a Classified Catalogue of
Henry S. King & Co.’s Publications.

This work is the result of many years of research into the history of the Norman race in England. It is generally supposed to have become extinct; but careful study has shown that it exists and forms a large part of the English people. In the course of the work the early history of the whole aristocracy is revised, reconstructed, and very many thousands of families are shown to be Norman which have never before been accounted for.

“We conclude with a cordial recommendation of this valuable book. In the present work his moderation, scholarship, insight, and occasionally very impressive style, have raised him to the dignity of an historian”—Saturday Review.

“Almost every page abounds with composition of peculiar merit, as well as with an account of some thrilling event more exciting than any to be found in an ordinary work of fiction.”—Morning Post.

“For those who shun blue books, and yet desire some of the information they contain, these latter chapters on the statistics of the various religious denominations will be welcomed.”—Evening Standard.

“Mr. Godkin writes with evident honesty, and the topic on which he writes is one about which an honest book is greatly wanted.”—Examiner.

“But there is a high tone about them, a love of justice, of truth and integrity, a sense of honour and manliness, and a simple devotion to religious duty, which however mistaken according to our lights, is deserving of every respect. The translation is the work of a lady, and a very excellent and scholar-like translation it is, clearly and pleasantly written, and illustrated and explained by copious notes, indicating considerable learning and research.”—Saturday Review.

“Those who like stories full of the genuine colour and fragrance of the East, should by all means read Mrs. Godfrey Clerk’s volume.”—Spectator.

“As full of valuable information as it is of amusing incident.”—Evening Standard.

“A graceful and touching, as well as truthful account of the Franco-Prussian War. Those who are in the habit of reading books to children will find this at once instructive and delightful.”—Public Opinion.

“Miss Parr has the great gift of charming simplicity of style; and if children are not interested in her book, many of their seniors will be.”—British Quarterly Review.

“Another of those interesting journals in which Mr. Senior has, as it were, crystallized the sayings of some of those many remarkable men with whom he came in contact.”—Morning Post.

“A book replete with knowledge and thought.”—Quarterly Review.

“An extremely interesting book.”—Saturday Review.

“The book has a genuine historical value.”—Saturday Review.

“The present volume gives us conversations with some of the most prominent men in the political history of France and Italy.... Mr. Senior has the art of inspiring all men with frankness, and of persuading them to put themselves unreservedly in his hands without fear of private circulation.”—Athenæum.

“No better, more honest, and more readable view of the state of political society during the existence of the second Republic could well be looked for.”—Examiner.

“Has all the information of history, with all the interest that attaches to biography.”—Scotsman.

“A graceful contribution to the lighter record of history.”—English Churchman.

“No author could have stated the case more temperately than he has done, and few could have placed before the reader so graphically the story which had to be told.”—Leeds Mercury.

“We have read these two volumes with genuine gratification.”—Hour.

“We could have wished to give specimens of her very just, subtle, and concise criticisms on authors of every sort and time—poets, moralists, historians, and philosophers. Sara Coleridge, as she is revealed, or rather reveals herself, in the correspondence, makes a brilliant addition to a brilliant family reputation.”—Saturday Review.

“These charming volumes are attractive in two ways: first, as a memorial of a most amiable woman of high intellectual mark; and secondly, as rekindling recollections, and adding a little to our information regarding the life of Sara Coleridge’s father, the poet and philosopher.”—Athenæum.

“An acceptable record, and present an adequate image of a mind of singular beauty and no inconsiderable power.”—Examiner.

“A valuable addition to history.”—Daily News.

“This remarkable autobiography, in which we gratefully recognize a valuable addition to the tragic romance of history.”—Spectator.

“The Memoir is followed by a criticism of Hawthorne as a writer; and the criticism is, on the whole, very well written, and exhibits a discriminating enthusiasm for one of the most fascinating of novelists.”—Saturday Review.

“Seldom has it been our lot to meet with a more appreciative delineation of character than this Memoir of Hawthorne.”—Morning Post.

“He has done full justice to the fine character of the author of ‘The Scarlet Letter.’”—Standard.

“A model of literary work of art.”—Edinburgh Courant.

“Mr. Maurice has written a very interesting book, which may be read with equal pleasure and profit.”—Morning Post.

“The volume contains many interesting details, including some important documents. It will amply repay those who read it, whether as a chapter of the constitutional history of England or as the life of a great Englishman.”—Spectator.

“We have never met with a work which we can more unreservedly praise. The sketches are absolutely impartial.”—Athenæum.

“We can heartily commend his work.”—Standard.

“The ‘Sketches of Statesmen’ are drawn with a master hand.”—Yorkshire Post.

This little volume derives its chief interest from the accurate descriptions of the scenes visited during the recent struggle on the Continent.

A volume of simple “impressions de voyage”—but written in pleasant and interesting style.

“A good-sized volume, delightfully vivid and picturesque.... Several chapters devoted to the characteristics of the people are exceedingly interesting and remarkable.... The whole book deserves the heartiest commendation ... sparkling and amusing from beginning to end. Reading it is like rambling about with a companion who is content to loiter, observing everything, commenting upon everything, turning everything into a picture, with a cheerful flow of spirits, full of fun, but far above frivolity.”—Spectator.

“He writes very lightly and pleasantly, and brightens his pages with a good deal of humour. His experiences were varied enough, and his book contains a series of vivid and miscellaneous sketches. We can recommend his whole volume as very amusing reading.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“Will be found interesting by those who take a pleasure either in sport or natural history.”—Athenæum.

“The descriptions are clear and full of interest, while the book is prevented from degenerating into a mere scientific catalogue by many graphic sketches of the rambles.”—John Bull.

“To the naturalist the book will be most valuable.... To the general reader the book will prove most interesting, for the style is pleasant and chatty, and the information given is so graphic and full, that those who care nothing for natural history as a pursuit will yet read these descriptions with great interest.”—Evening Standard.

“Both sportsmen and naturalists will find this work replete with anecdote and carefully-recorded observation, which will entertain them.”—Nature.

“If any of our readers think of scraping an acquaintance with Norway, let them read this book. The gypsies, always an interesting study, become doubly interesting, when we are, as in these pages, introduced to them in their daily walk and conversation.”—Examiner.

