early education, ii. 178;
scientific experiments, 179;
studies at Edinburgh, 179;
chemical researches, 180;
studies in London and Paris, 180;
work on Stethoscope, 181;
settles in London, 181;
early writings, 182;
sounds of heart, 182;
Lectures at Kinnerton Street, 183;
reports to British Association, 183;
becomes Professor at University College, 183;
Gulstonian lectures, 184;
physician to Hospital for Consumption, 185;
Principles of Medicine, 185;
first president of Pathological Society, 185;
work on Cod-Liver Oil, 186, 187;
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studies in retirement, 188.
WILSON, ERASMUS (1809-1884);
early life, ii. 240, 241;
studies under Abernethy, and in Paris, 241;
pupil of Langstaff, 241;
joins Aldersgate School of Medicine, 241;
assists Quain at University College, 242;
establishes Sydenham College, 242;
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acquaintance with Thomas Wakley, and appointment on _The Lancet_,
243;
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portraits of diseases of skin, 244;
Continental studies, 244;
character in practice, 244, 245;
the case of flogging at Hounslow, 245;
various works, 246;
founds professorship of dermatology, 246;
and of pathology, 246;
becomes President of College of Surgeons, 247;
pays for bringing Cleopatra’s Needle to London, 247;
his great munificence, 248;
bequest to College of Surgeons, 249;
death, 249.
Wilson, i. 249, 256, 290, 291.
Windmill Street School, i. 129, 140, 156, 249, 256, 290, 291, ii. 59.
Wolsey, Cardinal, i. 4, 8.
Wood, Alexander, i. 108.
Woodville, Dr., and vaccination, i. 181, 187.
Yelloly, Dr., on Astley Cooper, i. 214.
York, Duke of, and Abernethy, i. 234.
Zoological Society, i. 274.
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here.”—_Literary World._
“It is certainly a ‘handy book,’ for hands of every class are so
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sciences.”—_Publishers’ Circular._
“The work is of surpassing interest.”—_Aberdeen Journal._
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the hands, fingers, and wrists, as well as the points of character
indicated by their shape. We can imagine this little book, which is
illustrated by five diagrams, being a source of a large amount of
amusement.”—_Bookseller._
=Manuals of Self-Culture for Young= Men and Women.
1. =The Secret of Success.= See page 10.
2. =Plain Living and High Thinking.= See page 12.
3. =Woman’s Work and Worth.= See page 7.
4. =Hood’s Guide to English Versification.= See page 23.
5. =Landmarks of English Literature.= See page 7.
_Dedicated, by express permission, to Sir FREDERICK LEIGHTON, P.R.A._
PRINTED IN BROWN INK, WITH TWELVE FLORAL ILLUSTRATIONS, AND THE
BINDING DESIGNED BY “LUKE LIMNER,” F.S.A.
Imperial 16mo., cloth, bevelled boards, interleaved, 432 pages, price
4s. 6d. gilt edges.
=The Birthday-Book of Art and Artists.= Compiled and Edited by
ESTELLE DAVENPORT ADAMS, Editor of “Rose Leaves,” “Flower and
Leaf,” etc.
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con.”—_Punch._
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palm.”—_Guernsey Mail._
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excellent index.”—_Saturday Review._
“Mrs. Davenport Adams has combined in miniature something of a
catalogue of art, a biographical dictionary of artists, and a
dictionary of artistic criticism, and has thereby done a thing
which may be of some service.”—_World._
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artists, for, besides those whose names are allotted to the days of
the year, there is a supplementary list. The quotations are well
made. The book itself is a work of art.”—_Sword and Trowel._
120 pp., small crown 8vo., boards, price 1s.; or bound in cloth, 1s.
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=Self-Help for Women: A Guide to= Business. With Practical
Directions for Establishing and Conducting Remunerative Trades and
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21. THE LADY HOUSEKEEPER AND THE LADY HELP.
22. HOME OCCUPATIONS.
23. THE PLEASURES OF WORK.
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world.”—_Echo._
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earn honourable livelihood should purchase.”—_Dundee Courier._
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=The Secret of Success; or, How to= Get on in the World. With some
Remarks upon True and False Success, and the Art of making the Best
Use of Life. Interspersed with Numerous Examples and Anecdotes. By
W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS, Author of “Plain Living and High Thinking,”
etc.
“Mr. Adams’s work is in some respects more practical than Mr.
Smiles’s. He takes the illustrations more from the world of
business and commerce, and their application is unmistakable....
There is much originality and power displayed in the manner in
which he impresses his advice on his readers.”—_Aberdeen Journal._
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success and failure helps to point its moral.”—_Bradford Observer._
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interesting, that his book is calculated to impart much sound
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by a large number of readers.... The book is otherwise a mine of
anecdote relating to men who have not only got on in the world, but
whose names are illustrious as benefactors to their kind.”—_Dundee
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WITH TWO COLOURED PLATES AND EIGHT PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
Third edition, small crown 8vo., 400 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt
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=Our Redcoats and Bluejackets: War= Pictures on Land and Sea.
Forming a Continuous Narrative of the Naval and Military History
of England from the year 1793 to the Present Time, including the
Afghan and Zulu Campaigns, Interspersed with Anecdotes and Accounts
of Personal Service. By HENRY STEWART, Author of “The Ocean Wave,”
etc. With a Chronological List of England’s Naval and Military
Engagements.
“A capital collection of graphic sketches of plucky and brilliant
achievements afloat and ashore, and has, moreover, the advantage of
being a succinct narrative of historical events. It is, in fact,
the naval and military history of England told in a series of
effective tableaux.”—_World._
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soldiers and sailors, but a history of their principal achievements
since the beginning of the war in 1793. The book has charms for
others than lads.”—_Scotsman._
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it will also be most valuable as a historical work for the young,
who are far more likely to remember such interesting historical
pictures than the dry lists of dates and battles which they find in
their school-books.... Possesses such a genuine interest as no work
of fiction could surpass.”—_Aberdeen Journal._
* * * * *
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publications, samples of which lie before us, contains a number of
useful and interesting works eminently suitable for presentation to
young people of both sexes, and they contain as much reading at as
low a price as any books in the market._”—PALL MALL GAZETTE.
WITH UPWARDS OF 300 ENGRAVINGS BY BEWICK AND OTHERS.
FIFTH AND CHEAP EDITION.
Large crown 8vo., 520 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.
=The Parlour Menagerie=: Wherein are exhibited, in a Descriptive
and Anecdotical form, the Habits, Resources, and Mysterious
Instincts of the more Interesting Portions of the Animal
Creation. Dedicated by permission to the Right Hon. the Baroness
Burdett-Coutts (President) and the Members of the Ladies’ Committee
of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
[Illustration: WHITE EYELID MANGABEY.
