4 Great Reductions in this Catalogue MAJOR J. H. LAWRENCE-ARCHER, Bengal H.P. The Orders of Chivalry, from the Original Statutes of the various Orders of Knighthood and other Sources of Information. With 3 Portraits and 63 Plates, beautifully coloured and heightened with gold, 4to, coloured, £6. 6s., Plain, £3. 3s. "Major Lawrence-Archer has produced a learned and valuable work in his account of 'The Orders of Chivalry.' He explains that the object of the book is to supply a succinct account of the chivalric orders in a convenient form. The literary form of the work is amply convenient for reference and study. Its material form could be convenient only to some knight of the times when armour was worn in the field, and men were stronger in the arm than they are now. It is a handsome volume. The size of the book is doubtless due to the introduction of a series of engraved plates of the badges and crosses of the various orders described. Those plates are executed in a finished stylo, and give the work an exceptional valuo for students of heraldic symbolism. The author may be congratulated on the successful issue of a laborious and useful task.”—Scotsman, 14th May 1888. SIR EDWIN ARNOLD, M.A., Author of "The Light of Asia," &c. The Book of Good Counsels, Fables from the Sanscrit of the Hitopadésa. With Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Autograph and Portrait, crown 8vo, antique, gilt top, 5s. The Same. Superior Edition, beautifully bound, 7s. 6d. "It is so long since Sir Edwin Arnold's Indian fables were in print that they may practically be regarded as a new book. In themselves they are almost the fathers of all fable, for whorcas wo know of no source whence the Hitopadésa' could havo boon borrowed, there are ovidences of its inspiration and to sparo in Bidpal, in Æsop, and in most of the lator fabulists."-Pall Mall Gazette. "Those curious and fascinating stories from the Sanskrit which Sir Edward Arnold has retold in 'The Book of Good Counsels' give us the key to the heart of modern India, the writer tells us, as well as the splendid record of her ancient gods and glories, quaint narratives, as full of ripe wisdom as the songs of Hiawatha, and with the same curious blending of statecraft and wood-magic in them."-Daily Telegraph. "A new edition comes to hand of this delightful work-a fit companion to Esop's Fables' and the 'Jungle Book.' Sir Edwin has done well to republish this record of Indian stories and poetical maxims from the Sanskrit. And the illustrations, a specimen of which we give here, what shall we say of them? Simply that they are equal to the text. No more pleasant series of Good Counsels' is it possible to find, and we are convinced that it is not an ill counsel-far from it-to advise our readers to forth. with get this charming work. They will derive not a little pleasure, and perchance instruction, from a perusal of the story of the jackal, deer, and crow, of the tiger and the traveller, of the lion, the jackals, and the bull, of the black snake and golden chain, of the frogs, and the old serpent, and of all the other veracious chronicles herein set forth."-Whitehall Review. S. BARING-GOULD, M.A., Author of " Mehalah," &c. In Troubadour Land. A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc, with Illustrations by J. E. Rogers. Medium 8vo, 12s. 6d. "The title of Mr Baring-Gould's book only indicates one of the many points of interest which will attract the intelligent traveller during a tour in Provence and Languedoc. Besides troubadours, there are reminiscences of Greek colonisation and Roman Empire, of the Middle Ages, and of the Revolution. . . The illustrations which adorn the pages of this very readable volume are decidedly above the average. The arm-chair traveller will not easily find a pleasanter compagnon de voyage.”—St James's Gazette. "A most charming book, brightly written, and profusely illustrated with exquisite engravings."-Glasgow Herald. "A charming book, full of wit and fancy and information, and worthy of its subject."-Scotsman. For the Reduced Prices apply to SIR E. C. BAYLEY, The Local Muhammadan Dynasties, Gujarat. Forming a Sequel to Sir H. M. Elliott's " History of the Muhammadan Empire of India," demy 8vo, 218. WYKE BAYLISS. The Enchanted Island, the Venice of Titian, and other studies in Art, with Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 6s. "Richly imaginative and full of cloquont and froquontly highly pootical thought." -Standard. "A charm which would render it difficult for any one to lay the book agide till tho last page is reached."-Art Journal. . "A clever lecturer might pick more than one chapter as a good bit for evening readings."-Graphic. The Higher Life in Art. Crown 8vo, with Illustrations, 6s. "The style has the grace which comes by culture, and no small share of the eloquence brod of earnest conviction. Mr Bayliss writes as a man who, having scen much, has also road and thought much on fino art questions. His views are therefore ontitled to that respectful attention which the pleasant dress in which he has clothed thom rondors it all the easier to accord.”—Scotsman, "The writing is that of a scholar and a gentleman, and though the critical faculty is often evinced in a subtle and discriminating form, all allusions to individuals are made with so much of the kindliness of true good tasto, that we are almost conscious of a reluctance in disagreeing with the author."-The Spectator. "Mr Wyke Bayliss is at the same time a practical artist and a thoughtful writer. The combination is, we regret to say, as rare as it is desirable.. He deals ably and clearly-notably so in this present book-with questions of the day of practical and immediate importance to artists and to the Art public. We prefer to send the reader to the volume itself, where he will find room for much reflection."