Chapter II: Part I: General Literature (1)
Jacob Abbot. THE BEECHNUT BOOK. Edited by E. V. Lucas. Illustrated. _Square Fcap 8vo. 2s. 6d._
[Little Blue Books.
W. F. Adeney, M.A. See Bennett and Adeney.
Æschylus. AGAMEMNON, CHOEPHOROE, EUMENIDES. Translated by Lewis Campbell, LL.D., late Professor of Greek at St. Andrews. _5s._
[Classical Translations.
G. A. Aitken. See Swift.
William Alexander, D.D., Archbishop of Armagh. THOUGHTS AND COUNSELS OF MANY YEARS. Selected from the writings of Archbishop Alexander. _Square Pott 8vo. 2s. 6d._
St. Anselm, THE DEVOTIONS OF. Edited by C. C. J. Webb, M.A. _Pott 8vo. Cloth, 2s.; leather, 2s. 6d. net._
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Aristophanes. THE FROGS. Translated into English by E. W. Huntingford, M.A., Professor of Classics in Trinity College, Toronto. _Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d._
Aristotle. THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by John Burnet, M.A., Professor of Greek at St. Andrews. _Demy 8vo. 15s. net._
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J. B. Atkins. THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH. With 16 Plans and Illustrations. _Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
St. Augustine, THE CONFESSIONS OF. Newly Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by C. Bigg, D.D., late Student of Christ Church. _Third Edition. Pott 8vo. Cloth, 2s; leather 2s. 6d. net._
[Library of Devotion.
‘The translation is an excellent piece of English, and the
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Jane Austen. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Edited by E. V. Lucas. _Two Volumes. Pott 8vo. Each volume, cloth, 1s. 6d.; leather, 2s. 6d. net._
[Little Library.
NORTHANGER ABBEY. Edited by E. V. Lucas. _Pott 8vo. Cloth, 1s. 6d.; leather, 2s. 6d. net._
[Little Library.
Constance Bache. BROTHER MUSICIANS. Reminiscences of Edward and Walter Bache. With 16 Illustrations. _Crown 8vo. 6s. net._
R. S. S. Baden-Powell, Major-General. THE DOWNFALL OF PREMPEH. A Diary of Life in Ashanti, 1895. With 21 Illustrations and a Map. _Third Edition. Large Crown 8vo. 6s._
THE MATABELE CAMPAIGN, 1896. With nearly 100 Illustrations. _Fourth and Cheaper Edition. Large Crown 8vo. 6s._
Graham Balfour. THE LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. _Second Edition. Two Volumes. Demy 8vo. 25s. net._
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chapter of the second volume is an admirable piece of writing, the
tribute of a relative and admirer, but none the less faithful and
discerning.’—_Westminster Gazette._
S. Baring-Gould, Author of ‘Mehalah,’ etc. THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. With over 450 Illustrations in the Text, and 12 Photogravure Plates. _Gilt top. Large quarto. 36s._
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[Commercial Series.
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[Commercial Series.
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[Commercial Series.
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[Commercial Series.
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[Social Questions Series.
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[Little Library.
H. C. Beeching, M.A. See Tennyson.
Jacob Behmen. THE SUPERSENSUAL LIFE. Edited by Bernard Holland. _Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d._
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[Little Biographies.
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[Library of Devotion.
George Body, D.D. THE SOUL’S PILGRIMAGE: Devotional Readings from his published and unpublished writings. Selected and arranged by J. H. Burn, B.D. _Pott 8vo. 2s. 6d._
A. Boisragon, Captain. THE BENIN MASSACRE. _Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d._
Cardinal Bona. A GUIDE TO ETERNITY. Edited with an Introduction and Notes, by J. W. Stanbridge, B.D., late Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. _Pott 8vo. Cloth, 2s.; leather, 2s. 6d. net._
[Library of Devotion.
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[Commercial Series.
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Vol. i. 1250-1409.—Guelphs and Ghibellines.
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Gelett Burgess. GOOPS AND HOW TO BE THEM. With numerous Illustrations. _Small 4to. 6s._
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[Library of Devotion.
Robert Burns. THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS. Edited by Andrew Lang and W. A. Craigie. With Portrait. _Second Edition. Demy 8vo., gilt top. 6s._
J. B. Bury, LL.D. See Gibbon.
Alfred Caldecott, D.D. THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. _Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d._
[Handbooks of Theology.
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[Methuen’s Standard Library.
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Cicero. DE ORATORE I. Translated by E. N. P. Moor, M.A. _Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d._
[Classical Translations.
SELECT ORATIONS (Pro Milone, Pro Murena, Philippic II., In Catilinam). Translated by H. E. D. Blakiston, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Oxford. _Crown 8vo. 5s._
[Classical Translations.
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[Classical Translations.
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W. E. Collins, M.A. THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH CHRISTIANITY. With Map. _Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d._
[Churchman’s Library.
A. M. Cook, M.A. See E. C. Marchant.
R. W. Cooke-Taylor. THE FACTORY SYSTEM. _Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d._
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Marie Corelli. THE PASSING OF THE GREAT QUEEN: A Tribute to the Noble Life of Victoria Regina. _Small 4to. 1s._
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[Little Library.
Richard Crashaw. THE ENGLISH POEMS OF. Edited by Edward Hutton. _Pott 8vo. Cloth, 1s. 6d. net; leather, 2s. 6d. net._
[Little Library.
F. G. Crawford. See Mary C. Danson.
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See also Paget Toynbee.
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