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Rochefoucauld's and Moral Maxims. With Introductory Essay by SAINTE-BEUVE, and Explanatory Notes. Royal 16mo, elegantly printed, Is.; cloth

neat, Is. 6d.

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, 15s.

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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.) Unlikely Tales and Wrong-Headed Essays. Fcap. 8vo, with numerous quaint and amusing Illustrations, Is.

Ross's (Chas. H.) Story of a Honey

moon. A New Edition of this charmingly humorous book, with numerous Illustrations by the Author. Fcap. 8vo, picture boards, 2s.

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, 7s. 6d.

Shaving Them; or, The Adventures of

Three Yankees. By TITUS A. BRICK. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is.

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BOOKS PUblished BY CHATTO & WINDUS.

THE RUMP PARLIAMENT.

The Rump; 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, made expressly for the work, and bound in antique boards, 175. 6d. ; or, LARGE-PAPER COPIES, 305.

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* A very rare and extraordinary collection of some two hundred Popular Ballads and Cavalier Songs, on all the principal incidents of the great Civil War, the Trial of Strafford, the Martyrdom of King Charles, the Commonwealth, Cromwell, Pym, the Roundheads, &c. It was from such materials that Lord Macaulay was enabled to produce his vivid pictures of England in the sixteenth century. To historical students and antiquaries, and to the general reader, these volumes will be found full of interest.

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Under the title of "Le Magicien des Salons," this book has long been a Standard Magic Book with all French and German Professors of the

Art.

Sheridan's (Richard Brinsley) Complete Works, with Life and Anecdotes. Including his Dramatic Writings, printed from the Original Editions, his works in Prose and Poetry, Translations, Speeches, Jokes, Puns, &c.; with a Collection of Sheridaniana. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, with Portraits and Illustrations, 7s. 6d.

Shirley Brooks' Amusing Poetry.

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Selection of Humorons Verse from all the Best Writers. Edited, with a Preface, by the late SHIRLEY BROOKS, A New Edition, in fcap. 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, and gilt edges, 3s. 6d.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

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Shelley's Early Life.

From Original

Sources. With Curious Incidents, Letters, and Writings, now First Published or Collected. By DENIS FLORENCE MAC-CARTHY. Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo, with Illustrations, 440 pages, 7s. 6d. The poet's political pamphlets, advocating Home Rule and other rights, are here for the first time given in a collected form.

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Shelley's Poetical Works. Now First

Reprinted from the Author's Original Editions. In Two Series, the FIRST Containing "Queen Mab" and the Early Poems; the SECOND, "Laon and Cythna," "The Cenci," and Later Poems. In royal 16mo, thick volumes. Price of the FIRST SERIES, IS. 8d. illustrated cover, 2s. 2d. cloth extra; SECOND SERIES, IS. 8d. illustrated cover, 25. 2d. cloth extra.

The Third Series, completing the Work, will shortly be ready.

CHARLES DICKENS' EARLY SKETCHES.

Sketches of Young Couples, Young

Ladies and Young Gentlemen. By "QUIZ" (CHARLES DICKENS). With 18 Steel-plate Illustrations by "PHIZ" (H. K. BROWNE). Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 4s. 6d.

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BOOKS PUBLISHED BY CHATTO & WINDUS.

Signboards: Their History. With Anecdotes of Famous Taverns and Remarkable Characters. By JACOB LARWOOD and JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. SEVENTH EDITION. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 580 pp., 7s. 6d.

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"It is not fair on the part of a reviewer to pick out the plums of an author's book, thus filching away his cream, and leaving little but skim-milk remaining; but, even if we were ever so maliciously inclined, we could not in the present instance pick out all Messrs. Larwood and Hotten's plums, because the good things are so numerous as to defy the most wholesale depredation."-The Times.

Nearly 100 most curious illustrations on wood are given, showing the various old signs which were formerly hung from taverns and other houses.

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, 6s. 6d.

"Valuable as a work of reference."-Saturday

Review.

A KEEPSAKE FOR SMOKERS.

The Smoker's Text-Book. By J. HAMER, F.R.S.L. Exquisitely printed from "silver-faced" type, cloth, very neat, gilt edges, 2s. 6d., post free.

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WEST-END LIFE AND DOINGS.

The Story of the London Parks.

By

JACOB LARWOOD. With numerous Illustrations, Coloured and Plain. In One thick Volume, crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7s. 6d. A most interesting work, giving a complete History of these favourite out-ofdoor resorts, from the earliest period to the present time.

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"It may be we shall touch the happy isles."

Summer Cruising in the South Seas. By CHARLES WARREN STODDARD. With nearly Thirty Engravings on Wood, drawn by WALLIS MACKAY. Crown 8vo, cloth, extra gilt, 7s. 6d.

Chapters descriptive of life and adventure in the South Sea Islands, in the style made so popular by "The Earl and the Doctor."

"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.

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