  Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. Edinburgh & London A Popular Edition. In One Volume, Demy 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, price 10s. 6d. Net, pp. 528. A New Revised and Corrected Edition of FRANCIS AIDAN GASQUET’S Henry the Eighth and the (Of which Six Editions at 24s. have already been sold.) Contents.
Appendix: Accounts of the Augmentation Office, &c. General Index. Some Press Notices. Dublin Review.—“The recognised authority on the subject upon which it treats.” Tablet.—“Produced in excellent style, we welcome and recommend this new edition of an old work by such a pioneer of historical truth as Dr. Gasquet with renewed confidence, for the next best thing to a new work from such a hand is a carefully revised and cheaper edition of an old one.” Church Times.—“Dr. Gasquet’s work has won for itself so secure a position that it is superfluous to point out its merits afresh, but the author in the preface to the new edition calls attention to certain alterations necessitated by the publication by Dr. James Gairdner of the Calendar of Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII. These documents have now been arranged in volumes, consequently a very considerable re-arrangement of references has been rendered necessary, in order to facilitate the consultation of the original documents. This popular edition will be greatly appreciated by the students of this period of England’s ecclesiastical history.” Catholic Book Notes.—“A standard authority, if not a classic … we congratulate author and publisher on its production in one handsome volume. We anticipate a large sale … and would especially recommend it as a suitable volume for prizes in the higher classes of our schools.” New Work on English Monastic History. In Two Volumes, Demy 8vo, Cloth, price 21s. Net. The A Sketch of their history from the coming of St. Augustine to the Present Day. By the Rev. ETHELRED L. TAUNTON. Contents.
Some Press Notices. Saturday Review.—“On the whole, it would be difficult within the limits that the author has set for himself to write a more interesting book. We recommend, more especially to the general reader, the three chapters on the life of a monk in the world and in his monastery, and that describing the life of women under the rule.” Literature.—“We are struck with the skill with which he has mastered the details of a somewhat complicated story, and the clear way he has set it down for the benefit of his readers.” English Historical Review.—“Here, for the first time, the story of the Benedictine mission of 1603 is fully told in English; in this story the central figure is Dom Augustine Baker, the true author of the ‘Apostolatus,’ who, being professed by the aged Buckley, the last survivor of Westminster, claimed the inheritance of the rights and privileges of the original congregation, and the power, by professing others, to hand on the inheritance to posterity. The story of the English Benedictine congregation in its settlements abroad, and finally in its settlements at home, is very skilfully told, in a pleasant, popular style.” Literary World.—“The story of the English Benedictines is one that will be read with sympathy and even admiration by the instructed Protestant. Curiously enough the history of the Order—not the exact word, but no better offers—has a striking affinity with the principles of Congregationalism. The strength of the Order was that it consisted of independent homes, and was not like most fraternities, a great whole subdivided into communities. Upon this Father Taunton again and again insists, and his view is indisputable. Of the two volumes before us the first will be more generally interesting to Englishmen, but it may be well to prepare our readers for its perusal by saying that the almost patronising style of the beginning is not long continued. We feared at first that the author was going to talk down to us in pity for our ignorance, and were accordingly prepared to resent his impertinence. A very few pages onward and we yielded ourselves willingly to his pleasant instruction.… A good book, which we can heartily recommend to the open-minded reader.” Liverpool Post.—“Two large and well-printed volumes contain what the writer modestly describes as a ‘sketch’ of the Benedictine Order in England from the coming of Augustine in the sixth century up to the present time. The work is something more than a theological history. It is in one aspect a history of English society during fifteen hundred years, for the Benedictines were ever closely in touch with the people among whom they laboured. Mr. Taunton is not an ecclesiastical zealot, and he writes with admirable impartiality, as witness his outspoken condemnation of the intrigues of Rome and the machinations of the Jesuits in England during the reigns of Elizabeth and James. Hence his opinions on such a question as the social consequences to England of the closing of the monasteries is deserving of greater weight.” Glasgow Herald.—“In these two portly volumes Mr. Taunton furnishes us with a very full history of the English Benedictines, describing it as ‘a tribute of the affection and esteem which I, an outsider, have for the English monks.’ There is doubtless room for such a work, and it must be said that Mr. Taunton has brought to his task abundant enthusiasm and much painstaking research. … We cordially welcome it for its accumulation of valuable historical materials, and for the author’s industry we have nothing but praise.” Also by F. A. GASQUET, D. D. In One Volume, Demy 8vo, 408 Pages, Cloth, price 12s. Net. The Old English Bible, and other Essays. Contents.
