Part 1

MACMILLAN'S THREE-AND-SIXPENNY LIBRARY OF BOOKS BY POPULAR AUTHORS

Crown 8vo.

_This Series, which comprises over four hundred volumes in various departments of Literature, has lately received some notable additions. Prominent among these is a new and attractive edition of_ The Works of Thackeray, _issued under the editorship of Mr. Lewis Melville. It contains all the Original Illustrations, and includes a great number of scattered pieces and illustrations which have not hitherto appeared in any collected edition of the works._ The Works of Charles Dickens, _reprinted from the first editions, with all the Original Illustrations, and with Introductions, Biographical and Bibliographical, by Charles Dickens the Younger, and an attractive edition of_ The Novels of Charles Lever, _illustrated by Phiz and G. Cruikshank, have also a place in the Library. The attention of book buyers may be especially directed to_ The Border Edition of the Waverley Novels, _edited by Mr. Andrew Lang, which, with its large type and convenient form, and its copious illustrations by well-known artists, possesses features placing it in the forefront of editions now obtainable of the famous novels._ The Works of Mr. Thomas Hardy, _including the poems, have also been recently added to the Three-and-Sixpenny Library. Among other works by notable contemporary authors will be found those of_ Mr. F. Marion Crawford, Rolf Boldrewood, Mr. H. G. Wells, Gertrude Atherton, Mr. Egerton Castle, Mr. A. E. W. Mason, Maarten Maartens, and Miss Rosa Nouchette Carey; _while among the productions of an earlier period may be mentioned the works of_ Charles Kingsley, Frederick Denison Maurice, Thomas Hughes, _and_ Dean Farrar; _and the novels and tales of_ Charlotte M. Yonge, Mrs. Craik, _and_ Mrs. Oliphant.

THE WORKS OF THACKERAY

_Reprints of the First Editions, with all the Original Illustrations, and with Facsimiles of Wrappers, etc._

Messrs. MACMILLAN & CO., Limited, beg leave to invite the attention of book buyers to the Edition of THE WORKS OF THACKERAY in their Three-and-Sixpenny Library, which, when finished, will be the Completest Edition of the Author's Works which has been placed on the market.

The Publishers have been fortunate in securing the services of Mr. LEWIS MELVILLE, the well-known Thackeray Expert. With his assistance they have been able to include in this Edition a great number of scattered pieces from Thackeray's pen, and illustrations from his pencil which have not hitherto been contained in any collected edition of the works. Mr. Melville has read all the sheets as they passed through the press, and collated them carefully with the original editions. He has also provided Bibliographical Introductions and occasional Footnotes.

List of the Series.

VOL.

1. Vanity Fair. With 190 Illustrations.

2. The History of Pendennis. With 180 Illustrations.

3. The Newcomes. With 167 Illustrations.

4. The History of Henry Esmond.

5. The Virginians. With 148 Illustrations.

6. Barry Lyndon and Catherine. With 4 Illustrations.

7. The Paris and Irish Sketch Books. With 63 Illustrations.

8. Christmas Books--MRS. PERKINS'S BALL: OUR STREET: DR. BIRCH AND HIS YOUNG FRIENDS: THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE: THE ROSE AND THE RING. With 127 Illustrations.

9. Burlesques: From Cornhill to Grand Cairo: and Juvenilia. With 84 Illustrations.

10. The Book of Snobs, and other Contributions to _Punch_. With 159 Illustrations.

11. The Yellowplush Correspondence: Jeames's Diary: The Great Hoggarty Diamond: Etc. With 47 Illustrations.

12. Critical Papers in Literature.

13. Critical Papers in Art; Stubbs's Calendar: Barber Cox. With 99 Illustrations.

14. Lovel the Widower, and other Stories. With 40 Illustrations.

15. The Fitz-Boodle Papers (including Men's Wives), and various Articles. 8 Illustrations.

16. The English Humourists of the 18th Century: The Four Georges: Etc. 45 Illustrations.

17. Travels in London: Letters to a Young Man about Town: and other Contributions to _Punch_ (1845-1850). With 73 Illustrations.