“Written in a very lively style, and has throughout a smack of dry humour and satiric reflection which shows the writer to be a keen observer of men and things. We hope that many will read it and find in it the same amusement as ourselves.”—Times.

“A pleasantly written and very readable book.”—Examiner.

“The book is very amusing.... Whoever may take it up will find he has with him a bright and pleasant companion.”—Spectator.

“Straightforward and clear in style, securing our confidence by its unaffected simplicity and good sense.”—Saturday Review.

“A charming book, remarkably well written and well illustrated.”—Standard.

“Blends pleasantly science with adventure, picturesque sketches of a summer cruise among the wild sports and fantastic scenery of Spitzbergen, with earnest advocacy of Arctic Exploration.”—Graphic.

“Colonel Medley’s little volume is a pleasantly written account of a two-months’ visit to America.”—Hour.

“May be recommended as manly, sensible, and pleasantly written.”—Globe.

“Should any of our readers care to imitate Mr. Eden’s example, and wish to see things with their own eyes, and shift for themselves, next winter in Upper Egypt, they will find this book a very agreeable guide.”—Times.

“It is a book to read during an autumn holiday.”—Spectator.

“Gives, within moderate compass, a suggestive description of the charms, curiosities, dangers, and discomforts of the Nile voyage.”—Saturday Review.

“Makes one understand how going round the world is to be done in the quickest and pleasantest manner.”—Spectator.

“We can only commend, which we do very heartily, an eminently sensible and readable book.”—British Quarterly Review.

“A careful and instructive book. Full of facts, full of information, and full of interest.”—Literary Churchman.

“We have rarely met a book on Ireland which for impartiality of criticism and general accuracy of information could be so well recommended to the fair-minded Irish reader.”—Evening Standard.

“A deeply interesting account of what is called a tour of observation, and some noteworthy remarks on Irish public questions.”—Illustrated London News.

“We have read many books of Norwegian travel, but ... we have seen none so pleasantly narrative in its style, and so varied in its subject.”—Spectator.

“Is a well-timed book.”—Echo.

“As interesting a little volume as could be written on the subject. So interesting and shortly written that it will commend itself to all intending tourists.”—Examiner.

“Well worth reading, and contains several excellent illustrations.”—Hour.

“Miss Perrier is a very amusing writer. She has a good deal of humour, sees the oddity and quaintness of Oriental life with a quick observant eye, and evidently turned her opportunities of sarcastic examination to account.”—Daily News.

These are some important practical studies by one of the most eminent metallurgical authorities of the Continent.

The Publishers are assured that this book will constitute an invaluable and necessary companion for every architect’s and builder’s table, as well as a useful introduction for architects’ pupils to the practical law of their profession.

Dedicated by special permission to the Royal Institution of British Architects.

James Mill, A. Bain, John Stuart Mill, George H. Lewes, Herbert Spencer, Samuel Bailey.

Large post 8vo.

These Papers have been prepared at great pains, and their endeavour is to familiarize the popular mind with those physiological truths which are needful to all who desire to keep the body in a state of health. [In the Press.

Essays on the Law of Human Life and on the Relation between Organic and Inorganic Worlds.

By James Hinton, Author of “Man and His Dwelling-Place.” Crown 8vo. Limp cloth.

Second Edition.

“A very readable and serviceable book.... The real value of it is to be found in the accurate and minute information given with regard to a large number of places which have gained a reputation on the continent for their mineral waters.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“A singularly pleasant and chatty as well as instructive book about health.”—Guardian.

“It is but rarely that a school-book appears which is at once so novel in plan, so successful in execution, and so suited to the general want, as to command universal and unqualified approbation, but such has been the case with Miss Youmans’ First Book of Botany.... It has been everywhere welcomed as a timely and invaluable contribution to the improvement of primary education.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“The reader will find some of the most important doctrines of eminent art teachers practically applied in this little book, which is well written and popular in style.”—Manchester Examiner.

“Much clearness, force, wealth of illustration, and in style of composition, which tends to commend his views.”—Edinburgh Daily Review.

“This thoughtful little book is worthy of the perusal of all interested in art or architecture.”—Standard.

“A practical work thoroughly supported in its views by a series of remarkable cases.”—Standard.

Subjects:—The Shipmaster’s Position and Duties.—Agents and Agency.—Average.—Bottomry, and other Means of Raising Money.—The Charter-Party, and Bill-of-Lading. Stoppage in Transitu; and the Shipowner’s Lien.—Collision.

“Combines in quite a marvellous manner a fullness of information which will make it perfectly indispensable in the captain’s bookcase, and equally suitable to the gentleman’s library. This synopsis of the law of shipping in all its multifarious ramifications and the hints he gives on a variety of topics must be invaluable to the master mariner whenever he is in doubt, difficulty, and danger.”—Mercantile Marine Magazine.

“A truly excellent contribution to the literature of our marine commerce.”—Echo.

“Those immediately concerned will find it well worth while to avail themselves of its teachings.”—Colburn’s U.S. Magazine.

“An acceptable addition to the literature of finance.”—Stock Exchange Review.

“Mr. Bagehot touches incidentally a hundred points connected with his subject, and pours serene white light upon them all.”—Spectator.

“Anybody who wishes to have a clear idea of the workings of what is called the Money Market should procure a little volume which Mr. Bagehot has just published, and he will there find the whole thing in a nut-shell.... The subject is one, it is almost needless to say, on which Mr. Bagehot writes with the authority of a man who combines practical experience with scientific study.”—Saturday Review.

“Besides its main topic, the management of the reserve of the Bank of England, it is full of the most interesting economic history.”—Athenæum.

Although these Works are not specially designed for the instruction of beginners, still, as they are intended to address the non-scientific public, they are, as far as possible, explanatory in character, and free from technicalities; the object of each author being to bring his subject as near as he can to the general reader.

The Volumes already Published are:—

“One of Professor Tyndall’s best scientific treatises.”—Standard.

“With the clearness and brilliancy of language which have won for him his fame, he considers the subject of ice, snow, and glaciers.”—Morning Post.

“Before starting for Switzerland next summer every one should study ‘The forms of water.’”—Globe.

“Eloquent and instructive in an eminent degree.”—British Quarterly.

