This volume is one of the most important contributions of late years to the study of Folk Lore, and is drawn from the most interesting and curious sources, setting forth the magical practices of the Romany in different Countries, and their strange beliefs.
Dreams. By Olive Schreiner, Author of “The Story of an African Farm.” With Portrait. Fcap. 8vo. buckram, gilt, 6s.
Contents:—1. The Lost Joy.—2. The Hunter.—3. The Gardens of Pleasure—4. In a Far-off World.—5. Three Dreams in a Desert.—6. A Dream of Wild Bees.—7. In a Ruined Chapel.—8. Life’s Gifts.—9. The Artist’s Secret.—10. I Thought I Stood——.-11. The Moonlight Fell across my Bed.
Gottfried Keller: A Selection of his Tales. Translated, with a Memoir, by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, Translator of “Brentano’s Fairy Tales.” With Portrait. Crown 8vo., cloth, 6s.
Keller is the greatest Swiss romancer of modern days.
The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare. By J. J. Jusserand, Author of “English Wayfaring Life.” Translated by Elizabeth Lee, Revised and Enlarged by the Author. Illustrated by Six Heliogravures by Dujardin, of Paris, and 21 full-page and many smaller Illustrations in facsimile. Demy 8vo., handsome cloth, gilt tops, 21s.
“Here we have learned, yet not at all wearisome, descriptions of the works which led up to the novel as we now understand it.... Dr. Jusserand’s agreeable style in recounting the origin of the modern literary ‘three decker’ makes his book, though historically valuable, very pleasant reading.”—Daily Telegraph.
English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages (XIVth Century). By J. J. Jusserand. Translated from the French by Lucy A. Toulmin Smith. Illustrated. Third Edition. Demy 8vo., cloth, 12s.
“This is an extremely fascinating book, and it is surprising that several years should have elapsed before it was brought out in an English dress. However, we have lost nothing by waiting.”—Times.
The Letters of Horace Walpole. Selected and Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Charles Duke Yonge, M.A. Portraits and Illustrations. Limited Edition of 750 copies in Two Vols., medium 8vo., cloth, 32s.