_Specimen of the 66 Wood Engravings by Thomas Bewick in the
“Parlour Menagerie.”_]
From Professor OWEN, C.B., F.R.S., &c.
(Director, Natural History Dep., British Museum).
To the Editor of the _Parlour Menagerie_.
“The early love of Nature, especially as manifested by the Habits
and Instincts of Animals to which you refer, in your own case, is
so common to a healthy boy’s nature, that the _Parlour Menagerie_,
a work so singularly full of interesting examples culled from so
wide a range of Zoology, and so fully and beautifully illustrated
cannot fail to be a favourite with the rising generation—and
many succeeding ones—of Juvenile Naturalists. When I recall the
‘Description of 300 Animals’ (including the Cockatrice and all
Pliny’s monsters) which fed my early appetite for Natural History,
I can congratulate my grandchildren on being provided with so much
more wholesome food through your persevering and discriminating
labours.—RICHARD OWEN.”
From the Right Hon. JOHN BRIGHT, M.P.
To the Editor, _Parlour Menagerie_.
“I doubt not the _Parlour Menagerie_ will prove very interesting,
as indeed it has already been found to be by those of my family
who have read it. I hope one of the effects of our better public
education will be to create among our population a more humane
disposition towards what we call the inferior animals. Much may be
done by impressing on the minds of children the duty of kindness in
their treatment of animals, and I hope this will not be neglected
by the teachers of our schools.... I feel sure what you have done
will bear good fruit.—JOHN BRIGHT.”
“The _Parlour Menagerie_ is well named. Full as an egg of
information and most agreeable reading and engravings, where before
was there such a menagerie?”—_Animal World._
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descriptions of animals than this, and it has the great advantage
of numerous and admirable woodcuts. Pictorial illustrations form
an important and valuable addition to any such collection. Those
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commend the spirit which pervades the book, a spirit intensely
alien to cruelty of every kind. On the whole, it is one of the
very best of its kind, and we warrant both its usefulness and
acceptability.”—_Literary World._
“_Mr. Hogg is, without question, a specialist in the art of catering
for the literary tastes of the young._”—SHROPSHIRE GUARDIAN.
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Second edition, small crown 8vo., 352 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt
edges, 4s.
=Boys and their Ways: A Book for and= about Boys. By ONE WHO KNOWS
THEM.
CONTENTS.
Chaps. 1. The Boy at Home.—2. The Boy at School.—3. The Boy in
the Playground.—4. The Boy in his Leisure Hours.—5. Bad Boys.—6.
Friendships of Boys.—7. The Boy in the Country.—8. How and What to
Read.—9. Boyhood of Famous Men.—10. The Ideal Boy.
“The table of contents gives such a bill of fare as will render
the boy into whose hands this book falls eager to enjoy the feast
prepared for him. We venture to predict for this charming book a
popularity equal to ‘Self-Help.’... No better gift could be put
into a boy’s hands, and it will become a standard work for the
school library.”—_Scholastic World._
“Who the author of the book is, has been kept a secret, and
the anonymity we regret, because the work is one with which
no writer need be ashamed to identify his name and stake his
reputation.”—_Edinburgh Daily Review._
“It is a boy’s book of the best style.”—_Aberdeen Journal._
WITH EIGHT PORTRAITS ON TONED PAPER.
_Dedicated by permission to the Rt. Hon. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P., &c._
Third edition, small crown 8vo., 384 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt
edges, 4s.
=Plain Living and High Thinking; or=, Practical Self-Culture:
Moral, Mental, and Physical. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS, Author of
“The Secret of Success,” etc.
PART I.—MORAL SELF-CULTURE.
Chap. 1. At Home.
” 2. Life Abroad.
” 3. Character.
” 4. Conduct.
PART II.—MENTAL SELF-CULTURE.
Chap. 1. How to Read.
Chaps. 2 to 9. Courses of Reading in English Poetry, History,
Biography, Fiction, Travel and Discovery, Theology, Philosophy and
Metaphysics, Miscellaneous Science and Scientific Text-Books. Chap.
10. How to Write: English Composition.
PART III.—PHYSICAL SELF-CULTURE.
“Mens sana in corpore sano.”
“We like the thorough way in which Mr. Adams deals with
‘Self-Culture: Moral, Mental, and Physical.’ His chapter on the
courtesies of home life, and the true relation between parent
and child, is specially valuable nowadays. He certainly answers
the question, ‘Is life worth living?’ in a most triumphant
affirmative.”—_Graphic._
“Books for young men are constantly appearing—some of them
genuine, earnest, and useful, and many of them mere products of
the art of book-making. We have pleasure in saying that this
volume by Mr. Adams deserves to take its place among the best
of the first-mentioned class. It is fresh, interesting, varied,
and, above all, full of common sense, manliness, and right
principle.”—_Inverness Courier._
“Young men who wish to make something of themselves should invest
seven sixpences in this most valuable volume.”—_Sword and Trowel._
“A better book of the class in all respects we have seldom had the
pleasure to notice.... We cannot too strongly recommend it to young
men.”—_Young Men’s Christian Association Monthly Notes._
“_A glimpse through Mr. Hogg’s catalogue shows how admirably he
caters for the young of both sexes._”—WOLVERHAMPTON CHRONICLE.
“The best book of the kind.” }
“A complete Society Encyclopædia.” } _Vide Critical Notices._
With Frontispiece, small crown 8vo., 352 pp., handsomely bound in
cloth price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.
=The Glass of Fashion: A Universal= Handbook of Social Etiquette
and Home Culture for Ladies and Gentlemen. With Copious and
Practical Hints upon the Manners and Ceremonies of every Relation
in Life—at Home, in Society, and at Court. Interspersed with
Numerous Anecdotes. By the LOUNGER IN SOCIETY.
CHAP.
1. AT HOME.
2. ABROAD.
3. THE PHILOSOPHY OF DINNERS.
4. THE BALL.
5. THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS.
6. THE ART OF CONVERSATION.
7. THE ETIQUETTE OF WEDDINGS.
8. AT COURT.
9. HINTS ABOUT TITLES.
10. A HEALTHY LIFE.
11. TWO CENTURIES OF MAXIMS UPON MANNERS.
12. THE HOUSEHOLD.
“The most sensible book on etiquette that we remember to have
seen.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._
“This book may be considered a new departure in the class of works
to which it belongs. It treats etiquette ‘from a liberal point of
view,’ and amply fulfils its purpose.”—_Cassell’s Papers._
“Useful, sensibly written, and full of amusing illustrative
anecdotes.”—_Morning Post._
“Creditable to the good sense and taste, as well as to the special
information of its author.”—_Telegraph._
“The book is the best of the kind yet produced, and no purchaser of
it will regret his investment.”—_Bristol Mercury._
“Those who live in dread lest they should not do the ‘correct
thing’ should procure the book, which is a complete society
encyclopædia.”—_Glasgow News._
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS ON TONED PAPER.
