⁂ Before taking the “awful plunge” be sure to consult this little work. If it is not a guarantee against life-long misery, it will at least be found of great assistance in selecting a partner for life.
SEYMOUR’S SKETCHES. A Companion Volume to “Leech’s Pictures.” The Book of Cockney Sports, Whims, and Oddities. Nearly 200 highly amusing Illustrations. Oblong 4to, a handsome volume, half morocco, price 12s.
⁂ A re-issue of the famous pictorial comicalities which were so popular thirty years ago. The volume is admirably adapted for a table book, and the pictures will doubtless again meet with that popularity which was extended towards them when the artist projected with Mr. Dickens the famous “Pickwick Papers.”
THE GENIAL SHOWMAN; or, Adventures with Artemus Ward, and the Story of his Life. By E. P. Hingston, companion of Artemus Ward during the latter’s Adventures. Cheap and popular Edition, cr. 8vo, illustrated by Brunton, 7s. 6d.
⁂ This is a most interesting work. It gives Sketches of Show-Life in the Far West, on the Pacific Coast, among the Mines of California, in Salt Lake City, and across the Rocky Mountains; including chapters descriptive of Artemus Ward’s visit to England.
RUSKIN AND CRUIKSHANK. “German Popular Stories.” Collected by the Brothers Grimm. Translated by Edgar Taylor. Edited by John Ruskin. With Twenty-two Illustrations after the inimitable designs of George Cruikshank. Both Series Complete. Cloth, 8vo, 6s. 6d.; gilt leaves, 7s. 6d.
⁂ These are the designs which Mr. Ruskin has praised so highly, placing them far above all Cruikshank’s other works of a similar character. So rare had the original book (published in 1823–1826) become, that £5 to £6 per copy was an ordinary price.
“FAMILY FAIRY TALES;” or, Glimpses of Elfland at Heatherston Hall. Edited by Cholmondeley Pennell, Author of “Puck on Pegasus,” &c. Adorned with beautiful Pictures of “My Lord Lion,” “King Uggermugger,” and other Great Folks. Handsomely printed on toned paper, in cloth, green and gold, price 4s. 6d. plain, 5s. 6d. coloured.
⁂ This charming volume has been universally praised by the critical press.