Part 19

=Monumental Inscriptions of the West Indies=, from the Earliest Date, with Genealogical and Historical Annotations, &c., from Original, Local, and other Sources. Illustrative of the Histories and Genealogies of the Seventeenth Century, the Calendars of State Papers, Peerages, and Baronetages. With Engravings of the Arms of the principal Families. Chiefly collected on the spot by the Author, Capt. J. H. LAWRENCE-ARCHER. Demy 4to, cloth extra, 42_s._

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=Muses of Mayfair=: Vers de Société of the Nineteenth Century. The best Society Verses of the most important Writers of the last 80 years, including TENNYSON, BROWNING, SWINBURNE, ROSSETTI, JEAN INGELOW, LOCKER, INGOLDSBY, HOOD, LYTTON, C. S. C., LANDOR, HENRY S. LEIGH, and very many others. Edited by H. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL, Author of “Puck on Pegasus.” Beautifully printed, cloth extra gilt, gilt edges, uniform with “The Golden Treasury of Thought,” 7_s._ 6_d._

MR. O’SHAUGHNESSY’S POEMS.

=Music and Moonlight=: Poems and Songs. By ARTHUR O’SHAUGHNESSY, Author of “An Epic of Women.” Fcap. 8vo, cloth extra, 7_s._ 6_d._

“It is difficult to say which is more exquisite, the technical perfection of structure and melody, or the delicate pathos of thought. Mr. O’Shaughnessy will enrich our literature with some of the very best songs written in our generation.”--_Academy._

=An Epic of Women=, and other Poems. SECOND EDITION. Fcap. 8vo, cloth extra, 6_s._

“Of the formal art of poetry he is in many senses quite a master; his metres are not only good,--they are his own, and often of an invention most felicitous as well as careful.”--_Academy._

=Lays of France.= (Founded on the “Lays of Marie.”) SECOND EDITION. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 10_s._ 6_d._

“As we have before remarked in noticing an earlier volume of his, this modern votary of Marie has, in imaginative power, keen intuition, and ear, a genuine claim to be writing poetry, as things go now.... And Mr. O’S. is also an accomplished master in those peculiar turns of rhythm which are designed to reproduce the manner of the mediæval originals.”--_Saturday Review._

=Mystery of the Good Old Cause=: Sarcastic Notices of those Members of the Long Parliament that held Places, both Civil and Military, contrary to the Self-denying Ordinance of April 3, 1645; with the Sums of Money and Lands they divided among themselves. Small 4to, half-morocco, 7_s._ 6_d._

=Napoleon III., the Man of His Time=; from Caricatures. PART I. THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON III., as told by J. M. HASWELL. PART II. THE SAME STORY, as told by the POPULAR CARICATURES of the past Thirty-five Years. Crown 8vo, with Coloured Frontispiece and over 100 Caricatures, 7_s._ 6_d._

=Original Lists of Persons of Quality=; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. With their Ages, the Localities where they formerly Lived in the Mother Country, Names of the Ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars. From MSS. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, England. Edited by JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. A very handsome volume, crown 4to, cloth gilt, 700 pages, 38_s._ A few Large Paper copies have been printed, price 60_s._

THE OLD DRAMATISTS.

=Ben Jonson’s Works.= With Notes, Critical and Explanatory, and a Biographical Memoir by WILLIAM GIFFORD. Edited by Lieut.-Col. FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM. Complete in 3 vols., crown 8vo, cloth extra gilt, with Portrait, price 6_s._ each.

