☞ BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE _goes into raptures over this Author, and gives
page after page to prove that he is a literary star of undoubted
brilliancy_.
1. _LUCK OF ROARING CAMP, and other Stories._ By BRET HARTE. Crown
8vo, toned paper, 3_s._ 6_d._; a paper edition, 1_s._
2. _THAT HEATHEN CHINEE, and other Humorous Poems._ By BRET HARTE.
Cloth, very neat, 2_s._ 6_d._; paper, 1_s._ 6_d._
3. _SENSATION NOVELS._ Condensed by BRET HARTE. Price 2_s_. 6_d._,
cloth, neat; or, in paper, 1_s._ 6_d._
⁂ _A most enjoyable book._
4. _LOTHAW; or, The Adventures of a Young Gentleman in Search of a
Religion._ By Mr. BENJAMINS (_Bret Harte_). Price 6_d._ Curiously
Illustrated.
⁂ _Readers of a recent popular novel will enjoy it with considerable
relish._
6. _EAST AND WEST._ The _New_ Volume of Verse. By BRET HARTE, Author
of “That Heathen Chinee.” Cloth, very neat, 2_s._ 6_d._; or in
paper, 1_s._ 6_d._
7. _STORIES of the SIERRAS; and other Sketches._ By BRET HARTE. With a
Wild Story of Western Life by JOAQUIN MILLER, Author of “Songs of
the Sierras.” 2_s._ 6_d._ cloth; 1_s._ paper.
8. _THE LITTLE DRUMMER; or, The Christmas Gift that came to Rupert._ A
Story for Children, by BRET HARTE. _With Six Illustrations in
Sepia by_ HENRY H. BANKS. 4to, cloth gilt. 5_s._
⁂ _An exquisite story. No other author could have written it except Bret
Harte. The late Charles Dickens would have been delighted with it._
9. _MISS SKAGG’S HUSBAND, and other Stories._ By BRET HARTE. Uniform
with the “Luck of Roaring Camp.”
[_Shortly._
10. _BRET HARTE’S COMPLETE WORKS, IN PROSE AND POETRY. Now First
Collected._ With Introductory Essay by J. M. BELLEW. _Portrait of
the Author, and Fifty Illustrations._ Crown 8vo, 650 pages, cloth
extra, 7_s._ 6_d._
⁂ _Some of the finest and most moving of Mr. Bellew’s inimitable
readings are from the works of_ BRET HARTE. _The complete edition, now
first published, will receive a hearty welcome from the Author’s
numerous admirers; and those who assist at penny readings will find it
invaluable—a perfect cyclopædia of the most telling stories and humorous
verse of the past half century._
Uniform with Mr. Ruskin’s Edition of “Grimm.”
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_AS PRETTY AS SEVEN, and other Popular German Stories_. Collected by
LUDWIG BECHSTEIN. With additional Tales by the BROTHERS GRIMM. 100
Illustrations by RICHTER. Small 4to, green and gold, 6_s._ 6_d._
⁂ _One of the most delightful books for children ever published. It is,
in every way, a Companion to the German Stories of the Brothers Grimm,
and the tales are equally pure and healthful. The quaint simplicity of
Richter’s engravings will charm every lover of legendary lore. The
publisher hopes to make this book as well known here as it deserves to
be_.
_GOLDEN TREASURY of THOUGHT._ The Best Encyclopædia of Quotations and
Elegant Extracts ever formed. Edited by THEODORE TAYLOR, Author of
“Thackeray, the Humourist and Man of Letters.” 8vo, 700 pages,
7_s._ 6_d._
_THEODORE HOOK._ The choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures,
Bon-mots, Puns and Hoaxes of THEODORE HOOK. With a new Life of the
Author. PORTRAITS and ILLUSTRATIONS. 8vo, 7_s._ 6_d._
⁂ 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_. The time _has_ arrived, and Hook’s
inimitable songs, jokes, and stories are here for the first time
gathered together for the amusement of readers who delight in the hearty
waggeries of the old school of humourists.
_SKETCHES OF IRISH CHARACTER._ By Mrs. S. C. HALL. With numerous
Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by DANIEL MACLISE, R.A., JOHN
GILBERT, W. HARVEY, and G. CRUIKSHANK. 8vo, pp. 450, cloth, gilt
edges, 7_s._ 6_d._
“The Irish sketches of this lady resemble Miss Mitford’s beautiful
English Sketches in ‘Our Village,’ but they are far more vigorous and
picturesque and bright.”—_Blackwood’s Magazine._
_DROLLS OF OLD CORNWALL; or, Popular Romances of the West of England._
Collected and Edited by ROBERT HUNT, F.R.S. New Popular Edition,
Complete in One Vol., with Illustrations by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
Price 7_s._ 6_d._
⁂ “Mr. Hunt’s charming book on the Drolls and Stories of the West of
England.”—_Saturday Review._
_GESTA ROMANORIUM; or, Entertaining Stories invented by the Monks as a
Fireside Recreation, and commonly applied in their Discourses from
the Pulpit._ With Introduction by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A.,
F.S.A. 2 vols. 8vo, only 250 copies printed, on fine ribbed paper,
18_s._; large paper, only 50 copies printed, 30_s._
WORKS by MARK TWAIN.