—— Second Series, cloth gilt, 3s.
—— Third Series, cloth gilt, 3s.
—— Fourth Series. With 8 Pictorial Acrostics. Cloth gilt, 3s.
—— Fifth Series. An entirely New and Original Work. Cloth elegant, 4s. 6d.
—— Supplement, under the title of “Easy Double, Historical, and Scriptural Acrostics.” Cloth gilt, 3s.
⁂ Each series sold separately. These are the best volumes of Acrostics ever issued. They comprise Single, Double, Treble, and every variety of acrostic, and the set would amuse the younger members of a family for an entire winter.
The Five Series Complete in a Case, “The Acrostic Box,” price 15s.
WONDERFUL CHARACTERS: Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons of Every Age and Nation. From the text of Henry Wilson and James Caulfield. 8vo, with Sixty-one full-page Engravings of Extraordinary Persons, price 7s. 6d.
⁂ There are so many curious matters discussed in this volume, that any person who takes it up will not readily lay it down. The introduction is almost entirely devoted to a consideration of Pig-Faced Ladies, and the various stories concerning them.