Arnold. THE

COMPLETE

POETICAL WORKS.

Vol. I. NARRATIVE AND ELEGIAC POEMS. Vol. II. DRAMATIC
AND LYRIC POEMS. By MATTHEW ARNOLD. Extra fcap. 8vo.
Price 6s. each.

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The two volumes comprehend the First and Second Series of the Poems, and the New Poems. Thyrsis is a poem of perfect delight, exquisite in grave tenderness of reminiscence, rich in breadth of western light, breathing full the spirit of gray and ancient Oxford."-SATURDAY REVIEW. "The noblest in it is clothed in clearest words. There is no obscurity, no useless ornament: everything is simple, finished, and perfect."-SCOTSMAN.

Atkinson. AN ART TOUR TO THE NORTHERN CAPITALS OF EUROPE. By J. BEAVINGTON ATKINSON. 8vo. 125.

"We can highly recommend it; not only for the valuable information it gives on the special subjects to which it is dedicated, but also for the interesting episodes of travel which are interwoven with, and lighten, the weightier matters of judicious and varied criticism on art and artists in northern capitals."—ART JOURnal.

Baker. (For other Works by the same Author, see CATALOGUE OF TRAVELS.)

CAST UP BY THE SEA; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF NED GREY. By SIR SAMUEL Baker, M. A., F.R.G.S. With Illustrations by HUARD. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo. cloth gilt. 7s. 6d.

"An admirable tale of adventure, of marvellous incidents, wild exploits, and terrible dénouements."-DAILY NEWS. "A story of adventure by sea and land in the good old style.”—PALL MALL GAZETTE.

Baring-Gould.-Works by S. BARING-GOULD, M.A. :— IN EXITU ISRAEL. An Historical Novel. Two Vols. 8vo. 215. "Some of its most powerful passages — and prodigiously powerful they are-are descriptions of familiar events in the earlier days of the Revolution."-LITERARY CHURCHMAN. "Full of the most exciting incidents and ably portrayed characters, abounding in beautifully attractive legends, and relieved by descriptions fresh,~ vivid, and truth-like."-WESTMINSTER REVIEW.

Baring-Gould-continued.

LEGENDS OF OLD TESTAMENT CHARACTERS, from the Talmud and other sources. Two vols. Crown 8vo. 16s. Vol. I. Adam to Abraham. Vol. II. Melchizedek to Zachariah. Mr. Baring-Gould has here collected from the Talmud and other sources, Jewish and Mohammedan, a large number of curious and interesting legends concerning the principal characters of the Old Testament, comparing these frequently with similar legends current among many of the nations, savage and civilized, all over the world. "These volumes contain much that is very strange, and, to the ordinary English reader, very novel."-DAILY NEWS.

Barker.-Works by LADY BARKER:

"Lady Barker is an unrivalled story-teller."-GUARDIAN.

STATION LIFE IN NEW ZEALAND. New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

These letters are the exact account of a lady's experience of the brighter and less practical side of colonization. They record the expedi tions, adventures, and emergencies diversifying the daily life of the wife of a New Zealand sheep-farmer; and, as each was written while the novelty and excitement of the scenes it describes were fresh upon her, they may succeed in giving here in England an adequate impression of the delight and freedom of an existence so far removed from our own highly-wrought civilization. "We have never read

a more truthful or a pleasanter little book."-ATHENÆUM.

CONTENTS :-A Wedding Story-A Stupid Story-A Scotch Story
-A Man's Story. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

"Lady Barker is endowed with a rare and delicate gift for nar-
rating stories, she has the faculty of throwing even into her
printed narrative a soft and pleasant tone, which goes far to make
the reader think the subject or the matter immaterial, so long as the
author will go on telling stories for his benefit."-ATHENÆUM.

STORIES ABOUT:--With Six Illustrations.
Extra fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

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Third Edition.

Barker-continued.

This volume contains several entertaining stories about Monkeys,
Jamaica, Camp Life, Dogs, Boys, &c. "There is not a tale in
he book which can fail to please children as well as their elders."
-PALL MALL GAZETTE.

A CHRISTMAS CAKE IN FOUR QUARTERS. With Illusrations by JELLICOE. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth gilt. 4s. 6d.

In this little volume, Lady Barker, whose reputation as a delightful story-teller is established, narrates four pleasant stories showing how the "Great Birth-day" is kept in the 'Four Quarters" of the globe,-in England, Jamaica, India, and New Zealand. The volume is illustrated by a number of well-executed cuts. "Contains just the stories that children should be told. 'Christmas Cake' is a delightful Christmas book."—Globe.

