SECTION I - HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, and TRAVELS
Baker (Sir Samuel W.).
THE NILE TRIBUTARIES OF
ABYSSINIA, and the Sword-Hunters of the Hamran Arabs.
By Sir Samuel W. Baker, M.A., F.R.C.S. With Portraits,
Maps, and Illustrations. Third Edition, 8vo. 21s.
Sir Samuel Baker here describes twelve months' exploration, during
which he examined the rivers that are tributary to the Nile from Abyssinia,
including the Atbara, Settite, Royan, Salaam, Angrab, Rahad, Dinder,
and the Blue Nile. The interest attached to these portions of Africa differs
entirely from that of the White Nile regions, as the whole of Upper Egypt
and Abyssinia is capable of development, and is inhabited by races having
some degree of civilization; while Central Africa is peopled by a race of
savages, whose future is more problematical.
THE ALBERT N'YANZA Great Basin of the Nile, and Exploration
of the Nile Sources. New and cheaper Edition, with
Portraits, Maps, and Illustrations. Two vols. crown 8vo. 16s.
"Bruce won the source of the Blue Nile; Speke and Grant won the
Victoria source of the great White Nile; and I have been permitted to
succeed in completing the Nile Sources by the discovery of the great
reservoir of the equatorial waters, the Albert N'yanza, from which the
river issues as the entire White Nile."—Preface.
CAST UP BY THE SEA; or, The Adventures of Ned Grey.
By Sir Samuel W. Baker, M.A., F.R.G.S. Second Edition.
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R. Dudley, M.A.
THE TAXATION OF THE
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Four Lectures, dealing with (1) The Congress of Westphalia; (2) Systems
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Treaties.
Blake
THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE, THE ARTIST.
By Alexander Gilchrist. With numerous Illustrations from
Blake's designs, and Fac-similes of his studies of the "Book of
Job." Two vols. medium 8vo. 32s.
These volumes contain a Life of Blake; Selections from his Writings,
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photo-lithographs from the originals; (2) Songs of Innocence and
Experience, sixteen of the original Plates.
Bright (John, M.P.)
SPEECHES ON QUESTIONS OF
PUBLIC POLICY. By John Bright, M.P. Edited by
Professor Thorold Rogers. Two Vols. 8vo. 25s. Second
Edition, with Portrait.
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AUTHOR'S POPULAR EDITION. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth. Second
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Bryce
THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE. By James Bryce,
B.C.L., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. [Reprinting.
CAMBRIDGE CHARACTERISTICS. See Mullinger.
Clay
THE PRISON CHAPLAIN. A Memoir of the Rev. John
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Cooper
ATHENÆ CANTABRIGIENSES. By Charles
Henry Cooper, F.S.A., and Thompson Cooper, F.S.A.
Vol. I. 8vo., 1500-85, 18s. Vol. II., 1586-1609, 18s.
This elaborate work, which is dedicated by permission to Lord Macaulay,
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Dilke
GREATER BRITAIN. A Record of Travel in English-speaking
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judgment of the reader, and that it is on perhaps the most interesting
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SATURDAY REVIEW.
EARLY EGYPTIAN HISTORY FOR THE YOUNG. See
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Forbes
LIFE OF PROFESSOR EDWARD FORBES,
F.R.S. By George Wilson, M.D., F.R.S.E., and Archibald
Geikie, F.R.S. 8vo. with Portrait, 14s.
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Freeman
HISTORY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
from the Foundation of the Achaian League to the Disruption of
the United States. By Edward A. Freeman, M.A. Vol. I.
General Introduction. History of the Greek Federations. 8vo.
21s.
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French (George Russell)
SHAKSPEAREANA
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the pursuit, to trace a distinguished Shakspearean worthy to his lineal
representative in the present day.
Gladstone (Right. Hon. W.E., M.P.)
JUVENTUS
MUNDI. The Gods and Men of the Heroic Age. Crown 8vo.
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in Hellas, including the influence of the Phoenicians and Egyptians. It
contains chapters on the Olympian system, with its several deities; on the
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the characters of the Poems; presenting, in fine, a view of primitive life
and primitive society as found in the poems of Homer.
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BARANTE, A Memoir, Biographical and Autobiographical. By
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HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. Readings from the best Authorities
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Hole
A GENEALOGICAL STEMMA OF THE KINGS OF
ENGLAND AND FRANCE. By the Rev. C. Hole, M.A.,
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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. Compiled and
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Hozier
THE SEVEN WEEKS' WAR; its Antecedents and
its Incidents. By H.M. Hozier. With Maps and Plans. Two
vols. 8vo. 28s.
