Roll of Carlaverlock; with the Arms of the Earls, Barons, and Knights who were present at the Siege of this Castle in Scotland, 28 Edward I., A.D. 1300; including the Original Anglo-Norman Poem, and an English Translation of the MS. in the British Museum; the whole newly edited by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.
A very handsome volume, and a delightful one to lovers of Heraldry, as it is the earliest blazon of arms known to exist. “It contains the accurate blazon of above one hundred Knights or Bannerets of the reign of Edward I., among whom were the King, the Prince of Wales, and a greater part of the Peers of the realm;” thus affording evidence of the perfect state of the Science of Heraldry at that early period. The arms are exquisitely emblazoned in gold and colours.
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Roll of Battle Abbey; or, a List of the Principal Warriors who came over from Normandy with William the Conqueror and settled in this country, A.D. 1066-7, from Authentic Documents, very carefully drawn, and printed on fine plate paper, nearly three feet long by two feet wide, with the Arms of the principal Barons elaborately emblazoned in gold and colours.
A most curious document, and of the greatest interest, as the descendants of nearly all these Norman Conquerors are at this moment living amongst us, bearing the old Anglo-Norman names, slightly altered, but little dreaming of the relationship betwixt them and the bold warriors who fought and won at Hastings nearly a thousand years ago. The writing, of the period, is very legible. No names are believed to be in this “Battel Roll” which are not fully entitled to the distinction. Handsomely framed and glazed, in carved oak, of an antique pattern, price 22s. 6d.
NEW DICTIONARY OF COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH.
Slang Dictionary; or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and “Fast” Expressions of High and Low Society; many with their Etymology, and a few with their History traced. With curious illustrations. Pp. 328, in 8vo, price 6s. 6d., by post, 7s.
⁂ One hundred and forty newspapers in this country alone have reviewed with approbation this Dictionary of Colloquial English. The Times devoted three columns to explain its merits, and the little John o’ Groat’s Journal gave its modest paragraph in eulogy. “It may be doubted if there exists a more amusing volume in the English language.”—Spectator. “Valuable as a work of reference.”—Saturday Review. “All classes of society will find amusement and instruction in its pages.”—Times.
- Literary Slang.
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- City Slang.
- Sporting Slang.
- University Slang.
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- Theatrical Slang.
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- Street Slang.
⁂ With this work is incorporated The Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, issued by “a London Antiquary” in 1859. The first edition of that work contained about 3,000 words; the second, issued twelve months later, gave upwards of 5,000. Both editions were reviewed by the critical press with an approval seldom accorded to small works of the kind. During the six years that have elapsed, the compiler has gone over the field of unrecognised English once more. The entire subject has been resurveyed, outlying terms and phrases have been brought in, new street-words have been added, and better illustrations of old colloquial expressions given. The result is the volume before the reader, which offers, for his amusement or instruction, nearly 10,000 words and phrases commonly deemed “vulgar,” but which are used by the highest and lowest, the best, the wisest, as well as the worst and most ignorant of society.