEDICINE. HANDBOOK OF DOMESTIC, Popularly Arranged. By Dr. Henry Davies. (700 pages.) With Index. 5s.

NOTED NAMES OF FICTION. DICTIONARY OF. Including also Familiar Pseudonyms, Surnames bestowed on Eminent Men, and Analogous Popular Appellations often referred to in Literature and Conversation. By W. A. Wheeler, M.A. 5s. N. S.

PROVERBS, HANDBOOK OF. Containing an entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with his additions from Foreign Languages and a complete Alphabetical Index; in which are introduced large additions as well of Proverbs as of Sayings, Sentences, Maxims, and Phrases, collected by H. G. Bohn. 5s.

A POLYGLOT OF FOREIGN. Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish. With English Translations and a General Index by H. G. Bohn. 5s.

POLITICAL CYCLOPÆDIA.

A DICTIONARY of Political, Constitutional, Statistical, and Forensic Knowledge; forming a Work of Reference on subjects of Civil Administration, Political Economy, Finance, Commerce, Laws, and Social Relations. 4 vols. 3s. 6d. each.

SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS, or KINDRED WORDS and their OPPOSITES, Collected and Contrasted by Ven. C. J. Smith, M.A. Revised edition. 5s. N. S.

WRIGHT (Th.)-See Dictionary.

NOVELISTS' LIBRARY.

12 Volumes at 3s. 6d. each, excepting those marked otherwise.
(21. 5s. per set.)

BURNEY'S EVELINA; or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. By Frances Burney (Mme. D'Arblay). With an Introduction and Notes by A. R. Ellis, Author of Sylvestra,'' Marie,' &c. N. S.

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CECILIA. With an Introduction and Notes by A. R. Ellis. 2 vols. N.S. DE STAËL'S CORINNE or ITALY. By Madame de Staël. Translated by Emily Baldwin and Paulina Driver. N. S.

EBERS' EGYPTIAN PRINCESS. An Historical Novel. By George Ebers. Translated by E. S. Buchheim. N. S.

FIELDING'S ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ANDREWS AND HIS FRIEND MR. ABRAHAM ADAMS. With Thomas Roscoe's Biography and George Cruikshank's Illustrations. N.S.

This reprint of Fielding's first Novel is a reproduction of the 5th edition, the last published in the Author's lifetime. Mr. Roscoe's Memoir has been revised for this edition, and, it is hoped, improved by the omission of some irrelevant matter, and by the insertion, in notes, of sundry details which have hitherto been overlooked.

HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING. with George Cruikshank's Illustrations. 2 vols. N. S.

Roscoe's Edition,

'Since the author of Tom Jones was buried, no writer of fiction among us has been permitted to depict to the utmost a MAN.'-Mr. Thackeray, in the Preface to Pendennis.' AMELIA. Roscoe's Edition, revised. With 8 Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 5s. N.S.

GROSSI. MARCO VISCONTI. By Tommaso Grossi. Translated from the Italian by A. F. D. The Ballads rendered into English Verse by C. M. P. N.S. MANZONI. THE BETROTHED: being a Translation of 'I Promessi Sposi.' By Alessandro Manzoni. With numerous Woodcut Illustrations.

I vol. (732 pages). 5s. N. S.

'Of Manzoni's celebrated Novel, "I Promessi Sposi," 116 Italian editions have been issued, 37 printed at Milan, 18 at Florence, II at Naples, 7 at Lugano, 6 at Turin, 3 at Parma, 3 at Mendrisio, 2 at Leipzig, 2 at Malta, 1 each at Leghorn, Placentia, Pesaro, Vienna, Rome, Brussels, and London; 20 in Paris. Of translations, 17 in German, 19 French, 10 English, 3 Spanish, 1 Greek, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Hungarian, and 1 Armenian.'-Athenæum, August 18, 1877.

This is the only complete English Translation now to be had.

STOWE (Mrs. H. B.) UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, or Life among the Lowly. With Introductory Remarks by Rev. J. Sherman. With 8 full-page Illustrations. N. S.

ARTISTS' LIBRARY.

9 Volumes at Various Prices. (2l. 88. 6d. per set.)

BELL (Sir Charles). THE ANATOMY AND PHILOSOPHY OF EXPRESSION, AS CONNECTED WITH THE FINE ARTS., By Sir Charles Bell, K.H. 7th edition, revised. 5s. N.S.

This edition contains all the plates and woodcuts of the original edition.

DEMMIN. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ARMS AND ARMOUR,
from the Earliest Period. By Auguste Demmin. Translated by C. C.
Black, M.A., Assistant Keeper, South Kensington Museum. With Index
and nearly 2000 Illustrations. 7s. 6d. N. S.
FAIRHOLT'S COSTUME IN ENGLAND.

end of the Eighteenth Century, 3rd edition.
revised. By The Hon. H. A. Dillon, F.S.A.
Engravings. 2 vols. 5s. each. N. S.

Vol. I.-History.

A History of Dress to the
Enlarged and thoroughly
Illustrated with above 700

Vol. II.-Glossary.

A clear and comprehensive treatise on one of the largest and most complex of subjects.'- Athenæum.

FLAXMAN. LECTURES ON SCULPTURE, as delivered before the President and Members of the Royal Academy. By John Flaxman, R.A. With an Introductory Lecture and Two Addresses to the Royal Academy on the Death of Thomas Banks and of Antonio Canova, and an Address on the Death of Flaxman, by Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A. New edition. With Index, and Brief Memoir of Flaxman, Portrait and 53 Plates. 6s. N. S. HEATON'S CONCISE HISTORY OF PAINTING. By Mrs. Charles Heaton, author of 'The History of the Life of Albrecht Dürer of Nürnberg.' New Edition, revised by Cosmo Monkhouse. 5s. N. S.