18. Ballads and Verses, and Miscellaneous Contributions to _Punch_. With 78 Illustrations.

19. A Shabby Genteel Story, and The Adventures of Philip. With Illustrations.

MACMILLAN'S EDITION OF THACKERAY

SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

_EXPOSITORY TIMES._--"An edition to do credit even to this publishing house, and not likely to be surpassed until they surpass it with a cheaper and better themselves."

_WHITEHALL REVIEW._--"Never before has such a cheap and excellent edition of Thackeray been seen."

_ACADEMY._--"A better one-volume edition at three shillings and sixpence could not be desired."

_GRAPHIC._--"In its plain but pretty blue binding is both serviceable and attractive."

_DAILY GRAPHIC._--"An excellent, cheap reprint."

_PALL MALL GAZETTE._--"The size of the books is handy, paper and printing are good, and the binding, which is of blue cloth, is simple but tasteful. Altogether the publishers are to be congratulated upon a reprint which ought to be popular."

_GLOBE._--"The paper is thin but good, the type used is clear to read, and the binding is neat and effective."

_LADY'S PICTORIAL._--"The paper is good, the type clear and large, and the binding tasteful. Messrs. Macmillan are to be thanked for so admirable and inexpensive an edition of our great satirist."

_WORLD._--"Nothing could be better than the new edition."

_BLACK AND WHITE._--"The more one sees of the edition the more enamoured of it he becomes. It is so good and neat, immaculate as to print, and admirably bound."

_SCOTSMAN._--"This admirable edition."

_LITERARY WORLD._--"The paper and printing and general get up are everything that one could desire."

_ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE._--"A clear and pretty edition."

THE WORKS OF DICKENS

Reprints of the First Editions, with all the original Illustrations, and with Introductions, Biographical and Bibliographical, by CHARLES DICKENS the Younger.

THE PICKWICK PAPERS. With 50 Illustrations. OLIVER TWIST. With 27 Illustrations. NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. With 44 Illustrations. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. With 41 Illustrations. THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. With 97 Illustrations. BARNABY RUDGE. With 76 Illustrations. DOMBEY AND SON. With 40 Illustrations. CHRISTMAS BOOKS. With 65 Illustrations. SKETCHES BY BOZ. With 44 Illustrations. AMERICAN NOTES AND PICTURES FROM ITALY. With 4 Illustrations. DAVID COPPERFIELD. With 40 Illustrations. BLEAK HOUSE. With 43 Illustrations. LITTLE DORRIT. With 40 Illustrations. THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS. A TALE OF TWO CITIES. With 15 Illustrations. GREAT EXPECTATIONS; AND HARD TIMES.

MACMILLAN'S EDITION OF DICKENS

SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

_ATHENÆUM._--"Handy in form, well printed, illustrated with reproductions of the original plates, introduced with bibliographical notes by the novelist's son, and above all issued at a most moderate price, this edition will appeal successfully to a large number of readers."

_SPEAKER._--"We do not think there exists a better edition."

_MORNING POST._--"The edition will be highly appreciated."

_SCOTSMAN._--"This reprint offers peculiar attractions. Of a handy size, in one volume, of clear, good-sized print, and with its capital comic illustrations, it is a volume to be desired."

_NEWCASTLE CHRONICLE._--"The most satisfactory edition of the book that has been issued."

_GLASGOW HERALD._--"None of the recent editions of Dickens can be compared with that which Messrs. Macmillan inaugurate with the issue of Pickwick.... Printed in a large, clear type, very readable."

_GLOBE._--"They have used an admirably clear type and good paper, and the binding is unexceptionable.... May be selected as the most desirable cheap edition of the immortal 'Papers' that has ever been offered to the public."

_MANCHESTER EXAMINER._--"Handy in form, well printed, illustrated with reduced reproductions of the original plates, introduced with bibliographical notes by the novelist's son, and above all issued at a moderate price, this edition will appeal successfully to a large number of readers."

_THE QUEEN._--"A specially pleasant and convenient form in which to re-read Dickens."