“On the whole we can recommend the book as well deserving to be read by thoughtful students of politics.”—Saturday Review.

“Able and ingenious.”—Spectator.

“A work of really original and interesting speculation.”—Guardian.

“A comprehensive résumé of our present chemical and physiological knowledge of the various foods, solid and liquid, which go so far to ameliorate the troubles and vexations of this anxious and wearying existence.”—Chemist and Druggist.

“Heads of households will find it considerably to their advantage to study its contents.”—Court Express.

“A very comprehensive book. Every page teems with information. Readable throughout.”—Church Herald.

“Good Books are the precious life-blood of Master-Spirits.”—Milton.

• Criticism as a Fine Art.
• Charles Dickens.
• Tennyson.
• Browning’s Marteyneco.
• A Young English Positivist.
• Hugo in 1872.
• Prose and Verse.
• Birds of the Hebrides.
• Scandinavian Studies:—
• 1. A Morning in Copenhagen.
• 2. Bjornsen’s Masterpiece.
• 3. Old Ballads of Denmark.
• 4. Modern Danish Ballads.
• Poets in Obscurity:—
• 1. George Heath, the Moorland Poet.
• 2. William Miller.

These are some of the author’s lighter and more generally interesting Essays on literary topics of permanent interest. His other prose contributions, critical and philosophical, to our literature are included in the collected editions of his works.

• What Invalids may do to Amuse Themselves.
• What Friends and Attendants may do for them.
• Articles for comfort in a Sick Room.
• Amusement for Invalid Children.
• To the Invalid.
• Comforts and Employment for the Aged.
• Employment for Sunday.

The question, so often put by invalids, “Can you not find me something to do?” is answered at some length in this little book, which takes up a subject but little touched upon in the many manuals for nurses. [Just out.

• Shakespeare in Blackfriars.
• The Loves of Goethe.
• Romance of the Thames.
• An Exalted Horn.
• Two Sprigs of Edelweiss.
• Between Moor and Main.
• An Episode of the Terror.
• Harry Ormond’s Christmas Dinner.
• Agnes Bernauerin.
• “Yes” or “No”?
• A Model Romance.
• The Story of Little Jenny.
• Dining.
• The Record of a Vanished Life.

“Vivacious and interesting.”—Scotsman.

“Open the book, however, at what page the reader may, he will find something to amuse and instruct, and he must be very hard to please if he finds nothing to suit him, either grave or gay, stirring or romantic, in the capital stories collected in this well-got-up volume.”—John Bull.

“A very handy and intelligible epitome of the general principles of existing land laws.”—Standard.

“A very clear and lucid statement as to the condition of the present land laws which govern our country. These Lectures possess the advantage of not being loaded with superfluous matter.”—Civil Service Gazette.

“This study, according to her just notions on the subject, is to be fundamentally based on the exercise of the pupil’s own powers of observation. He is to see and examine the properties of plants and flowers at first hand, not merely to be informed of what others have seen and examined.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“Few have thought more clearly and directly than William Godwin, or expressed their reflections with more simplicity and unreserve.”—Examiner.

“The deliberate thoughts of Godwin deserve to be put before the world for reading and consideration.”—Athenæum.

“Written somewhat after the fashion of Mr. Helps’s ‘Friends in Council.’”—Examiner.

“Will well repay perusal by all thoughtful and intelligent readers.”—Liverpool Leader.

“The ‘Pelican Papers’ make a very readable volume.”—Civilian.

“Written with spirit and knowledge, and give some curious glimpses into what the majority will regard as strange and unknown territories.”—Daily News.

“This is one of the best books to while away an hour and cause a generous laugh that we have come across for a long time.”—John Bull.

“A charming little volume.”—Times.

“A very pleasant little book, cheerful, genial, scholarly.”—Spectator.

“We should recommend our readers to get this book.”—British Quarterly Review.

“Entitled to the warmest admiration.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“All who open it will be inclined to read through for the varied entertainment which it affords.”—Daily News.

“There is a good deal of instruction to outsiders touching military life, in this volume.”—Evening Standard.

“Thoroughly readable and worth reading.”—Scotsman.

“A pleasing and clever study on the department of higher politics.”—Guardian.

“No writer before him had set out so clearly what the efficient part of the English Constitution really is.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“Clear and practical.”—Globe.

“A very able exposure of the most plausible fallacies of Republicanism, by a writer of remarkable vigour and purity of style.”—Standard.

“Mr. Conway writes with ardent sincerity. He gives us some good anecdotes, and he is occasionally almost eloquent.”—Guardian, July 2, 1873.

“In point of style it is well executed, and the prefatory notices are very good.”—Spectator.

“The effect of reading the seven tales he presents to us is to make us wish for some seven more of the same kind.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“The tales are given throughout in the quaint version of the earliest English translators, and in the introduction to each will be found much curious information as to their origin, and the fate which they have met at the hands of later transcribers or imitators, and much tasteful appreciation of the varied sources from whence they are extracted.... We doubt not that Mr. Ranking’s enthusiasm will communicate itself to many of his readers, and induce them in like manner to follow back these streamlets to their parent river.”—Graphic.

This history gives a detailed account of the movements of the German artillery in the three days’ fighting to the east and west of Metz, which resulted in paralyzing the army under Marshal Bazaine, and its subsequent surrender. The action of the batteries with reference to the other arms is clearly explained, and the valuable maps show the positions taken up by the individual batteries at each stage of the contests. Tables are also supplied in the Appendix, furnishing full details as to the number of killed and wounded, expenditure of ammunition, &c. The campaign of 1870-71 having demonstrated the importance of artillery to an extent which has not previously been conceded to it, this work forms a valuable part of the literature of the campaign, and will be read with interest not only by members of the regular but also by those of the auxiliary forces.

“A delightful military classic, and what is more, a most useful one. The young officer should have it always at hand to open anywhere and read a bit, and we warrant him that let that bit be ever so small it will give him material for an hour’s thinking.”—United Service Gazette.

“This work has met with special attention in our army.”—Militarin Wochenblatt.

“Very clear, simple, yet eminently instructive, is this history. It is not overladen with useless details, is written in good taste, and possesses the inestimable value of being in great measure the record of operations actually witnessed by the author, supplemented by official documents.”—Athenæum.