-The Academy. "One of the most humorous and valuable of the general articles on Art is Mr Wyke Bayliss' 'Story of a Dado.'"-The Standard. MISS SOPHIA BEALE. The Churches of Paris from Clovis to Charles X., with numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. CONTENTS:-Notre Dame; Notre Dame des Champs; Notre Dame de Lorette; Notre Dame des Victoires; Geneviève; Val de Grace; Ste. Chapollo; St Martin; St Martin des Champs; Etienne du Mont; Eustache; Germain l'Auxerrois; Germain des Près; Gervais; Julien; Jacques; Leu: Laurent; Merci; Nicolas; Paul; Roch; Sevorin; V. de Paul; Madeleine; Elizabeth; Sorbonne; Invalides. "An interesting study of the historical, archeological, and legendary associations which belong to the principal churches of Paris."-Times. "A comprehensive work, as readable as it is instructive. The literary treatment is olaborato, and the illustrations are numerous and attractivo."-Globe. "For the more serious-mindod type of visitor who is capable of concerning himself in the treasures of art and store of traditions they contain, Miss Beale has prepared her book on the Churches of Paris. It is more than an ordinary guide-book, for it mingles personal opinion and comment with curious information drawn from the old and new authorities on the history and contents of the more ancient and celebrated of the Paris churches."-Scotsman. "A monument of historical research and judicious compilation is The Churches of Paris from Clovis to Charles X., by Sophia Beale (Allen and Co.). This valuable work, copiously and gracefully illustrated by the author, is destined to serve as a complete vade-mecum to those British visitors to the French capital who take a special interest in ecclesiastical architecture and in the curious mediaval lore connected with several of the venerable Parisian fanos that have survived wars and sieges, revolutions and spasms of urban improvement,' throughout from six to eight centuries."-Daily Telegraph. ་ Any Bookseller at Home and Abroad. 6 Great Reductions in this Catalogue MONSEIGNeur besSON. Frederick Francis Xavier de Merode, Minister and Almoner to Pius IX. His Life and Works. Translated by Lady Herbert. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. "The book is most interesting, not only to Catholics, but to all who care for adventurous lives and also to historical inquirers. De Merode's career as an officer of the Belgian army, as a volunteer in Algeria with the French, and afterwards at the Papal Court, is described with much spirit by Monseigneur Besson, and Bishop of Nimes, who is the author of the original work. The book, which is now translated, was written with permission of the present Pope, and is, of course, a work agreeable to the authorities of the Vatican, but at the same time its tone leaves nothing to be desired by those who are members of the communions.”—, -Athenæum. SIR GEORGE birdwooD, M.D., K.C.I.E., &c. Report on the Old Records of the India Office, with Maps and Illustrations. Royal 8vo, 12s. 6d. "No one knows better than Sir George Birdwood how to make a bare and shorthand' index of documents attractive, instructive and entertaining, by means of the notes and elucidatory comments which he supplies so liberally, and so pleasantly withal, from his own inexhaustible stores of information concerning the early relations of India with Europe."-Times. "The wonderful story (of the rise of the British Indian Empire) has never been better told.... A better ploce of work is vory rarely met with."—The Anti-Jacobin, "Omelal publications have not as a rule any general intorost; but as there are 'fagots and fagots' so thore aro reports and reports, and Sir George Birdwood's Roport on the Old Records of the India Offco is one of the most interesting that could bo read." -Journal des Debats, HENRY BLACKBURN, Editor of "Academy Notes." The Art of Illustration. A Popular Treatise on Drawing for the Press. Description of the Processes, &c. Second edition. With 95 Illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, R.A., H. S. Marks, R.A., G. D. Leslie, R.A., Sir John Millais, R.A., Walter Crane, R. W. Macbeth, A. R.A., G. II. Boughton, A.R.A., H. Railton, Alfred East, Hume Nisbet, and other well-known Artists. 7s. 6d. A capital handbook for Students. "We thoroughly commend his book to all whom it may concern, and chiefly to the proprietors of the popular journals and magazines which, for cheapness rather than for art's sake, employ any of the numerous processes which are now in vogue."Athenæum. "Let us conclude with one of the axioms in a fascinating volume: 'Be an artist first, and an illustrator afterwards.'"— Spectator. "The Art of Illustration is a brightly written account, by a man who has had arge experience of the ways in which books and newspapers are illustrated nowadays. As a collection of typical illustrations by artists of the day, Mr Blackburn's book very attractive."-The Times. is "Mr Blackburn explains the processes-line, half-tone, and so forth-exemplifying each by the drawings of artists more or less skilled in the modern work of illustration. They are well chosen as a whole, to show the possibilities of process work in trained hands."-Saturday Review. "Mr Blackburn's volume should be very welcome to artists, editors, and pub. 1ishers."-The Artist. "A most useful book."-Studio. For the Reduced Prices apply to E. BONAVIA, M.D., Brigade-Surgeon, Indian Medical Service. The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons of India and Ceylon. Demy 8vo, with oblong Atlas volume of Plates, 2 vols., 30s. "The amount of labour and research that Dr Bonavia must have expended on these volumes would be very difficult to estimate, and it is to be hoped that he will be repaid, to some extent at least, by the recognition of his work by those who are interested in promoting the internal industries of India."