THE YORK LIBRARY
A NEW SERIES OF REPRINTS ON THIN PAPER.
The volumes are printed in a handy size (6½ × 4¼ in.), on thin but opaque paper, and are simply and attractively bound.
Price, in cloth, 2s. net; in leather, 3s. net.
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The following volumes are now ready:
BURNEY'S EVELINA. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Annie Raine Ellis.
BURNEY'S CECILIA. Edited by Annie Raine Ellis. 2 vols.
BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY. Edited by the Rev. A.R. Shilleto, M.A., with Introduction by A.H. Bullen. 3 vols.
'Admirers of "Burton's Anatomy" can hardly hope for a better edition.'
Morning Post.
CERVANTES' DON QUIXOTE. MOTTEUX's Translation, revised. With Lockhart's Life and Notes. 2 vols.
COLERIDGE'S AIDS TO REFLECTION, and the Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit.
COLERIDGE'S FRIEND. A series of Essays on Morals, Politics, and Religion.
COLERIDGE'S TABLE TALK AND OMNIANA. Arranged and Edited by T. Ashe, B.A.
DRAPER'S HISTORY OF THE INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPE. 2 vols. EMERSON'S WORKS. A new edition in 5 volumes, with the Text edited and collated by George Sampson.
∵The contents of the volumes are as follows: Vol. I.—Essays: Representative Men. Vol. II.—English Traits: Conduct of Life: Nature. Vol. III.—Society and Solitude: Letters and Social Aims: Addresses. Vol. IV.—Miscellaneous Pieces. Vol. V.—Poetical Works.
FIELDING'S TOM JONES. 2 vols.
GESTA ROMANORUM, or Entertaining Moral Stories invented by the Monks. Translated from the Latin by the Rev. Charles Swan. Revised edition, by Wynnard Hooper, M.A.
'To those whom things ancient delight, the book is a mine of enjoyment. Its appearance in so commodious a shape is a subject for congratulation.... The "York Library" reprint is ideal.'—Notes and Queries.
GOETHE'S FAUST. Translated by Anna Swanwick, LL.D. Revised edition, with an Introduction and Bibliography by Karl Breul, Litt.D., Ph.D.
'Will, we hope, be widely patronised, for the book has the great advantage of an admirable introduction and bibliography by Dr. Karl Breul. No one speaks with more authority on the subject.'—Athenæum.
HAWTHORNE'S TRANSFORMATION (The Marble Faun).
IRVING'S SKETCH BOOK.
JAMESON'S SHAKESPEARE'S HEROINES. Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical.
LAMB'S ESSAYS. Including the Essays of Elia, Last Essays of Elia, and Eliana.
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS, THE THOUGHTS OF. Translated by George Long, M.A. With an Essay on Marcus Aurelius by Matthew Arnold.
MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS. Cotton's translation. Revised by W.C. Hazlitt. 3 vols.
MORE'S UTOPIA. With the Life of Sir Thomas More, by William Roper, and his Letters to Margaret Roper and others. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by George Sampson.[In the Press.
MOTLEY'S RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. With a Biographical Introduction by Moncure D. Conway. 3 vols.
PASCAL'S THOUGHTS. Translated from the Text of M. Auguste Molinier by C. Kegan Paul. Third edition.
PLUTARCH'S LIVES. Translated, with Notes and a Life by Aubrey Stewart, M.A., and George Long, M.A. 4 vols.
SWIFT'S GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by G.R. Dennis, with facsimiles of the original illustrations.
SWIFT'S JOURNAL TO STELLA. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by F. Ryland, M.A.
ARTHUR YOUNG'S TRAVELS IN FRANCE, during the years 1787, 1788, and 1789. Edited with Introduction and Notes, by M. Betham Edwards.
Other Volumes are in Preparation.