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Volume I.—Ninth Edition.
CHARLES DARWIN’S JOURNAL During the Voyage of H.M.S. “Beagle” round the World. With a Biographical Introduction by the Editor, Portrait of Darwin, and Illustrations.
“‘The Minerva Library,’ the new venture of Messrs. Ward, Lock & Co. has made an excellent start.... No better volumes could be chosen for popular reading of a healthy sort than ‘Darwin’s Journal of Researches during the Voyage of the Beagle,’ and ‘Borrow’s Bible in Spain.’ The paper is good, the type is tolerable, the binding is in excellent taste, and the price is extremely low.”—Athenæum.
Volume II.—Fourth Edition.
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. With a Critical Introduction by the Editor, Portrait of the Author, and reproductions of the celebrated Illustrations by Phiz and Cruikshank.
“This series, which is edited by Mr. G T. Bettany, is neatly bound, well illustrated, and nicely printed.”—Graphic.