'It not only presents to the reader a clear bird's-eye view of the progress of art, according to the various schools, but it does so in the pleasantest manner possible, avoiding all such pitfalls as contested ascriptions, and so forth, and giving in many cases quite picturesque accounts of the painters' lives.'- Magazine of Art.

LECTURES ON PAINTING, by the Royal Academicians, Barry, Opie, Fuseli. With Introductory Essay, Notes, and Index, by R. Wornum. With Portrait of Fuseli. N.S.

Translated

LEONARDO DA VINCI'S TREATISE ON PAINTING. from the Italian by J. F. Rigaud, R.A. With a Life of Leonardo and an Account of his Works by John William Brown. New edition, revised, with numerous Plates. 5s. N.S.

With respect to actual methods of practice I will not incur the responsibility of determining them for you. We will take Leonardo da Vinci's "Treatise on Painting" for our first text-book, and, I think, you need not fear being misled by me if I ask you to do only what Leonardo bids, or what will be necessary to enable you to do his bidding.'-Ruskin's "Lectures on Art at Oxford,' vol. i. p. 25.

PLANCHÉ. HISTORY OF BRITISH COSTUME, from the Earliest Time to the Close of the Eighteenth Century. By J. R. Planché, Somerset Herald. With Index and upwards of 400 Illustrations. 5s. N.S.

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A Series of Complete Stories, or Essays, mostly reprinted from volumes in Bohn's Libraries, and neatly bound in stiff paper cover, with cut edges, suitable for Railway reading. Price, Is., or Is. 6d. (except Boswell's Johnson), according to the binding. ASCHAM'S SCHOLEMASTER. Edited by Professor J. E. B. Mayor. IS. BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON, and JOHNSONIANA, including his Tour to the Hebrides, Tour in Wales, Correspondence with Mrs. Thrale. Edited, with numerous Additions, by J. W. Croker; revised and enlarged under the direction of J. Wright. With Index, Autographs, Facsimiles, numerous Views of Places, and Portraits of Persons mentioned in the Work. 5 vols. cloth, 20s.

CARPENTER (Dr. W. B.) PHYSIOLOGY OF TEMPERANCE AND TOTAL ABSTINENCE. An Examination of the Effects of Excessive, Moderate, and Occasional Use of Alcoholic Liquors on the Human System. IS.

EMERSON (R. W.) ENGLAND AND ENGLISH CHARACTERISTICS. Lectures on the Race, Ability, Manners, Truth, Character, Wealth, Religion, &c. &c. IS.; cloth, Is. 6d.

NATURE. An Essay. To which are added Orations, Lectures, and Addresses.

IS.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN. Seven Lectures on Plato, Swedenborg, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Napoleon, and Goethe. IS.

TWENTY ESSAYS on Self-Reliance, History, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-soul, Circles, Intellect, Art, Poets, Experience, Character, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Politics, Nominalist, and Realist. IS.

THE CONDUCT OF LIFE. IS.

FRANKLIN (Benjamin). AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Published verbatim from
the Original MS. by his Grandson, W. T. Franklin. Edited by Jared Sparks. Is.
HAWTHORNE'S (Nathaniel) TWICE-TOLD TALES. Two Vols.
Is. each.

SNOW IMAGE, and other Tales. IS.
SCARLET LETTER. IS.; cloth, Is. 6d.
HOUSE WITH THE SEVEN GABLES.

IS.

TRANSFORMATION; or, the Marble Faun. Two Parts.

IS. each. HAZLITT (W.) TABLE-TALK. Essays on Men and Manners. 3 Parts. Is. each.

Part I.-Pleasures of Painting - The Past and Future - Genius and
Common Sense-Character of Cobbett-People with One Idea
-Ignorance of the Learned-Indian Jugglers-Living to One's
Self-Thought and Action-Will-making.

II. Sir J. Reynolds' Discourses-Paradox and Common-place-
Vulgarity and Affectation-Nicolas Poussin-Milton's Sonnets
-On Going a Journey-Coffee-house Politicians-Aristocracy
of Letters-Criticism.

III.-Great and Little Things-Familiar Style-Effeminacy of Cha
racter Why distant Objects please - Corporate Bodies -
Whether Actors ought to sit in Boxes-Disadvantages of Intel-
lectual Superiority - Patronage and Puffing-Knowledge of
Character-The Picturesque and Ideal-Fear of Death.

PLAIN SPEAKER.

IS. each.

Opinions on Books, Men, and Things. 3 Parts.

Part I.-Prose Style of Poets-Dreams-Conversation of Authors-Reason
and Imagination-Study-Londoners and Country People—
Spirit of Obligations-Old Age and Artists-Envy-Sitting for
One's Picture-Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers.
II.-Pleasure of Hating-Dr. Spurzheim's Theory-Egotism-Hot and
Cold-New School of Reform-Success in Life-Look of a
Gentleman-Reading Old Books-Personal Character-People
III.-Antiquity-Writing and Speaking-Portrait by Vandyke-Novelty
and Familiarity-Old English Writers and Speakers-M. Pasta
and Mdlle. Mars-Scott, Racine, and Shakespeare-Depth and
Superficiality Respectable People - Jealousy and Spleen of
Party.

of Sense.

LECTURES on the ENGLISH COMIC WRITERS. IS.

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