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BROADSTONE HALL, and other Poems. By W. E. Windus. With 40 Illustrations by ALFRED CONCANEN. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 5s. "This little volume of poems is illustrated with such vigour, and shows such a thoroughly practical knowledge of and love for sea-life, that it is quite tonic and refreshing. Maudlin sentimentality is carefully eschewed, and a robust, manly tone of thought gives muscle to the verse and elasticity of mind to the reader."-Morning Post.

BROCKEDON'S PASSES OF THE ALPS. Containing 109 fine Engravings by FINDEN, WILLMORE, and others; with Maps of each Pass, and a General Map of the Alps by ARROWSMITH. Two Vols., 4to, half-bound morocco, gilt edges, £3 13s. 6d.

BULWER'S (Lytton) PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE. With Portrait and 27 exquisite Line Engravings on Steel, by GOODALL, WILLMORE, and others; after Drawings by DAVID ROBERTS and MACLISE. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, top edges gilt, ios. 6d.

BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. With 17 beautiful Steel Engravings by STOTHARD, engraved by GOODALL; and numerous Woodcuts. Square 8vo, cloth gilt, 10s. 6d.

BURNET'S HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME, from the Restoration of Charles II. to the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht. With Historical and Biographical Notes and copious Index. Imp. 8vo, with Portrait, cloth extra, 135. 6d. BURNET'S HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. A New Edition, with numerous illustrative Notes and copious Index. Two Vols., imperial 8vo, cloth extra, £1 15. BYRON'S (Lord) LETTERS AND JOURNALS. With Notices of his Life. By THOMAS MOORE. A Reprint of the Original Edition, newly revised, complete in a thick volume of 1060 pp., with Twelve full-page Plates. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7s. 6d.

"We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and, when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is the matter inferior to the manner. It would be difficult to name a book which exhibits more kindness, fairness, and modesty."-MACAULAY, in the Edinburgh Review.

CALMET'S BIBLE DICTIONARY. Edited by CHARLES

TAYLOR. With the Fragments incorporated and arranged in Alphabetical Order. New Edition. Imperial 8vo, with Maps and Wood Engravings, cloth extra, 10s. 6d.

CANOVA'S WORKS IN SCULPTURE AND MODELLING. 150 Plates exquisitely engraved in Outline by MOSES, and printed on an India tint. With Descriptions by the Countess ALBRIZZI, a Biographical Memoir by CICOGNARA, and Portrait by WORTHINGTON. A New Edition. Demy 4to, cloth extra, gilt, gilt edges, 31s. 6d. [In the press. CARLYLE (Thomas) ON THE CHOICE OF BOOKS. With New Life and Anecdotes. Small post 8vo, brown cloth, 1s. 6d. CAROLS OF COCKAYNE; Vers de Société descriptive of London Life. By HENRY S. LEIGH. Third Edition. With numerous Illustrations by ALFRED CONCANEN. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 5s.

CARTER'S ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE OF ENGLAND. Including the Orders during the British, Roman, Saxon, and Norman Eras; and also under the Reigns of Henry III. and Edward III. Illustrated by 103 large Copperplate Engravings, comprising upwards of Two Thousand Specimens. Edited by JOHN BRITTON. Royal folio, half-morocco extra, £2 85.

This national work on ancient architecture occupied its author, in drawing, etching, arranging, and publishing, more than twenty years, and he himself declared it to be the result of his studies through life.

CARTER'S ANCIENT SCULPTURE NOW REMAINING IN ENGLAND, from the Earliest Period to the Reign of Henry VIII.: consisting of Statues, Basso-relievos, Sculptures, &c., Brasses, Monumental Effigies, Paintings on Glass and on Walls; Missal Ornaments; Carvings on Cups, Croziers, Chests, Seals; Ancient Furniture, &c. &c. With Historical and Critical Illustrations by DOUCE. MEYRICK, DAWSON TURNER, and JOHN BRITTON. Royal folio, with 120 large Engravings, many Illuminated, half-bound morocco extra, £8 8s.

CATLIN'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, written during Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest and most Remarkable Tribes now existing. Containing 360 Engravings from the Author's original Paintings. Tenth Edition. Two Vols., imperial 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, £110s.; or with the Plates beautifully Coloured, half-morocco, gilt edges, £8 8s. "One of the most admirable observers of manners who ever lived among the aborigines of America."-HUMBOLDT's Cosmos.

