Part 2

"_This is a very powerfully written story._"--GLOBE. "_This is a really excellent novel._"--ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. "_The sketches of society in Oldbury are excellent. The pictures of child life are full of truth._"--WESTMINSTER REVIEW.

=Keary (A. and E.)=--Works by A. and E. KEARY:--

THE LITTLE WANDERLIN, and other Fairy Tales. 18mo. 2_s._ 6_d._

"_The tales are fanciful and well written, and they are sure to win favour amongst little readers._"--ATHENÆUM.

THE HEROES OF ASGARD. Tales from Scandinavian Mythology. New and Revised Edition, Illustrated by HUARD. Extra fcap. 8vo. 4_s._ 6_d._

"_Told in a light and amusing style, which, in its drollery and quaintness, reminds us of our old favourite Grimm._"--TIMES.

=Kingsley.=--Works by the Rev. CHARLES KINGSLEY, M.A., Rector of Eversley, and Canon of Westminster:--

"WESTWARD HO!" or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh. Ninth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

FRASER'S MAGAZINE _calls it_ "_almost the best historical novel of the day._"

TWO YEARS AGO. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

"_Mr. Kingsley has provided us all along with such pleasant diversions--such rich and brightly tinted glimpses of natural history, such suggestive remarks on mankind, society, and all sorts of topics, that amidst the pleasure of the way, the circuit to be made will be by most forgotten._"--GUARDIAN.

HYPATIA; or, New Foes with an Old Face. Seventh Edition. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

HEREWARD THE WAKE--LAST OF THE ENGLISH. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

YEAST: A Problem. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5_s._

ALTON LOCKE. New Edition. With a New Preface. Crown 8vo. 4_s._ 6_d._

_The author shows, to quote the_ SPECTATOR, "_what it is that constitutes the true Christian, God-fearing, man-living gentleman._"

THE WATER BABIES. A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. New Edition, with additional Illustrations by Sir NOEL PATON, R.S.A., and P. SKELTON. Crown 8vo. cloth, extra gilt. 5_s._

"_In fun, in humour, and in innocent imagination, as a child's book we do not know its equal._"--LONDON REVIEW. "_Mr. Kingsley must have the credit of revealing to us a new order of life.... There is in the 'Water Babies' an abundance of wit, fun, good humour, geniality, élan, go._"--TIMES.

THE HEROES; or, Greek Fairy Tales for my Children. With Coloured Illustrations. New Edition. 18mo. 4_s._ 6_d._

"_We do not think these heroic stories have ever been more attractively told.... There is a deep under-current of religious feeling traceable throughout its pages which is sure to influence young readers powerfully._"--LONDON REVIEW. "_One of the children's books that will surely become a classic._"--NONCONFORMIST.

PHAETHON; or, Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 2_s._

"_The dialogue of 'Phaethon' has striking beauties, and its suggestions may meet half-way many a latent doubt, and, like a light breeze, lift from the soul clouds that are gathering heavily, and threatening to settle down in misty gloom on the summer of many a fair and promising young life._"--SPECTATOR.

POEMS; including The Saint's Tragedy, Andromeda, Songs, Ballads, etc. Complete Collected Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s._

_The_ SPECTATOR _calls_ "_Andromeda_" "_the finest piece of English hexameter verse that has ever been written. It is a volume which many readers will be glad to possess._"

PROSE IDYLLS. NEW AND OLD. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 5_s._

CONTENTS:--_A Charm of Birds_; _Chalk-Stream Studies_; _The Fens_; _My Winter-Garden_; _From Ocean to Sea_; _North Devon_.

"_Altogether a delightful book.... It exhibits the author's best traits, and cannot fail to infect the reader with a love of nature and of out-door life and its enjoyments. It is well calculated to bring a gleam of summer with its pleasant associations, into the bleak winter-time; while a better companion for a summer ramble could hardly be found._"--BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.

=Kingsley (H.)=--Works by HENRY KINGSLEY:--

TALES OF OLD TRAVEL. Re-narrated. With Eight full-page Illustrations by HUARD. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. cloth, extra gilt. 5_s._

"_We know no better book for those who want knowledge or seek to refresh it. As for the 'sensational,' most novels are tame compared with these narratives._"--ATHENÆUM. "_Exactly the book to interest and to do good to intelligent and high-spirited boys._"--LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

THE LOST CHILD. With Eight Illustrations by FRÖLICH. Crown 4to. cloth gilt. 3_s._ 6_d._

"_A pathetic story, and told so as to give children an interest in Australian ways and scenery._"--GLOBE. "_Very charmingly and very touchingly told._"--SATURDAY REVIEW.

