“We have here a book to be thankful for. We recommend the present volume, which takes us through antiquity, the middle ages, and the present time, illustrating all in turn by advertisements—serious, comic, roguish, or downright rascally. The volume is full of entertainment from the first page to the last.”—Athenæum.
Crown 8vo, with Portrait and Facsimile, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.
Artemus Ward’s Works:
The Works of Charles Farrer Browne, better known as Artemus Ward. With Portrait, facsimile of Handwriting, &c.
“The author combines the powers of Thackeray with those of Albert Smith. The salt is rubbed in with a native hand—one which has the gift of tickling.”—Saturday Review.
Small 4to, green and gold, 6s. 6d.; gilt edges, 7s. 6d.
As Pretty as Seven,
and other Popular German Stories. Collected by Ludwig Bechstein. With Additional Tales by the Brothers Grimm, and 100 Illustrations by Richter.