CATLIN'S NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PORTFOLIO. Containing Hunting Scenes, Amusements, Scenery, and Costume of the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America, from Drawings and Notes made by the Author during Eight Years' Travel. A series of 25 magnificent Plates, beautifully coloured in facsimile of the Original Drawings exhibited at the Egyptian Hall. With letterpress descriptions, imperial folio, in handsome portfolio £7 105.

CELEBRATED CLAIMANTS, Ancient and Modern. The History of all the most celebrated Pretenders and Claimants, from PERKIN WARBECK to ARTHUR ORTON. Fcap. 8vo, illustrated boards, 25.

CHAMBERLAINE'S IMITATIONS OF DRAWINGS FROM THE GREAT MASTERS in the Royal Collection. Engraved by BARTOLOZZI and others. 74 fine Plates, mostly tinted; including, in addition, "Ecce Homo,' after GUIDO, and the scarce Series of 7 Anatomical Drawings. Imperial folio, half-morocco, gilt edges, £5 55.

CHATTO'S (W. Andrew) HISTORY OF WOOD ENGRAVING, Historical and Practical. A New Edition, with an Additional Chapter. Illustrated by 445 fine Wood Engravings. Imperial 8vo, half-Roxburghe, £2 5s. "This volume is one of the most interesting and valuable of modern times."-Art Union.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS

AND BALLADS.

Selected and

Edited by JOSHUA SYLVESTER. Cloth extra, gilt, gilt edges, 3s. 6d. CICERO'S FAMILIAR LETTERS, AND LETTERS TO ATTICUS. Translated by MELMOTH and HEBERDEN. With Life of Cicero by MIDDLETON. Royal 8vo, with Portrait, cloth extra, 125.

"Cicero is the type of a perfect letter-writer, never boring you with moral essays out of season, always evincing his mastery over his art by the most careful consideration for your patience and amusement. We should rifle the volumes of antiquity in vain to find a letter-writer who converses on paper so naturally, so engagingly, so much from the heart as Cicero."-Quarterly Review.

CLAUDE'S LIBER VERITATIS. A Collection of 303 Prints after the Original Designs of CLAUDE. Engraved by RICHARD EARLOM. With a descriptive Catalogue of each Print, Lists of the Persons for whom, and the Places for which, the original Pictures were first painted, and of the present Possessors of most of them. Three Vols. folio, half-morocco extra, gilt edges, £10 10s.

CLAUDE, BEAUTIES OF, containing 24 of his choicest Landscapes, beautifully Engraved on Steel, by BROMLEY, LUPTON, and others. With Biographical Sketch and Portrait. Royal folio, in a portfolio, £1 55.

New Illustrated Library Editions,

COLLINS' (Wilkie) NOVELS.

price 6s. each, with Frontispiece and several full-page Illustrations in each Volume:

The Woman in White. Il-
lustrated by Sir JOHN GILBERT and
F. A. FRASER.

Antonina; or, The Fall of
Rome. Illustrated by Sir JOHN GIL-
BERT and ALFRED CONCANEN,
Basil. Illustrated by Sir JOHN
GILBERT and M. F. MAHONEY.
The Dead Secret. Illustrated
by Sir JOHN GILBERT and H.
FURNISS.

The Queen of Hearts. Illus-
trated by Sir JOHN GILBERT and
ALFRED CONCANEN.

The Moonstone. Illustrated by
G. DU MAURIER and F. A. FRASER.
Man and Wife. Illustrated by
WILLIAM SMALL.

Hide and Seek; or, The Mys

tery of Mary Grice. Illustrated by Sir JOHN GILBERT and M. F. MA

HONEY.

Poor Miss Finch. Illustrated
by GEORGE DU MAURIER and ED-
WARD HUGHES.

Miss or Mrs. ? Illustrated by
S. L. FILDES and HENRY WOODS.
The New Magdalen. With
Steel-plate Portrait of the Author, and
Illustrations by C. S. R.

The Frozen Deep.

Illustrated by G. Du MAURIER and M. F. MAHONEY.

My Miscellanies.
by ALFRED CONCANEN.