Second edition, small crown 8vo., 352 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt
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=Girls and their Ways: A Book for and= about Girls. By ONE WHO
KNOWS THEM.
CHAP.
1. THE GIRL AT HOME.
2. THE GIRL IN HER LEISURE HOURS.
3. THE GIRL AT SCHOOL—THE GIRL AND HER FRIENDS.
4. THE GIRL ABROAD: CHARACTER SKETCHES.
5. A GIRL’S GARDEN; IN PROSE AND POETRY.
6. THE GIRL’S AMATEUR GARDENER’S CALENDAR; OR, ALL THE YEAR ROUND
IN THE GIRL’S GARDEN.
7. THE GIRL’S LIBRARY—WHAT TO READ.
8. THE GIRL IN THE COUNTRY—PASTIME FOR LEISURE HOURS THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.
9. WHAT THE GIRL MIGHT AND SHOULD BE: EXAMPLES OF NOBLE GIRLS FROM
THE LIVES OF NOBLE WOMEN.
“It aims high, and it hits the mark.”—_Literary World_.
“Books prepared for girls are too often so weak and twaddly as to
be an insult to the intellect of girlhood. This new work is an
exception.”—_Daily Review_ (_Edinburgh_).
“Worthy of a somewhat longer analysis than we shall be able to give
it.... Parents will be benefited by its perusal as well as their
daughters ... the more so that it is not written in a dry homiletic
style, but with a living kindness and sympathy.”—_Queen._
“A long list of books is given both for study and amusement. This
list is selected with care and without prejudice, and should prove
a great assistance to girls in doubt what to read.... It is a
sensible and well-written book, full of information and wholesome
thoughts for and about girls.”—_St. James’s Budget._
“Home duties, amusement, social claims and appropriate literature,
are subjects successively treated, and treated with both knowledge
and sound judgment.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._
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of romantic interest, are covered by and comprised in the books
published by Mr. Hogg._”—SCHOOL BOARD CHRONICLE.
Southey’s Edition, with Life of Bunyan, &c.
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=The Pilgrim’s Progress. In Two= Parts. By JOHN BUNYAN. With
Bibliographical Notes, and a Life of the Author, by ROBERT SOUTHEY;
Portrait and Autograph of BUNYAN, and Thirty Wood Engravings by W.
HARVEY, from the Original Blocks. The Text in large type (Small
Pica). This is a reprint (with additional notes) of the edition
published by John Major, London, 1830, at 21s., which was highly
eulogized by Sir Walter Scott and Lord Macaulay.
“This reprint, at a very moderate price, may be regarded as a
popular boon.”—_Daily Telegraph._
“An excellent edition of the great allegory. It contains Southey’s
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“Costlier editions are on sale, but none produced with more taste
than this one.”—_Dispatch._
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“The whole book is reproduced in excellent fashion.”—_Scotsman._
“This edition has exceptional claims upon public favour. The late
poet laureate’s biography is in his best manner, while Harvey’s
effective woodcuts are in themselves a feature of very considerable
interest to lovers of British art. In the matter of typography and
general get-up the reprint is in every respect superior to the
original edition, and the low price at which the book is published
should tempt many to obtain a copy. The binding and decorations are
very effective, and the volume is fitted to grace any drawing-room
table.”—_Oxford Times._
Second Edition, with Eight Engravings after Celebrated Painters.
Small crown 8vo., 392 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.
=The Church Seasons. Historically= and Poetically Illustrated. By
ALEXANDER H. GRANT, M.A., Author of “Half-Hours with our Sacred
Poets.”
☞ The aim has been to trace the origin and history of the Festivals
and Fasts of the Ecclesiastical Year, and to illustrate in
poetry the circumstances under which they began and continue to
be celebrated, and the principal ideas and doctrines which they
severally incorporate.
“Our festival year is a bulwark of orthodoxy as real as our
confessions of faith.”—PROFESSOR ARCHER BUTLER.
“Mr. Grant’s scholarship is endorsed by authorities; his method
is good, his style clear, and his treatment so impartial that
his work has been praised alike by _Church Times_, _Record_,
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better prove the catholicity of a most instructive and valuable
work.”—_Peterborough Advertiser._
“The work shows very plainly that much care and judgment has been
used in its compilation.... The intrinsic worth of its contents
and their lasting usefulness admirably adapt it for a present. The
eight engravings have been chosen so as to give examples of the
highest samples of sacred art.”—_Oxford Times._
“A very delightful volume for Sunday reading, the devotional
character of the hymns giving an especial charm to the work. The
historical information will be proved full of interest to young
Churchmen, and young ladies especially will find the work to be
one well adapted to inform the mind and gladden the heart.”—_Bible
Christian Magazine._
“Mr. Grant’s volume is worthy of high praise, alike for its careful
research and its discriminative quotations. There is so much
religious literature which is below the level of criticism, that we
cannot but welcome a volume which commends itself to a cultivated
Christian audience.”—_Echo._
“_Mr. John Hogg is always successful in producing an attractive array
of books for youthful readers, ... and we ought to add, that all his
publications are prettily got up._”—BRISTOL MERCURY.
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANK ABELL, PRINTED ON TONED PAPER.
Large crown 8vo., 422 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.
=The Adventures of Maurice Drummore= (Royal Marines), by Land and
Sea. By LINDON MEADOWS, Author of “Whittlings from the West,”
“College Recollections and Church Experiences,” “Jailbirds, or the
Secrets of the Cells,” etc.
