AN ALPHABETICAL CATALOGUE
OF BOOKS IN FICTION AND
GENERAL LITERATURE

PUBLISHED BY
CHATTO & WINDUS
111 ST. MARTIN’S LANE
CHARING CROSS
LONDON, W.C.

[SEPT. 1899.]

About (Edmond).The Fellah: An Egyptian Novel. Translated by Sir Randal Roberts. Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s.

Adams (W. Davenport), Works by.

Agony Column (The) of ‘The Times,’ from 1800 to 1870. Edited with an Introduction, by Alice Clay. Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d.

Aidé (Hamilton), Novels by. Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.

Alden (W. L.).A Lost Soul: Being the Confession and Defence of Charles Lindsay. Fcap. 8vo, cloth boards, 1s. 6d.

Alexander (Mrs.), Novels by. Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, picture boards, 2s. each.

Allen (F. M.).Green as Grass. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Allen (Grant), Works by. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.


Anderson (Mary).Othello’s Occupation. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Antipodean (The): An Australasian Annual. Edited by A. B. Paterson and G. Essex Evans. Medium 8vo, with Illustrations, 1s.

Arnold (Edwin Lester), Stories by.

Artemus Ward’s Works. With Portrait and Facsimile. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.—Also a Popular Edition post 8vo, picture boards, 2s.

Ashton (John), Works by. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 6s. each.

Bacteria, Yeast Fungi, and Allied Species, A Synopsis of. By W. B. Grove, B.A. With 87 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.

Bardsley (Rev. C. Wareing, M.A.), Works by.

Baring Gould (Sabine, Author of ‘John Herring,’ &c.), Novels by.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.

Barr (Robert: Luke Sharp), Stories by. Cr. 8vo, cl., 3s. 6d. each.

Barrett (Frank), Novels by.

Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each; cloth, 2s. 6d. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each;
post 8vo, picture boards, 2s. each; cloth limp, 2s. 6d. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each.

Barrett (Joan).Monte Carlo Stories. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d.

Beaconsfield, Lord. By T. P. O’Connor, M.P. Cr. 8vo, cloth, 5s.

Beauchamp (Shelsley).Grantley Grange. Post 8vo, boards, 2s.

Besant (Sir Walter) and James Rice, Novels by.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each; cloth limp, 2s. 6d. each.

∵ There is also a Library Edition of the above Twelve Volumes, handsomely set in new type on a large crown 8vo page, and bound in cloth extra, 6s. each; and Popular Editions of The Golden Butterfly and of All Sorts and Conditions of Men, medium 8vo, 6d. each; cloth, 1s. each.

Besant (Sir Walter), Novels by.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each; cloth limp, 2s. 6d. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each.

Bechstein (Ludwig).As Pretty as Seven, and other German Stories. With Additional Tales by the Brothers Grimm, and 98 Illustrations by Richter. Square 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. 6d. gilt edges, 7s. 6d.

Bellew (Frank).The Art of Amusing: A Collection of Graceful Arts, Games, Tricks, Puzzles, and Charades. With 300 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 4s. 6d.

Bennett (W. C., LL.D.).Songs for Sailors. Post 8vo, cl. limp, 2s.

Bewick (Thomas) and his Pupils. By Austin Dobson. With 95 Illustrations. Square 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.

Bierce (Ambrose).In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.; post 8vo, Illustrated boards, 2s.

Bill Nye’s Comic History of the United States. With 146 Illustrations by F. Opper. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.

Biré (Edmond).Diary of a Citizen of Paris during ‘The Terror.’ Translated and Edited by John de Villiers. With 2 Photogravure Portraits. Two Vols., demy 8vo, cloth, 21s.

Blackburn’s (Henry) Art Handbooks.


Demy 8vo, 3s. each.

Blind (Mathilde), Poems by.

Bourget (Paul).A Living Lie. Translated by John de Villiers. With special Preface for the English Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Bourne (H. R. Fox), Books by.

Boyle (Frederick), Works by. Post 8vo, illustrated bds., 2s. each.

Brand (John).Observations on Popular Antiquities; chiefly illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. With the Additions of Sir Henry Ellis, and numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

Brayshaw (J. Dodsworth).Slum Silhouettes: Stories of London Life. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Brewer (Rev. Dr.), Works by.

Brewster (Sir David), Works by. Post 8vo, cloth, 4s. 6d. each.