RIBBON STORIES. With Illustrations by C. O. MURRAY. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth gilt. 4s. 6d.

"We cannot too highly commend. It is exceedingly happy and original in the plan, and the graceful fancies of its pages, merry and pathetic turns, will be found the best reading by girls of all ages, and by boys too."-TIMES.

SYBIL'S BOOK.

Second Edition.

Illustrated by S. E. WALLER. Globe 8vo. gilt. 4s. 6d. "Another of Lady Barker's delightful stories, and one of the most thoroughly original books for girls that has been writien for many years. Grown-up readers will like it quite as much as young people, and will even better understand the rarity of such simple, natural, and unaffected writing That no one can read the story without interest is not its highest praise, for no one ought to be able to lay it down without being the better girl or boy, or man or woman, for the reading of it. Lady Barker has never turned her fertile and fascinating pen to better account, and for the sake of all readers we wish 'Sybil's Book' a wide success."-TIMES.

Bell.-ROMANCES

AND MINOR POEMS.

GLASSFORD BELL. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.

"Full of life and genius."-COURT CIRCULAR.

By HENRY

Besant.-STUDIES IN EARLY FRENCH POETRY.
WALTER BESANT, M.A. Crown 8vo. 8s. 6d.

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The present work aims to afford information and direction touching the early efforts of France in poetical literature. In one moderately sized volume he has contrived to introduce us to the very best, if not to all of the early French poets."-ATHENÆUM.

Betsy Lee; A FO'C'S'LE YARN. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. "There is great vigour and much pathos in this poem."-MORNING POST..

"We can at least say that it is the work of a true poet."-ATHE

NÆUM.

Black (W.)-Works by W. BLACK, Author of "A Daughter or

Heth."

THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A PHAETON.
Illustrated by S. E. WALLER. Seventh and Cheaper Edition.
8vo.
IOS. 6d.

"The book is a really charming description of a thousand English
landscapes and of the emergencies and the fun and the delight of a
picnic journey through them by a party determined to enjoy them-
selves, and as well matched as the pair of horses which drew the
phaeton they sat in. The real charm and purpose of the book is
its open-air life among hills and dales."-TIMES.
"The great
charm of Mr. Black's book is that there is nothing hackneyed
about it, nothing overdrawn,-all is bright and lifelike. All is
told naturally, pleasantly, and with so infectious a sense of enjoy-
ment, that the reader longs to have been with him in real earnest,
not merely accompanying him in fancy by the winter fireside.
Should Castor and Pollux take him on any future journey, he will
not lack eager inquiries for another of his delightful travel stories;
none the less delightful that they tell of familiar scenes, familiar
English faces, homely customs, and homely pleasures."-MORNING
POST.

A PRINCESS OF THULE. Three vols. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo. 31s. 6d.

"A beautiful and nearly perfect story."-SPECTATOR

Brooke.-THE FOOL OF QUALITY; OR, THE HISTORY OF HENRY, EARL OF MORELAND. By HENRY BROOKE. Newly revised, with a Biographical Preface by the Rev. CHARLES KINGSLEY, M.A., Rector of Eversley. Crown 8vo. 6s.

The Preface to the book tells all that is known of this remarkable man of last century, and of his varied works. Over "The Fool of Quality" he spent several years, and in it we have the whole man; the education of an ideal nobleman has given him room for all his speculations on theology, political economy, the relation of sex and family, and the training, moral and physical, of a country gentleman. The pathos is healthy and simple.

Broome.-THE STRANGER OF SERIPHOS.

A Dramatic

Poem. By FREDERICK NAPIER BROOME. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. Founded on the Greek legend of Danae and Perseus. "Grace and beauty of expression are Mr. Broome's characteristics; and these qualities are displayed in many passages."—ATHENÆUM. 'The story is rendered with consummate beauty."-LITERARY CHURCH

MAN.

Cabinet Pictures.-Oblong folio, price 42s.

This is a handsome portfolio containing faithfully executed and beautifully coloured reproductions of five well-known pictures :— "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" and "The Fighting Téméraire,' by F. M. W. Turner; Crossing the Bridge," by Sir W. A. Callcott; "The Cornfield," by John Constable; and "A Landscape," by Birket Foster. The DAILY NEWS says of them,

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They are very beautifully executed, and might be framed and hung up on the wall, as creditable substitutes for the originals."

Containing:-" The Baths of Caligula" and " The Golden Bough," by J. W. M. Turner; "The Little Brigand," by T. Uwins; "The Lake of Lucerne," by Percival Skelton; "Evening Rest," by E. M. Wimperis. Oblong folio. 42s.