“Every boy who is lucky enough to get these adventures once into
his hands will be slow in parting with them until he has brought
the hero safely home through them all.”—_British Mail._
“A very good sort of story it is, with more of flavour than
most.”—_World._
“We have seen nothing in this book to contradict at least
the latter part of an opinion quoted in the preface from a
correspondent, that it is one of the cleverest, and one of
the healthiest, tales for boys with which the writer was
acquainted.”—_Spectator._
“It is almost equal to Robinson Crusoe.”—_Sheffield Independent._
“A capital story. The adventures are excellently told. Many of such
books are mere imitations, and have no originality. Lindon Meadows’
story has originality, and it is well worth reading.”—_Scotsman._
“It has a distinct literary flavour, and is realistic in the best
sense.”—_Athenæum._
“Such works do much to stimulate a healthy chivalrous feeling in
the breasts of a rising generation, and tend to make them both
patriotic and full of endurance, under the many difficulties which
they encounter in life.”—_Shrewsbury Chronicle._
“We are inclined, after much deliberation, to call it the best
book for boys ever written. Whoever wishes to give to a boy a book
that will charm and enthral him, while imparting the noblest and
healthiest impulses, let him choose ‘The Adventures of Maurice
Drummore.’”—_Christian Leader._
“It is thoroughly healthy, not ‘goody’ in the least; in short,
just such a book as one would wish to place in the hands of a
pure-minded, high-spirited boy.”—_Nottingham Guardian._
“A thorough boy’s book, and the hero’s doings at school and in the
Royal Marines are told with much vivacity, his adventures being
many.”—_Glasgow Herald._
“The book is simply crammed with adventures, frolic, and
fun, depicted in racy style, and pervaded by a healthy tone,
while its attractiveness is increased by some spirited
illustrations.”—_Guernsey Mail and Telegraph._
“A book that men will read with interest, and boys with an avidity
which will probably not be awarded to any other book of the season.
It would be a pity if the merits of such a story were lost in the
crowd, and we trust it will receive the recognition which is its
due.”—_Aberdeen Daily Free Press._
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS ON TONED PAPER.
Small crown 8vo., 384 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.
=Exemplary Women: A Record of= Feminine Virtues and Achievements
(abridged from “Woman’s Work and Worth”). By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS.
CHAP.
I. WOMAN AS MOTHER.
II. WOMAN AS WIFE.
III. WOMAN AS MAIDEN.
IV. WOMAN IN THE WORLD OF LETTERS.
V. WOMAN IN THE WORLD OF ART.
VI. WOMAN AS THE HEROINE, ENTHUSIAST, AND SOCIAL REFORMER.
“The qualifications and influence of women in different spheres of
life are detailed and illustrated by notices of the lives of many
who have been distinguished in various positions.”—_Bazaar._
“_The youth of both sexes are under deep obligations by the
publication of Mr. Hogg’s very interesting and attractive volumes.
It is a great object to attract the young to the habitual practice
of reading. That can only be accomplished by putting into their
hands books which will interest and amuse them, and at the same time
furnish them with useful knowledge, and with sound lessons of a
moral, judicious, and sensible character, calculated to be useful to
them as they advance in years._”—DUNDEE COURIER AND ARGUS.
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS ON TONED PAPER.
Small crown 8vo., 384 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.
=The Ocean Wave: Narratives of some= of the Greatest Voyages,
Seamen, Discoveries, Shipwrecks, and Mutinies of the World. By
HENRY STEWART, Author of “Our Redcoats and Bluejackets,” etc.
“Mr. Stewart’s new work comprises a selection of stories of the
sea told in his best style and being historically accurate, ranks
high among popular volumes intended to combine entertainment
with instruction. To young and old alike the book ought to be
profitable, for from it a very lucid account may be obtained of
many of those momentous occurrences which have served to swell
the history of England, and to afford an example to succeeding
generations.”—_Bazaar._
“A delightful volume of adventure. Rebellions and mutinies come
jostling up against hair-breadth escapes and mournful disasters;
while the south seas and the north, the equator and the poles, are
all brought to notice by the judicious and able editor, MR. HENRY
STEWART.”—_Bedfordshire Mercury._
“It may fairly claim to be a popular volume, combining
entertainment with instruction. The book is well written, the
accounts of naval engagements are graphic and inspiring, and if no
attempts have been made to write a systematic history of maritime
enterprise, there is at all events presented a vast mass of
information in an attractive form.”—_Athenæum._
“A flight through the air on the enchanted prayer-carpet would not
surpass in interest the movement of these narratives from ‘summer
isles of Eden lying in dark purple spheres of sea’ to the iron
coast of Nova Zembla.”—_Sheffield Independent._
“A singularly interesting volume. The narratives are well told,
and the illustrations plentiful; young people will be sure to like
it, and will pick up from it, in a pleasant way, a good deal of
historical information.”—_Guardian._
“‘The Ocean Wave’ is far more interesting than nine-tenths of the
story books. Coming down to more modern times, Mr. Stewart gives us
some stirring episodes in the last American War, the moving tale
of Arctic Exploration, from the time of Cabot to the Jeannette
Expedition, and concludes a most interesting and useful volume with
an account of the famous shipwrecks in recent times.”—_Literary
Churchman._
WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY THOMAS STOTHARD, R.A., AND A PORTRAIT OF
DEFOE.
In one volume, 512 pp., large crown 8vo., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt
edges, 4s.
=The Life and Adventures of Robinson= Crusoe, of York, Mariner.
With an Account of his Travels round Three Parts of the Globe.
☞ _A complete, unabridged Edition of both Parts, with no
curtailment of the “Further Adventures.”_
“A complete, unabridged edition of ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ in which
something of the old tone, which has been to a great extent
sacrificed in modern versions of this boy’s classic, has been
revived. Twelve of the quaint illustrations by Thomas Stothard,
engraved by Heath, are given, and are in themselves a sufficient
reason for giving a specially hearty welcome to this edition of
Defoe’s masterpiece. But the publication will, in the eyes of
its young readers at all events, find a higher recommendation in
the fact that the ‘Further Adventures’ have not been subject to
their usual curtailment. A short biographical sketch of Defoe and
Bernard Barton’s ‘Memorial’ of Robinson Crusoe are given by way of
introduction, and add appreciably to the value of the edition. The
book is excellently printed and bound.”—_Nottingham Daily Guardian._
“It has every feature for becoming the boy’s favourite edition of
‘Robinson Crusoe.’”—_School Board Chronicle._
“This handsome volume cannot fail to command an extensive sale;
it contains both parts of the immortal hero’s adventures, and is
therefore properly styled a ‘complete edition.’ A portrait and
brief Memoir of Defoe precedes his tale.”—_Manchester Weekly Post._
“This edition of ‘boyhood’s classic’ will take rank among the best.
It contains twelve illustrations by Thomas Stothard, R.A., which
are all good, and a portrait of Daniel Defoe, with a well written
sketch of his life. Every boy should read ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ and
will if he has the chance, and no better copy could be provided
than the one published by Mr. Hogg.”—_Wesleyan Methodist Sunday
School Magazine._
“In no more complete or attractive style could it be presented
than as issued the other day by Mr. Hogg. The volume makes fully
500 pages, one half of the whole being taken up with the ‘Further
Adventures,’ frequently abridged or omitted altogether from this
ever fresh triumph of the story teller’s art. Printed on good
paper, with large clear type, and radiant outwardly in purple and
gold, this new edition is also illustrated with copies of a dozen
drawings by Stothard and engraved by the elder Heath.”—_Glasgow
Herald._
WITH SIX PORTRAITS PRINTED ON TONED PAPER.