Some Press Notices. Times.—“Full of the learning and research which Dr. Gasquet has made so peculiarly his own.” AthenÆum.—“Whatever Dr. Gasquet writes is of interest, and thanks are due to him for these essays.… Full of rare information, and real contributions to history.” By the late MISS MANNING. In Crown 8vo, with an Introduction by the Rev. W. H. Hutton, B.D., and Twenty-five Illustrations by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton, price 6s. Cloth Elegant, Gilt Top. The Household of Sir Thos. More. Some Press Notices. Spectator.—“A delightful book.… Twenty-five illustrations by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton show off the book to the best advantage.” Graphic.—“A picture, not merely of great charm, but of infinite value in helping the many to understand a famous Englishman and the times in which he lived.” Literary World.—“A charming reprint.… Every feature of the pictorial work is in keeping with the spirit of the whole.” Scotsman.—“This clever work of the historical imagination has gone through several editions, and is one of the most successful artistic creations of its kind.” Glasgow Herald.—“An extremely beautiful reprint of the late Miss Manning’s quaint and charming work.” Sketch.—“In the front rank of the gift-books of the season is this beautiful and very cleverly illustrated reprint of a work which has lasting claims to popularity.” Magazine of Art.—“The grace and beauty of the late Miss Manning’s charming work, ‘The Household of Sir Thomas More,’ has been greatly enhanced by the new edition now put forth by Mr. John C. Nimmo.… This remarkable work is not to be read without keen delight.” Academy.—“It is illustrated cleverly and prettily, and tastefully bound, so as to make an attractive gift-book.” Liverpool Post.—“We welcome the tasteful reprint with its artistic illustrations by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton, and its helpful introduction by the Rev. W. H. Hutton.” NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN SIXTEEN VOLUMES. Extra Crown 8vo, Brown Cloth, Gilt Top, price 5s. per Volume Net; also in Special Binding, Ruby Cloth, Flat Back, Gilt Top, price £4 Net, the Set of 16 Vols. only. THE REV. S. BARING-GOULD’S Lives of the Saints. With a Calendar for Every Day in the Year. New Edition, Revised, with Introduction and Additional Lives of English Martyrs, Cornish and Welsh Saints, and Full Indices to the Entire Work. Illustrated by over 400 Engravings. Contents of the Volumes.
APPENDIX VOLUME. Additional Biographies of English Martyrs, Cornish and Welsh Saints, Genealogies of Saintly Families, and two Indices to the entire work (Vol. 16). Some Press Notices. Daily Chronicle.—“When it is remembered that in these two volumes (January and February) the biographies of more than four hundred saints are to be found, and that in every case the authorities from which they are derived are set forth; that in the Introduction the reader is furnished with a succinct account of the literature of the subject which is the best rÉsumÉ that we have in English; that errors in the previous edition are not left uncorrected—it will be seen how much is to be expected from this new issue of Mr. Baring-Gould’s wonderful work, and how much will be found in the sixteen volumes which will be required to complete it.… No student of history—to go no further—can dispense with such a valuable book of reference. There is nothing like it in our language.” Standard.—“The earlier volumes of the new edition are before us, and even a cursory examination is enough to show that the work has been thoroughly revised.… The book is of real value, since it is written with scholarly care, imaginative vision, and a happy union of charity and courage.” Guardian.—“Whoever reads the more important lives in the sixteen volumes of which this new edition is to consist, will be introduced to a region of which historians for the most part tell him little, and yet one that throws constant light upon some of the obscurest points of ordinary histories. For this, and for the pleasure and profit thence derived, he will have to thank Mr. Baring-Gould.” Scotsman.—“Mr. Baring-Gould, Anglican priest though he be, fulfils the promise of his original edition in so far as he does not obtrude either prejudice or sectarianism into his record of these Saints.” British Review and National Observer.—“The new edition of Mr. Baring-Gould’s familiar work may well be called monumental, both on account of its size, and the variety and completeness of the information to be found in it.” Notes and Queries.—“It is impossible to mention the various sources whence have been drawn the illustrations, which will render this work, to those to whom the subject appeals, the most acceptable, as it is certainly the handsomest, of existing editions.” Weekly Sun.