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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.

Rochefoucauld's

Reflections

and

Moral Maxims. With Introductory Essay by SAINTE-BEUVE, and Explanatory Notes. Royal 16m0, elegantly printed, Is. ; cloth neat, Is. 6d.

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, 125.

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.

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.) Story of a Honey

moon. A New Edition of this charmingly humorous book, with numerous Illustrations by the Author. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated boards, 25.

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.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

Secret Out; or, One Thousand Tricks with Cards, and other Recreations; with Entertaining Experiments in Drawing Room or "White Magic." By the Author of the "Magician's Own Book." Edited by W. H. CREMER, Jun., of Regent Street. With 300 Engravings. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 4s. 6d.

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.

Shelley's Early Life.

From Original

Sources. With Curious Incidents, Letters, and Writings, now First Published or Collected. By DENIS FLORENCE MAC-CARTHY. 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.

THE POCKET SHELLEY.

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. Price of each Series, royal 16mo, Is. 8d. illustrated cover, 2s. 2d. cloth extra.

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"This edition will contain everything that Shelley published in his lifetime, as he first printed it, unmutilated and untampered with; and everything of any value published after his death, which he would have wished to have had preserved. An appendix will contain some prose pamphlets never before printed with Shelley's works." Extract from Introduction.

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

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 10 beautifully executed Portraits and Scenes from his Plays, 7s. 6d.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

Signboards: Their

History. With Anecdotes of
Famous Taverns and Remark-
able Characters. By JACOB
LARWOOD and JOHN CAMDEN
HOTTEN. SEVENTH EDITION.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

"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.

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Nearly 100 most curious illustrations on wood are given, showing the signs. which were formerly hung from taverns, &c.

HANDBOOK OF COLLOQUIALISMS.

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.

"Peculiarly a book which 'no gentleman's library THE WEDGE AND THE WOODEN should be without, 'while to costermongers and thieves it is absolutely indispensable."-Dispatch.

SPOON.

"Interesting and curious. Contains as many as it was possible to collect of all the words and phrases of modern slang in use at the present time."-Public Opinion. "In every way a great improvement on the edition of 1864. Its uses as a dictionary of the very vulgar tongue do not require to be explained."-Notes and Queries. "Compiled with most exacting care, and based on the best authorities."-Standard. "In "The Slang Dictionary' we have not only a book that reflects credit upon the philologist; it is also a volume that will repay, at any time, a dip into its humorous pages."-Figaro.

WEST-END LIFE AND DOINGS.

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.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

A KEEPSAKE FOR SMOKERS.

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

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

"A remarkable book, which has a certain wild picturesqueness."-Standard. "Idylls of the South Seas, by a Californian humourist. Poetical, amusing, delightful."-Vanity Fair.

"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.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

Syntax's (Dr.) Three Tours. With the whole of ROWLANDSON'S very droll full-page Illustrations, in Colours, after the Original Drawings. Comprising the well-known TOURS-I. IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE. 2. IN SEARCH OF CONSOLATION. 3. IN SEARCH OF A WIFE. The Three Series Complete, with a Life of the Author by JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. Medium 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, price 7s. 6d.

Theseus: A Greek Fairy Legend.

Illustrated, in a series of Designs in Gold and Sepia, by JOHN MOYR SMITH. With descriptive text. Oblong folio, price 7s. 6d.

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Theodore. Hook's Choice Humorous Works, with his Ludicrous Adventures, Bons-mots, Puns, and Hoaxes. With a new Life of the Author, PORTRAITS, FACSIMILES, and ILLUSTRATIONS. Crown 8vo, 600 pages, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

As a wit and humourist of the highest order his name will be preserved. His political songs and jeux d'esprit, when the hour comes for collecting them, will form a volume of sterling and lasting attraction !"-J. G. LOCKHART.

74 & 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

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