The Novels of Charles Dickens.
Crown 8vo. Each Volume, cloth 3s., leather 4s. net.
Messrs. Methuen have in preparation an edition of those novels of Charles Dickens which have now passed out of copyright. Mr. George Gissing, whose critical study of Dickens is both sympathetic and acute, has written an Introduction to each of the books, and a very attractive feature of this edition will be the illustrations of the old houses, inns, and buildings, which Dickens described, and which have now in many instances disappeared under the touch of modern civilisation. Another valuable feature will be a series of topographical notes to each book by Mr. F. G. Kitton. The books will be produced with the greatest care as to printing, paper and binding.
The first volumes will be:
THE PICKWICK PAPERS. With Illustrations by E. H. New. Two Volumes.
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. With Illustrations by R. J. Williams. Two Volumes.
BLEAK HOUSE. With Illustrations by Beatrice Alcock. Two Volumes.
OLIVER TWIST. With Illustrations by E. H. New. Two Volumes.
The Little Library.
Pott 8vo. Each Volume, cloth 2s.; leather 2s. 6d. net.