Its History and Associations; with an Account of the Plant and its Manufacture, and its Modes of Use in all Ages and Countries. By F. W. Fairholt, F.S.A. A New Edition, with Coloured Frontispiece and upwards of 100 Illustrations by the Author.
“A very pleasant and instructive history of tobacco and its associations, which we cordially recommend alike to the votaries and to the enemies of the much-maligned but certainly not neglected weed.... Full of interest and information.”—Daily News.
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, 7s. 6d.
Finger-Ring Lore:
Historical, Legendary, and Anecdotal.—Earliest Notices; Superstitions; Ring Investiture, Secular and Ecclesiastical; Betrothal and Wedding Rings; Ring-tokens; Memorial and Mortuary Rings; Posy-Rings; Customs and Incidents in Connection with Rings; Remarkable Rings, &c. By William Jones, F.S.A. With Hundreds of Illustrations of Curious Rings of all Ages and Countries.
“Enters fully into the whole subject, and gives an amount of information and general reading in reference thereto which is of very high interest. The book is not only a sort of history of finger-rings, but is a collection of anecdotes in connection with them.... The volume is admirably illustrated, and altogether affords an amount of amusement and information which is not otherwise easily accessible.”—Scotsman.
“One of those gossiping books which are as full of amusement as of instruction.”—Athenæum.
The Ruskin Grimm.—Square crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. 6d.; gilt edges, 7s. 6d.