ARTEMUS WARD'S WORKS.

Artemus Ward,

Complete. The Works of CHARLES FARRER BROWNE, better known as ARTEMUS WARD, now first collected. Crown 8vo, with fine Portrait, facsimile of handwriting, &c., 540 pages, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

Comprises all that the humourist has written in England or America. Admirers of Artemus Ward will be glad to possess his writings in a complete form.

Artemus

Ward's

Lecture at the Egyptian Hall, with the Panorama. Edited by the

late T. W. ROBERTSON, Author of "Caste," &c., and E. P. HINGSTON. Small 4to, exquisitely printed, bound in green and gold, with NUMEROUS TINTED ILLUSTRATIONS, 6s.

Artemus Ward: his Book. With Notes

and Introduction by the Editor of the "Biglow Papers." One of the wittiest books published for many years. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated

cover, Is.

The Saturday Review says:-"The author combines the powers of Thackeray with those of Albert Smith. The salt is rubbed in by a native hand-one which has the gift of tickling."

Artemus Ward: his Travels among the Mormons and on the Rampage. Edited by E. P. HING STON, the Agent and Companion of A. WARD whilst "on the Rampage." Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is.

Some of Artemus's most mirth-provoking papers are to be found in this book. The chapters on the Mormons will unbend the sternest countenance. As bits of fun they are IMMENSE!

Artemus Ward's Letters to "Punch," Among the Witches, and other Sketches. cover, Is.

The volume contains, in addition, some quaint and humorous compositions which were found upon the author's table after his decease.

Artemus Ward among the Fenians: with the Showman's Experiences of Life at Washington, and Military Ardour at Baldinsville. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, 6d.

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Boccaccio's Decameron; or, Ten Days'

Entertainment. Now fully translated into English, with Introduction by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M. A., F. S. A. Illustrated by STOTHARD'S Engravings on Steel. Crown 8vo, cloth, extra gilt, 7s. 6d.

Booksellers, A History of. Full Accounts

of the Great Publishing Houses and their Founders, both in London and the Provinces, the History of their Rise and Progress, and of their greatest Works. By HARRY CURWEN. Crown 8vo, over 500 pages, with frontispiece and numerous Portraits and Illustrations, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

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BRET HARTE'S WORKS.

Widely known for their Exquisite Pathos and Delightful Humour.

Bret Harte's Sensation Novels Condensed. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is. 6d.

A most enjoyable book, only surpassed, in its special class, by Thackeray's Burlesque Novels.

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Book of Hall-Marks;

or, Manual of Reference for the Goldsmith and Silversmith. By ALFRED LutSCHAUNIG, Manager of the Liverpool Assay Office. Crown 8vo, with 46 Plates of the Hall-Marks of the different Assay Towns of the United Kingdom, as now stamped on Plate and Jewellery, 7s. 6d. This work gives practical methods for testing the quality of gold and silver. It was compiled by the author for his own use, and as a Ŝupplement to "Chaffers."

Booth's Epigrams: Ancient and Modern,

Humorous, Witty, Satirical, Moral, and Panegyrical. Edited by the Rev. JOHN BOOTH, B.A. A New Edition. Pott 8vo, cloth gilt,65.

Boudoir Ballads: Vers de Société. By J. ASHBY STERRY. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, and gilt edges, 6s. [In preparation.

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COLMAN'S HUMOROUS WORKS.

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Broad Grins. My Nightgown and Slippers,

and other Humorous Works, Prose and Poetical, of GEORGE ColMAN the Younger. Now first collected, with Life and Anecdotes of the Author, by GEORGE B. BUCKSTONE. With Frontispiece by HOGARTH. Crown 8vo, 500 pp., 7s. 6d.

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Conquest of the Sea: A History of

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Bright's (Rt. Hon. J., M.P.) Speeches

on Public Affairs of the last Twenty Years. Collated with the best Public Reports. Royal 16m0, 370 pages, cloth extra, Is.

Byron's (Lord) Letters and Journals, with Notices of his Life. By THOMAS MOOre. A Reprint of the Original Edition, newly revised, complete in one thick volume of 1060 pp. Twelve fine full-page Plates. Cr. 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7s. 6d. "We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. It contains, indeed, no single passage equal to two or three which we could select from the Life of Sheridan; but, as a whole, it is immeasurably superior to that work. The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and, when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is the matter inferior to the manner. It would be difficult to name a book which exhibits more kindness, fairness, and modesty. It has evidently been written, not for the purpose of showing-what, however, it often shows-how well its author can write, but for the purpose of vindicating, as far as truth will permit, the memory of a celebrated man who can no longer vindicate himself. Mr. Moore never thrusts himself between Lord Byron and the public. With the strongest temptations to egotism, he has said no more about himself than the subject absolutely required. A great part, indeed the greater part, of these volumes consists of extracts from the Letters and Journals of Lord Byron; and it is difficult to speak too highly of the skill which has been shown in the selection and arrangement. It is impossible, on a

general survey, to deny that the task has been executed with great judgment and great humanity. When we consider the life which Lord Byron had led, his petulance, his irritability, and his communicativeness, we cannot but admire the dexterity with which Mr. Moore has contrived to exhibit so much of the character and opinions of his friend, with so little pain to the feelings of the living."- LORD MACAULAY, in the Edinburgh Review.

Carlyle (T.) on the Choice of Books.

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Claimants, Ancient and

Claimants,

Modern. Being the Histories of all the most celebrated Pretenders and Claimants from PERKIN WARBECK to ARTHUR ORTON. Fcap. 8vo, 350 pages, illustrated boards, price 25.

This book is presented to the public at a time when popular attention is attracted to the subject of which it treats; but it is intended much less to gratify a temporary curiosity than to fill an empty page in our literature. In our own and in other countries Claimants have been by no means rare, and the author has spared no research to render his work as perfect as possible, and to supply a reliable history of those cases which are entitled to rank as causes célèbres. The book is put forward in the hope that, while it may serve to amuse the hasty reader in a leisure hour, it may also be deemed worthy of a modest resting-place in the libraries of those who like to watch the march of events, and who have the prudent habit, when information is found, of preserving a note of it.

Christmas Carols and Ballads. Selected

and Edited by JOSHUA SYLVESTER. A New Edition, beautifully printed and bound in cloth, extra gilt, gilt edges, 35. 6d.

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