10 POPULAR ILLUSTRATED WORKS, NURSERY RHYMES. Second Edition. In square 8vo, 78. Illustrated by Dyce, (Dedicated to the PRINCE OF WALES and the PRINCESSES,) Nursery Rhymes, Tales, and Jingles; A New and carefully edited Selection; Printed in a unique style, with numerous Vignettes, and with an ornamental Design and Border round every page of the book. An illuminated edition of the same, price 10s. 6d. especially suited for a gift book. A Second Edition is just published, with additional Matter and Illustrations. the antique, and with equal fancy and taste become a fashionable adjunct to our literature. But nursery rhymes and tales themselves are subjects we like to handle; and therefore we reserve a review of this beautiful volume for another Gazette, and meanwhile most heartily recommend it."-Literary Gazette. "A very tasteful, German-looking book. Old | embellishment which has of late grown upon Mother Hubbard, My Boy John, Goosey Gander, Jack Sprat, King Cole, Jack Horner, Jenny Wren, and Peter Piper, here keep the most gracious company. As far as our learning in the matter goes, we think the selection excellent. It is intimated in the preface that in emendation also the little book has its original claims, and we certainly never saw a similar collection so free from everything inconsistent with its proper, playful, droll, and innocent character."—Examiner. "Though not an Annual, this volume is preeminently entitled to be ranked among the foremost and most eligible presents for young and deserving favourites. The style in which it is got up is unique; a fine specimen of the "In this rare book every page is illustrated by engravings on wood; and the illustrations are very beautiful, in reference both to design and execution; some of the prints, indeed, are of surpassing excellence. We regret that we cannot bestow a larger space upon a work that may justify enlarged and elaborate criticism."— Art Union, Juvenile Books, With many Engravings. Elegantly bound in Cloth, and Gilt. THE WINTER'S TALE. 2s. 6d. LUCY AND ARTHUR. 3s. POPULAR TALES & LEGENDS. 4s. 6d. THE ELEMENTS OF KNOW LEDGE. 3s. 6d. LEGENDS AND TRADITIONARY STORIES. With Woodcuts. 4s. 6d. and other Tales for the Young. (From the German.) 3s. THE CASTLE OF FALKEN- THE BOOK OF LEGENDS AND FABLES, STORIES, AND ALLE- THE RED AND WHITE ROSES, | cloth, with numerous Cuts. SACRED VERSES, WITH PICTURES. Edited by the Rev. ISAAC WILLIAMS, Author of "The Cathedral," "The Baptistery," &c. In small 4to, in Three Packets, price 3s. each; or complete in One Vol. handsome cloth, 12s. This Series contains Thirty-six Prints (from Albert Durer, Overbeck, Steinle, &c.), with accompanying Verses. PUBLISHED BY JAMES BURNS. 11 MAGNIFICENT DRAWING-ROOM-TABLE OR GIFT BOOK. Just Published, a Second and Improved Edition of Poems and Pictures; A Collection of BALLADS, SONGS, and other POEMS, with nearly One Hundred Engravings on Wood, by the First English Artists and Engravers. In Gilt Cloth, 21. 2s.; Morocco, Elegant, Two Guineas and a Half. The unexpectedly rapid sale of the First Issue of this admired Work has encouraged the Publisher to prepare a Second Edition, with such improvements as he trusts will entitle it to a place among the finest Works of Art ever produced in this or any other country. It is admirably suited for a Gift Book. As the impression is limited, it is suggested that those who wish to procure copies for presents or other purposes, should give their orders to their respective booksellers as early as possible. "Gems of poesy, set and linked togetherwith designs full of graceful and tender feeling. Every page is surrounded by a rustic framework, and the margin is enriched with an illustration of the subject, or an ornamental scroll of flowery or arabesque foliage: these scrolls are both elegant and original." Spectator. "A new candidate for artistic ornament, and for taste and invention it is among the foremost; we can only partially describe and speak of its designs in terms of very unqualified praise. But so many and eminent artists have been engaged upon it, that we cannot wonder at the feat their united talents have effected. We may add, that the force with which every cut is brought out, does infinite credit to the printing."-Literary Gazelle. "A most beautiful volume; and which suggests most forcibly the consideration, To whom shall I offer so charming a present? It exhibits not only the most delicate specimens imaginable of engraving on wood, but also designs which do infinite credit to the taste and skill of the artists employed."-Gentleman's Magazine. "Full of choice poetry, both of the pencil and the pen, finely printed on tinted paper, and handsomely bound-this volume is the most perfect of its kind that Mr. Burns has yet produced."-Britannia. "Poems and Pictures,' published by Mr. Burns, than which English typography has produced nothing more beautiful."-Morning Chronicle. "One of the most exquisite productions of this season of gay and glittering illustration. We are thankful for the pains bestowed in keeping it quite free from all that could injure the delicacy of the youthful mind, and for the sweet store he has added to it of the romantic, the picturesque, the beautiful, and the holy."— New Quarterly. "This splendid volume reflects great credit, &c. It is a work that will outlive all the Annuals; for, while it rivals them in the beauty of its illustrations, the literary portion of the page is infinitely superior to any that we have yet seen. It is the best presentation book of the season."