Brillat-Savarin.Gastronomy as a Fine Art. Translated by R. E. Anderson, M.A. Post 8vo, half-bound, 2s.

Bryden (H. A.).An Exiled Scot: A Romance. With a Frontispiece, by J. S. Crompton, R.I. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.

Brydges (Harold).Uncle Sam at Home. With 91 Illustrations. Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s.; cloth limp, 2s. 6d.

Buchanan (Robert), Novels, &c., by.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.




Burton (Robert).The Anatomy of Melancholy. With Translations of the Quotations. Demy 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

Caine (Hall), Novels by. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each.; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each; cloth limp, 2s. 6d. each.

Also Library Editions of The Deemster and The Shadow of a Crime, set in new type, crown 8vo, and bound uniform with The Christian, 6s. each; and Cheap Popular Editions of The Deemster and The Shadow of a Crime, medium 8vo, portrait-cover, 6d. each; cloth, 1s. each.

Cameron (Commander V. Lovett).The Cruise of the ‘Black Prince’ Privateer. Post 8vo, picture boards, 2s.

Captain Coignet, Soldier of the Empire: An Autobiography. Edited by Loredan Larchey. Translated by Mrs. Carey. With 100 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Carlyle (Jane Welsh), Life of. By Mrs. Alexander Ireland. With Portrait and Facsimile Letter. Small demy 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

Carlyle (Thomas).On the Choice of Books. Post 8vo, cl., 1s. 6d.

Carruth (Hayden).The Adventures of Jones. With 17 Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 2s.

Chambers (Robert W.), Stories of Paris Life by.

Chapman’s (George), Works. Vol. I., Plays Complete, including the Doubtful Ones.—Vol. II., Poems and Minor Translations, with Essay by A. C. Swinburne.—Vol. III., Translations of the Iliad and Odyssey. Three Vols., crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each.

Chapple (J. Mitchell).The Minor Chord: The Story of a Prima Donna. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Chaucer for Children: A Golden Key. By Mrs. H. R. Haweis. With 8 Coloured Plates and 30 Woodcuts. Crown 4to, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.

Chess, The Laws and Practice of. With an Analysis of the Openings. By Howard Staunton. Edited by R. B. Wormald. Crown 8vo, cloth, 5s.

Clare (Austin), Stories by.

Clive (Mrs. Archer), Novels by. Post 8vo, illust. boards, 2s. each.

Clodd (Edward, F.R.A.S.).Myths and Dreams. Cr. 8vo, 3s. 6d.

Coates (Annë).Rie’s Diary. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Cobban (J. Maclaren), Novels by.

Coleman (John).Curly: An Actor’s Story. With 21 Illustrations by J. C. Dollman. Crown 8vo, picture cover, 1s.

Coleridge (M. E.).The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d.; leatherette, 1s.

Collins (C. Allston).The Bar Sinister. Post 8vo, boards, 2s.

Collins (John Churton, M.A.), Books by.

Collins (Mortimer and Frances), Novels by.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.


Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.

Collins (Wilkie), Novels by.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, many Illustrated, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, picture boards, 2s. each; cloth limp, 2s. 6d. each.


Popular editions. Medium 8vo, 6d. each; cloth, 1s. each.

Colman’s (George) Humorous Works: ‘Broad Grins,’ ‘My Nightgown and Slippers,’ &c. With Life and Frontispiece. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.

Colquhoun (M. J.).Every Inch a Soldier. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s.

Colt-breaking, Hints on. By W. M. Hutchison. Cr. 8vo, cl., 3s. 6d.

Convalescent Cookery. By Catherine Ryan. Cr. 8vo, 1s.; cl., 1s. 6d.

Conway (Moncure D.).George Washington’s Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored. Fcap. 8vo, Japanese vellum, 2s. 6d.

Cooper (Edward H.).Geoffory Hamilton. Cr. 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Cornwall.Popular Romances of the West of England; or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall. Collected by Robert Hunt, F.R.S. With two Steel Plates by George Cruikshank. Crown 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d.

Cotes (V. Cecil).Two Girls on a Barge. With 44 Illustrations by F. H. Townsend. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.; post 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.

Craddock (C. Egbert), Stories by.

Cram (Ralph Adams).Black Spirits and White. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d.

Crellin (H. N.), Books by.

Crim (Matt.).Adventures of a Fair Rebel. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with a Frontispiece by Dan. Beard, 3s. 6d.; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s.