_THE STAR._--"This new 'Dickens Series,' with its reproductions of the original illustrations, is a joy to the possessor."

_Complete in Twenty-four Volumes. Crown 8vo, tastefully bound in green cloth, gilt. Price 3s. 6d. each._

_In special cloth binding, flat backs, gilt tops. Supplied in Sets only of 24 volumes. Price £4 4s._

_Also an edition with all the 250 original etchings. In 24 volumes. Crown 8vo, gilt tops. Price 6s. each._

THE LARGE TYPE BORDER EDITION OF THE

WAVERLEY NOVELS

EDITED WITH _INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS AND NOTES_

BY ANDREW LANG

SUPPLEMENTING THOSE OF THE AUTHOR.

_With Two Hundred and Fifty New and Original Illustrations by Eminent Artists._

By the kind permission of the Hon. Mrs. MAXWELL SCOTT of Abbotsford, the great-granddaughter of Sir WALTER, the MSS. and other material at Abbotsford were examined by Mr. ANDREW LANG during the preparation of his Introductory Essays and Notes to the Series, so that the BORDER EDITION may be said to contain all the results of the latest researches as to the composition of the Waverley Novels.

The Border Waverley

1. WAVERLEY. With 12 Illustrations by Sir H. RAEBURN, R.A., R. W. MACBETH, A.R.A., JOHN PETTIE, R.A., H. MACBETH-RAEBURN, D. HERDMAN, W. J. LEITCH, ROBERT HERDMAN, R.S.A., and J. ECKFORD LAUDER.

2. GUY MANNERING. With 10 Illustrations by J. MACWHIRTER, A.R.A., R. W. MACBETH, A.R.A., C. O. MURRAY, CLARK STANTON, R.S.A., GOURLAY STEELL, R.S.A., F. S. WALKER, R. HERDMAN, R.S.A., and J. B. MACDONALD, A.R.S.A.

3. THE ANTIQUARY. With 10 Illustrations by J. MACWHIRTER, A.R.A., SAM BOUGH, R.S.A., R. HERDMAN, R.S.A., W. M'TAGGART, A.R.S.A., J. B. MACDONALD, A.R.S.A., and A. H. TOURRIER.

4. ROB ROY. With 10 Illustrations by R. W. MACBETH, A.R.A., and SAM BOUGH, R.S.A.

5. OLD MORTALITY. With 10 Illustrations by J. MACWHIRTER, A.R.A., R. HERDMAN, R.S.A., SAM BOUGH, R.S.A., M. L. GOW, D. Y. CAMERON, LOCKHART BOGLE, and ALFRED HARTLEY.

6. THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN. With 10 Illustrations by Sir J. E. MILLAIS, Bart., HUGH CAMERON, R.S.A., SAM BOUGH, R.S.A., R. HERDMAN, R.S.A., and WAL. PAGET.

7. A LEGEND OF MONTROSE and THE BLACK DWARF. With 7 Illustrations by Sir GEORGE REID, P.R.S.A., GEORGE HAY, R.S.A., HORATIO MACCULLOCH, R.S.A., W. E. LOCKHART, R.S.A., H. MACBETH-RAEBURN, and T. SCOTT.

8. THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. With 8 Illustrations by Sir J. E. MILLAIS, Bart., JOHN SMART, R.S.A., SAM BOUGH, R.S.A., GEORGE HAY, R.S.A., and H. MACBETH-RAEBURN.

9. IVANHOE. With 12 Illustrations by AD. LALAUZE.

10. THE MONASTERY. With 10 Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE.

11. THE ABBOT. With 10 Illustrations by GORDON BROWNE.

12. KENILWORTH. With 12 Illustrations by AD. LALAUZE.

13. THE PIRATE. With 10 Illustrations by W. E. LOCKHART, R.S.A., SAM BOUGH, R.S.A., HERBERT DICKSEE, W. STRANG, LOCKHART BOGLE, C. J. HOLMES, and F. S. WALKER.

14. THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL. With 10 Illustrations by JOHN PETTIE, R.A., and R. W. MACBETH, A.R.A.