Illustrated

THE LAW AND THE LADY, by WILKIE COLLINS, in Three Vols., crown 8vo, 31s. 6d., is now ready at all Libraries and at the Booksellers. "An exceedingly clever novel, full of admirable writing, abounding in a subtle ingenuity which is a distinct order of genius. . The Law and the Lady will be read with avidity by all who delight in the romances of the greatest master the sensational novel has ever known."-World.

"The author exhibits, in Miserrimus Dexter, a portrait which, for originality of conception and skill in depiction, exceeds anything of the kind. The book carries one irresistibly on from the first page to the last."-John Bull.

COLMAN'S HUMOROUS WORKS.-Broad Grins, My Nightgown and Slippers, and other Humorous Works, Prose and Poetical, of GEORGE COLMAN. With Life and Anecdotes by G. B. BUCKSTONE, and Frontispiece by HOGARTH. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 75. 6d.

CONDÉ (THE GREAT), and the Period of the Fronde: An Historical Sketch. By WALTER FITZ PATRICK. Second Edition. Two Vols., 8vo, cloth extra, 158.

CONQUEST OF THE SEA (The). A History of Diving from the Earliest Times. By HENRY SIEBE. Profusely Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 45. 6d.

"We have perused this volume, full of quaint information, with delight. Mr. Siebe has bestowed much pains on his work; he writes with enthusiasm and fulness of knowledge."-Echo.

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CONSTABLE'S GRAPHIC WORKS. Comprising 40 hilly finished Mezzotinto Engravings on Steel, by DAVID LUCAS; with desc Letterpress by C. R. LESLIE, R.A. Folio, half-morocco, gilt edges, £2 28.

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COTMAN'S

ENGRAVINGS

BRASSES IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. With Letterpress DescripOF THE SEPULCHRAL tions, an Essay on Sepulchral Memorials by DAWSON TURNER, Notes by Sir SAMUEL MEYRICK, ALBERT WAY, and Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, and copious Index. New Edition, containing 173 Plates, two of them splendidly Illuminated. Two Volsume, small folio, half-morocco extra, £6 65.; Large Paper copies, imperial folio, half-morocco extra, £8 8s.

COTMAN'S ETCHINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS, chiefly Norman and Gothic, in various Counties in England, but principally in Norfolk, with Descriptive Notices by DAWSON TURNER, and Architectural Observations by THOMAS RICKMAN. Two Vols., imperial folio, containing 240 spirited Etchings, half-morocco, top edges gilt, £8 8s. COTMAN'S LIBER STUDIORUM.

A Series of Landscape

Studies and Original Compositions for the Use of Art Students, consisting of 48 Etchings, the greater part executed in "soft ground." Imperial folio, halfmorocco, 1 11s. 6d.

COWPER'S POETICAL WORKS. Including his Translation of HOMER. Edited by the Rev. H. F. CARY. With Portrait and 18 Steel Engravings after HARVEY. Royal 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges, 10s. 6d.

"I long to know your opinion of Cowper's Translation. The Odyssey especially is surely very Homeric. What nobler than the appearance of Phoebus at the beginning of the Iliad-lines ending with Dread sounding-bounding in the silver bow'?"-CHARLES LAMB, in a Letter to Coleridge.

by the

CREASY'S MEMOIRS OF EMINENT ETONIANS; with Notices of the Early History of Eton College. By Sir EDWARD CREASY, Author of The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World.' Additions and Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra. A New Edition, with large CRUIKSHANK AT HOME. [In the press. most Popular Authors. With numerous Illustrations by ROBERT CRUIKSHANK Tales and Sketches and ROBERT SEYMOUR. of Variety, Illustrated by Two Odd Fellows-SEYMOUR and CRUIKSHANK. Also, CRUIKSHANK'S ODD VOLUME, or Book Four Vols. bound in Two, fcap. 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 10s. 6d. CRUIKSHANK'S COMIC ALMANACK. SERIES: The FIRST from 1835 to 1843; the SECOND from 1844 to 1853. A GatherComplete in Two ing of the BEST HUMOUR of THACKERAY, HOOD, MAYHEW, ALBERT SMITH, A BECKETT, ROBERT BROUGH, &c. by CRUIKSHANK, HINE, LANDELLS, &c. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, two very thick With 2000 Woodcuts and Steel Engravings volumes, 158.; or, separately, 7s. 6d. per volume.

CRUIKSHANK'S UNIVERSAL SONGSTER.

