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An Evil Reputation. By Dora Russell.
The Duchess. By Mrs. Hungerford.
A Fatal Silence. By Florence Marryat.
Brought Together. Tales by “Rita.”
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The Smuggler’s Secret. By Frank Barrett.
Tumbledown Farm. By Alan Muir.
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Prince of Como, A. By E. M. Davy.
Rhèa: a Suggestion. By Pascal Germaine.
Secret of the Sands. By H. Collingwood.
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The Curse of Carne’s Hold. By G. A. Henty.
Glenathole. By Cyril Grey.
Hard Held. A Sporting Novel. Being a Sequel to “Curb and Snaffle.” By Sir Randal H. Roberts, Bart.
J. S.; or, Trivialities. By. E. O. Pleydell Bouverie.
Newton Dogvane: A Story of English Country Life. By Francis Francis. With Illustrations on Steel by John Leech.
Plucky One. By Mrs. George E. Spencer, Author of “Salt Lake Fruit.”
Ruhainah: An Afghan Romance. By Evan Stanton.
Dead Souls: A Russian Tale. By Nicholas Gogol. 2 vols.
St. John’s Eve: A Russian Novel. By Nicholas Gogol.
Taras Bulba: A Russian Love Story. By Nicholas Gogol.
Who is Guilty? By Dr. Woolf.
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Cleopatra. By Henri Greville.
Miss Lavinia’s Trust. By Vin Vincent.
Mystery of Mrs. Blencarrow. By Mrs. Oliphant.
The Syren. By Cecil Medlicott.
Romance of a Mummy. By Theophile Gautier.
Duke’s Winton. By J. R. Henslowe.
In a Black Mantle. By Sybil Maxwell.
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The Memoirs of Jane Cameron, Female Convict. By F. W. Robinson.
Prison Characters. By F. W. Robinson.
Female Life in Prison. By F. W. Robinson.
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9. After Long Grief and Pain.
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12. My Lord Conceit.
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Misogyny and the Maiden. By Paul Cushing.
Who is the Heir? By Mortimer Collins.
Guy Darrell’s Wives. By F. Iles.
Paul Nugent. By H. F. Hetherington and Rev. H. D. Burton.
Confessions of a Medium.
Ada Triscott. By Capt. A. Haggard.
Was He Justified? By C. J. Wills.
A Scarlet Sin. By Florence Marryat.
James Vraile. By J. Jeffery.
Denise. By A. Dumas.
Expiation. By E. P. Oppenheim.
The Nick of Time. By W. T. Hickman.
A House Party. By Ouida.
Doctor Jacob. By M. Betham-Edwards.
Hard Held. By Sir R. H. Roberts, Bart. (Cloth 3s. 6d.)
A Wily Widow. By Henry Creswell.
A Modern Delilah. By Vere Clavering.
A Fair Crusader. By William Westall.
The Haunted Church. By James Murphy.
The Gay World. By Joseph Hatton.
Driven Before the Storm. By Gertrude Forde.
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Annette. By the Author of “St. Olave’s.”
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Stormy Waters. By Robert Buchanan.
Jacobi’s Wife. By Adeline Sergeant.
The Son of His Father. By Mrs. Oliphant.
Mignon. By Mrs. Forrester.
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Thro’ Love and War. By Violet Fane.
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Queen Mab. By Julia Kavanagh.
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Monsieur Judas. By Fergus Hume.
Only a Shadow. By D. Christie Murray and Henry Herman.
Presumption of Law. By a Lawyer and a Lady.
Jack and Three Jills. By F. C. Phillips, Author of “As in a Looking Glass,” &c.
Jaleberd’s Bumps. By James Greenwood, “The Amateur Casual.”
A Romance of the Wire. By M. Betham-Edwards.
The Havoc of a Smile. By L. B. Walford.
Edelweiss; a Romance. By “Rita.”
Nurse Revel’s Mistake. By Florence Warden.