“The work is based on the official war documents—it is especially valuable—the narrative is remarkably vivid and interesting. Two well-executed maps enable the reader to trace out the scenes of General Manteuffel’s operations.”—Naval and Military Gazette.

“An admirable little manual full of facts and teachings.”—United Service Gazette.

“Major Von Schereff’s ‘Studies in Tactics’ is worthy of the perusal—indeed, of the thoughtful study—of every military man. The subject of the respective advantages of attack and defence, and of the methods in which each form of battle should be carried out under the fire of modern arms, is exhaustively and admirably treated; indeed, we cannot but consider it to be decidedly superior to any work which has hitherto appeared in English upon this all-important subject.”—Standard.

“Major Boguslawski’s tactical deductions from the war are, that infantry still preserve their superiority over cavalry, that open order must henceforth be the main principles of all drill, and that the chassepot is the best of all small arms for precision.... We must, without delay, impress brain and forethought into the British Service; and we cannot commence the good work too soon, or better, than by placing the two books (‘The Operations of the German Armies’ and ‘Tactical Deductions’) we have here criticised, in every military library, and introducing them as class-books in every tactical school.”—United Service Gazette.

⁂ The authorship of this book was erroneously ascribed to the renowned General von Moltke, but there can be little doubt that it was written under his immediate inspiration.

“The book is of absolute necessity to the military student.... The work is one of high merit.”—United Service Gazette.

“The work of translation has been well done. In notes, prefaces, and introductions, much additional information has been given.”—Athenæum.

“The work of Major von Blume in its English dress forms the most valuable addition to our stock of works upon the war that our press has put forth. Major Blume writes with a clear conciseness much wanting in many of his country’s historians. Our space forbids our doing more than commending it earnestly as the most authentic and instructive narrative of the second section of the war that has yet appeared.”—Saturday Review.

“A valuable contribution to military literature.”—Athenæum.

“In seven short chapters it gives plain directions for forming shelter-trenches, with the best method of carrying the necessary tools, and it offers practical illustrations of the use of hasty intrenchments on the field of battle.”—United Service Magazine.

“It supplies that which our own textbooks give but imperfectly, viz., hints as to how a position can best be strengthened by means ... of such extemporised intrenchments and batteries as can be thrown up by infantry in the space of four or five hours ... deserves to become a standard military work.”—Standard.

“Clearly and critically written.”—Wellington Gazette.

⁂ General Beauchamp Walker says of this work:—“I recommend the first two numbers of Colonel von Verdy’s ‘Studies’ to the attentive perusal of my brother officers. They supply a want which I have often felt during my service in this country, namely, a minuter tactical detail of the minor operations of the war than any but the most observant and fortunately-placed staff-officer is in a position to give. I have read and re-read them very carefully, I hope with profit, certainly with great interest, and believe that practice, in the sense of these ‘Studies,’ would be a valuable preparation for manœuvres on a more extended scale.”—Berlin, June, 1872.

⁂ This is the text-book of instruction in the German cavalry, and comprises all the details connected with the military duties of cavalry soldiers on service. The translation is made from a new edition, which contains the modifications introduced consequent on the experiences of the late war. The great interest that students feel in all the German military methods, will, it is believed, render this book especially acceptable at the present time.

“One of the best-known and coolest-headed of the metropolitan regiments, whose adjutant moreover has lately published an admirable collection of lectures addressed by him to the men of his corps.—Times.

“The very useful and interesting work.”—Volunteer Service Gazette.

These volumes contain many quaint and clever papers, among which we may mention the famous Sporting Songs written by S. Y. S., of “The Boar, Saddle, Spur, and Spear,” &c., &c.—Capt. Morris, of the Bombay Army; as well as descriptions of Hog Hunts, Fox Hunts, Lion Hunts, Tiger Hunts, and Cheeta Hunts; accounts of Shooting Excursions for Snipe, Partridges, Quail, Toucan, Ortolan, and Wild Fowl; interesting details of Pigeon Matches, Cock Fights, Horse, Tattoo, and Donkey Races; descriptions of the Origin, Regulations, and Uniforms of Hunting Clubs; Natural History of rare Wild Animals; Memoranda of Feats of Noted Horses; and Memoirs and Anecdotes of celebrated Sporting characters, &c., &c. [Just out.

“Full of all sorts of useful information to the English settler or traveller in India.”—Standard.

“One of the most valuable books ever published in India—valuable for its sound information, its careful array of pertinent facts, and its sterling common sense. It is a publisher’s as well as an author’s ‘hit,’ for it supplies a want which few persons may have discovered, but which everybody will at once recognise when once the contents of the book have been mastered. The medical part of the work is invaluable.”—Calcutta Guardian.

“An admirable and exhaustive geographical, political, and industrial survey.”—Athenæum.

“The usefulness of this compact and methodical summary of the most authentic information relating to countries whose welfare is intimately connected with our own, should obtain for Mr. Lewin Bowring’s work a good place among treatises of its kind.”—Daily News.

“Interesting even to the general reader, but more especially so to those who may have a special concern in that portion of our Indian Empire.”—Post.

“The most important contribution to the history of Western India during the Mutinies which has yet, in a popular form been made public.”—Athenæum.

“Few men more competent than himself to speak authoritatively concerning Indian affairs.”—Standard.

Extract from Prospectus.

The Editor has undertaken to frame for India,—what he has been eminently successful in doing for England and her colonies,—a series of educational works, which he hopes will prove as suitable for the peculiar wants of the country as they will be consistent with the leading idea above alluded to. Like all beginnings, his present instalments are necessarily somewhat meagre and elementary; but he only awaits official and public approval to complete, within a comparatively brief period, his contemplated plan of a specific and fairly comprehensive series of works in the various leading vernaculars of the Indian continent. Meanwhile, those on his general catalogue may be found suitable, in their present form, for use in the Anglo-vernacular and English schools of India.

“The calculations must have entailed great labour on the author, but the work is one which we fancy must become a standard one in all business houses which have dealings with any country where the rupee and the English pound are standard coins of currency.”—Inverness Courier.

• Pharaoh Land.
• Home Land.
• Wonder Land.
• Rhine Land.