—“We unhesitatingly commend it as well to the lover of mediÆvalism as the student who must have at hand encyclopÆdic volumes of reference. No library that aims at being comprehensive can afford to be without it. No student of ecclesiastical and cathedral antiquities can neglect it if he wishes to make a successful study of his particular subject.” Christian World.—“The new edition is tastefully got up, and is a worthy setting of a great literary enterprise. The ‘Lives of the Saints’ is a human story of unfading interest.” London: 14 King William Street, Strand John C. Nimmo’s New & Recent Publications For the Autumn of 1899 New Work by the Rev. F. A. GASQUET, D.D., O.S.B. Important to Students of the Reformation Period. In One Volume, Demy 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, price 12s. 6d. Net. The Eve of the Reformation. Studies in the Religious Life and Thought of the English People in the Period preceding the Rejection of the Roman Jurisdiction by Henry VIII. By Francis Aidan Gasquet, D.D., O.S.B., Author of “Henry VIII. and the English Monasteries,” “The Old English Bible, and other Essays,” &c. Note.—This is not a controversial work, but a study chiefly of the literature, &c., of the period in order to see what people were doing, saying, and thinking about before the change of religion. As touching upon rather new ground, and at the same time widening the field of view in the Reformation question, it should be of great interest at the present moment. New Illustrated Work on Palestine. In One Volume, Demy 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with 16 Illustrations reproduced in Colours in facsimile of the Original Paintings by the Author, price 12s. 6d. Net. Two Years in Palestine and Syria. By MARGARET THOMAS, Author of With 16 Illustrations reproduced in Colours in facsimile of the Original Paintings by the Author. Note.—This book is being looked forward to with great interest by travellers, so many people have in one out-of-the-way corner or another of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia met this versatile lady. A Royal Academy Silver Medallist, she has had many pictures and pieces of sculpture exhibited in the Royal Academy. This (her new book) will be illustrated with sixteen reproductions in colours of her oil paintings. The subjects of these were painted on the spot, and the reproductions are by a new process not as yet employed for book illustration. An Artist in Spain. In One Volume, Super Royal 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with Photogravure Portrait, after the Painting by Jan Veth, and 39 Illustrations, price 12s. 6d. Net. Spain: The Story of a Journey. By JOZEF ISRAËLS. With a Portrait in Photogravure, and 39 reproductions of Sketches by the Author. Translated from the Dutch by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Note.—The author and illustrator of this book (Jozef IsraËls) has long been acknowledged the most popular painter of the day, in this, the best sense, that his work claims the admiration not only of the critics, the collectors, and the dilettanti, but also of those uncultured people who, understanding nothing of painting, having no care for artisticity or virtuosity, cannot fail to be penetrated by the poetry that fills each of the veteran’s canvases. A History of Steeple-Chasing. In Super Royal 8vo, uniform with “The Quorn Hunt and its Masters,” Vyner’s “Notitia Venatica,” and Radcliffe’s “Noble Science of Fox-Hunting.” With 12 Illustrations, chiefly drawn by Henry Alken, and all coloured by hand, also 16 Head and Tail Pieces, drawn by Henry Alken and others. Cloth, Gilt Top, price 21s. net. A History of Steeple-Chasing. By WILLIAM C. A. BLEW, M.A., Author of “The Quorn Hunt and its Masters,” Editor of Vyner’s “Notitia Venatica,” and Radcliffe’s “Noble Science of Fox-Hunting.” With 12 Illustrations, chiefly drawn by Henry Alken, and all coloured by hand, also 16 Head and Tail Pieces, drawn by Henry Alken and others. New Volume, being the Fifth of the Works of the late Miss Manning, Author of “Mary Powell,” &c. &c. In Crown 8vo, with Illustrations by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton, price 6s., Cloth Elegant, Gilt Top. The Colloquies of Edward Osborne. With 10 Illustrations by John Jellicoe. Uniform in Size and Price, by the same Author. The Household of Sir Thos. More. Cherry and Violet. A Tale of the Great Plague. The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell (AFTERWARDS MISTRESS MILTON); And the Sequel thereto, Deborah’s Diary. The Old Chelsea Bun-Shop. A Tale of the Last Century. Some Press Notices. AthenÆum.—“The late Miss Manning’s delicate and fanciful little cameos of historical romance possess a flavour of their own.… The numerous Illustrations by Mr. Jellicoe and Mr. Railton are particularly happy.” Public Opinion.—“It is an example of a pure and beautiful style of literature.” Spectator.—“A delightful book.… Twenty-five illustrations by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton show off the book to the best advantage.” Graphic.