The Pretty Sister of José. By Mrs. Hodgson Burnett.
Roland Oliver. By Justin McCarthy, M.P.
Mated from the Morgue. By John A. O’Shea.
Forging the Fetters. By Mrs. Alexander.
The Queen’s Scarf. By D. Christie Murray.
The Haunted Fountain. By Catherine Macquoid.
Favour and Fortune. By the Author of “Jack Urquhart’s Daughter.”
99, Dark Street. By F. W. Robinson.
A Wicked Girl. By Mary Cecil Hay.
Gabriel Allen, M.P. By G. A. Henty.
The Argonauts of North Liberty. By Bret Harte.
The Abbey Murder. By Joseph Hatton.
A Mere Child. By L. B. Walford.
Love Until Death. By R. Whelan Boyle.
The Queen’s Token. By Mrs. Cashel Hoey.
A Rainy June. By Ouida.
Don Gesualdo. By Ouida.
John Needham’s Double. By Joseph Hatton.
James Daunton’s Fate. By Dora Russell.
Betty’s Visions. By Rhoda Broughton.
Topside and Turvey. By Percy Fitzgerald.
Beforehand. By L. T. Meade.
Laying Down the Cards. By the Hon. Mrs. Featherstonhaugh.
A Fatal Affinity. By Stuart Cumberland.
Doubt. By James S. Little.
The Crime of the Golden Gully. By Gilbert Rock.
Against the Grain. By C. T. C. James.
In the Shadow of Death. By Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bart.
Mad Love; or, An Artist’s Dream. Translated from the Russian of Vsevolod Garshin.
Galloping Days at the Deanery. By Charles James.
At What Cost. By Hugh Conway, Author of “Called Back,” &c.
The Wife’s Sacrifice (Martyre!). By Adolphe D’Ennery. Translated by H. Sutherland Edwards.
Baffled. By Shirley B. Jevons.
Slowborough; or, Rural Felicity. By Frank E. Emson, Author of “Our Town.”
Innocent or Guilty? By Marion Greenhill.
The Silent Shore. By John Bloundelle-Burton.
Three Lucky Shots. By Oscar Park.
The Cabman’s Daughter.
Seized by a Shadow. By Rose Mullion.
Imprisoned in the House of Detention for Libel. By John Dawson.
Caught in the Tropics. By a Lady Astronomer.
Stories from “Newbery House.” 1st Series. By Vin Vincent, Rev. Canon Benham, Rev. George Huntingdon, Rev. J. Hudson, Helen Milman, Miss N. J. Blatchford, Marian Benham, H. G. Farrant, and Miss Amy Wilson. Crown 8vo, paper cover, 1s.; cloth, 1s. 6d.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures belonging to the Earl of Northbrook. Illustrated. On hand-made paper. Large 4to, parchment. Price £3 3s. net.
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The Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Comprising their Life and Work, as recorded therein, from 1812-1883. Edited by the late Dr. Loewe. Large 8vo, 2 Vols., Illustrated. Price £2 2s.
The Letters of S. G. O. A Series of Letters on Public Affairs, Written by the Rev. Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne, and published in The Times. Edited by Arnold White. 1844-1888. Large 8vo, 2 Vols., £2 2s.
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Life of Benjamin Franklin, The. Written by Himself. Now first Edited from original MSS., and from his printed Correspondence and other Writings, by John Bigelow. 3 Vols. Crown 8vo. Price £1 1s.
Political and Social Letters of a Lady of the Eighteenth Century. Being the Correspondence of the Hon. Mrs. Osborn, during the years 1721-1771. Edited by Emily F. D. Osborn. Demy 8vo, with four Photogravures, boards, uncut edges. £1 1s.
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General Craufurd and His Light Brigade. By the Rev. Alexander H. Craufurd, M.A. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 16s.
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Queen’s Birthday Book, The. With 13 Cabinet Portraits and Autographs of Royal Family. Edited by Mary F. P. Dunbar. 4to, cloth. Price 10s. 6d.
