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Macmillan Co.'s Catalogue of Works in the Departments of History, Biography^ Travels, Critical and Literary Essays, Poliiics, Political and Social Economy^ Law, etc.; and Works connected with Language.
HISTORY. BIOGRAPHV, TRAVELS, &c.
Albemarle.— FIFTY YEARS of MY LIFE. By George Thomas, Earl of Albemarle. With Steel Portrait of the first Earl of Albemarle, engraved by Jeens. Third and Che.aper Edition. Crown 8vo. yr. ixi.
“ The book is one of the most amusing of its class. . . . These réminiscences hâve the charm and ftavour of Personal expérience, and they bring us into direct contact with the persans they describe.” — Edinburgh Review.
Anderson.— MANDALAY TO MOMIEN ; a Narrative of the Two Expéditions to Western China, of 1868 and 1875, under Colonel E. B. Sladen and Colonel Horace Browne. By Dr. Anderson, F.R.S.E., Medical and Scientihc Officer to the Expéditions. With numerous Maps and Illustrations. 8vo. 2ix "A handsome, well-timed, entertaining, and instructive volume.” — Academy.
“.<4 pleasant, useful, canfully-written, and important work.” — Athenæum.
Appleton. — Works by T. G. Appleton : —
A NILE JOURNAL. Illustrated by Eugene Bknson. Crown 8ro. 6s.
SYRIAN SUNSIIINE. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Arnold. — ESSAYS IN CRITICISM. By Matthew Arnold. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8vo. gs.
Atkinson.— AN ART TOUR TO NORTHERN CAPITALS OF EUROPE, including Descriptions of the Towns, the Muséums, and other Art Treasures of Copenhagen, Christiania, Stockholm,
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she was by nature (as Mr. Reid puts it) “a katpy and high-spirited girl, and that even to the very last she had the faculty of evercoming her sorrows by means of that stead/ast courage which was her most precious tossession, and to which she was indebted for her successive victorüs over trials and disappointments of no ordinary character.”
The book is illustrcUed by a Portrait of the Rev. Patrick Brontl, several Views of Haworth and iis neighbourhood, and a facsimiU of one of the most characteristic of Charlotte' s letters.
Brooke.— THE RAJA OF SARAWAK : an Account of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., LL.D. Given chiefly through Letters or Joumals. By Gertrude L. Jacob. With Portrait and Maps. Two Vols. 8vo. 2$s.
“ They who read Miss facob's book — and ail should read it; ail who are under the delusion that in our timethere is no scope for heroism, anJ no place for romantic adventure, ortd no place for enterprise and ambition — will see how incident is erowded upon incident, and struggle upon struggle, till in the very abundance of materials that corne to her hand the auihoress can scarcely stop to give sufficient distinctness to her wonderful narrative.” — Academy.
Brooke. — recollections of the irish church.
By Richard S. Brooke, D.D., late Rector of Wyton, Hunts. Crown 8vo. 41. (>d.
Bryce. — Works by James Bryck, D.C.L., Regius Professor of Civil Law, Oxford : —
THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE. Sixth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8va ^s. 6d.
" Jt exactly supplies a want : it affbrds a key to much which men read of in their books as isolated facts, but of which they hâve hitherto had no conructed exposition set before them." — Saturday Revievv.
TRANSCAUCASIA AND ARARAT: being Notes of a Vacation Tour in the Autumn of 1876. With an Illustration and Map. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. çr.
" Mr. Bryce has written a Ivvely and at the same time an instructive description ofthe tour he made lastyear in and about the Caucasus. IVhen well-infomted a jurist travels into régions seldom visited, and even walks up a mountain so rarely scaled as Ararat, he is justified in thtnking that the impressions he brings home are worthy of being communicated to the World at large, especially when a terrible war is casting a lurid glow over the countries he has lately surveyed,” — Athenæum.
Burgoyne. — POLiTicAL and military épisodes DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE III. Derived from the Life and Correspondence of the Right Hon. J. Burgoyne, Lieut. -General in his Majesty’s Anny, and M.P. for Preston. By K B. DE Fonblanque. Wuh Portrait, Heliotype Plate, and Maps. 8vo. i6r.
HTSTORY, BIOGRAPHY, TRAVERS, ETC. s
Burke* — EDMUND BURKE, a Historical Study. By John MorLEY, b. a., Oxon. Crown 8vo. T s, (>d,
“ The style ts /erse and inasive, and brilliant ivith epi^am and fioisti. Its sustained pawer of reasoning, iis wide sweep of observation and refiêction, üs elevated ethicaî and social tone, stamp it as a work of higk excellence." — Saturday Review.