Second edition, small crown 8vo., cloth, 288 pp., price 2s. 6d.; gilt
edges, 3s.
=Plodding On: or, The Jog-trot to= Fame and Fortune. Illustrated by
the Life-Stories of
GEORGE PEABODY,
JOHN KITTO,
ROBERT CHAMBERS,
CHARLES KNIGHT,
HUGH MILLER,
GEORGE ROMNEY,
M. W. WATSON,
THOMAS BRASSEY,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By HENRY CURWEN, Author of “A History of Booksellers,” etc.
“We are glad to meet with a book of this kind, which has left the
well worn tracks pursued by writers of similar works. There is a
great variety in the characters of the different men whose lives
are chronicled, and in the circumstances which surrounded them, but
there is the common tie of a brave heart, a single purpose, and an
indomitable will. The book is written in a manly, honest spirit,
and should find a place in the library of every home.”—_Guernsey
Mail._
“A splendid book for boys and young men, illustrating, by the best
method of all, life-histories, the way in which successful men have
triumphed over early disadvantages, and have arrived at a great and
good name and ample wealth by quiet perseverance in the path of
duty.”—_Dundee Courier._
“The biographical sketches are so presented as to bring out in a
salient manner the great faculty these remarkable men have for hard
and indomitable work. It is made evident that the greatness of a
country and the progress of civilization grow out of the labour of
such men.”—_School Board Chronicle._
“These men are not idolized by Mr. Curwen, who does his work in
sincerity and love. The former prevents the false hero-regarding
which is too much the fashion, the latter imparts the author’s
enthusiasm. Portraits add to the value of the half-crown
volume.”—_Derbyshire Mercury._
HINTS FOR THE SELECTION OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
Second edition, 176 pp., cloth, price 1s. 6d.
=The Pocket Dictionary of One= Thousand Christian Names (Masculine
and Feminine): with their Meanings Explained and Arranged in Four
different Ways for ready Reference. With an Historical Introduction.
1. MASCULINE NAMES, with their Meanings attached.
2. FEMININE NAMES, with their Meanings attached.
3. DICTIONARY OF MEANINGS—MASCULINE NAMES.
4. DICTIONARY OF MEANINGS—FEMININE NAMES.
☞ _Every Parent should consult this Dictionary before deciding on a
Child’s Name._
“This will be a useful and interesting book for those who like to
learn the meaning of their own and their friends’ appellations.
Parents should purchase it, as it might help them to name their
children a little more originally than they do.”—_Glasgow Herald._
“A useful little etymological book. We observe that the compiler
has gone to the best sources and authorities, and we recommend a
perusal of his thoughtful preface as being full of suggestions for
those who desire to study deeply his subject.”—_Manchester Weekly
Post._
“The idea is a good one, and well carried out, and the book should
prove well worth its price to any parent in search of a suitable
baptismal name.”—_Guernsey Mail._
“_A series of excellent books for boys is published by Mr. John Hogg,
London._”—SCOTSMAN.
_MR. ASCOTT R. HOPE’S NEW BOOKS._
“Mr. Ascott R. Hope now occupies the foremost place as a writer of
fiction for the schoolboy, and as he never produces a weak book,
and never disappoints his clients, his name is always a sufficient
passport.”—_School Board Chronicle._
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS ON TONED PAPER.
Second edition, small crown 8vo., 384 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt
edges, 4s.
=Stories of Young Adventurers. By= ASCOTT R. HOPE, Author of
“Stories of Whitminster,” etc., etc.
A YOUNG TURK.
A WHITE INDIAN.
A SLAVE BOY’S STORY.
A SOLDIER BOY’S STORY.
A SAILOR BOY’S STORY.
A YOUNG YANKEE ON THE WAR PATH.
FOUR SONS OF ALBION.
A GIRL’S STORY.
AN ADVENTURER AT THE ANTIPODES.
AN ADVENTURER AT HOME.
“Mr. Hope is one of the best of living writers of boys’ books, and
we do not think we over-estimate the merits of the book before us if
we say it is one of his best. The idea is a happy one.... The result
is altogether as successful as the idea is happy.”—_Birmingham Daily
Post._
“Good, wholesome, stirring reading for boys of all ages. The scenes
of these adventures are laid in every quarter of the globe, and they
include every variety of peril.”—_World._
“Mr. Ascott Hope has hit upon a really excellent idea in his ‘Stories
of Young Adventurers,’ and carried it out with admirable success....
It would be difficult to pick out a better book of its kind; young
readers will hang over every page with an absorbing interest, and
all the time will be imbibing some useful historical information. We
should like to think that so thoroughly good a book will be in the
hands of a great many boyish readers.”—_Guardian._
“Sure to make the eyes of our boys gleam.... The tone is healthy and
robust, and for its kind the book is one of the best we know.”—_Sword
and Trowel._
“A debt of gratitude is due to Mr. Hope.... The work is as good as
the design.”—_Athenæum._
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS ON TONED PAPER.
Small crown 8vo., 384 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.
=A Book of Boyhoods. By Ascott R.= HOPE, Author of “Our Homemade
Stories,” etc.
A NEW ENGLAND BOY.
A BRAVE BOY.
A FRENCH SCHOOLBOY.
A SCHOOLBOY OF THE OLDEN TIME.
A BLUECOAT BOY.
A STABLE BOY.
A REBEL BOY.
A MYSTERIOUS BOY.
A BLIND BOY.
“Well planned, well written, and well named.... Mr. Hope has told
these stories with much dramatic power and effect, and has produced
a book which will delight all healthy-minded lads.”—_Scotsman._
“Stories of all sorts of boys, who in different countries and
circumstances, in peace or in war, at school or at work, at home or
out in the world, by land or by sea, have gone through experiences
worth relating.... The work is just such a volume as we would
like to see in the hands of our schoolboys, and of those who are
emerging into the busy haunts of business and anxiety.”—_Yorkshire
Gazette._
“Essentially of an attractive character to the youthful reader,
and is, perhaps, as likely to interest the sisters as the
brothers.”—_Bedford Mercury._
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS ON TONED PAPER.
Small crown 8vo., 352 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.
=Our Homemade Stories. By Ascott= R. HOPE, Author of “Stories of
Young Adventurers,” etc.