=George Chapman’s Plays=, Complete, from the Original Quartos, including those Plays in which he was only partly concerned. Edited by RICHARD HERNE SHEPHERD. Crown 8vo, cloth extra gilt, with Portrait Frontispiece, price 6_s._

=George Chapman’s Poems and Minor Translations.= Complete, including some Pieces now first printed. With an Essay on the Dramatic and Poetical Works of GEORGE CHAPMAN, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE. Crown 8vo, with Frontispiece, cloth extra, 6_s._

=George Chapman’s Translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.= Edited by RICHARD HERNE SHEPHERD. In one volume, crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6_s._

=Christopher Marlowe’s Works=; Including his Translations. Edited, with Notes and Introduction, by Lieut.-Col. F. CUNNINGHAM. Crown 8vo, cloth extra gilt, with Portrait, price 6_s._

=Philip Massinger’s Plays.= From the Text of WM. GIFFORD. With the addition of the Tragedy of “Believe as You List.” Edited by Lieut.-Col. FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM. Crown 8vo, cloth extra gilt, with Portrait, price 6_s._

OLD BOOKS--FACSIMILE REPRINTS.

=Rump (The)=; or, An Exact Collection of the choicest POEMS AND SONGS relating to the late Times, and continued by the most eminent Wits; from Anno 1639 to 1661. A Facsimile Reprint of the rare Original Edition (London, 1662), with Frontispiece and Engraved Title-page. In 2 vols., large fcap. 8vo, printed on antique laid paper, and bound in antique boards, 17_s._ 6_d._

=D’Urfey’s (“Tom”) Wit and Mirth=; or, PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY: Being a Collection of the best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to all Humours, having each their proper Tune for either Voice or Instrument: most of the Songs being new set. London: Printed by W. Pearson, for J. Tonson, at Shakespeare’s Head, over-against Catherine Street in the Strand, 1719. An exact reprint. In 6 vols., large fcap. 8vo, antique boards, edges uncut, beautifully printed on laid paper, made expressly for the work, £3 3_s._

=Musarum Deliciæ=; or, The Muses’ Recreation, 1656; Wit Restor’d, 1658; and Wit’s Recreations, 1640. The whole compared with the originals; with all the Wood Engravings, Plates, Memoirs, and Notes. A New Edition, in 2 vols., post 8vo, beautifully printed on antique laid paper, and bound in antique boards, 21_s._

=English Rogue (The)=, described in the Life of MERITON LATROON, and other Extravagants, comprehending the most Eminent Cheats of both Sexes. By RICHARD HEAD and FRANCIS KIRKMAN. A Facsimile Reprint of the rare Original Edition (1665-1672), with Frontispiece, Facsimiles of the 12 copper plates, and Portraits of the Authors. In 4 volumes, large foolscap 8vo, beautifully printed on antique laid paper, made expressly, and bound in antique boards, 36_s._

=Ireland Forgeries.--Confessions of= WILLIAM-HENRY IRELAND. Containing the Particulars of his Fabrication of the Shakspeare Manuscripts; together with Anecdotes and Opinions (hitherto unpublished) of many Distinguished Persons in the Literary, Political, and Theatrical World. A Facsimile Reprint from the Original Edition, with several additional Facsimiles. Fcap. 8vo, printed on antique laid paper, and bound in antique boards, 10_s._ 6_d._; a few Large Paper copies, at 21_s._

=Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.= 1785. An unmutilated Reprint of the First Edition. Quarto, bound in half-Roxburghe, gilt top, price 8_s._

=Joe Miller’s Jests=; the politest Repartees, most elegant Bon-Mots, and most pleasing short Stories in the English Language. London: printed by T. Read, 1739. A Facsimile of the Original Edition. 8vo, half-morocco, 9_s._ 6_d._

=Old Prose Stories= whence TENNYSON’S “Idylls of the King” were taken. By B. M. RANKING. Royal 16mo, paper cover, 1_s._; cloth extra, 1_s._ 6_d._

OLD SHEKARRY’S WORKS.

=Forest and Field=: Life and Adventure in Wild Africa. By the OLD SHEKARRY. With Eight Illustrations, Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 6_s._

=Wrinkles=; or, Hints to Sportsmen and Travellers upon Dress, Equipment, Armament, and Camp Life. By the OLD SHEKARRY. A New Edition, with Illustrations. Small crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 6_s._

OUIDA’S NOVELS.