The largest

With 8

Collection extant of the best Old English Songs (upwards of 5000). Engravings on Steel and Wood by GEORGE and R. CRUIKSHANK, and 8 Portraits. Three Vols., 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 215.

CUSSANS' HANDBOOK OF HERALDRY.

With Instructions

for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient MSS.; Rules for the Appointment of Liveries, Chapters on Continental and American Heraldry, &c. &c. By JOHN E. CUSSANS. Illustrated with 360 Plates and Woodcuts. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt and emblazoned, 78. 6d.

CUSSANS' HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE. History, got up in a very superior manner, and ranging with the finest works of its class. By JOHN E. CUSSANS. Illustrated with full-page Plates on Copper and A County Stone, and a profusion of small Woodcuts. Parts I. to VIII. now ready, 21s. each. An entirely new History of this important County, great attention being given to all matters pertaining to Family History.

CUVIER'S ANIMAL KINGDOM, arranged after its Organization: forming a Natural History of Animals, and an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy. New Edition, with considerable Additions by W. B. CARPENTER and J. O. WESTWOOD. Illustrated by many Hundred Wood Engravings, and numerous Steel Engravings by THOS. LANDSEER, mostly Coloured. Imperial 8vo, cloth extra, 18s.

CYCLOPÆDIA OF COSTUME; or, A Dictionary of Dress-Regal, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military-from the Earliest Period in England to the reign of George the Third. Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, and preceded by a General History of the Costumes of the Principal Countries of Europe. By J. R. PLANCHÉ, Somerset Herald. To be Completed in Twenty-four Parts, quarto, at Five Shillings each, profusely illustrated by Coloured and Plain Plates and Wood Engravings.-A Prospectus will be sent upon application. [In course of publication.

"There is no subject connected with dress with which Somerset Herald' is not as familiar as ordinary men are with the ordinary themes of everyday life. The gathered knowledge of many years is placed before the world in this his latest work, and when finished, there will exist no work on the subject half so valuable. The numerous illustrations are all effective-for their accuracy the author is responsible; they are well drawn and well engraved, and, while indispensable to a proper comprehension of the text, are satisfactory as works of art."-Art Journal.

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"Beautifully printed and superbly illustrated."-Standard, second notice.

D'ARBLAY'S (Madame) DIARY AND LETTERS. Edited by her Niece, CHARLOTTE BARRETT. A New Edition, in Four Vols., 8vo. Illustrated by numerous fine Portraits engraved on Steel. [In preparation. DIBDIN'S (T. F.) BIBLIOMANIA; or, Book-Madness: A Bibliographical Romance. With numerous Illustrations. A New Edition, with a Supplement, including a Key to the Assumed Characters in the Drama. Demy 8vo, half-Roxburghe, 215.; a few Large Paper copies, haif-Roxburghe, the edges altogether uncut, at 425. [In the press.

DICKENS' LIFE AND SPEECHES. Royal 16mo, cloth extra, 25. 6d.

DISCOUNT TABLES, on a new and simple plan; to facilitate the Discounting of Bills, and the Calculation of Interest on Banking and Current Accounts, &c.; showing, without calculation, the number of days from every day in the year to any other day. BY THOMAS READER. Post 8vo, cloth extra, 75. DON QUIXOTE: A Revised Translation, based upon those of MOTTEUX, JARVIS, and SMOLLETT. With 50 Illustrations by ARMSTRONG and TONY JOHANNOT. Royal 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 10s. 6d.

DON QUIXOTE IN SPANISH.-EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA. Nueva Edicion, corregida y revisada. Por MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA. Complete in One Volume, post 8vo, nearly 700 pages, cloth extra, price 4s. 6d.

DRURY'S ILLUSTRATIONS of FOREIGN ENTOMOLOGY. Containing, in 150 beautifully Coloured Plates, upwards of 600 Exotic Insects of the East and West Indies, China, New Holland, North and South America, Germany, &c. With important Additions and Scientific Indexes, by J. O. WESTWOOD, F.L.S. Three Vols., 4to, half-morocco extra, £5 5s.

DULWICH GALLERY (The): A Series of 50 beautifully Coloured Plates, from the most celebrated Pictures in this Collection, executed by the Custodian, R. COCKBURN, and mounted upon Cardboard, in the manner of Drawings. Imperial folio, in portfolio, £16 165.

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