This work is based upon letters reprinted by permission from "The
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Irving
THE ANNALS OF OUR TIME. A Diurnal of Events,
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the Kingdom of Great Britain, from the Accession of Queen
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Kingsley (Canon)
ON THE ANCIEN REGIME as it
Existed on the Continent before the French Revolution.
Three Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution. By the Rev.
C. Kingsley, M.A., formerly Professor of Modern History
in the University of Cambridge. Crown 8vo. 6s.
These three lectures discuss severally (1) Caste, (2) Centralization, (3)
The Explosive Forces by which the Revolution was superinduced. The
Preface deals at some length with certain political questions of the present
day.
THE ROMAN AND THE TEUTON. A Series of Lectures
delivered before the University of Cambridge. By Rev. C.
Kingsley, M.A. 8vo. 12s.
Contents:—Inaugural Lecture; The Forest Children; The Dying
Empire; The Human Deluge; The Gothic Civilizer; Dietrich's End; The
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The Monk a Civilizer; The Lombard Laws; The Popes and the Lombards;
The Strategy of Providence.
Latham
BLACK AND WHITE: a Journal of a Three Months'
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8vo. 10s. 6d.
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Law
THE ALPS OF HANNIBAL. By William John Law,
M.A., formerly Student of Christ Church, Oxford. Two vols.
8vo. 21s.
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Liverpool
THE LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION OF
ROBERT BANKS, SECOND EARL OF LIVERPOOL, K.G.
Compiled from Original Family Documents by Charles Duke
Yonge, Regius Professor of History and English Literature in
Queen's College, Belfast; and Author of "The History of the
British Navy," "The History of France under the Bourbons," etc.
Three vols. 8vo. 42s.
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has been so strong that in matters of general policy the Opposition could
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Maclear
See Section, "Ecclesiastical History."
Macmillan (Rev. Hugh)
HOLIDAYS ON HIGH
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Martin
THE STATESMAN'S YEAR BOOK FOR 1869.
By FREDERICK MARTIN. (Sixth Annual Publication.) A Statistical,
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Martineau
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1852—1868.
By Harriet Martineau. Third Edition, with New Preface.
Crown 8vo. 8s, 6d.
A Collection of Memoirs under these several sections:—(1)Royal, (2)
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Masson (Professor)
ESSAYS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND
CRITICAL. See Section headed "Poetry And Belles Lettres"
LIFE OF JOHN MILTON. Narrated in connexion with the
Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of his Time. By
David Masson, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Rhetoric at Edinburgh.
Vol. I. with Portraits. 8vo. 18s. Vol. II. in the Press.
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notable phenomena of the period of British history in which it was cast—its
state politics, its ecclesiastical variations, its literature and speculative
thought. Commencing in 1608, the Life of Milton proceeds through the
last sixteen years of the reign of James I., includes the whole of the reign
of Charles I. and the subsequent years of the Commonwealth and the
Protectorate, and then, passing the Restoration, extends itself to 1674, or
through fourteen years of the new state of things under Charles II. The
first volume deals with the life of Milton as extending from 1608 to 1640,
which was the period of his education and of his minor poems.
Morison
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAINT BERNARD,
Abbot of Clairvaux. By James Cotter Morison, M.A. New
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Morley (John)
EDMUND BURKE, a Historical Study. By
John Morley, B.A. Oxon. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.
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Mullinger
CAMBRIDGE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. By J.B. Mullinger, B.A.
Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d.
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Palgrave
HISTORY OF NORMANDY AND OF ENGLAND.
By Sir Francis Palgrave, Deputy Keeper of Her
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Le-Bon—Richard III.—Robert Le Diable—William the Conqueror.
Volume IV. William Rufus—Accession of Henry Beauclerc.
Palgrave (W.G.)
A NARRATIVE OF A YEAR'S
JOURNEY THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN
ARABIA, 1862-3. By William Gifford Palgrave, late of
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Parkes (Henry)
AUSTRALIAN VIEWS OF ENGLAND.
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Ralegh
THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER RALEGH, based
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DIARY, REMINISCENCES, AND
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Rogers (James E. Thorold)
HISTORICAL GLEANINGS:
A Series of Sketches. Montague, Walpole, Adam Smith,
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Smith (Professor Goldwin)
THREE ENGLISH
STATESMEN: PYM, CROMWELL, PITT. A Course of
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Tacitus
THE HISTORY OF TACITUS, translated into
English. By A.J. Church, M.A. and W.J. Brodribb, M.A.