“Mr. Hope throws himself instinctively into his most dramatic
incidents from the boys point of view, and is humorous within the
limits of their easy appreciation. We own to having laughed aloud
over some of his drolleries; nor can anything be much better in
this way than the dialogue in ‘My Desert Island.’”—_Times._
“Mr. Hope understands boy nature through and through, and can get
hold of their attention in a way entirely his own.... All manner of
adventures at school, at home, and at sea, are narrated with equal
vivacity and good sense.”—_Bookseller._
“There is great variety in this volume, ... and the heroes are not
model characters, but real boys.... There is a pleasant vein of
humour running through the book that is unfortunately rare in tales
for the young of the present day.”—_Manchester Examiner._
“Romances of the kind which boys—yes, and girls too—will greatly
enjoy.”—_Post._
WITH NINETEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON BROWNE,
Small crown 8vo., 352 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.
=Evenings away from Home: A= Modern Miscellany of Entertainment for
Young Masters and Misses. By ASCOTT R. HOPE, Author of “A Book of
Boyhoods,” etc., etc.
“No writer for boys surpasses Mr. Hope, and to tell boys he
is here in strong force is to ensure the sale of a large
edition.”—_Bedfordshire Mercury._
“A _bonne bouche_ for boys. A right merry collection of short tales
and sketches by Mr. Ascott R. Hope.”—_Daily Chronicle._
“Just the kind of story to please the intelligent schoolboy or
schoolgirl on the outlook for a little wholesome nonsense. The
book is well got up, and the fantastical illustrations are likely
to enhance it in the eye of the laughter-loving public.”—_School
Newspaper._
“Intended for young readers, and deserves the attention of those
who provide prizes and replenish school libraries.”—_Wesleyan
Methodist Sunday School Magazine._
“A merrier book, with merrier pictures, one could not well
imagine.”—_Newcastle Chronicle._
“The glorious fun in these stories is quite irresistible. The
illustrations are sure to set the table in a roar. The tales are
supposed to be told by the boys themselves, and are amazingly well
told. Mr. Hope’s name is already a household word.”—_Sheffield
Independent._
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS ON TONED PAPER.
Small crown 8vo., 352 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.
=Stories out of School-time. By Ascott= R. HOPE, Author of
“Evenings away from Home,” etc.
CONTENTS:
CHAP.
1. FIDDLE-DE-DEE! A STORY OF HISTORY AND MYSTERY.
2. VICTOR’S PONY: A STORY OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR.
3. ‘TO-MORROW’: A STORY OF THE HOLIDAYS.
4. ALL BY HIMSELF: A STORY OF THE HIGHLANDS.
5. OLD SCORES: A STORY OF THE CRIMEA.
6. CHARLEY: A STORY OF MEMORY.
7. BLACK AND WHITE: A STORY OF THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
8. THE WATCH: A STORY OF CHRISTMAS TIME.
9. OUR SUNDAY AT HOME: A GIRL’S STORY.
“Mr. Hope is a scholar, and his wide knowledge and culture give his
books a _cache_ of their own.”—_Journal of Education._
“We like Mr. Hope’s stories. They are fresh and healthy and
vigorous. They can inspire no evil thought; they must encourage
to good efforts; they are never dull; they are always amusing. A
volume of stories of which this can be truthfully said needs no
further commendation.”—_Scotsman._
“If we must choose one story as being particularly good, it will be
‘Victor’s Pony.’ It is very clever and dramatic.”—_Saturday Review._
“There is an old saying, that we must not tell tales out of school,
but no schoolboy will quarrel with Mr. Ascott Hope for having
broken the rule.”—_Literary Churchman._
“No school library can be complete while Mr. Ascott Hope’s books
are not in circulation.”—_Derbyshire Mercury._
“The nine stories which make up this volume, without being of the
too-goody sort, have one and all an instructive tendency which
does not in the least diminish the interest both boys and girls
will take in perusing them. Though these tales are more especially
written for boys, not a few girls would read them with unmixed
pleasure.”—_British Mail._
“Excellent samples of what this ready writer can achieve. Not a
story in this collection of nine drags or ends tediously. This is
just the book for boys.”—_Christian World._
“Mr. Hope thoroughly understands what kind of stories boys
want, and what will please them. The various stories recounted
in this new volume are all related in Mr. Hope’s inimitable
way.”—_Nonconformist._
☞ _For Mr. Hope’s “Young Days of Authors,” see page 3._
_MR. MORWOOD’S NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS._
From the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
“I am directed by the Literature Committee to inform you that Mr.
Morwood’s books (‘Facts and Phases of Animal Life’ and ‘Wonderful
Animals’) are calculated greatly to promote the objects of this
Society, and, therefore, it is our earnest hope that they will be
purchased by all lovers of animals for circulation among young
persons, and in public institutions.—JOHN COLAM, Secretary.”
WITH SEVENTY-FIVE WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
Small crown 8vo., 288 pp., cloth, price 2s. 6d.; gilt edges, 3s.
=Facts and Phases of Animal Life, and the= Claims of Animals to
Humane Treatment. With Original and Amusing Anecdotes. By VERNON
S. MORWOOD, Lecturer to the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals.
CHAP.
1. WONDERFUL FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS.
2. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
3. A HUNT IN OUR DITCHES AND HORSE-PONDS.
4. BUZZINGS FROM A BEEHIVE.
5. SPINNERS AND WEAVERS.
6. BLACK LODGERS AND MINIATURE SCAVENGERS.
7. INSECTS IN LIVERY, AND BOAT-BUILDERS.
8. OUR BIRDS OF FREEDOM.
9. OUR FEATHERED LABOURERS.
10. IN THE BUILDING LINE.
11. BIRD SINGERS IN NATURE’S TEMPLE.
12. CHANTICLEER AND HIS FAMILY.
13. MINERS OF THE SOIL.
14. ACTIVE WORKERS, WITH LONG TAILS AND PRICKLY COATS.
15. NOCTURNAL RAMBLERS ON THE LOOK-OUT.
16. QUAINT NEIGHBOURS AND THEIR SHAGGY RELATIONS.
17. OUR FURRY FRIENDS AND THEIR ANCESTORS.
18. OUR CANINE COMPANIONS AND TENANTS OF THE KENNEL.
19. RELATIONSHIP OF MAN AND ANIMALS.
20. CAN ANIMALS TALK AND REASON?
21. USEFUL LINKS IN NATURE’S CHAIN.
22. CLIENTS WORTH PLEADING FOR. CLASSIFICATION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEX.
“We have read parts of this work with great pleasure, and intend
to go through it page by page for our own personal delectation.
Two-and-sixpence will be well spent upon a book which teaches
humanity to animals while it amuses the youthful reader.”—_Sword
and Trowel._
“A capital natural history book.”—_Graphic._
“Crammed with good stories.”—_Sheffield Independent._
WITH EIGHTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS.
Small crown 8vo., 288 pp., cloth, price 2s. 6d.; gilt edges, 3s.
