Forster Collection: A Catalogue of the Printed Books Bequeathed by John Forster, Esq., LL.D.

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Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1888 - English literature - 710 pages

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Page 36 - JOHN). Chronological and historical tables, from the creation to the present time : with additions and corrections from the most authentic writers ; including the computation of St. Paul, as connecting the period from the Exode to the Temple. [Edited by Sir Henry Ellis.] 8".
Page 131 - Domestic Liturgy, and family chaplain. In two parts : the first part being Church services adapted for domestic use, with prayers for every day of the week, selected exclusively from the Book of Common Prayer : the second part comprising an appropriate sermon for every Sunday in the year.
Page 136 - Life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner : who lived eight and twenty years, all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river of Oroonoque ; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein
Page 116 - Memoirs : containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII. Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added, the Scandalous chronicle, or secret history of Louis XI. by Jean de Troyes. Edited with life and notes, by Andrew R. Scoble. 2
Page 128 - CRUSADES. Chronicles of the Crusades, being contemporary narratives of the Crusade of Richard Coeur de Lion, by Richard of Devizes and Geoffrey de Vinsauf ; and of the crusade of Saint Louis, by Lord John de Joinville. With illustrative notes and an Index.
Page 260 - AND EASTLAKE (LADY). History of Our Lord as exemplified in works of Art : with that of His types ; St. John the Baptist ; and other persons of the Old and New Testament. Commenced by the late Mrs. Jameson. Continued and completed
Page 39 - Comprising 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 HG Bohn.
Page 243 - Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakspeare : including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original MSS. in the possession of S. Ireland.
Page 313 - History of the Revolution in England in 1688. Comprising a view of the reign of James II. from his accession, to the enterprise of the Prince of Orange, by Sir J. Mackintosh. And completed to the settlement of the crown, by the Editor
Page 443 - Shakespeare's Library : a collection of the romances, novels, poems, and histories, used by Shakespeare as the foundation of his dramas. Now first collected, and accurately reprinted from the original editions. With introductory notices, by J. Payne Collier. 2

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