'The volumes are compact in size, printed on thin but good paper in clear type, prettily and at the same time strongly bound, and altogether good to look upon and handle.'—Outlook.
Pott 8vo. Each Volume, cloth 1s. 6d. net, leather 2s. 6d. net.
Messrs. Methuen intend to produce a series of small books under the above title, containing some of the famous books in English and other literatures, in the domains of fiction, poetry, and belles lettres. The series will also contain several volumes of selections in prose and verse.
The books will be edited with the most sympathetic and scholarly care. Each one will contain an Introduction which will give (1) a short biography of the author, (2) a critical estimate of the book. Where they are necessary, short notes will be added at the foot of the page.
Each book will have a portrait or frontispiece in photogravure, and the volumes will be produced with great care in a style uniform with that of 'The Library of Devotion.'
The first volumes are:
VANITY FAIR.
By W. M. Thackeray. With an Introduction by S. Gwynn. Illustrated by G. P. Jacomb Hood. Three Volumes.
'Delightful little volumes.'—Publishers' Circular.
THE PRINCESS.
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Edited by Elizabeth Wordsworth. Illustrated by W. E. F. Britten.
'Just what a pocket edition should be. Miss Wordsworth contributes an acceptable introduction, as well as notes which one is equally glad to get.'—Guardian.