Contents.—Seeking his Fortune.—Oluf and Stephanoff.—What’s in a Name?—Contrast.—Onesta.

A series of instructive and interesting stories for children of both sexes, each one enforcing, indirectly, a good moral lesson.

A pathetic story of lowly life, showing the good influence of home and of child-life upon an uncultivated but true-hearted “navvy.”

Each Story is independent and complete in itself. They are published in uniform size and price, and are elegantly bound and illustrated.

The Stories by this author have a very high reputation in America, and of all her books these are the most popular and widely circulated. These are the only English editions sanctioned by the author, who has a direct interest in this English Edition.

⁂ A HANDSOMELY BOUND EDITION, WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS, PRICE HALF-A-CROWN.

“Thoroughly enlists the sympathies of the reader.”—Church Review.

“Full of tender touches.”—Nonconformist.

“An exquisitely touching little story.”—Church Herald.

• “At Ghuznee Villa.”
• Introductory.
• Henry and Amy.
• A Story of Canterbury.
• A Disastrous Trumpet Call.
• A Baptism of Fire.
• In a Golden Fort.
• A Little Game.
• True to his Salt.
• Mother Moran’s Enemies.
• Sooka the Sycee; or, Sea Horses in Reality.
• A Baptism of Frost.
• Who Shot the Kafirs.
• John Chinaman and the Middies.

A Series of Stories of Military and Naval Adventure, related by an old Retired Officer of the Army.

• The Magic Organ.
• The Invisible Kingdom.
• The Knight who Grew Rusty.
• Of the Queen who could not make Gingerbread Nuts, and of the King who could not play the Jew’s Harp.
• The Wishing Ring.
• The Three Princesses with Hearts of Glass.
• The Old Bachelor.
• Sepp’s Courtship.
• Heino in the Marsh.
• Unlucky Dog and Fortune’s Favourite.
• The Dreaming Beech.
• The Little Hump-Backed Maiden.
• Heavenly Music.
• The Old Hair Trunk.

These are translations of some of the best of Richard Leander’s well-known stories for children. The illustrations to this work are of singular beauty and finish.

A book of real adventures among slavers on the West Coast of Africa. One chief recommendation is the faithfulness of the local colouring.

“Full of fresh and vigorous fancy: it is worthy of the author of some of the best of our modern verse.”—Standard.

“We like all the contents of the ‘Little Wonder-Horn’ very much.”—Athenæum.

“We recommend it with confidence.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“The little volume is precisely of the stamp to win the favour of those who, in choosing a gift for a boy, would consult his moral development as well as his temporary pleasure.”—Daily Telegraph.

“A readable and instructive volume.”—Examiner.

“No more welcome book for the school-boy could be imagined.”—Birmingham Daily Gazette.

“A pretty little book which fanciful young persons will appreciate, and which will remind its readers of many a legend, and many an imaginary virtue attached to the gems they are so fond of wearing.”—Post.

“A series of pretty tales which are half fantastic, half natural, and pleasantly quaint, as befits stories intended for the young.”—Daily Telegraph.

“An amusing and instructive book.”—Yorkshire Post.

“One of those charming books for which the author is so well known.”—Edinburgh Daily Review.

“The cleverest child we know assures us she has read this story through five times. Mr. Macdonald will, we are convinced, accept that verdict upon his little work as final.”—Spectator.

“A capital little book ... deserves a wide circulation among our boys and girls.”—Hour.

“A very attractive story.”—Public Opinion.

“This is one of the very best ‘Books for Boys’ which have been issued this year.”—Morning Advertiser.

“A thorough book for boys ... written throughout in a manly straightforward manner that is sure to win the hearts of the children for whom it is intended.”—London Society.

“A really good book.”—Standard.

“May be recommended as a wholesome present for boys. They will find in it numerous tales of adventure.”—Athenæum.

“Thoroughly interesting and inspiriting.”—Public Opinion.

“A really excellent book.”—Spectator.

“There is a poetical simplicity and picturesqueness; the noblest heroism; unpretentious religion; pure love, and the spectacle of a household brought up in the fear of the Lord....”—Illustrated London News.

“This charming specimen of Eugène Pelletan’s tender grace, humour, and high-toned morality.”—Notes and Queries.

“A touching record of the struggles in the cause of religious liberty of a real man.”—Graphic.

“Curious adventures with bears, seals, and other Arctic animals, and with scarcely more human Esquimaux, form the mass of material with which the story deals, and will much interest boys who have a spice of romance in their composition.”—Courant.

“Young folks may gather a good deal of wisdom from the story, which is written in an amusing and attractive style.”—Courant.

“Relates very pleasantly the history of a charming little fellow who meddles always with a kindly disposition with other people’s affairs and helps them to do right. There are many shrewd lessons to be picked up in this clever little story.”—Public Opinion.

“He has the prettiest love-songs for maids.”—Shakespeare.

Dedicated by permission to the Poet Laureate.

A Cheaper Edition is also published. Price 3s. 6d.

These are the only complete English Editions sanctioned by the Author.

Handsomely printed and bound, price 3s. 6d.

The present work was commenced at the express instance of the great Italian patriot, Mazzini, and commemorates some of his associates and fellow-workers—men who looked up to him as their master and teacher. The author enjoyed the privilege of Mazzini’s friendship, and the first part of this work was on its way to him when tidings reached this country that he had passed away.

CONTAINING SONGS BY

• Reginald A. Gatty.
• Greville J. Chester.
• Stephen H. Gatty.
• J. H. E.

The Contents of the remaining Volumes will be duly announced.

This is a Collection of Verses expressive of religious feeling, written from a Theistic stand-point.

Subject.—Nature in the Past and in the Present.—Man in the Past and in the Present.—The Future.

A Collection of Vers de Société, for the most part contributed to various magazines.

“An acceptable addition to the religious poetry of the day.”—Courant.

“Have we at length found a successor to Thomas Ingoldsby? We are almost inclined to hope so after reading ‘Eastern Legends.’ There is a rollicking sense of fun about the stories, joined to marvellous power of rhyming, and plenty of swing, which irresistibly reminds us of our old favourite.”—Graphic.

“A really fine poem, full of tender, subtle touches of feeling.”—Manchester News.