Young People and Old Pictures. By Theodore Child. With numerous Engravings in the best style from Pictures by the Old Masters dealing with child life. Crown 4to, cloth. Price 10s. 6d.
Hungary and its People. By Louis Felbermann. Large Crown 8vo, cloth, fully Illustrated. Price 10s. 6d.
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A Complete Guide to the Game of Chess. By H. L. F. Meyer. Pott 8vo, cloth. Price 7s. 6d.
The Looking Glass for the Mind. A reprint of the Edition of 1792; with the original Illustrations by Bewick, and an Introduction by Charles Welsh. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.
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Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54. Edited by E. A. Parry. With Portrait, &c. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 6s.
Tales and Legends from the Land of the Tzar. Translated by Edith M. S. Hodgetts. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 6s.
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There is no Death. By Florence Marryat. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 3s. 6d.
Royal Winchester: Wanderings in and about the Ancient Capital of England. By Rev. A. G. L’Estrange, M.A. With numerous Illustrations by C. G. Harper. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 3s. 6d.
Music and the Piano. By Madame Louis-Viard, of the Guildhall School of Music. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 3s. 6d.
Australian Poets, 1788-1888. Edited by Douglas Sladen. 662 pages. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 3s. 6d.
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Music in Song. From Chaucer to Tennyson. By L. M. Carmela Kœlle. 32mo.
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High School Needlework and Cutting-out Manual. By Harriet Baker. Fcap. 8vo.
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Children: Their Home Training. How to Nurse them in Sickness and keep them in Health. By I. L. Richmond, with a Preface by Sarah Tytler. Fcap. 8vo.
The Newbery Classics.
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Longfellow.
Scott.
Browning (Mrs. E. B.)
Hood.
Moore.
Wordsworth.
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Tales from the Dramatists. By Chas. Morris. With an Introduction by Henry Irving, D.C.L. 4 vols. Fcap. 8vo. Cloth gilt, in box. Price, 10s. 6d. net.
THE BIJOU BYRON. A New Edition, in 12 volumes, of the Complete Works of Lord Byron. Small oblong shape, convenient for the pocket, printed in good clear type, and issued in the following styles:—
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LIST OF VOLUMES.
1. Memoir. Hours of Idleness. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers.
2. Childe Harold.
3. Hints from Horace. The Curse of Minerva. The Waltz. Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte. Hebrew Melodies. Domestic Pieces. Monody on the Death of Sheridan. The Dream. The Lament of Tasso. Ode on Venice. The Morgante Maggiore. The Prophecy of Dante.
4. The Vision of Judgment. Occasional Pieces.
5. The Giaour. The Bride of Abydos. The Corsair. Lara.
6. The Siege of Corinth. Parisina. The Prisoner of Chillon. Mazeppa. The Island. Francesca da Rimini. The Age of Bronze. The Blues. Beppo: a Venetian Story.
7. Manfred. Heaven and Earth. Werner.
8. Marino Faliero. Sardanapalus.
9. The Two Foscari. Cain. The Deformed Transformed.
10. Don Juan.—Cantos I.-III.
11. Don Juan.—Cantos IV.-IX.
12. Don Juan.—Cantos X.-XVI.
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Short Comedies for Amateur Players. By Mrs. Burton Harrison.
Duologues. By Ina Leon Cassillis.
Evenings Out; or, the Amateur Entertainer. By Constance Milman, Author of “The Doll Dramas.” Fcap. 8vo, cloth limp, price 1s.
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Possible Plays for Private Players. By Constance O’Brien. Fcap. 8vo, cloth.
Poker: How to Play it. A Sketch of the Great American Game, with its Laws and Rules. By one of its Victims. Fcap. 8vo.
Euchre, and How to Play it. By Author of “Poker.” Fcap. 8vo.
Nora, or the Doll’s House. By H. Ibsen.
Ghosts. By H. Ibsen.
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Shakespeare.
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Moore.
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Proverbial.
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