Crockett (S. R.) and others.Tales of Our Coast. By S. R. Crockett, Gilbert Parker, Harold Frederic, ‘Q.,’ and W. Clark Russell. With 2 Illustrations by Frank Brangwyn. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Croker (Mrs. B. M.), Novels by. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each; cloth limp, 2s. 6d. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 6s. each.

Cruikshank’s Comic Almanack. Complete in Two Series. The First, from 1835 to 1843; the Second, from 1844 to 1853. A Gathering of the Best Humour of Thackeray, Hood, Mayhew, Albert Smith, A’Beckett, Robert Brough, &c. With numerous Steel Engravings and Woodcuts by George Cruikshank, Hine, Landells, &c. Two Vols., crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. each.

Cumming (C. F. Gordon), Works by. Demy 8vo, cl. ex., 8s. 6d. ea.


Cussans (John E.).A Handbook of Heraldry; with Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient MSS., &c. Fourth Edition, revised, with 408 Woodcuts and 2 Coloured Plates. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s.

Cyples (W.).Hearts of Gold. Cr. 8vo, cl., 3s. 6d.; post 8vo, bds., 2s.

Daudet (Alphonse).The Evangelist; or, Port Salvation. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s.

Davenant (Francis, M.A.).Hints for Parents on the Choice of a Profession for their Sons when Starting in Life. Crown 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d.

Davidson (Hugh Coleman).Mr. Sadler’s Daughters. With a Frontispiece by Stanley Wood. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.

Davies (Dr. N. E. Yorke-), Works by. Cr. 8vo, 1s. ea.; cl., 1s. 6d. ea.


Davies’ (Sir John) Complete Poetical Works. Collected and Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Rev. A. B. Grosart, D.D. Two Vols., crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each.

Dawson (Erasmus, M.B.).The Fountain of Youth. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Two Illustrations by Hume Nisbet, 3s. 6d.; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s.

De Guerin (Maurice), The Journal of. Edited by G. S. Trebutien. With a Memoir by Sainte-Beuve. Translated from the 20th French Edition by Jessie P. Frothingham. Fcap. 8vo, half-bound, 2s. 6d.

De Maistre (Xavier).A Journey Round my Room. Translated by Henry Attwell. Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d.

De Mille (James).A Castle in Spain. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with a Frontispiece, 3s. 6d.; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s.

Derby (The): The Blue Ribbon of the Turf. With Brief Accounts of The Oaks. By Louis Henry Curzon. Crown 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d.

Derwent (Leith), Novels by. Cr. 8vo, cl., 3s. 6d. ea.; post 8vo, 2s. ea.

Dewar (T. R.).A Ramble Round the Globe. With 220 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

De Windt (Harry), Books by.

Dickens (Charles), About England with. By Alfred Rimmer. With 57 Illustrations by C. A. Vanderhoof and the Author. Square 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Dictionaries.

Dilke (Rt. Hon. Sir Charles, Bart., M.P.).The British Empire. Crown 8vo, buckram, 3s. 6d.

Dobson (Austin), Works by.

Dobson (W. T.).Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities. Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d.

Donovan (Dick), Detective Stories by.

Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each; cloth limp, 2s. 6d. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each; cloth, 2s. 6d. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each.

Dowling (Richard).Old Corcoran’s Money. Crown 8vo, cl., 3s. 6d.

Doyle (A. Conan).The Firm of Girdlestone. Cr. 8vo, cl., 3s. 6d.

Dramatists, The Old. Cr. 8vo, cl. ex., with Portraits, 3s. 6d. per Vol.

Duncan (Sara Jeannette: Mrs. Everard Cotes), Works by.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d. each.


Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each.

Dutt (Romesh C.).England and India: A Record of Progress during One Hundred Years. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s.

Early English Poets. Edited, with Introductions and Annotations by Rev. A. B. Grosart, D.D. Crown 8vo, cloth boards, 3s. 6d. per Volume.

Edgcumbe (Sir E. R. Pearce).Zephyrus: A Holiday in Brazil and on the River Plate. With 41 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 5s.

Edwardes (Mrs. Annie), Novels by. Post 8vo, illust. bds., 2s. each.


Edwards (Eliezer).Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, and Out-of-the-Way Matters. Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Edwards (M. Betham-), Novels by.