OAKSHOTT CASTLE. 3 Vols. Crown 8vo. 31_s._ 6_d._

"_No one who takes up 'Oakshott Castle' will willingly put it down until the last page is turned.... It may fairly be considered a capital story, full of go, and abounding in word pictures of storms and wrecks._"--OBSERVER.

=Knatchbull-Hugessen.=--Works by E. H. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, M.P.:--

_Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen has won for himself a reputation as a teller of fairy-tales._ "_His powers_," _says the_ TIMES, "_are of a very high order; light and brilliant narrative flows from his pen, and is fed by an invention as graceful as it is inexhaustible._" "_Children reading his stories_," _the_ SCOTSMAN _says_, "_or hearing them read, will have their minds refreshed and invigorated as much as their bodies would be by abundance of fresh air and exercise._"

STORIES FOR MY CHILDREN. With Illustrations. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5_s._

"_The stories are charming, and full of life and fun._"--STANDARD. "_The author has an imagination as fanciful as Grimm himself, while some of his stories are superior to anything that Hans Christian Andersen has written._"--NONCONFORMIST.

CRACKERS FOR CHRISTMAS. More Stories. With Illustrations by JELLICOE and ELWES. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5_s._

"_A fascinating little volume, which will make him friends in every household in which there are children._"--DAILY NEWS.

MOONSHINE: Fairy Tales. With Illustrations by W. BRUNTON. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo. cloth gilt. 5_s._

"_A volume of fairy tales, written not only for ungrown children, but for bigger, and if you are nearly worn out, or sick, or sorry, you will find it good reading._"--GRAPHIC. "_The most charming volume of fairy tales which we have ever read.... We cannot quit this very pleasant book without a word of praise to its illustrator. Mr. Brunton from first to last has done admirably._"--TIMES.

TALES AT TEA-TIME. Fairy Stories. With Seven Illustrations by W. BRUNTON. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo. cloth gilt. 5_s._

"_Capitally illustrated by W. Brunton.... In frolic and fancy they are quite equal to his other books. The author knows how to write fairy stories as they should be written. The whole book is full of the most delightful drolleries._"--TIMES.

QUEER FOLK. FAIRY STORIES. Illustrated by S. E. WALLER. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. Cloth gilt. 5_s._

"_Decidedly the author's happiest effort.... One of the best story books of the year._"--HOUR.

=Knatchbull-Hugessen (Louisa).=--THE HISTORY OF PRINCE PERRYPETS. A Fairy Tale. By LOUISA KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN. With Eight Illustrations by WEIGAND. New Edition. Crown 4to. cloth gilt. 3_s._ 6_d._

"_A grand and exciting fairy tale._"--MORNING POST. "_A delicious piece of fairy nonsense._"--ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.

=Knox.=--SONGS OF CONSOLATION. By ISA CRAIG KNOX. Extra fcap. 8vo. Cloth extra, gilt edges. 4_s._ 6_d._

"_The verses are truly sweet; there is in them not only much genuine poetic quality, but an ardent, flowing devotedness, and a peculiar skill in propounding theological tenets in the most graceful way, which any divine might envy._"--SCOTSMAN.

=Latham.=--SERTUM SHAKSPERIANUM, Subnexis aliquot aliunde excerptis floribus. Latine reddidit Rev. H. LATHAM, M.A. Extra fcap. 8vo. 5_s._

=Lemon.=--THE LEGENDS OF NUMBER NIP. By MARK LEMON. With Illustrations by C. KEENE. New Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 2_s._ 6_d._

=Life and Times of Conrad the Squirrel.= A Story for Children. By the Author of "Wandering Willie," "Effie's Friends," &c. With a Frontispiece by R. FARREN. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._

"_Having commenced on the first page, we were compelled to go on to the conclusion, and this we predict will be the case with every one who opens the book._"--PALL MALL GAZETTE.

=Little Estella=, and other FAIRY TALES FOR THE YOUNG. 18mo. cloth extra. 2_s._ 6_d._

"_This is a fine story, and we thank heaven for not being too wise to enjoy it._"--DAILY NEWS.

=Lowell.=--Works by J. Russell LOWELL:--

AMONG MY BOOKS. Six Essays. Dryden--Witchcraft--Shakespeare once More--New England Two Centuries Ago--Lessing--Rousseau and the Sentimentalists. Crown 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._

"_We may safely say the volume is one of which our chief complaint must be that there is not more of it. There are good sense and lively feeling forcibly and tersely expressed in every page of his writing._"--PALL MALL GAZETTE.

COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS of JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. With Portrait, engraved by Jeens. 18mo. cloth extra. 4_s._ 6_d._

"_All readers who are able to recognise and appreciate genuine verse will give a glad welcome to this beautiful little volume._"--PALL MALL GAZETTE.

=Lyttelton.=--Works by LORD LYTTELTON:--

THE "COMUS" OF MILTON, rendered into Greek Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 5_s._

THE "SAMSON AGONISTES" OF MILTON, rendered into Greek Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s._ 6_d._

"_Classical in spirit, full of force, and true to the original._"--GUARDIAN.

=Maclaren.=--THE FAIRY FAMILY. A series of Ballads and Metrical Tales illustrating the Fairy Mythology of Europe. By ARCHIBALD MACLAREN. With Frontispiece, Illustrated Title, and Vignette. Crown 8vo. gilt. 5_s._

"_A successful attempt to translate into the vernacular some of the Fairy Mythology of Europe. The verses are very good. There is no shirking difficulties of rhyme, and the ballad metre which is oftenest employed has a great deal of the kind of 'go' which we find so seldom outside the pages of Scott. The book is of permanent value._"--GUARDIAN.

=Macmillan's Magazine.=--Published Monthly. Price 1_s._ Volumes I. to XXIX. are now ready. 7_s._ 6_d._ each.

=Macquoid.=--PATTY. By KATHARINE S. MACQUOID. Third and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

"_A book to be read._"--STANDARD. "_A powerful and fascinating story._"--DAILY TELEGRAPH. _The_ GLOBE _considers it_ "_well-written, amusing, and interesting, and has the merit of being out of the ordinary run of novels._"

=Maguire.=--YOUNG PRINCE MARIGOLD, AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES. By the late JOHN FRANCIS MAGUIRE, M.P. Illustrated by S. E. WALLER. Globe 8vo. gilt. 4_s._ 6_d._

"_The author has evidently studied the ways and tastes of children and got at the secret of amusing them; and has succeeded in what is not so easy a task as it may seem--in producing a really good children's book._"--DAILY TELEGRAPH.

=Marlitt (E.)=--THE COUNTESS GISELA. Translated from the German of E. MARLITT. Crown 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._

"_A very beautiful story of German country life._"--LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

=Masson (Professor).=--Works by DAVID MASSON, M.A., Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in the University of Edinburgh.

BRITISH NOVELISTS AND THEIR STYLES. Being a Critical Sketch of the History of British Prose Fiction. Crown 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._

WORDSWORTH, SHELLEY, KEATS, AND OTHER ESSAYS. Crown 8vo. 5_s._

CHATTERTON: A Story of the Year 1770. Crown 8vo. 5_s._

THE THREE DEVILS: LUTHER'S, MILTON'S, and GOETHE'S; and other Essays. Crown 8vo. 5_s._

=Mazini.=--IN THE GOLDEN SHELL; A Story of Palermo. By LINDA MAZINI. With Illustrations. Globe 8vo. cloth gilt. 4_s._ 6_d._

"_As beautiful and bright and fresh as the scenes to which it wafts us over the blue Mediterranean, and as pure and innocent, but piquant and sprightly as the little girl who plays the part of its heroine, is this admirable little book._"--ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.

=Merivale.=--KEATS' HYPERION, rendered into Latin Verse. By C. MERIVALE, B.D. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._

=Milner.=--THE LILY OF LUMLEY. By EDITH MILNER. Crown 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._

"_The novel is a good one and decidedly worth the reading._"--EXAMINER. "_A pretty, brightly-written story._"--LITERARY CHURCHMAN. "_A tale possessing the deepest interest._"--COURT JOURNAL.

=Milton's Poetical Works.=--Edited with Text collated from the best Authorities, with Introduction and Notes by DAVID MASSON. Three vols. 8vo. With Three Portraits engraved by C. H. JEENS and RADCLIFFE. (Uniform with the Cambridge Shakespeare.)

=Mistral (F.)=--MIRELLE, a Pastoral Epic of Provence. Translated by H. CRICHTON. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s._

"_It would be hard to overpraise the sweetness and pleasing freshness of this charming epic._"--ATHENÆUM. "_A good translation of a poem that deserves to be known by all students of literature and friends of old-world simplicity in story-telling._"--NONCONFORMIST.