-Oxford and Cambridge Review. "Mr. Burns has done real, and we hope permanent, service to English art by this noble publication-it seems lowering to consider it merely as a gift-book It is speaking only within compass when we say that our literature has received a considerable acquisition in this "The present volume is a specimen of excellence in the art of wood-engraving, unequalled by any work of a similar kind. Many of the engravings are master-pieces, from their beauty and finish. It is impossible to conceive a more splendid volume, or a more fitting pre-volume, which exceeds in pictorial value the sent, while too much praise cannot be bestowed upon its general arrangements, independent of its high artistic merits. Not only must it be an ornament to the library of the most fastidious, but, as a work of art-and our readers know we do not use the words unadvisedlyit deserves immediate and extensive popularity."-Atlas. illustrated editions of Moore, Lockhart, &c., just as its contents are more healthy and genial."-Remembrancer. "The cuts are really executed in the most finished style, and equal, if they do not excel, the finest specimens hitherto produced. It may be conceived how rich a treat Mr. Burns has provided for his readers. The work is 12 PUBLISHED BY JAMES BURNS, 17, PORTMAN STREET. Poems and Pictures-continued. splendidly bound, is distinguished by very fine typography, and has altogether a rich and beautiful effect."-Morning Herald. "The most perfect specimen of book embellishment which has ever issued from the British press. A person seeking a handsome present would not hesitate to choose this; it will be welcome everywhere and to everybody. It is not a book for one season only; but a permanent addition to the library, when it shall have played its part on the drawing-room table."— Critic. "A work which does honour to the age in which we live. The poems are worthy of the pictures, and the pictures of the poems; and when we say that both are of the very highest order, we need only mention, &c. &c. We can assure those who wish to make a present, that this most beautiful work will alike do credit to their selection and their taste; please it must, for Mr. Burns has combined, as is his wont, the beautiful with the moral."-Era. Artists; for native talent only has been employed on this triumphant volume.”—Morning Advertiser. "We have scarcely ever seen such plates in a mere book; they are depicted with a softness and delicacy which formerly could only be attained by copper or steel. The work is most elegantly got up, and forms a splendid ornament for the drawing-room table, and companion for all persons of taste."-Bell's Messenger. "This illustration of Poems and Pictures' surpasses, indeed, in beauty and excellence all the competitors we have seen; it stands unrivalled as a graceful and beautiful present. Taste and judgment, sentiment and passion, fancy and feeling, imagination and intellect, have all wherewith to luxuriate upon." Ainsworth's Magazine. "What have we in place [of the Annuals]? Why, the devotion of some of the highest efforts of English Art to the illustration of some of the finest compositions in our language. The superb volume before us is a noble specimen of this beneficial change. Here we have some of the most spirit-stirring ballads, songs, and poems of our land, (with a few translations,) illustrated by the first artists that our country can produce. The illustrations are, we think, taken altogether, the finest set of engravings on wood yet produced in this country. Among the artists, we find Cope, Dyce, Creswick, Horsley, Redgrave, Tenniel, &c. &c.-names familiar to the public by their the mind and the eye are equally gratified by hibitions, and to the great Art competitions of exquisite contributions to our metropolitan exthis unique volume."-John Bul. "One of the most beautiful volumes which it has been our fortune to see. The most refined taste has presided over the selection of poems, while the illustrations are in the very highest and best style of art. It not only reflects credit on the publisher, but affords a striking instance of the perfection to which the art of wood engraving has been carried."— English Keview. "Woodcuts, many of which excel anything we have seen in that branch of the art. Both "The illustrations are of the most exquisite quality, whether the designs or the engraving be considered, and prove how eminent in talents and acquirements are now our English the last few years. The volume is most taste- THIS unique volume is splendidly printed in square 8vo, on toned paper prepared for the purpose. Price in cloth gilt, 2 guineas; or in morocco elegant, 2 guineas and a half. It comprises nearly ONE HUNDRED Engravings on Wood, in the highest style of the art, (besides border ornaments round each page,) designed by J. C. Horsley. W. Dyce. C. W. Cope. R. Redgrave. E. Duncan. H, C. Selous. H. J. Townsend. J. Franklin. T. Creswick. C. Dodgson. C. H. Weigall. Engraved by Thompson, Linton, Dalziel, Greene, Branston, Bastin, Gray, &c. &c. The whole forming one of the most perfect specimens of British Art, as well as one of the cheapest works, ever produced in this country. A specimen of the letter-press and several of the engravings, with a synopsis of the contents, will be sent by post on receipt of four postage stamps, and Booksellers can be supplied with the same through their Agents. R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL. |