—“A picture, not merely of great charm, but of infinite value in helping the many to understand a famous Englishman and the times in which he lived.” Literary World.—“A charming reprint.… Every feature of the pictorial work is in keeping with the spirit of the whole.” Scotsman.—“This clever work of the historical imagination has gone through several editions, and is one of the most successful artistic creations of its kind.” Glasgow Herald.—“An extremely beautiful reprint of the late Miss Manning’s quaint and charming work.” Sketch.—“In the front rank of the gift-books of the season is this beautiful and very cleverly illustrated reprint of a work which has lasting claims to popularity.” Magazine of Art.—“The grace and beauty of the late Miss Manning’s charming work, ‘The Household of Sir Thomas More,’ has been greatly enhanced by the new edition now put forth by Mr. John C. Nimmo.… This remarkable work is not to be read without keen delight.” Academy.—“It is illustrated cleverly and prettily, and tastefully bound, so as to make an attractive gift-book.” A Cheaper Edition. In Two Volumes, Extra Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with Portrait and 32 Illustrations from Contemporary Sources, price 12s. Net. The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow. Being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society, 1810-1860. With Portrait and 32 Illustrations from Contemporary Sources by Joseph Grego. ? This is a remarkably cheap edition of this favourite and popular book. In One Volume, Demy 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with 6 Photogravure Portraits and 30 other Illustrations from Contemporary Sources, price 7s. 6d. Net. Words on Wellington. By Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Baronet, With 6 Photogravure Portraits, and 30 other Illustrations from Contemporary Sources. ? This book was published in 1889, and the whole of the edition printed was immediately absorbed. The present new edition is illustrated with Photogravure Portraits and other illustrations reproduced especially for this edition from rare and contemporary engravings selected by Mr. Joseph Grego. New Volume of Poems by Violet Fane. One Volume, Small 4to, printed on Arnold’s Hand-Made Paper, and bound in Half-Calf, Gilt Top. Two hundred and sixty copies printed for England and America on Arnold’s Hand-Made Paper, each numbered, type distributed, price 10s. 6d. net. Uniform with previous volumes by the same author, viz., “Poems” and “Under Cross and Crescent.” Betwixt Two Seas. Poems and Ballads. By VIOLET FANE. Written at Constantinople and Therapia. New Library Edition of In Eight Volumes, Extra Crown 8vo, with Original Engraved Portraits and Vignettes, Cloth, price 7s. Net per Volume. Sold only in Sets, £2, 16s. Net. The Spectator. Edited with Introduction and Notes By GEORGE A. AITKEN, From the Editor’s Preface. “The present edition of the ‘Spectator’ has been printed from a copy of the original collected and revised edition published in 1712-15, with the exception that modern rules of spelling have been followed. The principal variations between the text as corrected by the authors and the original version in the folio numbers have at the same time been indicated in the notes; it has not been thought necessary to point out slight differences of no importance. In the notes I have aimed at the greatest conciseness compatible with the satisfactory explanation of the less obvious allusions to literary or social matters. I have acknowledged my principal obligations to more recent editors, but in some cases notes have been handed down from one editor to another, and cannot be traced to their original author. Many of the older notes, moreover, were obsolete, or needed correction in the light of subsequent knowledge. I have endeavoured to preserve what is of value, without burdening the pages with the contradictions and inaccuracies which are inevitable in a variorum edition.” Some Press Notices. Pall Mall Gazette.—“Undoubtedly the best library reprint of this famous periodical that has been published.” Daily News.—“If handsome print, paper, and binding, together with careful annotation, have attractions in the eyes of lovers of standard books, there ought to be a good demand for this new edition.” Scotsman.—“An edition in which it is a pleasure to read, and one which would adorn any library.” Notes and Queries.—“We congratulate the publisher and the editor on the termination of a useful task, and we commend to the public this eminently desirable edition of our English masterpiece—the most attractive and serviceable yet printed.” Birmingham Post.—“An edition of the ‘Spectator’ which, as a book for the library, has no equal, whether we consider the stately and appropriate form, the typographical excellence, or the erudite and finished editing. Added to these is the crowning grace of a full and complete index. It is a luxury to read the early eighteenth century classic in such an edition as this.” Glasgow Herald.