=Mitford (A. B.)=--TALES OF OLD JAPAN. By A. B. MITFORD, Second Secretary to the British Legation in Japan. With Illustrations drawn and cut on Wood by Japanese Artists. New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

"_They will always be interesting as memorials of a most exceptional society; while, regarded simply as tales, they are sparkling, sensational, and dramatic, and the originality of their ideas and the quaintness of their language give them a most captivating piquancy. The illustrations are extremely interesting, and for the curious in such matters have a special and particular value._"--PALL MALL GAZETTE.

=Mr. Pisistratus Brown, M.P.=, IN THE HIGHLANDS. New Edition, with Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._

"_The book is calculated to recall pleasant memories of holidays well spent, and scenes not easily to be forgotten. To those who have never been in the Western Highlands, or sailed along the Frith of Clyde and on the Western Coast, it will seem almost like a fairy story. There is a charm in the volume which makes it anything but easy for a reader who has opened it to put it down until the last page has been read._"--SCOTSMAN.

=Mrs. Jerningham's Journal.= A Poem purporting to be the Journal of a newly-married Lady. Second Edition, Fcap. 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._

"_It is nearly a perfect gem. We have had nothing so good for a long time, and those who neglect to read it are neglecting one of the jewels of contemporary history._"--EDINBURGH DAILY REVIEW. "_One quality in the piece, sufficient of itself to claim a moment's attention, is that it is unique--original, indeed, is not too strong a word--in the manner of its conception and execution._"--PALL MALL GAZETTE.

=Mudie.=--STRAY LEAVES. By C. E. MUDIE. New Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._ Contents:--"His and Mine"--"Night and Day"--"One of Many," &c.

_This little volume consists of a number of poems, mostly of a genuinely devotional character._ "_They are for the most part so exquisitely sweet and delicate as to be quite a marvel of composition. They are worthy of being laid up in the recesses of the heart, and recalled to memory from time to time._"--ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.

=Murray.=--THE BALLADS AND SONGS OF SCOTLAND, in View of their Influence on the Character of the People. By J. CLARK MURRAY, LL.D., Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy in McGill College, Montreal. Crown 8vo. 6_s._

"_Independently of the lucidity of the style in which the whole book is written, the selection of the examples alone would recommend it to favour, while the geniality of the criticism upon those examples cannot fail to make them highly appreciated and valued._"--MORNING POST.

=Myers (Ernest).=--THE PURITANS. By ERNEST MYERS. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth. 2_s._ 6_d._

"_It is not too much to call it a really grand poem, stately and dignified, and showing not only a high poetic mind, but also great power over poetic expression._"--LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

=Myers (F. W. H.)=--POEMS. By F. W. H. MYERS. Containing "St. Paul," "St. John," and others. Extra fcap. 8vo. 4_s._ 6_d._

"_It is rare to find a writer who combines to such an extent the faculty of communicating feelings with the faculty of euphonious expression._"--SPECTATOR. "_'St. Paul' stands without a rival as the noblest religious poem which has been written in an age which beyond any other has been prolific in this class of poetry. The sublimest conceptions are expressed in language which, for richness, taste, and purity, we have never seen excelled._"--JOHN BULL.

=Nichol.=--HANNIBAL, A HISTORICAL DRAMA. By JOHN NICHOL, B.A. Oxon., Regius Professor of English Language and Literature in the University of Glasgow. Extra fcap. 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._

"_The poem combines in no ordinary degree firmness and workmanship. After the lapse of many centuries, an English poet is found paying to the great Carthagenian the worthiest poetical tribute which has as yet, to our knowledge, been afforded to his noble and stainless name._"--SATURDAY REVIEW.

=Nine Years Old.=--By the Author of "St. Olave's," "When I was a Little Girl," &c. Illustrated by FRÖLICH. Third Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth gilt. 4_s._ 6_d._

_It is believed that this story, by the favourably known author of "St. Olave's," will be found both highly interesting and instructive to the young. The volume contains eight graphic illustrations by Mr. L. Frölich. The_ EXAMINER _says_: "_Whether the readers are nine years old, or twice, or seven times as old, they must enjoy this pretty volume._"

=Noel.=--BEATRICE, AND OTHER POEMS. By the Hon. RODEN NOEL. Fcap. 8vo. 6_s._

"_It is impossible to read the poem through without being powerfully moved. There are passages in it which for intensity and tenderness, clear and vivid vision, spontaneous and delicate sympathy, may be compared with the best efforts of our best living writers._"--SPECTATOR.

=Norton.=--Works by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON:--

THE LADY OF LA GARAYE. With Vignette and Frontispiece. New Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 4_s._ 6_d._

"_Full of thought well expressed, and may be classed among her best efforts._"--TIMES.