=Wonderful Animals: Working, Domestic=, and Wild. Their Structure,
Habits, Homes, and Uses—Descriptive, Anecdotical, and Amusing. By
VERNON S. MORWOOD.
CHAP.
1. CURIOUS ODDS AND ENDS ABOUT ANIMALS.
2. PEEPS DOWN A MICROSCOPE.
3. LILLIPUTIAN SUBJECTS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
4. INSECT ARMIES, AND HOW RECRUITED.
5. AN UNDERGROUND CITY OF LITTLE PEOPLE.
6. FISH IN ARMOUR.
7. FIRST COUSINS, OR OUR BIRDS IN BLACK.
8. FEATHERED FEEDERS ON FISH, FLESH, AND FOWL.
9. PEACEFUL MONARCHS OF THE LAKE.
10. BIPED TENANTS OF THE FARMYARD.
11. FOREST ACROBATS, LITTLE MARAUDERS, AND FLYING ODDITIES.
12. FEEBLE FOLK, FISHERS, AND POACHERS.
13. BRISTLY PACHYDERMS, WILD AND TAME.
14. ARISTOCRACY OF ANIMALS.
15. AN ANCIENT FAMILY.
16. LOWINGS FROM THE FIELD AND SHED.
17. FOUR-FOOTED HYBRIDS.
18. OUR DONKEYS AND THEIR KINDRED.
19. EVERYBODY’S FRIEND.
20. ANECDOTES OF EVERYBODY’S FRIEND.
21 AND 22. FOES AND FRIENDS OF ANIMALS.
“This book is as full of anecdotes as a Christmas pudding is full
of plums. Most of them are quite new. He is a poor fellow who does
not regard all dumb creatures with a kindlier feeling after reading
this entertaining book. It is worth a score detectives in the
interests of humanity.”—_Sheffield Independent._
“_Mr. Hogg is a famous caterer in the way of books for youth. All his
books are excellent of their class; they are amply illustrated, and
it seems as though Mr. Hogg had resolved to be the special caterer in
healthy literature for the youngsters, and his publications are well
adapted to the various stages of youth of both sexes._”—INDIAN DAILY
NEWS.
_Dedicated by permission to the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals._
WITH FIFTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS.
128 pp., small crown 8vo., boards, price 1s.; or bound in cloth, 1s.
6d.
=The Band of Mercy Guide to Natural= History. An Elementary Book
on Zoology: Instructive, Amusing, and Anecdotical. By VERNON S.
MORWOOD, Author of “Facts and Phases of Animal Life,” “Wonderful
Animals,” etc., and Lecturer to the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
“It is an excellent idea to connect the knowledge of Nature with
the thought of kindness and tenderness to dependent creatures. We
welcome this volume as a means towards this end.”—_Spectator._
“Its accurate statement of facts is combined with a number of
amusing anecdotes, which are sure to rivet the attention of the
juvenile reader.... We know of no better book of its class on this
most interesting branch of study.”—_Guernsey Mail and Telegraph._
“Satisfies a need which has been felt for some elementary work
on natural history to interest the young folks who belong to the
Band of Mercy. Plentiful engravings and popular lessons on birds,
beasts and reptiles, with some anecdotes, make up this pleasant
book.”—_Christian World._
“Any book which advocates kindness to animals ought to find a
warm welcome in the school and household. The book before us
would form a good reading book for the upper standards in our
Schools.”—_Literary Churchman._
“One of the best shilling’s-worth in the market. It will teach our
youngsters to be kind to all things that live.”—_Sword and Trowel._
“A useful little book on natural history, simple and unpretentious
in style, and copiously illustrated. There is no better
preventative of cruelty to animals than a knowledge of their
habits and characteristics, and books of this sort, therefore, can
scarcely be multiplied too much.”—_Aberdeen Free Press._
WITH SEVENTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS.
Small crown 8vo., 288 pp., cloth, price 2s. 6d.; gilt edges, 3s.
=Far-Famed Tales from the Arabian Nights’= Entertainments.
Illustrated with Seventy-eight wood Engravings, and carefully
revised for Young Readers.
THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE.
THE GREEK KING AND DAUBAN THE PHYSICIAN.
THE VIZIER WHO WAS PUNISHED.
THE STORY OF THE KING OF THE BLACK ISLES.
THE STORY OF SINDBAD THE SAILOR; OR, THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA.
THE SLEEPER AWAKENED.
THE STORY OF ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP.
THE ADVENTURES OF THE CALIPH HAROUN ALRASCHID.
THE STORY OF BABA ABDALLA.
THE STORY OF COGIA HASSAN ALHABBAL.
ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.
“The print is good, there is a profusion of good illustrations,
and the volume may be thoroughly recommended as well supplying
an acknowledged want of a selection of the most familiar of the
stories from the ‘Arabian Nights,’ in a form fit for childish
reading.”—_Guardian._
“A capital arrangement of some of the ‘Arabian Night’ Tales. Clear
print, suggestive woodcuts and plenty of them, carefully edited
versions—what more could be wanted?”—_Bedfordshire Mercury._
“A selection of the best stories in the ‘Arabian Nights’
Entertainments, illustrated with seventy-eight wood engravings.
The compiler has executed his task with taste and skill, all
objectionable passages having been removed without any loss of
spirit.”—_Bristol Mercury._
“There is nothing in this selection from the far-famed tales which
young people may not be permitted to read. We envy the child who
reads this book. Who is there, indeed, that can forget the time
when he first read the adventures of Sindbad the Sailor, and the
story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves? It is pleasant still to
watch the dilating eyes of the youngsters as they pore over the
old fictions, of which the volume before us contains a well-chosen
selection.”—_Sheffield Independent._
“_The peculiarity of Mr. Hogg is that all his publications have a
healthy, moral tone, whilst most of them are eminently calculated
beneficially to impress the minds of both sexes. Commercially, the
publisher attaches to them a very modest value; mentally and morally,
the value cannot be estimated._”—LINCOLNSHIRE FREE PRESS.
WITH TWENTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS.
Small crown 8vo., 288 pp., cloth, price 2s. 6d.; gilt edges, 3s.
=The Shoes of Fortune, and other Fairy= Tales. By HANS CHRISTIAN
ANDERSEN. With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, a Portrait, and
Twenty-seven Illustrations by OTTO SPECKTER and others.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, HIS LIFE AND GENIUS.
THE SHOES OF FORTUNE.
THE FIR-TREE.
FIVE FROM A POD.
THE STEADY TIN SOLDIER.
TWELVE BY THE POST.
THE FEARSOME UGLY DUCKLING.
THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP.
THE SNOW-QUEEN, IN SEVEN STORIES.
THE LITTLE OCEAN-MAID.