15. PEVERIL OF THE PEAK. With 15 Illustrations by W. Q. ORCHARDSON, R.A., JOHN PETTIE, R.A., F. DADD, R.I., ARTHUR HOPKINS, A.R.W.S., and S. L. WOOD.

16. QUENTIN DURWARD. With 12 Illustrations by AD. LALAUZE.

17. ST. RONAN'S WELL. With 10 Illustrations by Sir G. REID, P.R.S.A., R. W. MACBETH, A.R.A., W. HOLE, R.S.A., and A. FORESTIER.

18. REDGAUNTLET. With 12 Illustrations by Sir JAMES D. LINTON, P.R.I., JAMES ORROCK, R.I., SAM BOUGH, R.S.A., W. HOLE, R.S.A., G. HAY, R.S.A., T. SCOTT, A.R.S.A., W. BOUCHER, and FRANK SHORT.

19. THE BETROTHED and THE TALISMAN. With 10 Illustrations by HERBERT DICKSEE, WAL. PAGET, and J. LE BLANT.

20. WOODSTOCK. With 10 Illustrations by W. HOLE, R.S.A.

21. THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH. With 10 Illustrations by Sir G. REID, P.R.S.A., JOHN PETTIE, R.A., R. W MACBETH, A.R.A., and ROBERT HERDMAN, R.S.A.

22. ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN. With 10 Illustrations by R. DE LOS RIOS.

23. COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS and THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER. With 10 Illustrations by W. HATHERELL, R.I., and W. B. WOLLEN, R.I.

24. CASTLE DANGEROUS, CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE, ETC. With 10 Illustrations by H. MACBETH-RAEBURN and G. D. ARMOUR.

SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

_TIMES._--"It would be difficult to find in these days a more competent and sympathetic editor of Scott than his countryman, the brilliant and versatile man of letters who has undertaken the task, and if any proof were wanted either of his qualifications or of his skill and discretion in displaying them, Mr. Lang has furnished it abundantly in his charming Introduction to 'Waverley.' The editor's own notes are judiciously sparing, but conspicuously to the point, and they are very discreetly separated from those of the author, Mr. Lang's laudable purpose being to illustrate and explain Scott, not to make the notes a pretext for displaying his own critical faculty and literary erudition. The illustrations by various competent hands are beautiful in themselves and beautifully executed, and, altogether, the 'Border Edition' of the Waverley Novels bids fair to become the classical edition of the great Scottish classic."

_SPECTATOR._--"We trust that this fine edition of our greatest and most poetical of novelists will attain, if it has not already done so, the high popularity it deserves. To all Scott's lovers it is a pleasure to know that, despite the daily and weekly inrush of ephemeral fiction, the sale of his works is said by the booksellers to rank next below Tennyson's in poetry, and above that of everybody else in prose."

_ATHENÆUM._--"The handsome 'Border Edition' has been brought to a successful conclusion. The publisher deserves to be complimented on the manner in which the edition has been printed and illustrated, and Mr. Lang on the way in which he has performed his portion of the work. His introductions have been tasteful and readable; he has not overdone his part; and, while he has supplied much useful information, he has by no means overburdened the volumes with notes."

_NOTES AND QUERIES._--"This spirited and ambitious enterprise has been conducted to a safe termination, and the most ideal edition of the Waverley Novels in existence is now completed."

_SATURDAY REVIEW._--"Of all the many collections of the Waverley Novels, the 'Border Edition' is incomparably the most handsome and the most desirable.... Type, paper, illustrations, are altogether admirable."

_MAGAZINE OF ART._--"Size, type, paper, and printing, to say nothing of the excessively liberal and charming introduction of the illustrations, make this perhaps the most desirable edition of Scott ever issued on this side of the Border."

_DAILY CHRONICLE._--"There is absolutely no fault to be found with it, as to paper, type, or arrangement."