Burrows. — WORTHIES of ALL soûls ; Four Centuries of English History. Illustrated from the College Archives. By Montagu Burrows, Chichele Professor of Modem History at Oxford, Fellow of AU Soûls. 8vo. i+r.
"A most amusing as well as a rnost instructive book. — Guardian.
Campbell.— LOG-LETTERS FROM THE “ CHALLENGER." By Lord George Campbell. With Map. Fifth and cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6r.
“A delighlful book, which vte heartüy commend to the general reader." —Saturday Review.
“ We do not hésitât e to say that anythin^ so fresh, so picturesçue, so generally deligkt/ul, as these log-letters has not afpeared among books oj travel for a long time." — Examiner.
“A more lively and amusing record of travel we hâve not had tke fortune to read for some time. The whole book is pervaded by a spirit oJ life, animation, and fun." — Standard.
Campbell. — MY CIRCULAR notes : Extracts from Joumals ; Letters sent Home ; Geolc^cal and other Notes, written while Travelling Westwards round the World, from July 6th, 1874, July 6th, 1875. By J. F. Campbell, Author of “ Frost and Fire.” Cheaper Issue. Crown 8vo. 6r.
“ IVe hâve read numbers of books of travel, but we can call to mind few that hâve given us more genuitu pleasure than this. A more agreeable style of narrative than his U is Itardly possible to conceive. We seem to be accomjmnying him in his trip round the world, so life-like is his description of the countries he visited." — Land and Water.
Campbell. — turks and GREEKS. Notes of a recent Excursion. By the lion. Dudley Campbell, M.A. With Coloured Map. Crown 8vo. 3r. 6</.
Carstares. — WILLIAM CARSTARES : a Character and Career of the Revolutionary Epoch (1649 — 1715). By ROBERT Story, Minister of RosneatL 8vo. 12s.
Chatterton : a BIOGRAPHICAL study. By Daniel Wilson, LL.D., Professor of History and English Literature in Universi’ty College. Toronto. Crown 8vo. 6s. 6d.
Chatterton : a story of TIIE YEAR 177a By Professor Masson, LL.D. Crown 8vo. 5j.
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Clark.— MEMOklALS FROM JOURNALS AND I.KTTERS OF SAMUEL CLARK, M.A., formerly rriiicipal of the National Society’s Traininj' College, Uattersea. Editcil with Introduction by his WiFE. With Portrait. Crown Svo. js. 6<C
Combe. — THE LIFE of george combe, Author of “The
Constitution of Man.” By Chari.ks Giübon. With Threo Portraits engraved by Jeens. Two V\)1.s, 8vo. 3Zt.
“A graphU and inlertsting acconut of (ht long life and hidefatigai>te labours of a r>ery reinarkabU man," — SCOTSMA.N'.
Cooper. — ATHENÆ CANTABRIGIENSES. By Charles Henry Cooper, F.S.A., and Thompson Cooper, F.S.A. Vol. I. 8vo., 1500—85, 18/. ; Vol. IL, 1586—1609, i8r.
Correggio.— ANTONIO ALLEGRI DA CORREGGIO. From the German of Dr. JOLIUS Meyer, Director of the Royal Gaüery, Berlin. Edited, with an Introduction, by Mrs. IIe;aton. Containinp Twenty Woodbury-type Illustrations. Royal 8to. Cloth élégant. 3IX. (sd.
“ The best and most readahle biografhy of the master at présent to be fourni in the Enylish langvage." — Acadf.my. “ />y its pietures alone the book forms a loorthy tribute to the painter’s gmius." — Pall MaLL Gazette.
Cox (G. V.) — RECOLLECTIONS OF OXFORD. By G. V. Cox, M.A., New College, late Esquire Bedel and Coroner in the University of Oxford. Ckeaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6î*.
Cunynghame (Sir A. T.) — .my cO.mmand in .soutii
AFRICA, 1874 — 78. Comprising Expériences of Travel in the Colonies of South Africa and the Indepcndeiit States. By Sir Arthur Thurlow Cuny.nghamp;, G.C.B., then Lieutenant- Govemor and Commander of the Forces in South Africa. Third Edition. 8vo. 12s. 6d.
The Times says : — “// is a volume of great interest, .... full of incidents which vmdly illustrate the condition of the Colonies and the eharaeler and habits of the natives It eontains valuabie illus-
trations of Cape vjarfiire, and ai the fresctit moment it cannot /ail to command u’ide-sfread attention."