OLD SIR DOUGLAS. Cheap Edition. Globe 8vo. 2_s._ 6_d._

"_This varied and lively novel--this clever novel so full of character, and of fine incidental remark._"--SCOTSMAN. "_One of the pleasantest and healthiest stories of modern fiction._"--GLOBE.

=Oliphant.=--Works by Mrs. OLIPHANT:--

AGNES HOPETOUN'S SCHOOLS AND HOLIDAYS. New Edition with Illustrations. Royal 16mo. gilt leaves. 4_s._ 6_d._

"_There are few books of late years more fitted to touch the heart, purify the feeling, and quicken and sustain right principles._"--NONCONFORMIST. "_A more gracefully written story it is impossible to desire._"--DAILY NEWS.

A SON OF THE SOIL. New Edition. Globe 8vo. 2_s._ 6_d._

"_It is a very different work from the ordinary run of novels. The whole life of a man is portrayed in it, worked out with subtlety and insight._"--ATHENÆUM.

=Our Year.= A Child's Book, in Prose and Verse. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated by CLARENCE DOBELL. Royal 16mo. 3_s._ 6_d._

"_It is just the book we could wish to see in the hands of every child._"--ENGLISH CHURCHMAN.

=Olrig Grange.= Edited by HERMANN KUNST, Philol. Professor. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s._ 6_d._

"_A masterly and original power of impression, pouring itself forth in clear, sweet, strong rhythm.... It is a fine poem, full of life, of music and of clear vision._"--NORTH BRITISH DAILY MAIL.

=Oxford Spectator, The.=--Reprinted. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._

"_There is_," _the_ SATURDAY REVIEW _says_, "_all the old fun, the old sense of social ease and brightness and freedom, the old medley of work and indolence, of jest and earnest, that made Oxford life so picturesque._"

=Palgrave.=--Works by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE, M.A., late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford:--

THE FIVE DAYS' ENTERTAINMENTS AT WENTWORTH GRANGE. A Book for Children. With Illustrations by ARTHUR HUGHES, and Engraved Title-page by JEENS. Small 4to. cloth extra. 6_s._

"_If you want a really good book for both sexes and all ages, buy this, as handsome a volume of tales as you'll find in all the market._"--ATHENÆUM. "_Exquisite both in form and substance._"--GUARDIAN.

LYRICAL POEMS. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s._

"_A volume of pure quiet verse, sparkling with tender melodies, and alive with thoughts of genuine poetry.... Turn where we will throughout the volume, we find traces of beauty, tenderness, and truth; true poet's work, touched and refined by the master-hand of a real artist, who shows his genius even in trifles._"--STANDARD.

ORIGINAL HYMNS. Third Edition, enlarged, 18mo. 1_s._ 6_d._

"_So choice, so perfect, and so refined, so tender in feeling, and so scholarly in expression, that we look with special interest to everything that he gives us._"--LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICS. Edited by F. T. PALGRAVE. See GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES.

SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS AND SONGS. Edited by F. T. PALGRAVE. Gem Edition. With Vignette Title by JEENS. 3_s._ 6_d._

"_For minute elegance no volume could possibly excel the 'Gem Edition.'_"--SCOTSMAN.

=Parables.=--TWELVE PARABLES OF OUR LORD. Illustrated in Colours from Sketches taken in the East by MCENIRY with Frontispiece from a Picture by JOHN JELLICOE, and Illuminated Texts and Borders. Royal 4to. in Ornamental Binding. 16 _s._

_The_ TIMES _calls it_ "_one of the most beautiful of modern pictorial works_;" _while the_ GRAPHIC _says_ "_nothing in this style, so good, has ever before been published._"

=Patmore.=--THE CHILDREN'S GARLAND, from the Best Poets. Selected and arranged by COVENTRY PATMORE. New Edition. With Illustrations by J. LAWSON. Crown 8vo. gilt. 6_s._ Golden Treasury Edition. 18mo. 4_s._ 6_d._

"_The charming illustrations added to many of the poems will add greatly to their value in the eyes of children._"--DAILY NEWS.

=Pember.=--THE TRAGEDY OF LESBOS. A Dramatic Poem. By E. H. PEMBER. Fcap. 8vo. 4_s._ 6_d._

_Founded upon the story of Sappho._ "_He tells his story with dramatic force, and in language that often rises almost to grandeur._"--ATHENÆUM.

=Poole.=--PICTURES OF COTTAGE LIFE IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND. By MARGARET E. POOLE. New and Cheaper Edition. With Frontispiece by R. Farren. Crown 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._