“He is as clever as Thackeray In Jeames’s dialogue and Policeman X’s ballads.... There is no merriment in him; it is all dry, sparkling humour.”—Spectator.
“Genuine humour.... He is likely to take with the British public.”—Globe.
“Bryant, the poet, pays him a high compliment.... Exceedingly amusing.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
“We never, not even in the pages of our best humorists, read anything so laughable and so shrewd as we have seen in this book by the mirthful Artemus.”—Public Opinion.
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Beeton’s (Mrs.) Book of Household Management; Comprising a History of the Origin, Properties, and Uses of All Things connected with Home Life and Comfort; Information for Mistresses and Servants, and Sanitary, Medical, and Legal Information. 1864. Very thick fcap. 8vo, over 1,110 pages, woodcuts and plates printed in colours, neatly half-bound, 5s. 10d.
⁂ Indispensable to every Household—containing in itself, besides being a Complete Cookery Book, all that is ever wanted to refer to in Housekeeping; with a valuable Index for Instant Reference.
Berjeau’s (P. C.) Book of Dogs; the Varieties of Dogs as they are found in Old Sculptures, Pictures, Engravings, and Books. 1865. Half-morocco, the sides richly lettered in gold, 7s. 6d.
In this very interesting volume are 52 plates, facsimiled from rare old Engravings, Paintings, Sculptures, &c., in which may be traced over 100 varieties of Dogs known to the Ancients.
⁂ The volume forms a handsome small 4to, is printed on tinted paper, and contains numerous admirable facsimiles by Mr. Berjeau. Some of the dogs, from the engravings by Albert Durer, are the veritable Scotch terriers of Leech, so familiar to all readers of Punch. The book is a most pleasing and satisfactory combination of modern and antiquarian interest. The regular price of the book is 10s. 6d., but Mr. Hotten can sell a copy for 7s. 6d.