“Pregnant from beginning to end with the results of careful observation and imaginative power.”—Chester Chronicle.

“A conceit abounding in prettiness.”—Examiner.

“Contains as clear evidence as a book can contain that its composition was a source of keen and legitimate enjoyment. The rush of fresh, sparkling fancies is too rapid, too sustained, too abundant, not to be spontaneous.”—Academy.

“Abounding in quiet humour, in bright fancy, in sweetness and melody of expression, and, at times, in the tenderest touches of pathos.”—Graphic.

“Mr. Collins has an undercurrent of chivalry and romance beneath the trifling vein of good-humoured banter which is the special characteristic of his verse.”—Athenæum.

“The author of these verses has written a very touching story of the human heart in the story he tells with such pathos and power, of an affection cherished so long and so secretly.... It is not the least merit of these pages that they are everywhere illumined with moral and religious sentiment suggested, not paraded, of the brightest, purest character.”—Standard.

• The Purgatory of St. Patrick.
• The Wonderful Magician.
• Life is a Dream.

Translated from the Spanish. By Denis Florence MacCarthy. 10s.

These translations have never before been published. The “Purgatory of St. Patrick” is a new version, with new and elaborate historical notes.

An Edition in Illustrated paper Covers. Price 1s.

“A remarkable book of genuine poetry.”—Evening Standard.

“Genuine power displayed.”—Examiner.

“ ... Poetical feeling is manifest here, and the diction of the poem is unimpeachable.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“He has successfully attempted what has seldom before been well done, viz., the treatment of subjects not in themselves poetical from a poetic point of view.”—Graphic.

“Intensity of feeling, a rugged pathos, robustness of tone, and a downrightness of expression which does not shrink from even slang if it seem best fitted for his purpose.”—Illustrated London News.

“The art of ballad-writing has long been lost in England, and Mr. Payne may claim to be its restorer. It is a perfect delight to meet with such a ballad as ‘May Margaret’ in the present volume.”—Westminster Review.

“The volume is anonymous, but there is no reason for the author to be ashamed of it. The ‘Poems of Italy’ are evidently inspired by genuine enthusiasm in the cause espoused; and one of them, ‘The Execution of Felice Orsini,’ has much poetic merit, the event celebrated being told with dramatic force.”—Athenæum.

“The verse is fluent and free.”—Spectator.

“Mr. Turner is a genuine poet; his song is sweet and pure, beautiful in expression, and often subtle in thought.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“The dominant charm of all these sonnets is the pervading presence of the writer’s personality, never obtruded but always impalpably diffused. The light of a devout, gentle, and kindly spirit, a delicate and graceful fancy, a keen intelligence irradiates these thoughts.”—Contemporary Review.

“His translation is the most minutely accurate that has yet been produced....”—Examiner.

“Mr. Paul evidently understands ‘Faust,’ and his translation is as well suited to convey its meaning to English readers as any we have yet seen.”—Edinburgh Daily Review.

“Mr. Paul is a zealous and a faithful interpreter.”—Saturday Review.

“A bitter and able satire on the vice and follies of the day, literary, social, and political.”—Standard.

“Shows real poetic power coupled with evidences of satirical energy.”—Edinburgh Daily Review.

“These poems will assuredly take high rank among the class to which they belong.”—British Quarterly Review, April 1st.

“If these poems are the mere preludes of a mind growing in power and in inclination for verse, we have in them the promise of a fine poet.”—Spectator, February 17th.

“No extracts could do justice to the exquisite tones, the felicitous phrasing and delicately wrought harmonies of some of these poems.”—Nonconformist, March 27th.

“It has a purity and delicacy of feeling like morning air.”—Graphic, March 16th.

“Mr. De Vere’s versification in his earlier poems is characterised by great sweetness and simplicity. He is master of his instrument, and rarely offends the ear with false notes. Poems such as these scarcely admit of quotation, for their charm is not, and ought not to be, found in isolated passages; but we can promise the patient and thoughtful reader much pleasure in the perusal of this volume.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“We have marked, in almost every page, excellent touches from which we know not how to select. We have but space to commend the varied structure of his verse, the carefulness of his grammar, and his excellent English.”—Saturday Review.

A powerful and dramatic story of Bohemian life in Paris and in London.

A dramatic love story.

“ ... A very lively and agreeable novel.”—Vanity Fair.

“‘The Queen’s Shilling’ is a capital story, far more interesting than the meagre sketch we have given of the fortunes of the hero and heroine can suggest. Every scene, character, and incident of the book are so life-like that they seem drawn from life direct.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“There is not a dull page in the whole three volumes.”—Standard.

“The work of a man who is at once a thinker and a poet.”—Hour.

“We think it the best (story) Mr. Collins has yet written. Full of incident and adventure.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“Decidedly the best novel from the pen of Mr. Mortimer Collins that we have yet come across.”—Graphic.

“So clever, so irritating, and so charming a story.”—Standard.

“Mr. Collins has produced a readable book, amusingly characteristic....”—Athenæum.

“Very readable and amusing. We would especially give an honourable mention to Mr. Collins’s ‘vers de société,’ the writing of which has almost become a lost art.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“A bright, fresh, and original book.”—Standard.

“There is plenty of vivacity in Mr. Bramble’s narrative.”—Athenæum.

“Written in a lively and readable style.”—Hour.

“The skill of the author in the delineation of the supposed chronicler, and the preservation of his natural character, is beyond praise.”—Morning Post.

“Well written. The characters move, and act, and, above all, talk like human beings, and we have liked reading about them.”—Spectator.

“We have gained much enjoyment from the book.”—Spectator.

“Will suit the hosts of readers of the higher class of romantic fiction.”—Morning Advertiser.

“The son’s work we venture to say is worthy of the sire.... The story as it stands is one of the most powerful with which we are acquainted.”—Times.

“Pretty certain of meeting in this country a grateful and appreciative reception.”—Athenæum.

“Mr. Julian Hawthorne is endowed with a large share of his father’s peculiar genius.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“Enough to make us hopeful that we shall once more have reason to rejoice whenever we hear that a new work is coming out written by one who bears the honoured name of Hawthorne.”—Saturday Review.

“One of the best novels we have met with for some time.”—Morning Post.

