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The British Artists Series.

Large post 8vo, in special bindings, with 90 to 100 Illustrations, 7s. 6d. net each.

Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart.

By Malcolm Bell.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

By H. C. Marillier.

Sir J. E. Millais, Bart.

By A. Lys Baldry.

Frederic, Lord Leighton.

By Ernest Rhys.

The English Pre-Raphaelite Painters.

Their Associates and Successors. By Percy Bate.

Sir Joshua Reynolds.

By Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower.

Thomas Gainsborough.

By Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower.

J. M. W. Turner.

By W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS PORTUGAL STREET, LINCOLN'S INN.

Messrs. Bell's Books.

Fourth Edition, Post 8vo, 5s. net.

HOW TO LOOK AT PICTURES. By Robert Clermont Witt, M. A. With 35 Illustrations.

"A better gift for people who are dimly 'fond of pictures,' but who regret that they 'know nothing about them,' could not be found."—Spectator.

"That infuriating expression, 'I know what I like,' ought to be abolished by this book ... many people use it who really have some feeling for Art, and would be glad of guidance; it will be many years before they find a better guide than Mr. Witt."—Nineteenth Century.

With 40 Illustrative Plates and numerous Woodcuts in the text. Second Edition, Post 8vo, 6s. net.

HOW TO COLLECT OLD FURNITURE. By Frederick Litchfield.

"The chapter on 'fakes' and the best way to choose furniture are invaluable to the amateur and informing to the expert, and the book is illustrated throughout with excellent illustrations. The book is, without question, the most interesting and informing guide that the modern fashion for antique furniture has produced."—Pall Mall Gazette.

Fourth Thousand. With 40 Illustrative Plates and numerous Reproductions of Marks. Post 8vo, 5s. net.

HOW TO IDENTIFY OLD CHINA. By Mrs. Willoughby Hodgson.

"Of its kind this is quite a model handbook."—Daily Telegraph.

"The information given is precisely what is needed, and it is particularly well arranged, with a preliminary chapter of practical advice."—Westminster Gazette.

With 40 Plates, illustrating upwards of 70 Miniatures. Second Edition. Post 8vo, 6s. net.

HOW TO IDENTIFY PORTRAIT MINIATURES. By George C. Williamson, Litt.D. With Chapters on "How to Paint Miniatures," by Alyn Williams, R.B.A., A.R.C.A.

With numerous Illustrations, 6s. net.

HOW TO COLLECT BOOKS. By J. Herbert Slater, Editor of "Book Prices Current," etc.

The Endymion Series.

Poems by Lord Tennyson.

Illustrated and Decorated by ELEANOR FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE. Post 8vo, 7s. 6d.

Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Illustrated and Decorated by R. ANNING BELL. With Introduction by Professor Walter Raleigh. Post 8vo, 7s. 6d.

Poems by John Keats.

Illustrated and Decorated by R. ANNING BELL. With Introduction by Professor Walter Raleigh. Third Edition, post 8vo, 7s. 6d.

Poems by Robert Browning.

Illustrated and Decorated by BYAM SHAW. With Introduction by Dr. R. Garnett. Second Edition, revised, post 8vo, 7s. 6d.

English Lyrics from Spenser to Milton.

Illustrated and Decorated by R. ANNING BELL. Selected with Introduction by John Dennis. Post 8vo, 6s.

Milton's Minor Poems,

Including Comus and Samson Agonistes. Illustrated and Decorated by A. GARTH JONES. Post 8vo, 6s.

The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe.

Illustrated and Decorated by W. HEATH ROBINSON. With an Introduction by H. Noel Williams. Second Edition, post 8vo, 6s.

Bell's Miniature Series of Painters.

Pott 8vo, dainty Cloth covers, with 8 Illustrations, 1s. net each, or in limp leather, with Photogravure Frontispiece, 2s. net.

Now Ready.

ALMA TADEMA. ROSA BONHEUR. BURNE-JONES. CONSTABLE. CORREGGIO. FRA ANGELICO. GAINSBOROUGH. GREUZE. HOGARTH. HOLBEIN. HOLMAN HUNT. LANDSEER. LEIGHTON. MICHELANGELO. MILLAIS. MILLET. MURILLO. RAPHAEL. REMBRANDT. REYNOLDS. ROMNEY. TURNER. VELAZQUEZ. WATTEAU. WATTS. WHISTLER.

"Highly satisfactory from every point of view."—Westminster Budget.

"The illustrations are uniformly excellent. If art is to be made popular, this assuredly is the way to do it."—Pall Mall Gazette.

"They are clearly and intelligibly written and are just the thing for the amateur art student."—Literature.

"Exquisite little volumes."—Black and White.

"Eminently tasteful."—Globe.

"A delightful little edition."—Western Morning News.

"Exceedingly handy and pretty."—Outlook.

Bell's Miniature Series of Great Writers.

A NEW SERIES DEALING WITH THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE GREAT WRITERS OF ALL COUNTRIES.

UNIFORM WITH THE Miniature Series of Painters, etc.

Pott 8vo, Illustrated, cloth, 1s. net; or in limp leather, with Photogravure Frontispiece, 2s. net.

Now Ready.

