THE NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY.
Each Volume containing about 300 Pages and numerous Engravings, Crown 8vo, handsomely bound in cloth, gilt, 2s. 6d.; cloth extra, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.; morocco, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.; morocco antique, 10s. 6d.; 2 vols, in 1, calf, marbled edges, 9s.; morocco, gilt edges, 10s. 6d.
BOSWELL'S LIFE of Dr. JOHNSON. Complete in four volumes. With numerous Portraits, Views, and Characteristic Designs, engraved from Authentic Sources.—Third Edition.
THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK of ENGLISH SONGS, from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century. With Fifty Engravings from Original Designs.—Fourth Edition.
THE MORMONS, or LATTER-DAY SAINTS. An account of the Rise and Progress of this new Religious Sect. Illustrated with Forty Engravings from Original Sources.—Third Edition.
THE ORBS OF HEAVEN; or, the Planetary and Stellar Worlds. A popular Exposition of the great Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy. Illustrated with Nebulæ, Portraits, Views, Diagrams, &c.—Fourth Edition.
PICTURES OF TRAVEL IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. From the French of Alexandre Dumas. With Fifty spirited Engravings on Wood.—Second Edition.
HUC'S TRAVELS in TARTARY, THIBET, and CHINA, in 1854, 5, and 6. Unabridged Edition. Two Volumes. With numerous Daguerreotyped Illustrations, and a Map of the Countries, clearly illustrating the Route of MM. Huc and Gabet.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD. Unabridged. From the German of Ida Pfeiffer. In One Volume. With Twelve Page Engravings, printed in Colours.—Third Edition.
MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS. Two Vols. By Charles Mackay, LL.D. Illustrated with One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from scarce Prints and other Authentic Sources.—Second Edition.
"These volumes will captivate the attention of readers, who, according to their various tempers, feel either inclined to laugh at or sigh over the follies of mankind."—Times.
BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES. Companion Volume to "Boswell's Life of Johnson," with the Index to the "Life." By R. Carruthers, Esq., of Inverness.—Second Edition.
NARRATIVE OF A RESIDENCE AT THE CAPITAL OF THE KINGDOM OF SIAM. With a Description of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Siamese. By Frederick Arthur Neale, formerly in the Siamese Service, Author of "Eight Years in Syria," &c.
THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF SCOTTISH SONGS, from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century. With numerous Illustrations.—Second Edition.
PICTURESQUE SKETCHES OF LONDON, PAST AND PRESENT. By Thomas Miller, Author of the "History of the Anglo-Saxons," &c., with Illustrations.
MADAME PFEIFFER'S VISIT TO ICELAND AND THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH. Companion Volume to "A Woman's Journey round the World." With Twelve Page Engravings printed in Colours.—Third Edition.
THE ISRAEL OF THE ALPS. A History of the Persecutions of the Waldenses. By the Rev. Dr. Alexis Muston. Beautifully Illustrated.—Second Edition.
MADAME PFEIFFER'S VISIT TO THE HOLY LAND, EGYPT, AND ITALY. Uniform with "A Woman's Journey round the World," and "Visit to Iceland." With Tinted Engravings.—Second Edition.
A NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION. Two Volumes. With numerous Drawings made from the sketches of the Artist who accompanied the Expedition, illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and Personal Appearance of the Inhabitants, and Views of the Scenery of the Countries visited.
THE ILIAD OF HOMER. Translated into English Verse by Alexander Pope. A New Edition, with Notes, Illustrations, and Introduction, by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M.A., Chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford. Two Volumes.
This Edition of Homer's Iliad contains the Classical Compositions of Flaxman, beautifully drawn by T. D. Scott, Esq., and engraved in the most careful manner by J. L. Williams, Esq.
THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. With Flaxman's Illustrations, &c. One Volume. Edited by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley.
THE COMPLETE ANGLER OF IZAAK WALTON and CHARLES COTTON. New Edition, superbly illustrated with Fifty Engravings of Fishes, Fishing-Tackle, Flies, and Portraits and Landscapes. Edited by Ephemera, of Bell's "Life in London."
This Edition of the Complete Angler contains 100 pages of Notes, explanatory of the Text, and adapting to modern experience and practice its obsolete instructions.
EXTRAORDINARY MEN; THEIR BOYHOOD AND EARLY LIFE. By W. Russell, Esq. Illustrated with Fifty Engravings of Portraits, Birth-places, Incidents, &c.
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME. By John Bunyan. A New Edition, with a Memoir by J. M. Hare. The Allegory illustrated by Thirty Outline Drawings by Clayton, and the Biographical Sketch with interesting relics and recollections of the Author, by J. L. Williams.—Third Edition.
To ensure the completeness of the present Edition, it has been carefully reprinted verbatim, without abridgment or interpolation from the genuine old editions of John Bunyan.
TRAVELS IN SPAIN. From the French of Theophilus Gautier. Illustrated with numerous Authentic Drawings by Macquoid, of Spanish Architecture, Scenery and Costume.
THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE, with extracts from his Correspondence. By R. Carruthers, Esq., of Inverness. Illustrated with Portraits of distinguished Contemporaries of Pope, Scenes connected with the Poet's Life and Works, and Incidents from his career.
THE LIFE, PUBLIC AND DOMESTIC, OF THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND BURKE. By Peter Burke, Esq., of the Inner Temple and the Northern Circuit. Profusely illustrated with Portraits, Scenes of Events, and Landscape Views, relating to the great Orator and the other noted persons of his time and career.—Second Edition.
THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE, edited by R. Carruthers, Esq., of Inverness. Volume II., containing The Rape of the Lock, Windsor Forest, Imitations of Chaucer, Essay on Criticism, Vertumnus and Pomona, Abelard and Héloise, Epistles, Odes, &c. &c. Illustrated with Incidents, Localities, and Portraits, by J. Portch and T. D. Scott.
THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE. By the Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. Edited, with Notes and Additions, by Sir William Jardine, Bart., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., M.W.S. Fully illustrated.
THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE. Volume III., containing The Dunciad, The Essay on Man, &c. Completely illustrated.
THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE. Volume IV., containing Satires, Miscellaneous Pieces, &c. Illustrated with Incidents, Localities, and Portraits, by J. Portch and T. D. Scott.
Great pains have been taken to render this Edition accurate and complete. Several important mistakes of the previous biographers and Editors of Pope have been rectified, and new information added.
"This illustrated Edition is the most lucid, comprehensive, and correct, that has yet issued from the press."—Britannia.
"This Edition of Pope's Works is a very useful addition to our literature, and will be read as long as there is any taste left for vigorous thought expressed in nervous language."—Economist.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH, with copious Extracts from his "History of the World." By Charles Whitehead. Fully illustrated.
JOHNSON'S LIVES OF THE POETS. Completed to L. E. London by William Hazlitt, and including a Life of Lord Byron by Sir Henry L. Bulwer. In Four Volumes. Illustrated with Portraits, Incidents, and Localities, by John Gilbert, T. D. Scott, and other artists.
THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rourick to the close of the Hungarian War. To which are added Dissertations on Serfdom, Landed Tenure, the Nobility, the Church, Trade, &c., of Russia. By Alphonse Rabbe and Jonathan Duncan, B.A. With Tinted Illustrations (by S. Read) of the principal Cities, Ports, and Harbours, and two Maps of the Russian Empire. In two Volumes.
SKETCHES OF LIFE IN THE CAUCASUS. By a Russe, many years resident among the Mountain Tribes. With Eight Page Engravings.
FERN LEAVES FROM FANNY'S PORTFOLIO. Second Edition. By Fanny Fern (Sister to N. P. Willis). Illustrated with Eight Page Engravings in Sepia tints, from designs by Birket Foster. Crown 8vo. cloth.
Of this work 6,000 copies were ordered in America in advance of publication, and 60,000 have been already sold.
This is the only complete and Illustrated Edition. Several new sketches by Fanny Fern have been added. Third Edition.
LITTLE FERNS FOR FANNY'S LITTLE FRIENDS. The Juvenile Gift Book of the Season. Embellished with Eight Page Engravings in Sepia tints, by Birket Foster, engraved by Evans. Second Edition.—N.B. The copyright of this book is secured.
SAUNTERINGS IN AND ABOUT LONDON; or, a Foreigner's Impressions of England. Translated from the German of Schlesinger, by Otto Wenckstern.
A "BRAGE-BEAKER" WITH THE SWEDES; being a Tourist's Experiences in Scandinavia. By William Blanchard Jerrold, Esq.; with numerous sketches by the Author.
THE ALAIN FAMILY. A Tale of the Norman Coast. By Alphonse Karr. With Eight Page Illustrations by Anelay.
BLANCHE THE HUGUENOT. A Tale of the Persecutions of the French Protestants. By William Anderson, with Eight Page Illustrations by George and W. L. Thomas.
THE PATHWAY OF THE FAWN. By Mrs. T. K. Hervey. Illustrated with Chapter Initials and Twelve highly-finished Engravings on Wood, printed in two tints, and elegantly bound in cloth, gilt edges.
MARIA LOUISE. Translated from the Swedish of Emilie Carlen. Illustrated with Eight fine Engravings.
THE LIFE OF TOUSSAINT-L'OUVERTURE, the Negro Patriot of Hayti. Comprising Sketches of the War of Liberation in that Island, and an outline of its more recent History. By the Rev. John. R. Beard, D.D. Embellished with Seven Characteristic Sketches, and a Map of St. Domingo.
ADOLPHE RENOUARD: a Tale of Rural Life in France. By James Ward, Esq. With Eight Page Engravings.
SEALFIELD'S CABIN-BOOK. Illustrated with Eight Page Engravings. This interesting work contains Scenes and Sketches of the late American and Mexican War.
LADY FELICIA. By Henry Cockton, Author of "Valentine Vox." Post 8vo. With Illustrated Frontispiece and Title, elegantly bound in blue and silver.
IVAR; OR, THE SKJUTS BOY. From the Swedish of Emilie Carlen. Author of "Woman's Life." Illustrated. Bound in cloth, gilt.
THE SQUANDERS OF CASTLE SQUANDER. A New Novel. In Two Volumes. By William Carleton, Author of "The Black Prophet," "Traits of the Irish Peasantry," &c.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. By Harriet B. Stowe. Sixth Edition. Embellished with Eight Fine Engravings.
THE WHITE SLAVE. A Tale of Slave Life in Virginia. Edited by R. Hildreth, Esq., Author of "A History of the United States." Eight Spirited Wood Engravings.
AUBREY CONYERS; or, THE LORDSHIP OF ALLERDALE. By Miss E. M. Stewart, Authoress of "Tales of the City of London," &c. Illustrated with Eight Page Engravings.
CALEB STUKELEY. A Tale of the Last Century. Reprinted from "Blackwood's Magazine." With Numerous Illustrations by M'Connell, engraved by Dalziel.