“Daily News.” — THE DAILY NEWS’ CORRESPOND- ENCE of the War between Germany and France, 1870 — l. Edited with Notes and Coinments. New Edition. Complété in ünR Volume. With Maps and Plans. Crown 8vo. 6j.
THE DAILY NEW.S’ CORRESPONDKNCE of the War between Russia and Turkey, to the fall of Kars. Including the letters ol Mr. Archibald Forbes, Mr. J. E. McGalian, and other Spécial Correspondents in Europe and Asia. Second Edition, enlarged. Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6j.
FROM THE FALL OF KARS TO THE CONCLUSION OF PEACE. Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6r.
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Davidson.— THE LIFE OF A SCOTTISH PROBATIONER ; being a Memoir of Thomas Davidson, with his Poems and Letters. By Jamhs Buüwn’, Minister of St. James’s Street Church, Paisley. Second Edition, revUed and enlarged, with Portrait. Crown Svo. Ts. 6d.
Deas. — TIIE RIVER CLYDE. An Historical Description of the Rise and Progress of the Harbour of Glasgow, and of the Improveinent of the River from Glasgow to Port Glasgow. By J. Deas, M. Inst. C.E. 8vo. lor. 6ii.
Denison.— A history of cavalry from the ear-
LIEST TIMES. With Tessons for the Futvire. By Lieul.-Col. George De.MSON, Commanding the Govemor-General’s Body Guard, Canada, Auihor of “ Modem Cavalry." With Maps and Plans. Svo. i8j.
Dilke. — GREATER BRITATN. A Record of Travel in Englishspeaking Countries duriug 1866-7. (America, Australia, India.) By Sir Chakt.es Wentworth Dilke, M.P. Sixth Edition. Crown Svo. 6s.
" Marty of the subjects discussed inthese pages f says the DAILY News, “ are of the widest interest. and sueh as no man who cares for the future of his race and of the vrorld can afford to treat with indifférence."
Doyle.— HISTORY OF AMERICA. By J. A. Dûyle. With Maps. i8mo. 4^. 6d.
“ Mr. Doyle' s style is clear and simple, his faets arc accurately stated, and his book is meritorwusly frce from préjudice on questions whcre partisanship rutts high amongst us." — SatURUAY Review.
Drummond of Hawthornden : the story OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS. By Professor Masson. With Portrait and Vignette engraved by C. FL Jeens. Crown 8vo. lor. 6d. “ Arvund his hcro, Professor Alasson groups national and individuel épisodes and skelches of character, which are of the greatest irsterest, ana wkich add to the value of a biographical work which we warmly recoftnmend to the levers of thorou^Aly heaithy books," — Notes awp Queries.
Duff. — Works by M. E. Grant-Duff, M. P., late Under Secretary of State for India : —
NOTES OF AN INDIAN JOURNEY. With Map. Svo. lor. 6d. “ These notes arefull of pleasant remarks and illustrations, borrtrwej from everykinJoJ source." — Saturday Revif.w.
MISCELLANIES POLITICAL AND LIT^iRARY. Svo. los.6d.
Eadie.— LIFE of JOHN EADIE, D.D., LL.D. By James Brown, D.D., Author ol “ The l.ife of a ScottLh Probationer." With Portrait. Second Edition. Crown Svo. yr. 6tl.
“ An ahlvwritten and characteristic bingraphy." — Tl.MES.
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Elliott.— LIFE OF HENRY VENN ELLIOTT, of Brighton. By JOSIAH Bateman, M. a. With Portrait, engraved by Jeens. Extra fcap. 8vo. Third and Cheapcr Edition. 6s.
Elze. — ESSAYS ON SHAKESPEARE. By Dr. Karl Elz.e. Translated with the Author’s sanction by L. Dora Schmitz.
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A more désirable contribution to et iticism has not recently been tnade. ” — Athenæum.
English Men of Letters. Edited by John Morley.’ a
Sériés of Short Books to tell people what is Irest worth knowing as to the Life, Character, and Works of some of the great English Writers. In crown 8vo. Price zr. 6d. eaeh.
I. DR. JOHNSON. By Leslie Stephen. [Mxth Thousand. “ The new sériés opetts wdt with Mr. Ixslie Stephen' s sketch of Dr.
Johnson. Il could hardly hâve been donc better ; and it will convey to the reader s for whom it is iniended a juster estimate of Johnson than either of the two essaye of Lord Alacaulay " — Pall Mai.L Gazette.
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“ We could not wish for a more suggestive introduction to Scott and his poems and novels." — Examiner.
