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UNIFORM WITH THE "CHARLES DICKENS EDITION."

Dickens' Speeches, Social and Literary,

now first collected.

Uniform with, and forming a Supplemen

tary Volume to, the "CHARLES DICKENS EDITION." Crown 8vo, crimson cloth, 3s. 6d.

"His speeches are as good as any of his printed writings."-The Times.

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THE "BEST EDITION," in crown 8vo, with fine Portrait by Count D'ORSAY, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

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THE CHEAP EDITION," without Portrait, in 16mo, paper wrapper,

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Dickens' Life and Speeches, in One Volume, 16mo, cloth extra, 2s. 6d.

BALZAC'S CONTES DROLATIQUES.

Droll Stories, collected from the Abbeys of Touraine. Now FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED, with the whole 425 Marvellous, Extravagant, and Fantastic Illustrations (the finest he has ever done) by GUSTAVE DORÉ. Beautifully printed, in 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, gilt top, 12s. 6d.

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The most singular designs ever attempted by any artist. So crammed is the book with pictures, that even the contents are adorned with thirty-three Illustrations.

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The Danbury Newsman. A Brief but

Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a Remarkable People, under more Remarkable Circumstances, and Chronicled in a most Remarkable Manner. By JAMES M. BAILEY. Uniform with Twain's "Screamers." Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is.

"A real American humorist."-Figaro.

The Derby Day. A Sporting Novel of intense interest, by a well-known writer. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated cover, Is.

Disraeli's (Rt. Hon. B.)

Speeches

on the Conservative Policy of the last Thirty Years, including the Speech at the Literary Fund Dinner, specially revised by the Author. Royal 16mo, paper cover, with Portrait, Is. 4d. ; in cloth, Is. Iod.

D'Urfey's ("Tom") Wit and Mirth;

or, PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY: Being a Collection of the best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to all Hu. mours, having each their proper Tune for either Voice or Instrument: most of the Songs being new set. London: Printed by W. Pearson, for J. Tonson, at Shakespeare's Head, over-against Catherine Street in the Strand, 1719.

An exact and beautiful reprint of this much-prized work, with the Music to the Songs, just as in the rare original. In 6 vols., large fcap. 8vo, antique boards, edges uncut, beautifully printed on laid paper, made expressly for the work, price £3 35.; or LARGE PAPER COPIES (a limited number only printed), price £5 5s.

The PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY have now retained their celebrity for a century and a half. The difficulty of obtaining a copy has of late years raised sets to a fabulous price, and has made even odd volumes costly. Considering the clas sical reputation which the book has thus obtained, and its very high interest as illustrative of the manners, customs, and amusements of English life during the half century following the Restoration, no apology is needed for placing such a work more within the reach of general readers and students by re-issuing it for the first time since its original appearance, and at about a tithe of the price for which the old edition could now be obtained.

For drinking songs and love-songs, sprightly ballads, merry stories, and political squibs, there are none to surpass these in the language. In improvising such pieces, and in singing them, D'URFEY was perhaps never equalled, except in our own century by THEODORE HOOK. The sallies of his wit amused and delighted three successive English sovereigns; and while his plays are forgotten, his songs and ballads still retain the light abandon and joyous freshness that recommended them to the wits and beaux of Queen Anne's days. Nor can the warm and affec tionate eulogy of Steele and Addison be forgotten, and D'URFEY may now take his place on the bookshelves of the curious, side by side with the other worthies of

his age.

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The Earthward Pilgrimage, from the

Next World to that which now is. By MONCURE D. CONWAY. Crown 8vo, beautifully printed and bound, 7s. 6d.

Edgar Allan Poe's Prose and Poetical

Works; including Additional Tales and the fine Essays by this great Genius, now FIRST PUBLISHED IN THIS COUNTRY. With

a Translation of CHARLES BAUDELAIRE'S "Essay on Poe." 750 pages, crown 8vo, with fine Portrait and Illustrations, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

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Mrs. Ellis's Mothers of Great Men. A New Edition of this well-known Work, with numerous very beauful Portraits. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, over 500 pages, 7s. 6d.

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THE STANDARD WORK ON THE SUBJECT.

Emanuel on Diamonds and Precious Stones; Their History, Value, and Properties; with Simple Tests for ascertaining their Reality. By HARRY EMANUEL, F.R.G.S. With numerous Illustrations, Tinted and Plain. A New Edition, with the Prices brought down to the Present Time. Crown 8vo, full gilt, 6s.

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The Englishman's House, from a Cot

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This Work might not inappropriately be termed "A Book of Houses." It gives every variety of house, from a workman's cottage to a nobleman's palace. The book is intended to supply a want long felt, viz., a plain, non-technical account of every style of house, with the cost and manner of building.

Our English Surnames: Their Sources

and Significations. By CHARLES WAREING BARDSLEY, M.A. Crown 8vo, about 600 pages, cloth extra, 9s.

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Everybody Answered.

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Faraday's Chemical History of a

Candle. Lectures delivered to a Juvenile Audience.

A New Edition of this well-known volume, which has been so long out of print, Edited by W. CROOKES, Esq., F.S.A., &c. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with all the Original Illustrations, price 4s. 6d.

Faraday's Various Forces of Nature.

A New Edition, with all the Original Illustrations, Edited by W. CROOKES, Esq., F.S.A., &c. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 4s. 6d. FLAGELLATION AND THE FLAGELLANTS.

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A History of the Rod in all Countries,

from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. The use of the Rod in the Church, Convent, Monastery, Prison, Army, Navy, in public and private; the use of the Birch in the Family, Ladies' Seminaries, Boys' Schools, Colleges, the Boudoir, Ancient and Modern. By the Rev. W. COOPER, B.A. Second Edition, revised and corrected, with numerous Illustrations. Thick crown 8vo, cloth extra gilt, 12s. 6d. A remarkable, and certainly a very readable volume."-Daily Telegraph.

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