THE WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY

Collected Edition

1. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. 2. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. 3. THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE. 4. A PAIR OF BLUE EYES. 5. TWO ON A TOWER. 6. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE. 7. THE WOODLANDERS. 8. JUDE THE OBSCURE. 9. THE TRUMPET-MAJOR. 10. THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA. 11. A LAODICEAN. 12. DESPERATE REMEDIES. 13. WESSEX TALES. 14. LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES. 15. A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES. 16. UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE. 17. THE WELL-BELOVED. 18. WESSEX POEMS, and other Verses. 19. POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.

SOME PRESS OPINIONS OF THE THREE-AND-SIXPENNY ISSUE

_PALL MALL GAZETTE._--"... their charming edition of the works of Thomas Hardy ... the price asked for it ... is absurdly cheap.... Any more convenient and beautiful form of presentation for these books it would be difficult to find."

_ATHENÆUM._--"This edition is so comely and so moderate in price that it may well placate those who have sighed for earlier issues out of their reach. Mr. Hardy's prefaces to the volumes should not be missed, for they are models of a difficult art, whether reflective, informative, or combative."

UNIFORM EDITION OF THE NOVELS OF CHARLES LEVER

With all the Original Illustrations.

1. HARRY LORREQUER. Illustrated by PHIZ. 2. CHARLES O'MALLEY. Illustrated by PHIZ. 3. JACK HINTON THE GUARDSMAN. Illustrated by PHIZ. 4. TOM BURKE OF OURS. Illustrated by PHIZ. 5. ARTHUR O'LEARY. Illustrated by G. CRUIKSHANK. 6. LORD KILGOBBIN. Illustrated by LUKE FILDES.

THE NOVELS OF F. MARION CRAWFORD

MR. ISAACS: A Tale of Modern India.

_ATHENÆUM._--"A work of unusual ability.... It fully deserves the notice it is sure to attract."

DOCTOR CLAUDIUS: A True Story.

_ATHENÆUM._--"Few recent books have been so difficult to lay down when once begun."

A ROMAN SINGER.

_TIMES._--"A masterpiece of narrative.... Unlike any other romance in English literature."

ZOROASTER.

_GUARDIAN._--"An instance of the highest and noblest form of novel.... Alike in the originality of its conception and the power with which it is wrought out, it stands on a level that is almost entirely its own."

MARZIO'S CRUCIFIX.

_TIMES._--"A subtle compound of artistic feeling, avarice, malice, and criminal frenzy is this carver of silver chalices and crucifixes."

A TALE OF A LONELY PARISH.

_GUARDIAN._--"The tale is written with all Mr. Crawford's skill."

PAUL PATOFF.

_ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE._--"Those who neglect to read _Paul Patoff_ will throw away a very pleasurable opportunity."

WITH THE IMMORTALS.

_SPECTATOR._--"Cannot fail to please a reader who enjoys crisp, clear, vigorous writing, and thoughts that are alike original and suggestive."

GREIFENSTEIN.

_SPECTATOR._--"Altogether, we like _Greifenstein_ decidedly--so much so as to doubt whether it does not dislodge _A Roman Singer_ from the place hitherto occupied by the latter as our favourite amongst Mr. Crawford's novels."

TAQUISARA: A Novel.

_PALL MALL GAZETTE._--"Cannot fail to be read with interest and pleasure by all to whom clever characterisation and delicate drawing make appeal."

A ROSE OF YESTERDAY.

_SPEAKER._--"There is something in _A Rose of Yesterday_ which makes the book linger with a distinct aroma of its own in the reader's memory."

SANT' ILARIO.

_ATHENÆUM._--"The plot is skilfully concocted, and the interest is sustained to the end.... A very clever piece of work."

A CIGARETTE-MAKER'S ROMANCE.

_GLOBE._--"We are inclined to think this is the best of Mr. Marion Crawford's stories."

KHALED: A Tale of Arabia.

_ANTI-JACOBIN._--"Mr. Crawford has written some stories more powerful, but none more attractive than this."

THE THREE FATES.

_NATIONAL OBSERVER._--"Increases in strength and in interest even to the end."

THE WITCH OF PRAGUE.

_ACADEMY._--"It is so remarkable a book as to be certain of as wide a popularity as any of its predecessors; it is a romance of singular daring and power."

