Uniform with Mr. Ruskin’s Edition of “Grimm.”
AS PRETTY AS SEVEN, and other Popular German Stories. Collected by Ludwig Bechstein. With additional Tales by the Brothers Grimm. 100 Illustrations by Richter. Small 4to, green and gold, 6s. 6d.
⁂ One of the most delightful books for children ever published. It is, in every way, a Companion to the German Stories of the Brothers Grimm, and the tales are equally pure and healthful. The quaint simplicity of Richter’s engravings will charm every lover of legendary lore. The publisher hopes to make this book as well known here as it deserves to be.
GOLDEN TREASURY of THOUGHT. The Best Encyclopædia of Quotations and Elegant Extracts ever formed. Edited by Theodore Taylor, Author of “Thackeray, the Humourist and Man of Letters.” 8vo, 700 pages, 7s. 6d.
THEODORE HOOK. The choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bon-mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook. With a new Life of the Author. Portraits and Illustrations. 8vo, 7s. 6d.
⁂ As a wit and humourist of the highest order “his name will be preserved. His political songs and jeux d’esprit, when the hour comes for collecting them, will form a volume of sterling and lasting attraction!”—J. G. Lockhart. The time has arrived, and Hook’s inimitable songs, jokes, and stories are here for the first time gathered together for the amusement of readers who delight in the hearty waggeries of the old school of humourists.
SKETCHES OF IRISH CHARACTER. By Mrs. S. C. Hall. With numerous Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Daniel Maclise, R.A., John Gilbert, W. Harvey, and G. Cruikshank. 8vo, pp. 450, cloth, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.
“The Irish sketches of this lady resemble Miss Mitford’s beautiful English Sketches in ‘Our Village,’ but they are far more vigorous and picturesque and bright.”—Blackwood’s Magazine.
DROLLS OF OLD CORNWALL; or, Popular Romances of the West of England. Collected and Edited by Robert Hunt, F.R.S. New Popular Edition, Complete in One Vol., with Illustrations by George Cruikshank. Price 7s. 6d.