-Home News. "Dr Bonavia seems to have so thoroughly exhausted research into the why and wherefore of oranges and lemons, that there can be but little left for the most enthusiastic admirer of this delicious fruit to find out about it. Plunging into Dr Bonavia's pages we are at once astonished at the variety of his subject and the wide field there is for research in an everyday topic. Dr Bonavia has given a very full appendix, in which may be found a few excellent recipes for confitures made from oranges and lemons."-The Pioneer. R. BRAITHWAITE, M.D., F.L.S., &c. The Sphagnacea, or Peat Mosses of Europe and North America. Illustrated with 29 plates, coloured by hand, imp. 8vo, 25s. "All muscologists will be delighted to hail the appearance of this important work... Never before has our native moss-flora been so carefully figured and described, and that by an acknowledged authority on the subject.” -Science Gossip. Mosses, perhaps, receive about as little attention from botanists as any class of plants, and considering how admirably mosses lend themselves to the collector's purposes, this is very remarkable. Something may be due to the minuteness of the size of many of the species, and something perhaps to the difficulties inherent in the systematic treatment of these plants; but we fancy the chief cause of comparative neglect with which they are treated is to be sought in the want of a good illustrated English treatise upon them. In the work which is now before us, Dr Braithwaite aims at placing the British mosses on the same vantage-ground as the more favoured classes of the vegetable kingdom; and judging from the sample lately issued, he will succeed in his endeavours."-Popular Science Review. "TOM BOWLING." Book of Knots (The). Illustrated by 172 Examples, showing the manner of making every Knot, Tie, and Splice. By TOM BOWLING." Third Edition. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. Edited by JAMES burrows. Byron Birthday Book. 16mo, cloth, gilt edges, 2s. 6d. A handsome book. B. CARRINGTON, M.D., F.R.S. British Hepaticæ. Containing Descriptions and Figures of the Native Species of Jungermannia, Marchantia, and Anthoceros. With plates coloured by hand. Imp. 8vo, Parts 1 to 4, all published per set, 15s. S. WELLS WILLIAMS, LL.D., Professor of the Chinese Language and Literature at Yale College. China-The Middle Kingdom. A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants. Revised Edition, with 74 Illustrations and a New Map of the Empire. 2 vols., demy 8vo, 42s. "The work now before us is second to none in thoroughness, comprehensiveness, and all the tokens of accuracy of which an 'outside barbarian' can take cognisance.' -A. P. PRABODY. Any Bookseller at Home and Abroad. The Buddhism of Tibet. SURGEON-MAJOR L. a. waddell, m.b. SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS:-Introductory. Historical-Changes in Primitive Buddhism leading to Lamaism-Rise, Development, and Spread of Lamaism-The Sects of Lamaism. Doctrinal-Metaphysical Sources of the Doctrine-The Doctrine and its Morality-Scriptures and Literature. Monastic-The Order of Lamas-Daily Life and Routine-Hierarchy and Reincarnate Lamas. Buildings-Monasteries-Temples and Cathedral-Shrines (and Relics and Pilgrims). Mythology and Gods-Pantheon and ImagesSacred Symbols and Charms. 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The work is a valuable addition to the long series that have preceded it, and is enriched by numerous illustrations, mostly from originals brought from Lhasa, and from photographs by the author, while it is fully indexed, and is provided with a chronological table and bibliography.”— Liverpool Courier. "A book of exceptional interest."--Glasgow Herald. "A learned and elaborate work, likely for some time to come to be a source of reference to all who seek information about Lamaism. In the appendix will be found a chronological tablo of Tibetan events, and a bibliography of the best literature bearing on Lamaism. There is also an excellent index, and the numerous illustrations are certainly one of the distinctive features of the book."-Morning Post. "Cannot fail to arouse the liveliest interest. The author of this oxcellently produced, handsomely illustrated volume of nearly six hundred pages has evidently spared no pains in prosecuting his studies. The book is ono of exceptional value, and will attract all thoso readers who take an interest in the old religions of the far East."-Publishers' Circular. "The author is one of few Europeans who have entered the territory of the Grand Lama, and spent several years in studying the actualitics of Lamaism as explained by Lamas. A Lamaist temple with its fittings was purchased, and the officiating priests explained in full detail the symbolism and the rites as they proceeded. Other temples and monasteries were visited and Lamas employed for copying manuscripts, and searching for texts bearing upon the author's researches. Enjoying special facilities for penetrating the reserve of Tibetan ritual, and obtaining direct from Lhasa and Tashi-lhunpo most of the objects and explanatory material needed, much information has been obtained on Lamaist theory and practico which is altogether now." "The internal developments and movements of Lamaisin aro now for the first time presented in an intelligible and systematic form. Details of the principal rites, mystic and other deep-rooted demon worship and dark sorcery, the roligious Plays and Festivals, are given fully." With numerous illustrations from originals brought from Lhasa, and from photographs by the author. For the Reduced Prices apply to |