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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, 400 pp., 7s. 6d.

*The object of this Work is to give Both Sides of the Story. The Artist has gone over the entire ground of Continental and English Caricatures for the last third of a century, and a very interesting book is the result.

Nuggets and Dust, panned out in Cali

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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, Portrait. Cloth, 6s. each; cloth gilt, 6s. 6d. each.

George Chapman's Plays, Complete, from

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Philip Massinger's Plays. From the

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Original Lists of Persons of Quality;

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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 3s. the set; or, separately, the first three volumes, 16s. each; the fourth volume, 185.

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COMPANION TO THE

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By H. CHOLMONDELEY
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within an India-paper tone,
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*This most amusing work has passed through Five Editions, receiving everywhere the highest praise as a clever and brilliant book." In addition to the designs of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, JOHN LEECH, JULIAN PORTCH, PHIZ,"

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By the same Author.

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COMPANION TO "CUSSANS' HERALDRY."

Baby

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Puniana: Thoughts

Wise and Otherwise.

By the Hon. HUGH ROWLEY. Best Book of Riddles and Puns ever formed. With nearly 100 exquisitely Fanciful Drawings. Contains nearly 3000 of the best Riddles, and 10,000 most outrageous Puns, and is one of the most Popular Books ever issued. New Edition, small quarto, uniform with the "Bab Ballads." Price 6s.

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Remarkable Claimants,

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Ancient and

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The Works of Rabelais. Faithfully trans

lated from the French, with variorum Notes, and numerous characteristic Illustrations by GUSTAVE DORÉ. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 700 pages. Price 7s. 6d.

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Remarkable Trials and Notorious Characters. From "Half-Hanged Smith," 1700, to Oxford, who shot at the Queen, 1840. By Captain L. BENSON. With spirited full-page Engravings by PHIZ. 8vo, 550 pages, 7s. 6d.

A Complete Library of Sensation Literature! There are plots enough here to produce a hundred" exciting" Novels, and at least five hundred "powerful" Magazine Stories. The book will be appreciated by all readers whose taste lies in this direction.

Rochefoucauld's

Reflections

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