“A story which must do good to all, young and old, who read it.”—Daily News.

“Clever and sparkling.”—Standard.

“We read each succeeding volume with increasing interest, going almost to the point of wishing there was a fifth.”—Athenæum.

“The novel as a whole is a remarkable one, because it is uncompromisingly true to life.”—Daily News.

“The story is well told, native life is admirably described, and the petty intrigues of native rulers, and their hatred of the English, mingled with fear lest the latter should eventually prove the victors, are cleverly depicted.”—Athenæum.

“We cannot speak too highly of Colonel Meadows Taylor’s book.... We would recommend all novel-readers to purchase it at the earliest opportunity.”—John Bull.

“Thoroughly interesting and enjoyable reading.”—Examiner.

“‘Hester Morley’s Promise’ is much better than the average novel of the day; it has much more claim to critical consideration as a piece of literary work,—not mere mechanism. The pictures of a narrow society—narrow of soul and intellect—in which the book abounds, are very clever.”—Spectator.

“Its charm lies not so much, perhaps, in any special excellence in character, drawing, or construction—though all the characters stand out clearly and are well sustained, and the interest of the story never flags—as in general tone and colouring.”—Observer.

“A fascinating story which scarcely flags in interest from the first page to the last. It is all story; every page contributes something to the result.”—British Quarterly Review.

“A very readable and interesting book.”—United Service Gazette, June 28, 1873.

“Some interesting letters are introduced, amongst others, several from the late King William IV.”—Spectator.

“Well and pleasantly told. There are also some capital descriptions of English country life in the last century, presenting a vivid picture of England before the introduction of railways, and the busy life accompanying them.”—Evening Standard.

“The art of description is fully exhibited; perception of character and capacity for delineating it are obvious; while there is great breadth and comprehensiveness in the plan of the story.”—Morning Post.

“A pretty story. Deserving of a favourable reception.”—Graphic.

“A book of more than average merits, worth reading.”—Examiner.

“Racy and lively.”—Athenæum.

“As pleasant and readable a novel as we have seen this season.”—Examiner.

“This clever and amusing novel.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“Agreeably written.”—Public Opinion.

“A finished and delicate cabinet picture, no line is without its purpose, but all contribute to the unity of the work.”—Athenæum.

“For the delicacies of character-drawing, for play of incident, and for finish of style, we must refer our readers to the story itself.”—Daily News.

“This undeniably pleasing story.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“A quiet graceful little story.”—Spectator.

“There are many clever conceits in it.... Mr. Hamilton Marshall can tell a story closely and pleasantly.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“‘Linked at Last’ contains so much of pretty description, natural incident, and delicate portraiture, that the reader who once takes it up will not be inclined to relinquish it without concluding the volume.”—Morning Post.

“A very charming story.”—John Bull.

“Shows much lucidity—much power of portraiture.”—Examiner.

“Written with very considerable power, great cleverness, and sustained interest.”—Standard.

“The literary workmanship is good, and the story forcibly and graphically told.”—Daily News.

“Clever and ingenious.”—Saturday Review.

“One of the most delightful books I have read for a very long while.... Thoroughly entertaining from the first page to the last.”—Judy.

“Very clever book.”—Guardian.

“Jealousy is cruel as the Grave.”

“An interesting, though somewhat tragic story.”—Athenæum.

“An agreeable, unaffected, and eminently readable novel.”—Daily News.

A Cheap Edition in paper covers, price 1s.

“Wise and humorous, but yet most pathetic.”—Nonconformist.

“The pathos of some of the passages is extremely touching.”—Manchester Examiner.

“With the interest of a pathetic story is united the value of a definite and high purpose.”—Spectator.

“A most exquisitely written story.”—Literary Churchman.

“The characters of the story are capitally conceived, and are full of those touches which give them a natural appearance.”—Public Opinion.

“An interesting and useful work.”—Hour.

The Athenæum says that “the book is full of Hawthorne’s most characteristic writing.”

“One of the best examples of Hawthorne’s writing; every page is impressed with his peculiar view of thought, conveyed in his own familiar way.”—Post.

“There is a quaintness and simplicity in the roguery of the hero that makes his life as attractive as that of Guzman d’Alfarache or Gil Blas, and so we advise our readers not to be dismayed at the length of Pandurang Hari, but to read it resolutely through. If they do this they cannot, we think, fail to be both amused and interested.”—Times.

A collection of Miss Edwards’ more important contributions to periodical literature.

“Reads like a tale of life, with all its incidents. The young will take to it for its love portions, the older for its descriptions, some in this day for its Arab philosophy.”—Athenæum.

“There is a positive fragrance as of newly-mown hay about it, as compared with the artificially perfumed passions which are detailed to us with such gusto by our ordinary novel-writers in their endless volumes.”—Observer.

Contents.—Gideon’s Rock.—Old Matthew’s Puzzle.—Gentle Jack.—Uncle Ned.—The Retired Apothecary.

Contents.—The Haunted Crust.—The Flower-Girl.—Joan Merryweather.—The Watchman’s Story.—An Old Letter.

This project secures the supervision of a small number of Clergy and Laity formed of representative men in London, at both Universities, and in the Provinces, who have promised their co-operation editorially, and will act as a Committee of Reference. The first issue will consist of a series of 12 or 13 Tractates, by various writers, of 48 pages each, in a readable type, crown 8vo, at the price of 6d., and will appear fortnightly for six months, by way of trial.

PROPOSED SUBJECTS AND AUTHORS.

(AMONGST OTHERS)

• SACRAMENTAL CONFESSION. A. H. Ward, M.A.
• RETREATS FOR PERSONS LIVING IN THE WORLD. T. T. Carter, M.A.
• ABOLITION OF THE ARTICLES. Nicholas Pocock, M.A.
• CREATION AND MODERN SCIENCE. George Greenwood, M.A.
• MISSIONS. J. Edward Vaux, M.A.
• CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT. Edward L. Blenkinsopp, M.A.
• SOME PRINCIPLES OF CEREMONIAL. J. E. Field, M.A.
• THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE. John Walter Lea, B.A.
• RESERVATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. Henry Humble, M.A.
• CATHOLICISM AND PROGRESS. Edmund G. Wood, M.A.
• A LAYMAN’S VIEW OF CONFESSION. J. David Chambers, M.A.