—“All that the most fastidious lover of books could desire. Its size—extra crown octavo—is stately, without being cumbersome. The buckram cloth binding is neat, substantial, and serviceable—exactly what is required for a library of which the contents are intended for use as well as for show. The notes supplied by Mr. George A. Aitken, as might be expected from his exceptional acquaintance with the period, enable the reader to understand and appreciate the numerous allusions to literary and social matters which occur in most of the papers.” NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN SIXTEEN VOLUMES. Extra Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, price 5s. per Volume Net. Also in Ruby Coloured Cloth. Gilt Top, Flat Back, Elegant, Sold in Sets only, price £4 Net. THE REV. S. BARING-GOULD’S Lives of the Saints. With a Calendar for Every Day in the Year. New Edition, Revised, with Introduction and Additional Lives of English Martyrs Cornish and Welsh Saints, and Full Indices to the Entire Work. Illustrated by over 400 Engravings. Contents of the Volumes.
APPENDIX VOLUME. Additional Biographies of English Martyrs, Cornish and Welsh Saints, Genealogies of Saintly Families, and two Indices to the entire work (Vol. 16). Some Press Notices. Daily Chronicle.—“When it is remembered that in these two volumes (January and February) the biographies of more than four hundred saints are to be found, and that in every case the authorities from which they are derived are set forth; that in the Introduction the reader is furnished with a succinct account of the literature of the subject which is the best rÉsumÉ that we have in English; that errors in the previous edition are not left uncorrected—it will be seen how much is to be expected from this new issue of Mr. Baring-Gould’s wonderful work, and how much will be found in the sixteen volumes which will be required to complete it.… No student of history—to go no further—can dispense with such a valuable book of reference. There is nothing like it in our language.” Standard.—“The earlier volumes of the new edition are before us, and even a cursory examination is enough to show that the work has been thoroughly revised.… The book is of real value, since it is written with scholarly care, imaginative vision, and a happy union of charity and courage.” Guardian.—“Whoever reads the more important lives in the sixteen volumes of which this new edition is to consist, will be introduced to a region of which historians for the most part tell him little, and yet one that throws constant light upon some of the obscurest points of ordinary histories. For this, and for the pleasure and profit thence derived, he will have to thank Mr. Baring-Gould.” Scotsman.—“Mr. Baring-Gould, Anglican priest though he be, fulfils the promise of his original edition in so far as he does not obtrude either prejudice or sectarianism into his record of these Saints.” British Review and National Observer.—“The new edition of Mr. Baring-Gould’s familiar work may well be called monumental, both on account of its size, and the variety and completeness of the information to be found in it.” Notes and Queries.—“It is impossible to mention the various sources whence have been drawn the illustrations, which will render this work, to those to whom the subject appeals, the most acceptable, as it is certainly the handsomest, of existing editions.” Weekly Sun.—“We unhesitatingly commend it as well to the lover of mediÆvalism as the student who must have at hand encyclopÆdic volumes of reference. No library that aims at being comprehensive can afford to be without it. No student of ecclesiastical and cathedral antiquities can neglect it if he wishes to make a successful study of his particular subject.” Christian World.—“The new edition is tastefully got up, and is a worthy setting of a great literary enterprise. The ‘Lives of the Saints’ is a human story of unfading interest.” Works by FRANCIS AIDAN GASQUET, D.D. In One Volume, Demy 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, price 10s. 6d. Net, pp. 528. A New Revised and Corrected Edition of FRANCIS AIDAN GASQUET’S Henry the Eighth, and the English monasteries. Of which Six Editions at 24s. have already been sold. Extracts from Press Notices. AthenÆum.—“We may say in brief, if what we have already said is not sufficient to show it, that a very important chapter of English history is here treated with a fulness, minuteness, and lucidity which will not be found in previous accounts, and we sincerely congratulate Dr. Gasquet on having made such an important contribution to English historical literature.” Guardian.—“A learned, careful, and successful vindication of the personal character of the monks.… In Dr. Gasquet’s skilful hands the dissolution of the monasteries assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy.” In One Volume, Demy 8vo, 408 Pages, Cloth, price 12s. Net. The Old English Bible, and other Essays. Contents.