BROWNING. By Sir Frank T. Marzials, C.B.

CHAUCER. By Rev. W. Tuckwell.

COLERIDGE. By Dr. Garnett, C.B.

DEFOE. By A. Wherry.

DE QUINCEY. By Henry S. Salt.

DICKENS. By W. Teignmouth Shore.

HORACE. By Rev. W. Tuckwell.

JOHNSON. By John Dennis.

LAMB. By Douglas Jerrold.

MILTON. By Dr. Williamson.

SHAKESPEARE. By Alfred Ewen.

In Preparation.

CARLYLE. By Prof. Richard Jones, Ph.D.

GOLDSMITH. By E. Lang Buckland.

MACAULAY. By Dr. Garnett, C.B.

MOLIERE. By Sir Frank T. Marzials, C.B.

TENNYSON. By Dr. Williamson.

XENOPHON. By E. C. Marchant, M.A.

"This charming and artistic little series—the illustrations of which would be well worth the price asked for each book."—Academy.

Bell's Miniature Series of Musicians.

A COMPANION SERIES TO Bell's Miniature Series of Painters.

Pott 8vo, Illustrated, cloth, 1s. net; or in limp leather, with Photogravure Frontispiece, 2s. net.

Now Ready.

BACH. By E. H. Thorne.

BEETHOVEN. By J. S. Shedlock.

BRAHMS. By Herbert Antcliffe.

CHOPIN. By E. J. Oldmeadow.

GOUNOD. By Henry Tolhurst.

HANDEL. By William H. Cummings, Mus.D., Principal of the Guildhall School of Music.

MENDELSSOHN. By Vernon Blackburn.

MOZART. By Prof. Ebenezer Prout, B.A., Mus.D.

ROSSINI. BY W. A. Bevan.

SCHUMANN. By E. J. Oldmeadow.

SULLIVAN. By H. Saxe-Wyndham, Secretary of the Guildhall School of Music.

VERDI. By Signor Vizetti.

WAGNER. By John F. Runciman.

In Preparation.

HAYDN. By John F. Runciman.

SCHUBERT. By Wakeling Dry.

TSCHAIKOVSKI. By E. Markham Lee, M.A., Mus. Doc.

"'Bell's Miniature Series of Musicians' are well known and highly appreciated as a handy and useful series of concise and critical biographies."—St. James's Gazette.

"These handy little books, in addition to being illustrated, contain an amazing deal of information."—Musical Times.

The York Library.

A NEW SERIES OF REPRINTS ON THIN PAPER.

Foolscap 8vo, cloth, 2s. net; leather, 3s. net.

The following volumes are now ready:

BURNEY'S EVELINA. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Annie Raine Ellis.

BURNEY'S CECILIA. Edited by Annie Raine Ellis. 2 vols.

BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY. Edited by the Rev. A. R. Shilleto, M.A., with Introduction by A. H. Bullen. 3 vols.

CERVANTES' DON QUIXOTE. Motteux's Translation, revised. With Lockhart's Life and Notes. 2 vols.

COLERIDGE'S AIDS TO REFLECTION, and the Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit.

COLERIDGE'S FRIEND. A series of Essays on Morals, Politics, and Religion.

COLERIDGE'S TABLE TALK AND OMNIANA. Arranged and Edited by T. Ashe, B.A.

DRAPER'S HISTORY OF THE INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPE. 2 vols.

EMERSON'S WORKS. A new edition in 5 volumes, with the Text edited and collated by George Sampson.

GOETHE'S FAUST. Translated by Anna Swanwick, LL.D. Revised edition, with an Introduction and Bibliography by Karl Breul, Litt.D., Ph.D.

JAMESON'S SHAKESPEARE'S HEROINES.

LAMB'S ESSAYS. Including the Essays of Elia, Last Essays of Elia, and Eliana.

The York Library—continued.

MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS, THE THOUGHTS OF. Translated by George Long, M.A. With an Essay on Marcus Aurelius by Matthew Arnold.

MOTLEY'S RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. With a Biographical Introduction by Moncure D. Conway. 3 vols.

PASCAL'S THOUGHTS. Translated by C. Kegan Paul.

SWIFT'S GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by G. R. Dennis, with facsimiles of the original illustrations.

SWIFT'S JOURNAL TO STELLA. Edited by Frederick Ryland, M.A.

ARTHUR YOUNG'S TRAVELS IN FRANCE. Edited by Miss Betham-Edwards.

The following volumes are in preparation:

FIELDING'S TOM JONES. 2 vols.

GESTA ROMANORUM, or Entertaining Moral Stories invented by the Monks. Translated from the Latin, with Preliminary Observations and Copious Notes, by the Rev. Charles Swan, late of Catharine Hall Cambridge. Revised edition by Wynnard Hooper, B.A., Clare College, Cambridge.

MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS. Cotton's translation. Revised by W. C. Hazlitt. 3 vols.

MORE'S UTOPIA. With the Life of Sir Thomas More, by William Roper, and his Letters to Margaret Roper and others. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by George Sampson.

PLUTARCH'S LIVES. Translated, with Notes and a Life by Aubrey Stewart, M.A., and George Long, M.A. 4 vols.

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