MARION DARCHE: A Story without Comment.

_ATHENÆUM._--"Readers in search of a good novel may be recommended to lose no time in making the acquaintance of Marion Darche, her devoted friends, and her one enemy."

KATHARINE LAUDERDALE.

_PUNCH._--"Admirable in its simple pathos, its unforced humour, and, above all, in its truth to human nature."

THE CHILDREN OF THE KING.

_DAILY CHRONICLE._--"Mr. Crawford has not done better than _The Children of the King_ for a long time. The story itself is a simple and beautiful one."

PIETRO GHISLERI.

_SPEAKER._--"Mr. Marion Crawford is an artist, and a great one, and he has been brilliantly successful in a task in which ninety-nine out of every hundred writers would have failed."

DON ORSINO.

_ATHENÆUM._--"_Don Orsino_ is a story with many strong points, and it is told with all the spirit we have been wont to expect from its author."

CASA BRACCIO.

_GUARDIAN._--"A very powerful story and a finished work of art."

ADAM JOHNSTONE'S SON.

_DAILY NEWS._--"Mr. Crawford has written stories richer in incident and more powerful in intention, but we do not think that he has handled more deftly or shown a more delicate insight into tendencies that go towards making some of the more spiritual tragedies of life."

THE RALSTONS.

_ATHENÆUM._--"The present instalment of what promises to be a very voluminous family history, increasing in interest and power as it develops, turns upon the death of Robert and the disposition of his millions, which afford ample scope for the author's pleasantly ingenious talent in raising and surmounting difficulties of details."

CORLEONE: A Tale of Sicily.

_PALL MALL GAZETTE._--"A splendid romance."

VIA CRUCIS: A Romance of the Second Crusade.

_GRAPHIC._--"A stirring story."

IN THE PALACE OF THE KING: A Love Story of Old Madrid.

_SPECTATOR._--"A truly thrilling tale."

CECILIA: A Story of Modern Rome.

_TIMES._--"Thoroughly interesting from beginning to end.... Fully worthy of his reputation."

_ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS._--"Can only enhance Mr. Crawford's reputation.... Admirably treated with all the subtlety, finesse, and delicacy which are characteristic of the author at his best."

MARIETTA: A Maid of Venice.

_PUNCH._--"Marion Crawford is at his very best in _Marietta, A Maid of Venice_. It is a powerfully dramatic story of Venice under 'The Ten,' told in a series of picturesque scenes described in strikingly artistic word-painting, the action being carried on by well-imagined, clearly-defined characters."

THE NOVELS OF ROLF BOLDREWOOD

ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.

A STORY OF LIFE AND ADVENTURE IN THE BUSH AND IN THE GOLD-FIELDS OF AUSTRALIA.

_GUARDIAN._--"A singularly spirited and stirring tale of Australian life, chiefly in the remoter settlements."

A MODERN BUCCANEER.

_DAILY CHRONICLE._--"We do not forget _Robbery under Arms_, or any of its various successors, when we say that Rolf Boldrewood has never done anything so good as _A Modern Buccaneer_. It is good, too, in a manner which is for the author a new one."

THE MINER'S RIGHT.

A TALE OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD-FIELDS.

_WORLD._--"Full of good passages, passages abounding in vivacity, in the colour and play of life.... The pith of the book lies in its singularly fresh and vivid pictures of the humours of the gold-fields--tragic humours enough they are, too, here and again."

THE SQUATTER'S DREAM.

_FIELD._--"The details are filled in by a hand evidently well conversant with his subject, and everything is _ben trovato_, if not actually true. A perusal of these cheerfully-written pages will probably give a better idea of realities of Australian life than could be obtained from many more pretentious works."

A SYDNEY-SIDE SAXON.

_GLASGOW HERALD._--"The interest never flags, and altogether _A Sydney-Side Saxon_ is a really refreshing book."

A COLONIAL REFORMER.

_ATHENÆUM._--"A series of natural and entertaining pictures of Australian life, which are, above all things, readable."

NEVERMORE.