Some Press Notices. Times.—“Full of the learning and research which Dr. Gasquet has made so peculiarly his own.” AthenÆum.—“Whatever Dr. Gasquet writes is of interest, and thanks are due to him for these essays.… Full of rare information, and real contributions to history.” British Review and National Observer.—“Dr. Gasquet has started a very curious controversy, which will entertain even those whom it does not seriously interest, and will familiarise them incidentally with many facts of history.… The remaining essays are also rich in quaint, curious information.” Scotsman.—“He has thrown much light on obscure passages and features of later mediÆval history in our country.” Notes and Queries.—“Dr. Gasquet writes clearly and forcibly, and when touching on controversial points, as he frequently has to do, he manifests a studied moderation, and liberality.” Cheap Illustrated Edition now Completed in 24 Volumes. Crown 8vo, tastefully bound in Green Cloth, Gilt, in which binding any of the Novels may be bought separately, price 3s. 6d. each. Also in Special Cloth Binding, Flat Backs, Gilt Tops, supplied in Sets only of 24 Volumes, price £4, 4s. THE LARGE TYPE BORDER EDITION OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS. Edited with Introductory Essays and Notes to each Novel (supplementing those of the Author) by Andrew Lang. With 250 Original Illustrations from Drawings and Paintings specially executed by eminent Artists. ? This is generally conceded to be the best edition of the Waverley Novels, not only as regards editing and illustrations, but also in point of type, printing and paper, and is complete in 24 volumes instead of 25 as in other editions. List of the Volumes.
Some of the Artists contributing to the “Border Edition,”
Some Press Notices of the Large Type Border Edition of the Waverley Novels. The Spectator.—“We trust that this fine edition of our greatest and most poetical of novelists will attain, if it has not already done so, the high popularity it deserves. To all Scott’s lovers it is a pleasure to know that, despite the daily and weekly inrush of ephemeral fiction, the sale of his works is said by the booksellers to rank next below Tennyson’s in poetry, and above that of everybody else in prose.” The Times.—“It would be difficult to find in these days a more competent and sympathetic editor of Scott than his countryman, the brilliant and versatile man of letters who has undertaken the task; and if any proof were wanted either of his qualifications or of his skill and discretion in displaying them, Mr. Lang has furnished it abundantly in his charming Introduction to ‘Waverley.’ The editor’s own notes are judiciously sparing, but conspicuously to the point, and they are very discreetly separated from those of the author, Mr. Lang’s laudable purpose being to illustrate and explain Scott, not to make the notes a pretext for displaying his own critical faculty and literary erudition. The illustrations by various competent hands are beautiful in themselves and beautifully executed, and, altogether, the ‘Border Edition’ of the Waverley Novels bids fair to become the classical edition of the great Scottish classic.” The AthenÆum.-“The handsome ‘Border Edition’ has been brought by Mr. Nimmo to a successful conclusion. Mr. Nimmo deserves to be complimented on the manner in which the Edition has been printed and illustrated, and Mr. Lang on the way in which he has performed his portion of the work. His Introductions have been tasteful and readable; he has not overdone his part; and, while he has supplied much useful information, he has by no means overburdened the volumes with notes.” Notes and Queries.—“Mr. Nimmo’s spirited and ambitious enterprise has been conducted to a safe termination, and the most ideal edition of the Waverley Novels in existence is now completed.” Saturday Review.—“Of all the many collections of the Waverley Novels, Mr. Nimmo’s ‘Border Edition’ is incomparably the most handsome and the most desirable.… Type, paper, illustrations are altogether admirable.” Daily Chronicle.—“There is absolutely no fault to be found with it, as to paper, type, or arrangement.” Magazine of Art.—“Size, type, paper, and printing, to say nothing of the excessively liberal and charming introduction or of the illustrations, make this perhaps the most desirable edition of Scott ever issued on this side of the border.” Two-Volume edition of In 48 Volumes, Large Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with the 250 Etchings printed on Japanese Paper, price 6s. per Volume. Purchasers of this beautiful edition are recommended to complete their sets at once, as many of the Volumes are out of print, and those still remaining will soon be. Two Important Ornithological Works by Henry Seebohm. THE STANDARD WORK ON BRITISH BIRDS. In Four Volumes, Royal 8vo, Cloth, with numerous Wood Engravings and Sixty-eight Coloured Plates, price £6, 6s., now £5, 5s. Net. A History or British Birds. To which is added the Author’s Notes on their Classification and Geographical Distribution; also Sixty-eight Coloured Plates of their Eggs. By Henry Seebohm, Author of “Siberia in Europe,” “Siberia in Asia,” &c. &c. Saturday Review.