THE MEDITERRANEAN ILLUSTRATED. Picturesque Views and Descriptions of its Cities, Shores, and Islands. By the Author of "Pompeii and Herculaneum," "Catacombs of Rome," &c. The Illustrations in this Beautiful Volume comprise Thirty Full-page, and upwards of One Hundred and Forty other Engravings, &c.; and also a Tinted Map. Royal folio, cloth extra, full gilt. Price 15s.
It has been the writer's aim to record the events that have had the greatest influence on the world's history, and not to gather up every local detail; to recall those recollections which are of a picturesque or chivalrous character, and not to imitate the copiousness of the chronicler. He has not sought to be exhaustive, for that would be impossible; but rather to touch upon such points as necessarily become conspicuous in any boldly-painted picture.
FOR THE YOUNG.
THE WORLD AT HOME: Pictures and Scenes from Far-off Lands. By Mary and Elizabeth Kirby. With 100 Engravings. Small 4to, gilt edges. Price 6s.
A book for the young, containing, in a number of short conversational sections, a great variety of geographical information, facts of natural history, and personal adventure; intended to bring the world, so full of wonders, to our own firesides.
THE SEA AND ITS WONDERS. By M. and E. Kirby. With 174 Illustrations. Small 4to, gilt edges. Price 6s.
A book for the young, not strictly scientific, but giving, in a conversational style, much varied information regarding the sea, its plants and living inhabitants, &c.
SHAKESPEARE'S STORIES SIMPLY TOLD. By Mrs. Seamer. With 130 Engravings. Square 12mo, gilt edges. Price 3s. 6d.