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WOOLNER, W. HOLMAN HUNT, SIR NOEL PATON, ARTHUR HUGHES, &c. Engraved
on Steel by JEENS. Bound in extra cloth, 4_s._ 6_d._ each volume. Also
kept in morocco and calf bindings.
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especially provided editions of standard works, volumes of
selected poetry, and original compositions, which entitle this
series to be called classical. Nothing can be better than the
literary execution, nothing more elegant than the material
workmanship.”--BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.
THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS
TURNER PALGRAVE.
THE CHILDREN’S GARLAND FROM THE BEST POETS. Selected and arranged by
COVENTRY PATMORE.
THE BOOK OF PRAISE. From the best English Hymn Writers. Selected and
arranged by LORD SELBORNE. _A New and Enlarged Edition._
THE FAIRY BOOK; the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered
anew by the Author of “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”
“A delightful selection, in a delightful external form; full
of the physical splendour and vast opulence of proper fairy
tales.”--SPECTATOR.
THE BALLAD BOOK. A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads. Edited
by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM.
THE JEST BOOK. The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings. Selected and
arranged by MARK LEMON.
“The fullest and best jest book that has yet appeared.”--SATURDAY
REVIEW.
BACON’S ESSAYS AND COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL. With Notes and
Glossarial Index by W. ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A.
“The beautiful little edition of Bacon’s Essays, now before
us, does credit to the taste and scholarship of Mr. Aldis
Wright.”--SPECTATOR.
THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS from this World to that which is to come. By
JOHN BUNYAN.
“A beautiful and scholarly reprint.”--SPECTATOR.
THE SUNDAY BOOK OF POETRY FOR THE YOUNG. Selected and arranged by C.
F. ALEXANDER.
“A well-selected volume of sacred poetry.”--SPECTATOR.
A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS of All Times and All Countries. Gathered and
Narrated Anew by the Author of “THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE.”
“...To the young, for whom it is especially intended, as a most
interesting collection of thrilling tales well told; and to their
elders as a useful handbook of reference, and a pleasant one to
take up when their wish is to while away a weary half-hour. We have
seen no prettier gift-book for a long time.”--ATHENÆUM.
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. Edited, from the Original Edition,
by J. W. CLARK, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO, TRANSLATED into ENGLISH, with Notes by J. LL.
DAVIES, M.A., and D. J. VAUGHAN, M.A.
“A dainty and cheap little edition.”--EXAMINER.
THE SONG BOOK. Words and Tunes from the best Poets and Musicians.
Selected and arranged by JOHN HULLAH, Professor of Vocal Music in
King’s College, London.
“A choice collection of the sterling songs of England, Scotland,
and Ireland, with the music of each prefixed to the words. How much
true wholesome pleasure such a book can diffuse, and will diffuse,
we trust, through many thousand families.”--EXAMINER.
LA LYRE FRANCAISE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by GUSTAVE
MASSON, French Master in Harrow School.
“We doubt whether even in France itself so interesting and complete
a repertory of the best French Lyrics could be found.”--NOTES AND
QUERIES.
TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS. By AN OLD BOY.
“A perfect gem of a book. The best and most healthy book about boys
for boys that ever was written.”--ILLUSTRATED TIMES.
A BOOK OF WORTHIES. Gathered from the Old Histories and written anew
by the Author of “THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE.”
“An admirable addition to an admirable series.”--WESTMINSTER REVIEW.
A BOOK OF GOLDEN THOUGHTS. By HENRY ATTWELL, Knight of the Order of
the Oak Crown.
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small enough to be carried about in the pocket, and of such a
companion it would be difficult to weary.”--PALL MALL GAZETTE.