  Victorian Era
her majesty the queen pictorially arranged with annals of the time “PUNCH.” “There can be no better book for a drawing-room table, to suggest subjects of talk. The arts of engraving have made rapid progress since these pictures first appeared, but it would be hard to surpass the pregnant humour of the more famous of the political cartoons. They put the points on all the critical periods of our Parliamentary history, and indicate in effective outline the action of political celebrities.”—Times. “It is surprising to find how complete a history of the times they present in vivid form, at least in its most salient features; and a history which is not confined to political events, but which catches and stereotypes many of the evanescent phases of popular fashion and opinion, which could hardly be preserved in any other way.”—Guardian. “This chronicle must have a place amongst standard books of reference.”—Spectator. In 3 Volumes, Royal quarto, elegant, price £2 2s. bradbury, agnew, & co., 8, 9, 10, bouverie street, e.c. Our River: Personal Reminiscences of an Artists Life ON THE RIVER THAMES. By G. D. LESLIE, R.A. With FIFTY ORIGINAL DRAWINGS and SKETCHES by THE AUTHOR; And some others by Frederick Walker, A.R.A., image “Punt Sailing with the Stream” (Reduced.) “Mr. Leslie has a keen sense of the picturesque, while a genuine enthusiasm for the beauties of scenery to be found in the course of a leisurely boat-trip from Putney to Oxford, gives life and even force to what he says.... ‘Our River’ is not an exhaustive work, but it should be read by all persons who are in any way interested in the subject.”—Times. “The diction moves in a sort of endless ripple, now telling of water-weeds and bank-flowers and birds, now lingering pleasantly over some of the traditions and old-world lore of which the Thames furnishes such a goodly quantity.”—Graphic. Demy Octavo. Cloth elegant, gilt edges. Price 12s. 6d. bradbury, agnew, & co., 8, 9, 10, bouverie street, e.c. THE HANDY-VOLUME Scott. (NOVELS.) complete. (POEMS.) Containing all the Waverley Novels, and a complete collection of Sir Walter Scott’s Poetry, making 32 elegant little volumes of high external finish, enclosed in an artistic case, measuring only 9¼ inches in width, 10¼ inches in height, and 3¾ inches in depth. The poetical volumes are adorned with frontispieces and illustrations representative of the best known Scottish scenery, or of places which the genius of the poet has made famous. image
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