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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.

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 CUNNINGHAM. 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 3s. the set; or, separately, the first three volumes, 16s. each; the fourth volume, 18s.

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SEVENTH EDITION OF

Puck on Pegasus.

By H. CHOLMONDELEY-
PENNELL. Profusely illus-

trated by the late JOHN
LEECH, H. K. BROWNE,
Sir NOEL PATON, JOHN
MILLAIS, JOHN TENNIEL,
RICHARD DOYLE,
ELLEN EDWARDS,

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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.

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:
Assayer: A Guide

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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.

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By the same Author.

A Second Series of Puniana: Containing.

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Remarkable Trials and 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.

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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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The Works of Rabelais. Faithfully trans

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Roll of Battle Abbey; or, A List of the Principal Warriors who came over from Normandy with William the Conqueror, and Settled in this Country, A.D. 1066-7. Carefully drawn, and printed on fine plate paper, nearly three feet by two feet, with the Arms of the principal Barons elaborately emblazoned in Gold and Colours. Price 5s.; or, handsomely framed in carved oak of an antique pattern, 22s. 6d.

Roll of Caerlaverock: the Oldest Heraldic Roll; including the Original Anglo-Norman Poem, and an English Translation of the MS. in the British Museum. By THOMAS WRIGHT, M.A. The Arms emblazoned in gold and colours. In 4to, very handsomely printed, extra gold cloth, 12s.

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