“It has an interest of its own for not a few minds, to whom the question ‘Is the National Church worth preserving as such, and if so how best increase its vital power?’ is of deep and grave importance.”—Spectator.

“Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God.”

“Has all the writer’s characteristics of devotedness, purity, and high moral tone.”—London Quarterly Review.

“As earnest, eloquent, and as liberal as everything else that he writes.”—Examiner.

“Earnest in tone and eloquent in entreaty.”—Manchester Examiner.

Contents:—The Philosophy of Christianity.—Mystical Elements of Religion.—Controversy with the Agnostics.—A Reasoning Thought.—Darwinism brought to Book.—Mr. Mill on Liberty of the Press.—Christianity in relation to Society.—The Religious Condition of Germany.—The Philosophy of Bacon.—Catholic Laymen and Scholastic Philosophy.

“Has a peculiar interest, as exhibiting the convictions of an earnest, intelligent, and practical man.”—Contemporary Review.

Essays on Questions of Belief and Practice.—The Debts of Theology to Secular Influences.—The Christian Theory of Duty.—Weak Points in Utilitarianism.—Nature and Prayer.—The Continuity of Creation.—The Beginnings of the Church.—Erastus and Excommunication.—Pauperism as produced by Wealth.—Combinations of Agricultural Labourers.—Communism.

“There is a good deal that is well worth reading.”—Church Times.

The Divine Character of Christ.—Science and Immortality.—Morality and Immortality.—Christianity and Immortality.—Religion and Fact.—The Miracles of God.—The Miracles of Man.—A Scientific Account of Inspiration.—The Inspiration of the Jews.—The Inspiration of the Bible.—The Divinity of Christ and Modern Thought.—The Church and the Working Classes.

“A book which requires and deserves the respectful attention of all reflecting Churchmen. It is earnest, reverent, thoughtful, and courageous.... There is scarcely a page in the book which is not equally worthy of a thoughtful pause.”—Literary Churchman.

“It is a rare gift and very precious, and we heartily commend this, its fruits, to the pious in all denominations.”—Church Opinion.

“Considerable force and beauty characterise some of these verses.”—Watchman.

“Mr. Downton’s ‘Hymns and Verses’ are worthy of all praise.”—English Churchman.

“Will, we do not doubt, be welcome as a permanent possession to those for whom they have been composed or to whom they have been originally addressed.”—Church Herald.

“A very graphic story told in lucid, simple, and modest style.”—English Churchman.

“A readable and very interesting volume.”—Church Review.

“It is a real pleasure to read an honest book on Missionary work, every word of which shows the writer to be a man of large heart, far-seeing views, and liberal cultivation, and such a book we have now before us.”—Mission Life.

“We may judge from our own experience, no one who takes up this charming little volume will lay it down again till he has got to the last word.”—John Bull.

“We recommend these sermons as wholesome Sunday reading.”—English Churchman.

“Very chaste and pure in style.”—Courant.

“The whole volume is replete with matter for thought and study.”—John Bull.

“Mr. Bennie preaches earnestly and well.”—Literary Churchman.

“A singularly calm, thoughtful, and philosophical inquiry into what Truth is, and what its authority.”—Leeds Mercury.

“It tells the world what it does not like to hear, but what it cannot be told too often, that Truth is something stronger and more enduring than our little doings, and speakings, and actings.”—Literary Churchman.

“Let the serious reader cast his eye upon any single page in this volume, and he will find there words which will arrest his attention and give him a desire to know more of the teachings of this worthy follower of the saintly St. Dominick.”—Morning Post.

“The book is worth studying as an evidence of the way in which an able man may be crippled by theological chains.”—Examiner.

“The discourses are simple, natural, and unaffectedly eloquent.”—Public Opinion.

“Bears marks of much originality of thought and individuality of expression.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“Mr. Haweis writes not only fearlessly, but with remarkable freshness and vigour. In all that he says we perceive a transparent honesty and singleness of purpose.”—Saturday Review.

“We may cordially recommend his book to all who wish to follow the course of the Old Catholic movement.”—Saturday Review.

“Mr. Drew has invented a new method of illustrating Scripture history—from observation of the countries. Instead of narrating his travels, and referring from time to time to the facts of sacred history belonging to the different countries, he writes an outline history of the Hebrew nation from Abraham downwards, with special reference to the various points in which the geography illustrates the history.... He is very successful in picturing to his readers the scenes before his own mind.”—Saturday Review.

“A singularly reverent and beautiful book.”—Daily Telegraph.

“Perhaps one of the most remarkable books recently issued in the whole range of English theology.”—Churchman’s Magazine.

“Thoughtful and eloquent.... Full of original thinking admirably expressed.”—British Quarterly Review.

“Entirely valuable and satisfactory.... There is no living divine to whom the authorship would not be a credit.”—Literary Churchman.

The Hymn-book consists of Three Parts:—I. For Public Worship.—II. For Family and Private Worship.—III. For Children; and contains Biographical Notices of nearly 300 Hymn-writers, with Notes upon their Hymns.

⁂ Published in various forms and prices, the latter ranging from 8d. to 6s. Lists and full particulars will be furnished on application to the Publisher.

In 2 vols., uniform with the Sermons. Price 7s. 6d.

Library Edition, in demy 8vo, with Two Steel Portraits. 12s.

A Popular Edition, in 1 vol. Price 6s.

“Nobly fearless and singularly strong ... carries our admiration throughout.”—British Quarterly Review.

“A very fair statement of the views in respect to freedom of thought held by the liberal party in the Church of England.”—Blackwood’s Magazine.

“Interesting and readable, and characterised by great clearness of thought, frankness of statement, and moderation of tone.”—Church Opinion.

“No one who reads these sermons will wonder that Mr. Brooke is a great power in London, that his chapel is thronged, and his followers large and enthusiastic. They are fiery, energetic, impetuous sermons, rich with the treasures of a cultivated imagination.”—Guardian.

It is intended in this Series to produce books of such merit that readers will care to preserve them on their shelves. They are well printed on good paper, handsomely bound, with a Frontispiece, and are sold at the moderate price of 3s. 6d. each.