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THE MOST COMPLETE HOGARTH EVER PUBLISHED.

Hogarth's Works: with Life and Anecdotal

Descriptions of the Pictures, by JOHN IRELAND and JOHN NICHOLS. The Work includes 150 Engravings, reduced in exact facsimile of the Original Plates, specimens of which have now become very scarce. The whole in Three Series, 8vo, cloth, gilt, 22s. 6d.; or, separately, 7s. 6d. per volume. Each Series is Complete in itself.

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"Will be a great boon to authors and artists as well as amateurs. . . . Very cheap and very complete."-Standard.

"For all practical purposes the three handsome volumes comprising this edition are equal to a collection of Hogarthian prints. We are quite sure that any one who adds this work to his library will be amply repaid by the inexhaustible charms of its facsimile prints."-Birmingham Daily Mail.

"The plates are reduced in size, but yet truthfully reproduced. The best and cheapest edition of Hogarth's complete works yet brought forward."-Building News. "Three very interesting volumes, important and valuable additions to the library. The edition is thoroughly well brought out, and carefully printed on fine paper." Art Journal.

Hogarth's Five Days' Frolic; or, Peregrinations by Land and Water. Illustrated with Tinted Drawings, made by HOGARTH and SCOTT during the Journey. 4to, beautifully printed, cloth, extra gilt, 10s. 6d.

A graphic and most extraordinary picture of the hearty English times in which these merry artists lived.

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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES' WORKS.

Holmes' Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. An entirely New Edition of this Favourite Work. Royal 16mo, paper cover, Is.; in cloth, neat, Is. 6d.

Holmes' Poet at the Breakfast Table. From January to June. Paper cover, Is.

Holmes' Professor at the Breakfast Table. A Companion Volume to the "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table." Royal 16mo, paper cover, Is. ; cloth neat, Is. 6d. Holmes' Wit and Humour.

Delightful

Verses, in the style of the elder Hood. Fcap. 8vo, wrapper, Is.

Hood's Whims and Oddities.

The

Entire Work, the Two Parts in One Volume, with all the Humorous Designs. Royal 16mo, paper cover, Is. ; cloth neat, Is. 6d.

MR. HORNE'S EPIC.

Orion : An Epic Poem, in Three Books. By RICHARD HENGIST HORNE. With Photographic PortraitFrontispiece. TENTH EDITION. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 75.

"Orion will be admitted, by every man of genius, to be one of the noblest, if not the very noblest poetical work of the age. Its defects are trivial and conventional, its beauties intrinsic and supreme."-EDGAR ALLAN POE.

Hunt's (Leigh) Tale for a Chimney Corner, and other charming Essays. With Introduction by EDMUND OLLIER, and Portrait supplied by the late THORNTON HUNT. Royal 16mo, paper cover, Is. 4d.; cloth neat, Is. Iod.

Hunt's

(Robert) DOU

Drolls of Old Cornwall; or, POPULAR ROMANCES OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND. With Illustrations by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7s. 6d.

"Mr. Hunt's charming book of the Drolls and Stories of the West of England."-Saturday Review.

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Josh Billings: His Book of Sayings.

With Introduction by E. P. HINGSTON, Companion of Artemus Ward when on his "Travels." Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is.

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Irish Guide.-How to Spend a Month

in Ireland. Being a complete Guide to the Country, with an Appendix containing information as to the Fares between the Principal Towns in England and Ireland, and as to Tourist Arrangements for the Season. With a Map and 80 Illustrations. By Sir ČUSACK P. RONEY. A New Edition, Edited by Mrs. J. H. RIDDELL. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, price Is. 6d.

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Jennings'

(Hargrave)

One of the Thirty. With curious Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 10s. 6d.

Jennings'

(Hargrave)

The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and
Mysteries. With Chapters on the
Ancient Fire and Serpent Worshippers
and Explanations of Mystic Symbols in
Monuments and Talismans of Primeval

Philosophers. Crown 8vo, 300 Illustrations, Ios. 6d.

Jerrold's (Blanchard) Cent. per Cent.

A Story Written on a Bill Stamp. A New Edition. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated boards, 25.

POSTHUMOUS WORK BY DOUGLAS JERROLD.

Jerrold's (Douglas) The

Barber's

Chair, and other Stories. Now for the First Time published. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by his Son, BLANCHARD JERROLD. Crown 8vo, with Steel Plate Portrait from his Bust, engraved by W. H. MOTE, cloth extra, 7s. 6d. [Nearly ready.

