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The Mystery of Mr. E. Drood. An Adaptation. By ORPHEUS C. KERR. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated

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The 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, 7s. 6d.

Never Caught in Blockade-Running.

An exciting book of Adventures during the American Civil War. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is.

Nuggets and Dust, panned out in Cali

fornia by DOD GRILE. Selected and edited by J. MILTON SLOLUCK. A new style of Humour and Satire. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is. *** If Artemus Ward may be considered the Douglas Ferrold, and Mark Twain the Sydney Smith of America, Dod Grile will rank as their Dean Swift.

ARTHUR O'SHAUGHNESSY'S POEMS.

Music and Moonlight: Poems and Songs.

By ARTHUR O'SHAUGHNESSY, Author of "An Epic of Women." Fcap. 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

An Epic of Women, and other Poems. By ARTHUR O'SHAUGHNESSY. Illustrated by J. T. NETTLESHIP. SECOND EDITION. Fcap. 8vo, cloth extra, 6s.

"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.

"With its quaint title and quaint illustrations, An Epic of Women' will be a rich treat to a wide circle of admirers."-Athenæum.

"Many of his verses are exceedingly beautiful; like a delicious melody."— Examiner.

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The Old Prose Stories whence TENNYSON'S "Idylls of the King were taken. By B. M. RANKING. Royal 16mo, paper cover, Is. ; cloth extra; Is. 6d.

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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.

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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.

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, 31s. 6d. A few Large Paper copies have been printed, price 50s.

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THE OLD DRAMATISTS.

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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

the Original Quartos. With an Introduction by ALGERnon Charles SWINBURNE, Crown 8vo, Portrait. Cloth, 6s. ; cloth gilt, 6s. 6d. [Nearly ready.

Christopher Marlowe's Works: In

cluding his Translations.

Edited, with Notes and Introduction, by Lieut.-Col. F. CUNNINGHAM. Crown 8vo, Portrait. Cloth, 6s.; cloth gilt, 6s. 6d.

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 CUNNINGНАМ. Crown 8vo, Portrait. Cloth, 6s. ; cloth gilt, 6s. 6d.

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

COMPANION TO "CUSSANS' HERALDRY."

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The Pursuivant of Arms; or, Heraldry founded upon Facts. Popular Guide to the Science of Heraldry. By J. R. PLANCHE, Esq., F. S. A., Somerset Herald. To which are added, Essays on the BADGES OF THE HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORK. A New Edition, enlarged and revised by the Author, illustrated with Coloured Frontispiece, five full-page Plates, and about 200 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, beautifully bound in cloth, with Emblematic Design, extra gilt, 75. 6a.

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SEVENTH EDITION OF

Puck on Pegasus.

By H. CHOLMONDELEYPENNELL. Profusely illustrated by the late JOHN LEECH, H. K. BROWNE, Sir NOEL PATON, JOHN MILLAIS, JOHN TENNIEL, RICHARD DOYLE, Miss ELLEN EDWARDS, and other artists. A New Edition (the SEVENTH), crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, price 5s.; or gilt edges, 6s. This most amusing work has received everywhere the highest praise as "a clever and brilliant book,"

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"Specially fit for reading in the family circle."-Observer.

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By the same Author.

Modern Babylon, and other

Small crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 4s. 6d.

Poems.

Policeman Y: His Opinions on War and the Millingtary. With Illustrations by the Author, JOHN EDWARD SODEN. Cloth, very neat, 2s. 6d. ; in paper, Is.

IMPORTANT TO ALL INTERESTED IN MINES.

The Practical

Assayer: A Guide to

Assayer:

Miners and Explorers. By OLIVER NORTH, of "The Field," "Mining Journal," &c. With numerous Tables and Illustrative Woodcuts. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

This book gives directions, in the plainest and simplest form, for assaying bullion and the baser metals by the cheapest, quickest, and best methods. Persons interested in mining property will be enabled, by following the instructions given, to form a tolerably correct idea of the value of ores, without any previous knowledge of assaying; while to the young man intending to seek his fortune abroad in mining countries it is indispensable.

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"AN AWFULLY JOLLY BOOK FOR PARTIES."

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. "Enormous burlesque - unapproachable and pre-eminent. We think this very queer volume will be a favourite. We should suggest that, to a dull person desirous to get

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By the same Author.

A Second Series of Puniana: Containing

nearly 100 beautifully executed Drawings, and a splendid Collection of Riddles and Puns, fully equal to those in the First Volume. Small 4to, uniform with the First Series, cl. gt., gt. edges, 6s.[Preparing.

Private Book of Useful Alloys and Memoranda for Goldsmiths and Jewellers. By JAMES E. COLLINS, C. E. Royal 16mo, 3s. 6d. Invaluable to the Trade. UNIFORM WITH "WONDERFUL CHARACTERS. ""

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.

UNIFORM WITH "THE TURF, CHASE, AND ROAD." 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, 7s. 6d.

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