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Taylor (Rev. Isaac)
WORDS AND PLACES; or
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Trench (Archbishop)
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS: Social
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Trench (Mrs. R)
Edited by ARCHBISHOP TRENCH. Remains
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Trench (Capt. F., F.R.G.S.)
THE RUSSO-INDIAN
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CAWNPORE. Illustrated with
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Vaughan (late Rev. Dr. Robert, of the British
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"It includes specimens of all the great masters in the art of poetry,
selected with the matured judgment of a man concentrated on obtaining
insight into the feelings and tastes of childhood, and desirous to awaken its
finest impulses, to cultivate its keenest sensibilities."—Morning Post.
THE BOOK OF PRAISE.
From the Best English Hymn Writers.
Selected and arranged by Sir Roundell Palmer. A New and
Enlarged Edition.
"All previous compilations of this kind must undeniably for the present
give place to the Book of Praise.... The selection has been made
throughout with sound judgment and critical taste. The pains involved
in this compilation must have been immense, embracing, as it does, every
writer of note in this special province of English literature, and ranging
over the most widely divergent tracts of religious thought."—Saturday
Review.
THE FAIRY BOOK;
the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and
rendered anew by the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman."
"A delightful selection, in a delightful external form; full of the
physical splendour and vast opulence of proper fairy tales."—Spectator.
THE BALLAD BOOK.
A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads.
Edited by William Allingham.
"His taste as a judge of old poetry will be found, by all acquainted with
the various readings of old English ballads, true enough to justify his
undertaking so critical a task."—Saturday Review.
THE JEST BOOK.
The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings. Selected
and arranged by Mark Lemon.
"The fullest and best jest book that has yet appeared."—Saturday
Review.
BACON'S ESSAYS AND COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL.
With Notes and Glossarial Index. By W. Aldis Wright, M.A.
"The beautiful little edition of Bacon's Essays, now before us, does
credit to the taste and scholarship of Mr. Aldis Wright.... It puts the
reader in possession of all the essential literary facts and chronology
necessary for reading the Essays in connexion with Bacon's life and
times."—Spectator.
"By far the most complete as well as the most elegant edition we
possess."—Westminster Review.
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
from this World to that which is to
come. By John Bunyan.
"A beautiful and scholarly reprint."—Spectator.
THE SUNDAY BOOK OF POETRY FOR THE YOUNG.
Selected and arranged by C.F. Alexander.
"A well-selected volume of sacred poetry."—Spectator.
A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS
of all Times and all Countries.
Gathered and narrated anew. By the Author of "The Heir Of
Redclyffe."
" ... To the young, for whom it is especially intended, as a most interesting
collection of thrilling tales well told; and to their elders, as a useful handbook
of reference, and a pleasant one to take up when their wish is to while
away a weary half-hour. We have seen no prettier gift-book for a long
time."—Athenæum.
THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS.
Edited, with
Biographical Memoir, Notes, and Glossary, by Alexander
Smith. Two Vols.
"Beyond all question this is the most beautiful edition of Burns
yet out."—Edinburgh Daily Review.
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Edited from
the Original Edition by J.W. Clark, M.A., Fellow of Trinity
College, Cambridge.
"Mutilated and modified editions of this English classic are so much
the rule, that a cheap and pretty copy of it, rigidly exact to the original,
will be a prize to many book-buyers."—Examiner.
THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO. TRANSLATED
into English, with
Notes, by J. Li. Davies, M.A. and D.J. Vaughan, M.A.
"A dainty and cheap little edition."—Examiner.
THE SONG BOOK.
Words and Tunes from the best Poets and
Musicians. Selected and arranged by John Hullah, Professor
of Vocal Music in King's College, London.
"A choice collection of the sterling songs of England, Scotland, and
Ireland, with the music of each prefixed to the words. How much true
wholesome pleasure such a book can diffuse, and will diffuse, we trust,
through many thousand families."—Examiner.
LA LYRE FRANCAISE.
Selected and arranged, with Notes, by
Gustave Masson, French Master in Harrow School.
A selection of the best French songs and lyrical pieces.
TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS.
By an Old Boy.
"A perfect gem of a book. The best and most healthy book about boys
for boys that ever was written."—Illustrated Times.