The “History of the Painters” is published in Monthly Parts, price 2s.,
each containing a Life, Portrait, and choice specimens of each Painter’s
Works, printed on separate Plate Paper.
Elegantly bound in cloth, gilt, price 7s. 6d.; or handsomely bound in
extra cloth, gilt edges, 8s.,
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR FOR 1851;
A TRIBUTE TO THE WORLD’S INDUSTRIAL JUBILEE.
This really National Work will enable every Family to possess, at the
cheapest possible cost, a monumental record of one of the most
remarkable events in the world’s history. The Volume contains upwards of
600 Pages, and more than 1,000 Engravings, giving the most perfect and
compendious view of the Great Exhibition—its History, Construction of
the Building, and Historical and Moral Associations, besides comprising
Engravings of the most noticeable objects in Machinery, Manufactures,
Natural Produce, and Works of Art.
THE LADIES’ WORK BOOK;
Containing full Instructions for every kind of Ladies’ Work, in Point
Lace, Knitting, Embroidery, Crochet, &c., forming the most splendid Book
for the Work-table ever issued. This Work will contain an immense number
of the Newest Designs for Ladies’ Work, of every description, and will
be produced in a style perfectly unique. Price 2s. 6d.
THE LADIES’ DRAWING-ROOM BOOK;
In which will be introduced the choicest Engravings from the
“Illustrated Exhibitor and Magazine of Art,” and the “Ladies’ Work
Table;” the whole forming a beautiful Book for the Drawing-room. A more
handsome Book for a Christmas Present will not be published. The whole
Work will be printed on the finest Plate Paper, and got up in the first
style of art. Price 10s. 6d.
THE PATHWAY: A Religious Magazine.
Published on the First of each Month. Consisting of Thirty-two Pages
octavo, handsomely printed on good paper, enclosed in a neat Wrapper,
price Twopence per Number.
This is a Magazine of deep interest to Families, to Sabbath-school
Teachers, and to the Youth of England generally. Writers of known talent
furnish articles for the various departments, which include:—The Bible
and its Claims—Biblical Geography—History, Sacred and Profane—Christian
Philosophy—Biography—Miscellanies, and Select Poetry. Each article is
distinguished no less by its nervous and manly style than by the
directness and force of its truth.
Vols. I., II., and III., neatly bound in cloth, with Title-page and
Table of Contents, complete, price 2s. 3d. each. The Third Volume
contains interesting Papers on various Modes of Spending the Sabbath, by
Mrs. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, authoress of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
J. CASSELL, LUDGATE HILL; AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, PRICE ONE SHILLING,
Enclosed in an Ornamental Wrapper,
THE FIRST MONTHLY PART OF
THE ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART,
BEING A MUCH-IMPROVED SERIES OF
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR & MAGAZINE OF ART.
For the information of those who have not seen previous announcements,
the character of the changes introduced may be thus stated:—
FIRST—as to the _Title_ of the Work. This will be, in future, THE
ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART. The title, “The Illustrated Exhibitor,”
&c., led many persons to suppose that it was a description of the
objects deposited at the Great Exhibition of 1851; whereas it is, as its
new title will more clearly explain, a rich repository of choice
Specimens of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Ornamental Design,
Natural History, Portraits, Machinery, Manufacturing Processes, &c. &c.
SECONDLY—as to the _character of the Contents_. The Articles will appear
in a more continuous and perfect form, with few or none of those breaks
and interruptions which gave the Series just concluded somewhat too much
of a fragmentary form. Due regard will be paid to an interesting
variety; and, where the entire subject cannot be disposed of in one
Part, it will be so arranged as that each portion shall be complete in
itself.
THIRDLY—as to the _Price_. Instead of the Monthly Parts varying in
price,—at sometimes 9d., and at other times 11d.,—the Parts will be
published at the uniform price of ONE SHILLING each. For this slight
advance in price the Purchasers will have a valuable equivalent. Besides
the profusion of Engravings throughout the Work, each Part will contain
at least Four principal Engravings, worked off separately upon superfine
Plate Paper. In order to compete the Half-yearly Volumes, the Parts for
_June_ and _December_ will contain _Thirty-two Pages_ extra of
illustrated matter, and Two separate first-class Engravings, worked on
Plate Paper. The price of these Parts will be 1s. 6d. each. As has been
already announced, the _Weekly Sections_ will consist of Sixteen Pages,
with a number of Engravings in the Text, and a first-class Engraving,
printed separately on fine Plate Paper; the whole stitched in a neat
Wrapper, price Threepence.
A feature of considerable interest will be introduced in the _Pictorial_
Department, namely, THE WORKS OF THE GREAT MASTERS. One entire Work will
be given in each Monthly Part, including a Memoir of the Master, with
his Portrait, and a Selection of Six of his principal Works, beautifully
engraved, and accompanied with appropriate descriptions.
The _Literary_ Department of the Work, also, will undergo considerable
improvement. Not the least interesting of the improvements will be a
course of Papers entitled, “The Men and Women of the Age,” not only of
this but of other countries, with exquisitely engraved Portraits, and
Original Biographical Sketches, obtained from the most authentic
sources. Nor will the taste for lighter Literature be overlooked. THE
ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART will contain a Series of Original Historical
and other Tales; including several by ANNA MARIA HOWITT, entitled, “The
School of Life;” and an Historical Novel, “The Dead Bridal,”
illustrative of one of the most interesting periods in the history of
the Venetian Republic, by “JONATHAN FRERE SLINGSBY,” of the _Dublin
University Magazine_, which will be commenced in the next Part; also
contributions from WILLIAM and MARY HOWITT, PERCY B. ST. JOHN, and other
distinguished Writers. In other respects, too, THE ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE
OF ART will be decidedly superior to its predecessor, upon which such
high eulogiums have been pronounced by all portions of the Public Press.
London: JOHN CASSELL, Ludgate Hill; and all Booksellers.
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Moved the initial book listings from before the Title Page to
between the Colophon and the continuation of the lists.
2. P. 172, changed “Millard Fillmore is not our master, but our master,
but our servant” to “Millard Fillmore is not our master, but our
servant”.
3. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
4. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed.
5. Footnotes were re-indexed using numbers and collected together at
the end of the last chapter.
6. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.