Jerrold's (Douglas) Brownrigg

Papers: The Actress at the Duke's; Baron von Boots; Christopher Snubb; The Tutor Fiend and his Three Pupils; Papers of a Gentleman at Arms, &c. By DOUGLAS JERROLD. Edited by his Son, BLANCHARD JERROLD. Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. Joe Miller's Jests; the politest Repartees, most elegant Bon-Mots, and most pleasing short Stories in the English Language. London: printed by T. Read, 1739. A Remarkable facsimile of the Original Edition. Demy 8vo, halfRoxburghe, price 9s. 6d.

Kalendars of Gwynedd.
Gwynedd. Compiled

by

EDWARD BREESE, F.S. A. With Notes by WILLIAM WATKIN EDWARD WYNNE, Esq., F.S.A. Demy 4to, cloth extra, 28s.

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Knowing Ones at Home: their Doings at the Crystal Palace, at a Foresters' Fête, &c. Illustrated by BRUNTON, MATT MORGAN, &c. Fcap. 4to, illust. wrapper, Is.

Lamb's (Charles) Essays of Elia. Both Series in One Volume. Paper cover, Is. ; cloth extra, Is. 6d.

Lamb (Mary & Charles): Their Poems,

Letters, and Remains. Now first collected, with Reminiscences and Notes, by W. CAREW

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HANCOCK'S Portrait of the Essayist, Facsimiles of the Titlepages of the First Editions of Lamb's and Coleridge's Works, Facsimile of a Page of the Original MS. of the "Essay on Roast Pig, "and numerous Illustrations of Lamb's Favourite Haunts. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 10s. 6d. ; LARGEPAPER COPIES 21S.

ROSAMUND GRAY'S COTTAGE.

"Mr. W. C. Hazlitt has published a very pretty and interesting little volume. It has many pictorial illustrations, which were supplied by Mr. Camden Hotten; and, above all, it contains a facsimile of the first page of Elia on 'Roast Pig.' It is well got up, and has a good portrait of Elia There are also some letters and poems of Mary Lamb which are not easily accessible elsewhere."-Westminster Review. "Must be consulted by all future biographers of the Lambs."-Daily News. "Tells us a good deal that is interesting and something that is fairly new."-Graphic. "Very many passages will delight those fond of literary trifles; hardly any portion will fail to have its interest for lovers of Charles Lamb and his sister." Standard.

"Mr. Hazlitt's work is very important and valuable, and all lovers of Elia will thank him for what he has done."-Sunday Times.

"Will be joyfully received by all Lambites."-Globe.

Life in London; or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn and Corinthian Tom. WITH THE WHOLE OF CRUIKSHANK'S VERY DROLL ILLUSTRATIONS, in Colours, after the Originals. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

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Literary Scraps. A Folio Scrap-Book of 340 columns, with guards, for the reception of Cuttings from Newspapers, Extracts, Miscellanea, &c. In folio, half-roan, 7s. 6d. Little Breeches, and other Pieces (PIKE COUNTY BALLADS). By Col. HAY. Fcap. 8vo, illust. cover, Is. 6d. Little London Directory of 1677. The

Oldest Printed List of the Merchants and Bankers of London Reprinted from the Rare Original, with an Introduction by JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. 16mo, binding after the original, 6s. 6d.

Longfellow's Prose Works, complete,

including "Outre-Mer," "Hyperion,' "Kavanagh," "Drift-wood," "On the Poets and Poetry of Europe." Edited, with Introduction, by RICHARD HERNE SHEPHERD. With Portrait and Illustrations by VALENTINE W. BROMLEY. 800 pages, cr. 8vo, cloth gilt, 7s. 6d.

The reader will find the present edition of Longfellow's Prose Writings by far the most complete ever issued in this country. "OutreMer" contains two additional chapters, restored from the first edition; while "The Poets and Poetry of Europe," and the little collection of Sketches entitled "Driftwood," are now first introduced to the English public.

Lost Beauties of the English Language.

An Appeal to Authors, Poets, Clergymen, and Public Speakers. By CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. 6d.

Madre Natura versus The

Moloch of Fashion. A Social Essay. By LUKE LIMNER. With 32 Illustrations by the Author. FOURTH EDITION, revised, corrected, and enlarged. Crown 8vo, cloth extra gilt, red edges, price 2s. 6d.

"Bravo, Luke Limner! In this treatise, aptly and ably illustrated, the well-known artist scathingly exposes the evils of the present fashions--more especially of tight-lacing. Girls should be made to learn it by heart, and act on its precepts."-Fun.

"Agreeably written and amusingly illustrated. Common sense and erudition are brought to bear on the subjects discussed in it."-Lancet.

A fanciful little volume. A thing to read, and in parts very amusing."-Judy. "Luke Limner's amusing and instructive book is calculated to do not a little good."-Echo.

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