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=Parochial History of the County of Cornwall.= Compiled from the best Authorities, and corrected and improved from actual Survey. 4 vols. 4to, cloth extra, £3 3_s._ the set; or, separately, the first three volumes, 16_s._ each; the fourth volume, 18_s._

=Plain English.= By JOHN HOLLINGSHEAD, of the Gaiety Theatre. Crown 8vo, illust. cover, 1_s._

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=Private Book of Useful Alloys and Memoranda for Goldsmiths and Jewellers.= By JAMES E. COLLINS, C.E. Royal 16mo, 3_s._ 6_d._

SEVENTH EDITION OF

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Also,

=More Puniana.= By the Hon. HUGH ROWLEY. Containing nearly 100 beautifully executed Drawings, and a splendid Collection of Riddles and Puns, rivalling those in the First Volume. Small 4to, green and gold, gilt edges, uniform with the First Series, price 6_s._

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=Rochefoucauld’s Reflections and Moral Maxims.= With Introductory Essay by SAINTE-BEUVE, and Explanatory Notes. Cloth extra, 1_s._ 6_d._

=Reminiscences of the late Thomas Assheton Smith, Esq.=; or, The Pursuits of an English Country Gentleman. By Sir J. E. EARDLEY WILMOT, Bart. A New and Revised Edition, with Steel-plate Portrait, and plain and coloured Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7_s._ 6_d._

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=Roman Catholics in the County of York in 1604.= Transcribed from the Original MS. in the Bodleian Library, and Edited, with Genealogical Notes, by EDWARD PEACOCK, F.S.A., Editor of “Army Lists of the Roundheads and Cavaliers, 1642.” Small 4to, handsomely printed and bound, 15_s._

⁂ _Genealogists and Antiquaries will find much new and curious matter in this work. An elaborate Index refers to every name in the volume, among which will be found many of the highest local interest._

=Ross’s (Chas. H.) Story of a Honeymoon.= A New Edition of this charmingly humorous book, with numerous Illustrations by the Author. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated boards, 2_s._

=School Life at Winchester College=; or, The Reminiscences of a Winchester Junior. By the Author of “The Log of the Water Lily;” and “The Water Lily on the Danube.” Second Edition, Revised, COLOURED PLATES, 7_s._ 6_d._

=Schopenhauer’s The World Considered as Will and Imagination.= Translated by Dr. FRANZ HÜFFER, Author of “Richard Wagner and the Music of the Future.”

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=Art of Amusing.= A Collection of Graceful Arts, Games, Tricks, Puzzles, and Charades, intended to Amuse Everybody. By FRANK BELLEW. With nearly 300 Illustrations.

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=Signboards=: Their History. With Anecdotes of Famous Taverns and Remarkable Characters. By JACOB LARWOOD and JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. SEVENTH EDITION. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7_s._ 6_d._

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⁂ _Nearly 100 most curious illustrations on ‘wood are given, showing the signs which were formerly hung from taverns, &c._

HANDBOOK OF COLLOQUIALISMS.

=The Slang Dictionary=: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal. An ENTIRELY NEW EDITION, revised throughout, and considerably Enlarged, containing upwards of a thousand more words than the last edition. Crown 8vo, with Curious Illustrations, cloth extra, 6_s._ 6_d._

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“Interesting and curious. Contains as many as it was possible to collect of all the words and phrases of modern slang in use at the present time.”--_Public Opinion._

“In every way a great improvement on the edition of 1864. Its uses as a dictionary of the very vulgar tongue do not require to be explained.”--_Notes and Queries._

“Compiled with most exacting care, and based on the best authorities.”--_Standard._

“In ‘The Slang Dictionary’ we have not only a book that reflects credit upon the philologist; it is also a volume that will repay, at any time, a dip into its humorous pages.”--_Figaro._

WEST-END LIFE AND DOINGS.

