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Ross's (Chas. H.) Unlikely Tales and Wrong-Headed Essays. Fcap. 8vo, with numerous quaint and amusing Illustrations, Is.

Ross's (Chas. H.) Story of a Honey

moon. A New Edition of this charmingly humorous book, with numerous Illustrations by the Author. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated boards, 25.

THE RUMP PARLIAMENT.

Rump (The); or, An Exact Collection of

the choicest POEMS and SONGS relating to the late Times, and continued by the most eminent Wits; from Anno 1639 to 1661., A Facsimile Reprint of the rare Original Edition (London, 1662), with Frontispiece and Engraved Title-page. In 2 vols., large fcap. 8vo,

printed on antique laid paper, and bound in antique boards, 17s. 6d. ; or, LARGE-PAPER COPIES, 30s.

A very rare and extraordinary collection of some two hundred Popular Ballads and Cavalier Songs, on all the principal incidents of the great Civil War, the Trial of Strafford, the Martyrdom of King Charles, the Commonwealth, Cromwell, Pym, the Roundheads, &c. It was from such materials that Lord Macaulay was enabled to produce his vivid pictures of England in the sixteenth century. To historical students and antiquaries, and to the general reader, these volumes will be found full of interest.

School Life at Winchester College;

or, The Reminiscences of a Winchester Junior. By the Author of "The Log of the Water Lily ;" and "The Water Lily on the Danube." Second Edition, Revised, COLOURED PLATES, 7s. 6d.

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Secret Out; or, One Thousand Tricks with Cards, and other Recreations; with Entertaining Experiments in Drawing Room or "White Magic.' By the Author of the "Magician's Own Book." Edited by W. H. CREMER, Jun., of Regent Street. With 300 Engravings. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 4s. 6d.

Under the title of "Le Magicien des Salons," this book has long been a Standard Magic Book with all French and German Professors of the Art.

Shaving Them; or, The Adventures of

Three Yankees. By TITUS A. BRICK. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

Shelley's Early Life.

From Original

Sources. With Curious Incidents, Letters, and Writings, now First Published or Collected. By DENIS FLORENCE MAC-CARTHY. Crown Svo, with Illustrations, 440 pages, 7s. 6d.

• The poet's political pamphlets, advocating Home Rule and other rights, are here for the first time gren in a collected form.

THE POCKET SHELLEY.

SHELLEY, FROM THE GODWIN SKETCH.

Shelley's Poetical

Works. Now First Reprinted from the Author's Original Editions. In Two Series, the FIRST containing "Queen Mab" and the Early Poems; the SECOND, "Laon and Cythna," "The Cenci," and Later Poems. Price of each Series, royal 16mo, Is. 8d. illustrated cover, 25. 2d. cloth extra.

"This edition will contain everything that Shelley published in his lifetime, as he first printed it, unmutilated and untampered with; and everything of any value published after his death, which he would have wished to have had preserved. An appendix will contain some prose pamphlets never before printed with Shelley's works." -Extract from Introduction.

The Third Series, completing the Work, will shortly be ready.

Signboards: Their

History. With Anecdotes of Famous Taverns and Remarkable Characters. By JACOB LARWOOD and JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. SEVENTH EDITION Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d. "It is not fair on the part of a reviewer to pick out the plums of an author's book, thus filching away his cream, and leaving little but skim-milk remaining; but, even if we were ever so maliciously inclined, we could not in the present instance pick out all Messrs. Larwood and Hotten's plums, because the good things are so numerous as to defy the most wholesale depredation."-The Times.

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HELP ME THROUGH THIS WORLD!

Nearly 100 most curious illustrations on wood are given, showing the signs which were formerly hung from taverns, &c.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

Sheridan's (Richard Brinsley) Com

plete Works, with Life and Anecdotes. Including his Dramatic Writings, printed from the Original Editions, his works in Prose and Poetry, Translations, Speeches, Jokes, Puns, &c.; with a Collection of Sheridaniana. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, with 10 beautifully executed Portraits and Scenes from his Plays, 7s. 6d. [Nearly ready.

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"Interesting and curious. Contains as many as it was possible to collect of all the words and phrases of modern slang in use at the present time."-Public Opinion. "In every way a great improvement on the edition of 1864. Its uses as a dictionary of the very vulgar tongue do not require to be explained."-Notes and Queries. "Compiled with most exacting care, and based on the best authorities."-Standard. "In "The Slang Dictionary' we have not only a book that reflects credit upon the philologist; it is also a volume that will repay, at any time, a dip into its humorous pages."-Figaro.

CHARLES DICKENS' EARLY SKETCHES.

66

Sketches of Young Couples, Young Ladies and Young Gentlemen. By QUIZ" (CHARLES DICKENS). With 18 Steel-plate Illustrations by "PHIZ" (H. K. BROWNE). Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 4s. 6d.

A KEEPSAKE FOR SMOKERS.

Smoker's Text-Book.

By J. HAMER, F.R.S.L. Exquisitely printed from "silver-faced" type, cloth, very neat, gilt edges, 2s. 6d., post free.

WEST-END LIFE AND DOINGS.

Story of the London Parks.

By

JACOB LARWOOD. With numerous Illustrations, Coloured and Plain. In One thick Volume, crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7s. 6d. **A most interesting work, giving a complete History of these favourite out-ofdoor resorts, from the earliest period to the present time.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

CHARMING NEW TRAVEL-BOOK.

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"It may be we shall touch the happy isles."

Summer Cruising in the South Seas. By CHARLES WARREN STODDARD. With nearly Thirty Engravings on Wood, drawn by WALLIS MACKAY. Crown 8vo, cloth, extra gilt, 7s. 6d.

Chapters descriptive of life and adventure in the South Sea Islands, in the style made so popular by "The Earl and the Doctor."

"A remarkable book, which has a certain wild picturesqueness."-Standard. "Idylls of the South Seas, by a Californian humourist. Poetical, amusing, delightful."-Vanity Fair.

"The author's experiences are very amusingly related, and, in parts, freshness and originality."-Judy.

with much "Mr. Stoddard is a humourist; 'Summer Cruising' has a good deal of undeniable amusement."-Nation.

Syntax's (Dr.) Three Tours. With the whole of RowLANDSON'S very droll full-page Illustrations, in Colours, after the Original Drawings. Comprising the well-known TOURS-I. IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE. 2. IN SEARCH OF CONSOLATION. 3. IN SEARCH OF A WIFE. The Three Series Complete, with a Life of the Author by JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. Medium 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, price 75. 6d.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

Theseus: A Greek Fairy Legend.

Illustrated, in a series of Designs in Gold and Sepia, by JOHN MOYR SMITH. With descriptive text. Oblong folio, price 7s. 6d.

Theodore

Hook's

Ramsbottom

Papers. Twenty-nine Letters, complete. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is.

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Theodore Hook's Choice Humorous Works, with his Ludicrous Adventures, Bons-mots, Puns, and Hoaxes. With a new Life of the Author, PORTRAITS, FACSIMILES, and ILLUSTRATIONS. Crown 8vo, 600 pages, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

"As a wit and humourist of the highest order his name will be preserved. His political songs and jeux d'esprit, when the hour comes for collecting them, will form a volume of sterling and lasting attraction !"-J. G. LOCKHART.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

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