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The Gentleman’s Magazine Library.
Being a classified collection on the chief contents of the Gentleman’s Magazine, from 1731 to 1868.
Edited by G. LAURENCE GOMME, F.S.A.
The GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE LIBRARY presents the principal contents of the Gentleman’s Magazine from its commencement in 1731 to 1868, arranged in subjects—all the contributions throughout this period, on each topic, being brought together and classified systematically under heads. Each volume is devoted to one subject, and is complete in itself, and besides Notes and an Appendix, has a very copious and carefully prepared Index. The following are the subjects into which the work is divided:—
- Manners and Customs.
- Dialect, Proverbs and Word Lore.
- Popular Superstitions.
- Popular Legends and Traditions.
- Archæology—Geological and Pre-historic.
- Archæology—Roman and Saxon.
- Archæology—Foreign and Later English.
- Numismatics.
- Historical Antiquities.
- Original Letters.
- Topography.
- Literary Curiosities.
- Biography and Family History.
- Natural History.
- Anecdote and Humour.
Each volume consists of from 300 to 350 closely printed demy 8vo. pages. The work is tastefully printed in oldface type, and is handsomely bound in cloth and Roxburgh half-morocco.
Volumes already issued:—