—“The illustrations are as nearly perfect as the most careful colour-printing can produce, rivalling—and it is no slight praise—the admirable egg-pictures of Hewitson, some of which might almost have been executed by hand; and the book is written in an easy, pleasant style, redolent of the field rather than of the study.” Zoologist.—“The text contains not only a description of each egg and its varieties, but also a very full account of the life-history of each bird.… If we may conceive the works of Yarrell and Hewitson rolled into one, with corrections, emendations, and important additions, and with woodcuts as well as coloured plates, such a work is Mr. Seebohm’s.” Nature.—“We unhesitatingly express our opinion that since the time of Macgillivray no such original book as Mr. Seebohm’s has been published on British ornithology; we think that the figures of the eggs are by far the best that have yet been given.” In One Volume, 4to, Cloth, with numerous Wood Engravings and Twenty-one Plates of Birds, Coloured by Hand, price £5, 5s., now £2, 12s. 6d. Net. ONLY FIVE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED. The Geographical Distribution or the CharadriidÆ; By Henry Seebohm, Author of “Siberia in Europe,” “Siberia in Asia,” “A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of their Eggs,” &c. Nature.—“This is a handsome volume of more than 500 pages, and is illustrated by twenty-one coloured plates, drawn in Mr. Keulemans’s best style. The book is profusely illustrated by woodcuts, showing the specific characters of the different species, and these will be invaluable to the student of these difficult birds. In fact, no work has ever been so remarkably treated in this respect, and it will be the book of reference for the CharadriidÆ for many years to come.” One Volume, Super-royal 8vo, Cloth, with Two Photogravure Plates, One Plate in Colour, and Fifty-nine other Illustrations, price 7s. 6d. Net. Fern Growing: With a List of the most important Varieties and a History of the Discovery of Multiple Parentage. By E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., F.L.S. AthenÆum.—“In some respects the most important treatise on British ferns that has hitherto appeared.” Third Edition, with Seventy-four Coloured Plates, Super-royal 8vo, Cloth, price £1, 1s.; now 10s. 6d. Net. A Natural History or British Grasses. By E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Note.—This is a work not only valuable to the botanical student for its pictorial accuracy, but of use also to the landed proprietor and the farmer, pointing out to them those grasses which are useful and lucrative in husbandry, and teaching them the varied soils and positions upon which they thrive, and explaining their qualities and the several uses to which they are applied in many branches of manufacture and industry. Rev. F. O. Morris’s Popular Works on Natural History. ISSUE OF NEW AND REVISED EDITIONS. Fourth Edition, Six Volumes, Super-royal 8vo, Cloth, with 394 Plates Coloured by Hand, price £4, 10s. Net. A History of British Birds. By the Rev. F. O. 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Morris, B.A. Fourth Edition, Four Volumes, Royal 8vo, with 132 Plates (1933 Figures), all Coloured by Hand, price £3, 3s. Net. A Natural History of British Moths. By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A. With 132 Plates Coloured by Hand (1933 Figures), and an Introduction by W. Egmont Kirby, M.D. In Two Volumes, Super-royal 8vo, Cloth, £1, 10s. Net. British Game Birds and Wild Fowl. By Beverley R. Morris, M.D. Entirely Revised and brought up to Date by W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S. With Sixty Large Plates all Coloured by Hand. Daily News.—“Has held a unique position among works of its class. The sixty hand-coloured plates are splendidly executed.” One Volume, Large Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, price 5s. Francis Orpen Morris. By his Son, the Rev. M. C. F. Morris, B.C.L., M.A., Rector of Nunburnholme, Yorkshire. With Portrait and Two Illustrations. Land and Water.—“This very interesting memoir of the naturalist, whose works are perhaps better known among the ‘rising generation’ than those of any other authority, … gives a remarkably clear and distinct picture of the late Mr. F. O. Morris.” Yorkshire Post.