=Story of the London Parks.= By JACOB LARWOOD. With numerous Illustrations, Coloured and Plain. In One thick Volume, crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7_s._ 6_d._

⁂ _A most interesting work, giving a complete History of these favourite out-of-door resorts, from the earliest period to the present time._

A KEEPSAKE FOR SMOKERS.

=Smoker’s Text-Book.= By J. HAMER, F.R.S.L. Exquisitely printed from “silver-faced” type, cloth, very neat, gilt edges, 2_s._ 6_d._, post free.

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=Summer Cruising in the South Seas,= By CHARLES WARREN STODDARD. With Twenty-five Engravings on Wood, drawn by WALLIS MACKAY. Crown 8vo, cloth, extra gilt, 7_s._ 6_d._

“This is a very amusing book, and full of that quiet humour for which the Americans are so famous. We have not space to enumerate all the picturesque descriptions, the poetical thoughts, which have so charmed us in this volume; but we recommend our readers to go to the South Seas with Mr. Stoddard in his prettily illustrated and amusingly written little book.”--_Vanity Fair._

“Mr. Stoddard’s book is delightful reading, and in Mr. Wallis Mackay he has found a most congenial and poetical illustrator.”--_Bookseller._

“A remarkable book, which has a certain wild picturesqueness.”--_Standard._

“The author’s experiences are very amusingly related, and, in parts, with much freshness and originality.”--_Judy._

“Mr. Stoddard is a humourist; ‘Summer Cruising’ has a good deal of undeniable amusement.”--_Nation._

=Syntax’s (Dr.) Three Tours.= With the whole of ROWLANDSON’S very droll full-page Illustrations, in Colours, after the Original Drawings. Comprising the well-known TOURS--1. IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE. 2. IN SEARCH OF CONSOLATION. 3. IN SEARCH OF A WIFE. The Three Series Complete, with a Life of the Author by JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. Medium 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, price 7_s._ 6_d._

=Theseus: A Greek Fairy Legend.= Illustrated, in a series of Designs in Gold and Sepia, by JOHN MOYR SMITH. With descriptive text. Oblong folio, price 7_S._ 6_d._

=Theodore Hook’s Choice Humorous Works=, with his Ludicrous Adventures, Bons-mots, Puns, and Hoaxes. With a new Life of the Author, PORTRAITS, FACSIMILES, and ILLUSTRATIONS. Crown 8vo, 600 pages, cloth extra, 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.

MR. SWINBURNE’S WORKS.

SECOND EDITION NOW READY OF

=Bothwell=: A Tragedy. By ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, pp. 540, 12_s._ 6_d._

“Mr. Swinburne’s most prejudiced critic cannot, we think, deny that ‘Bothwell’ is a poem of a very high character. Every line bears traces of power, individuality, and vivid imagination. The versification, while characteristically supple and melodious, also attains, in spite of some affectations, to a sustained strength and dignity of a remarkable kind. Mr. Swinburne is not only a master of the music of language, but he has that indescribable touch which discloses the true poet--the touch that lifts from off the ground.”--_Saturday Review._

“It is not too much to say that, should he never write anything more, the poet has by this work firmly established his position, and given us a poem upon which his fame may safely rest. He no longer indulges in that frequent alliteration, or that oppressive wealth of imagery and colour, which gave rhythm and splendour to some of his works, but would have been out of place in a grand historical poem; we have now a fair opportunity of judging what the poet can do when deprived of such adventitious aid,--and the verdict is, that he must henceforth rank amongst the first of British authors.”--_Graphic._

“The whole drama flames and rings with high passions and great deeds. The imagination is splendid; the style large and imperial; the insight into character keen; the blank verse varied, sensitive, flexible, alive. Mr. Swinburne has once more proved his right to occupy a seat among the lofty singers of our land.”--_Daily News._

“A really grand, statuesque dramatic work.... The reader will here find Mr. Swinburne at his very best, if manliness, dignity, and fulness of style are superior to mere pleasant singing and alliterative lyrics.”--_Standard._