THE ELFIN MOUND.
OLD WINK, WINK, WINK.
THE LEAP-FROG.
THE ELDER BUSH.
THE BELL.
HOLGER DANSKE.
THE EMPEROR FREDERICK BARBAROSSA.
“The popularity of the fairy tales of Hans Andersen can never
wane, and new editions of some of them can scarcely fail to be
successful. Here is one published by Mr. John Hogg, with a very
readable biographical sketch of the author by Dr. Kenneth Mackenzie
(the original English edition of Andersen’s ‘In Sweden’), and a
variety of illustrations, including a portrait.”—_St. James’s
Gazette._
“A volume which will be popular with young people. The stories are
well selected, and there are some excellent illustrations in the
book.”—_Scotsman._
“This beautifully illustrated edition of Andersen’s exquisite
stories is sure to be a favourite with all young people who become
its fortunate possessors. The biographical sketch is admirably
written.”—_Sheffield Independent._
“We recommend all boys and girls who have not read about the
wonderful Shoes of Fortune, and the Ugly Duckling and the Snow
Queen, to get this book as soon as possible.”—_Literary Churchman._
“The tales, of course, we need not criticise; but we may say that
the illustrations are not unworthy of them. They show something
of the same graceful fancy which guided Andersen’s pen. Of the
singular personality of Andersen himself we get a really valuable
sketch. Dr. Mackenzie estimates him justly, we think, but not
unkindly.”—_The Spectator._
WITH PORTRAIT OF NATHAN MEYER DE ROTHSCHILD.
Second edition, crown 8vo., cloth, bevelled boards, price 2s. 6d.
=Fortunate Men: How they made Money= and Won Renown. A Curious
Collection of Rich Men’s Mottoes and Great Men’s Watchwords; their
Financial Tests and Secrets; their Favourite Sayings and Guiding
Rules in Business, with Droll and Pithy Remarks on the Conduct of
Life, mostly taken down in their own words. To which is added many
New and Authentic Sayings of “Poor Richard,” with Sundry Pieces of
Useful Advice to Persons Entering the World, and Practical Hints
for those Desirous of Improving their Position in it.
“A chronicle of rank, and fame, and gold.”—_Punch._
“The real value of its contents consists in its asserting the
claims to respect of virtues, such as perseverance, method, and
punctuality, which are often contemptuously treated, but which
are invaluable, whether for making money or, which is much more
important, for formation of character. With regard to the latter
object, there is no question of substantial reward to the student,
and we therefore wish the book success.”—_Glasgow Herald._
“There is encouragement for others in its anecdotes, and its advice
is dictated by morality and common-sense. To carry out its maxims
might not ensure the making of a fortune during the present times
of depression, but would secure an honourable business reputation
under any circumstances.”—_Christian World._
“He will be a dull and stupid boy indeed, who, whether fifty
or fifteen years of age, does not learn something that will be
valuable from ‘Fortunate Men.’”—_Manchester Weekly Post._
“There are passages among these selections which are worthy to
be inscribed in brass in every place of business. Of worldly
wisdom we have here huge nuggets, and in the mingled mass much of
pure gold may be seen. Every young man may read this book with
profit.”—_Sword and Trowel._
“_As in every book which Mr. Hogg has sent us, so in this; we have to
praise the typography, the paper, and the strong but also ornamental
binding._”—MANCHESTER WEEKLY POST.
A HANDBOOK OF REFERENCE AND QUOTATION.
Second edition, fcap. 8vo., cloth, price 2s. 6d.
=Mottoes and Aphorisms from Shakespeare=: Alphabetically arranged;
with a Copious Index of 9,000 References to the infinitely varied
Words and Ideas of the Mottoes. Any word or idea can be traced at
once, and the correct quotation (with name of play, act, and scene)
had without going further.
“The collection is, we believe, unique of its kind.... It solves
in a moment the often difficult question of where a proverb, or
aphorism, or quotation from Shakespeare can be found.”—_Oxford
Times._
“As neat a casket of Shakespearian gems as we ever remember having
met with.”—_Public Opinion._
“The writer who delights now and then to embellish his productions
by some of the well-pointed and telling mottoes and aphorisms from
Shakespeare has here a most valuable book of reference.”—_Yorkshire
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Transcriber’s Notes
pg 15 Changed spared to do their life work to: life-work
pg 36 changed Dupuytreu’s to Dupuytren’s operations and instructions.
pg 54 Changed he was also appointed Physician in Ordinary to:
Physician-in-Ordinary
pg 57 Changed have been appointed Physician Extraordinary to:
Physician-Extraordinary
pg 59 Changed being some time assistant physician to:
assistant-physician
pg 60 Changed in 1837 was made Physician in Ordinary to:
Physician-in-Ordinary (2 places)
pg 67 Changed He was made Physician Extraordinary to:
Physician-Extraordinary
pg 67 Changed Physician in Ordinary to the Prince Consort to:
Physician-in-Ordinary to the Prince-Consort
pg 68 Changed was made Physician in Ordinary to: Physician-in-Ordinary
pg 94 unneeded quote after not extinguished.
pg 137 changed Dovoting to Devoting himself to physiological
pg 151 Changed called in to attend the Prince Consort to:
Prince-Consort
pg 166 changed smallpox to small-pox before the discovery (2 instances
of small-pox)
pg 174 changed double to single quotes around the evidence of things
unseen,
pg 203 changed life-long to lifelong friend, say of him (3 instances
of lifelong)
pg 224 Added quote after state of his mind.
pg 252 Changed Mackenzie was appointed Assistant Physician to:
Assistant-Physician
pg 261 fixed spelling of William Bowman, the third son
pg 280 added “on” to taking his diploma went on a voyage
pg 284 changed over-work to overwork and excess of feeling...
(3 instances of overwork)
pg 286 added . to Dr Gregory’s death...
pg 298 changed spelling of phebitis to phlebitis. His report on...
pg 308 Changed appointed Assistant Surgeon to St. George’s to:
Assistant-Surgeon
pg 310 changed spelling of Cruikshank to Cruickshank to match pg 53
pg 310 changed ear years to early years, 72; under Ferguson, Sir
William
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pg 4 added missing quote after Robinson Crusoe,’ with Stothard’s
pg 4 added missing quote after ‘a weak side’ to our sterling
pg 9 changed single quote to double after may be of some service.”
pg 11 changed word o to of, end of line I hope one of
pg 13 changed single quote to double after special information of its
author.”
pg 14 changed principa to principal ideas and doctrines
pg 14 changed ncorporate to: which they severally incorporate.
pg 18 added period after “Mr. Hope throws himself
pg 19 added ” after not in circulation.
pg 20 added . after 9. our feathered labourers