In these picturesque pages we have, in a manner, the processional march of the early Norman soldier settlers in the land of the Olive, and we have also the extraordinary career set forth in that heroic daughter of the Roman Church, Matilda, the great Countess of Tuscany, who devoted her whole life and vast fortune to sustaining against all comers the temporal rights of Holy Mother Church. Pope Gregory the Seventh, Godfrey, the Hunchback Duke, and Henry IV., the ambitious German Emperor, and many other famous characters, move across these vivid pages in their habits and as they really lived. No life of the Great Countess, Matilda of Tuscany, has yet appeared in this country.
| SIR WALTER RALEGH (A Drama) | Robert South, Author of ‘The Divine Aretino,’ Crown 8vo., Cloth Gilt, 3s. 6d. net. |
| HER OWN ENEMY (A Play) | Harriet L. Childe-Pemberton Crown 8vo., Cloth Gilt, 2s. 6d. net. |
JOHN LONG’S LIBRARY OF MODERN CLASSICS
A series of great works of fiction by modern authors. Not pocket editions, but large, handsome, and fully-illustrated volumes for the bookshelf, printed in large type on the best paper. Biographical Introductions and Photogravure Portraits. Size, 8 in. by 5½ in.; thickness, 1¼ in. Prices: Cloth Gilt, 2s. net each; Leather, Gold Blocked and Silk Marker, 3s. net each.
Volumes Now Ready.
| THE THREE CLERKS | (480 pp.) Anthony Trollope |
| THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH | (672 pp.) Charles Reads |
| THE WOMAN IN WHITE | (576 pp.) Wilkie Collins |
| ADAM BEDE | (480 pp.) George Eliot |
| THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND | (432 pp.) W. M. Thackeray |
| WESTWARD HO! | (600 pp.) Charles Kingsley |
In Preparation—TOM BROWN’S SCHOOLDAYS. Other Volumes to follow.
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THE HAYMARKET NOVELS
Under this heading Mr. John Long will issue a series of Copyright Novels which, in their more expensive form, have achieved success. The volumes will be printed upon a superior antique wove paper, and will be bound in specially designed cover heavily gold blocked at back. The size of the volumes will be Crown 8vo., and the price 2s. 6d. each. A feature of the Series will be a uniform edition of the more popular works of Mrs. Lovett Cameron.