Egerton (Rev. J. C., M.A.).Sussex Folk and Sussex Ways. With Introduction by Rev. Dr. H. Wace, and Four Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 5s.

Eggleston (Edward).Roxy: A Novel. Post 8vo, illust. boards, 2s.

Englishman’s House, The: A Practical Guide for Selecting or Building a House. By C. J. Richardson. Coloured Frontispiece and 534 Illusts. Cr. 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Ewald (Alex. Charles, F.S.A.), Works by.

Eyes, Our: How to Preserve Them. By John Browning. Cr. 8vo, 1s.

Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men. By Samuel Arthur Bent, A.M. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

Faraday (Michael), Works by. Post 8vo, cloth extra, 4s. 6d. each.

Farrer (J. Anson).War: Three Essays. Crown 8vo, 1s.; cloth, 1s. 6d.

Fenn (G. Manville), Novels by.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.



New Editions. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each.

Feuerheerd (H.).The Gentleman’s Cellar; or, The Butler and Cellarman’s Guide. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 1s. [Shortly.

Fin-Bec.The Cupboard Papers: Observations on the Art of Living and Dining. Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d.

Firework-Making, The Complete Art of; or, The Pyrotechnist’s Treasury. By Thomas Kentish. With 267 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

First Book, My. By Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M. E. Braddon, F. W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R. M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, D. Christie Murray, Mary Corelli, J. K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, ‘Q.,’ Robert Buchanan, and R. L. Stevenson. With a Prefatory Story by Jerome K. Jerome, and 185 Illustrations. A New Edition. Small demy 8vo, art linen, 3s. 6d.

Fitzgerald (Percy), Works by.


Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.


Flammarion (Camille), Works by.

Fletcher’s (Giles, B.D.) Complete Poems: Christ’s Victorie in Heaven, Christ’s Victorie on Earth, Christ’s Triumph over Death, and Minor Poems. With Notes by Rev. A. B. Grosart, D.D. Crown 8vo, cloth boards, 3s. 6d.

Fonblanque (Albany).Filthy Lucre. Post 8vo, illust. boards, 2s.

Forbes (Archibald).The Life of Napoleon III. With Photogravure Frontispiece and Thirty-six full-page Illustrations. Cheaper Issue. Demy 8vo, cloth, 6s.

Fowler (J. Kersley).Records of Old Times: Historical, Social, Political, Sporting, and Agricultural. With Eight full-page Illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d.

Francillon (R. E.), Novels by.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.


Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.


Frederic (Harold), Novels by. Post 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. each; illustrated boards, 2s. each.

French Literature, A History of. By Henry Van Laun. Three Vols., demy 8vo, cloth boards, 7s. 6d. each.

Fry’s (Herbert) Royal Guide to the London Charities. Edited by John Lane. Published Annually. Crown 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d.

Gardening Books. Post 8vo, 1s. each; cloth limp, 1s. 6d. each.

Gardner (Mrs. Alan).Rifle and Spear with the Rajpoots: Being the Narrative of a Winter’s Travel and Sport in Northern India. With numerous Illustrations by the Author and F. H. Townsend. Demy 4to, half-bound, 21s.

Garrett (Edward).The Capel Girls: A Novel. Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s.

Gaulot (Paul).The Red Shirts: A Tale of “The Terror.” Translated by John de Villiers. With a Frontispiece by Stanley Wood. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Gentleman’s Magazine, The. 1s. Monthly. Contains Stories, Articles upon Literature, Science, Biography, and Art, and ‘Table Talk’ by Sylvanus Urban.

Bound Volumes for recent years kept in stock, 8s. 6d. each. Cases for binding, 2s. each.

Gentleman’s Annual, The. Published Annually in November. 1s.

German Popular Stories. Collected by the Brothers Grimm and Translated by Edgar Taylor. With Introduction by John Ruskin, and 22 Steel Plates after George Cruikshank. Square 8vo, cloth, 6s. 6d.; gilt edges, 7s. 6d.

Gibbon (Chas.), Novels by. Cr. 8vo, cl., 3s. 6d. ea.; post 8vo, bds., 2s. ea.


Post 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. each.

Gibney (Somerville).Sentenced! Crown 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d.

Gilbert (W. S.), Original Plays by. In Three Series, 2s. 6d. each.


Gilbert (William), Novels by. Post 8vo, illustrated bds., 2s. each.

Glanville (Ernest), Novels by.