—“A book so conscientiously written as to rank well among biographies.” In Two Volumes, Large 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, price £1, 10s. Net. With Thirty-seven Illustrations, including Three hitherto unpublished Bird Drawings and Ten Portraits of Audubon. Audubon, and His Journals. By Maria R. Audubon. With Notes by Elliott Coues. Contents.—Audubon: A Biography. The European Journals, 1826-29. The Labrador Journal, 1833. The Missouri River Journal, 1843. The Episodes. With a full Index. Note.—To English people the name of Audubon is a familiar and respected one, and there is little reason to doubt that the present work, forming as it does so handsome a monument of his life’s work, should be acceptable both to the lover of good books and to the naturalist. The former has the attraction of Audubon’s picturesque and engaging English style, added to reminiscences and narratives of a diverse and fascinating character, and a highly interesting biography of Audubon from the pen of his granddaughter. The naturalist, on the other hand, has here for the first time the complete and carefully edited text of Audubon’s valuable journals, supplemented by appropriate and interesting notes by so eminent a zoologist as Dr. Elliott Coues. The entire publication is virtually new, since even the European journals are here much amplified, while the Missouri and Labrador journals are practically unpublished, and the “Episodes” have never before appeared collectively except in a French translation. The work is one of the widest interest, and must at once take its place as the authoritative biography of Audubon, as well as the first adequate presentation of his journals, which in their now complete form give “the man instead of the death mask.” Times.—“Audubon’s unpublished manuscripts are the record of a long, a varied, and an adventurous life, passed in unremitting activity and indefatigable industry. We must say at once that for the most part they are fascinating. They are sensational, instructive, and frankly autobiographical, and they show a many-sided man in his various aspects, with the absolute unreserve of innocent egoism.” Saturday Review.—“There is much that will interest readers of vastly different tastes. Thus the European journals in the first volume have an interest that is chiefly personal, and we get interesting scraps of conversation with Sir Walter Scott, Jeffrey, Wilson, Lord Stanley, Cuvier, St. Hilaire, Selby, Constant, Gerard, Jardine, and Bewick, as well as many other notables in the science, art, and literature of Edinburgh, London, and Paris in the late twenties.” Spectator.—“The two volumes present the life of the great French-American naturalist in a most attractive form. The journal of his voyage up the Missouri is now first given to the world, and the freshness of his life in the woods and of his own charming personality is not marred by any unwise editing or comment. The illustrations are excellent, worthy of a work dealing with the life of the man who used the instruction received from the revolutionary painter David in his youth to make the greatest advance in the illustration of nature ever achieved by one man.” Scotsman.—“A worthy and enduring memorial has been raised to the great American ornithologist in the two volumes prepared by his granddaughter. Miss Audubon’s work has been admirably done; and the worth of the book is much enhanced by the zoological and other notes which Dr. Coues has appended.” New Work on English Monastic History. In Two Volumes, Demy 8vo, Cloth, price 21s. Net. The By the Rev. Ethelred L. Taunton. Some Press Notices. Saturday Review.—“On the whole, it would be difficult within the limits that the author has set for himself to write a more interesting book. 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It is a real help to understanding the ways and works, the helps and the temptations, of the monks.” Bookman.—“Much idle legend has been dissipated by Mr. Taunton’s researches, many points left dark are now cleared up, and in the perplexed quarrellings which ruined the prospects of Catholicism at the close of the reign of Elizabeth, as under James I. and Charles I., the historian holds a balance which does not waver.” Two Volumes, Extra Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with 120 Coloured Plates, price 15s. Net. The Flora of the Alps. Being a Description of all the Species of Flowering Plants indigenous to Switzerland, and of the Alpine Species of the adjacent mountain districts of France, Italy, and Austria, including the Pyrenees. By Alfred W. Bennett, M.A., B.Sc., F.L.S., Lecturer on Botany at St. Thomas’s Hospital. 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