Chapter XL: Thistles (1)

The trial of the rioters came on before a Special Commission, that sat a few weeks after the arrest of the men. The cutting of the embankment after the arrest had greatly exasperated minds against the unfortunate men who were to take their trial, although they themselves were guiltless in this matter. It probably served to sharpen the sentences pronounced upon them, as their judges shared the general feeling that an example should be made that would overawe the fen-men, and deter them from future acts of lawlessness.

Judgment of death was passed on thirty-four men, but only five were actually executed. The sentence on nine was mitigated into transportation for life, and that on the rest was commuted to imprisonment for a term of years.

Ephraim Beamish was not taken. Mark succeeded in effecting his escape from the Fens. He supplied him with money, and Beamish took ship at Liverpool for the United States, where he bought a farm, then turned backwoods Baptist preacher, tired of that, returned to farm life, and married Kainie, who went out to him. She was a rich woman, and might have had her pick of the young fen-farmers. She had inherited everything that had belonged to her uncle. But Kainie would have no one save Pip, and as Pip could not come to her, she sold Prickwillow to Mark, and went out to the man of her choice in the New World.

Mark gave his half-sister a fair price for the farm. The land had been seriously injured by the inundation, and would have been more seriously affected had not the bankers, summoned by Kainie, been able rapidly and effectually to stop the breach.

Mark was now a man of substance. When he purchased Prickwillow, he united that estate to Crumbland, and became one of the largest landed proprietors in that portion of the Fens; nevertheless, like his fellow-yeomen, he did not affect to be a squire, but lived in sober fashion, worked with his men, and worked harder than any one of them. A popular man he was with the labourer as with the farmer, for he was just and kindly, and possessed unflagging good spirits. He amassed money. Let his sons or grandsons style themselves gentlemen, said he; for his part, he was content to be plain Mark Runham, farmer.

What is to be told concerning Zita?

The ill opinion formed of her had been due mainly to the malicious and slanderous tongue of Leehanna Tunkiss. Whatever had been said against Zita was traceable to this source.

When it was discovered that Ki Drownlands had made and executed his will on the very day on which he died, and that in it he had constituted his niece sole heiress of all he possessed, and had not even mentioned the Cheap Jack girl, the trust of the fen-folk in the word of Mrs. Tunkiss failed. The housekeeper was discredited and her stories disbelieved.

It was not long before Mark Runham made Zita his wife, and the van, with all its goods, was moved by a team of his horses to Crumbland.

There was one secret Zita retained locked in her heart, and which she never revealed to Mark—the events of the night when Ki Drownlands and Jake Runham met on the embankment and fought with the flails till Mark's father was cast into the canal—there to perish. There was no necessity for her to tell it. The guilty man had died as had his foe—in the same water.

For many years recourse was had to the stores of the van whenever the household was in need of some article there in stock.

In the Fens, when a man requires to traverse a considerable distance, he provides himself with a leaping-pole, and makes for his destination in a bee-line, clearing every watery obstruction in his way.

The author now uses this privilege—takes pole in hand, and, seeing the end before him, makes for it. What does he first see after having put down the pole and leaped?

A van. Surely the familiar Cheap Jack conveyance, crawling along the drove on a summer's day, drawn by an old horse that takes a few steps, then pauses, breathes hard, looks behind him with a peculiarly resolute expression in his eye, and ignores absolutely every appeal, entreaty, objurgation addressed to him, till he has recovered his wind, when he goes on once more.

From within the van issue cheery children's voices. Then some little heads appear, some with auburn hair and brown eyes, others very fair, and with eyes the colour of the sky.

'What the dickens is that there concern?' asks a stranger, standing on the tow-path by the Lark, who from his vantage-ground watches the slow and intermittent progress of the van on the drove.

'Lor' bless you!' answers a ganger going by. 'It's only them little Cheap Jackies taking a drive.'

Again. What is the meaning of the noise that issues from the coach-house? A shrill voice is haranguing, then is broken in on by a clamour of other voices.

Let us look within.

The van is there, in a house so boxed in as to be inaccessible to poultry.

The front of the van is down. The red velvet curtains, much faded, and the gold fringe, much tarnished, are suspended in their proper places, decorating the front. One boy is on the platform, and is exhibiting his toys to his brothers and sisters, and offering them for sale at extravagant prices; then, abating his demands, he assures them that he offers these articles for absolutely the last time, and at the lowest price which he will consent to receive.

Mark Runham returns from the farm.

'Zita,' says he, 'I want to see my little ones. Where are they?'

'At their favourite amusement on a rainy day.'

'What is that?'

'Playing at being Cheap Jacks. Mark, it is in their blood.'

'Who is doing the selling today?'

'Our eldest—James,' answers Zita; 'and, Mark, when James marries, we'll have out that there epergne for the wedding breakfast.'

'That's a long way ahead,' answers Mark.

So it seemed to him. But again the novelist uses his privilege, puts down the pole, and away he goes with one great bound over a period of several years, and finds himself suddenly alight in the parlour of Crumbland. He sees before him Mark, now a middle-aged man, broad in shoulders and in beam, with ruddy cheeks that are pretty full; and Zita, now a comely matron.

Facing his father and mother, with some shyness in his face, stands Jim, the hope of the family, twirling his hat, and looking furtively in his father's face, as he says—

'Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me, and let me go.'

'Go? Go, Jim? Good gracious! what do you mean? Whither do you want to go?'

'That is just it; nowhere in particular, and yet somewhere.'

'But—leave home?'

'Yes, father, I want to be off and about.'

'Why, Jim, this is sheer delirium—tremenjous, as your mother would say. There is Prickwillow empty, waiting for you, whenever you marry.'

'And the epergne for the breakfast-table,' added Zita.

'I do not want to marry, father! The epergne must wait, mother dear! I haven't found the right one yet,' answered James, hanging his head.

'But, good gracious! why should you go? Have not I been kind to you? Have not you been allowed your own way in all that is right?'

'Never was there a better father,' answered the young man, with emotion, 'and never, never a dearer, better mother! It is not that. I love home. I love my parents and my brothers and sisters. I dote on the baby. I love the Fens. I cannot believe that any other portion of God's world can be worth living in. I am sure none will be more beautiful in my eyes than the fens of Ely. Nevertheless, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me, and let me go.'

'But for what do you want to be off?'

'Why, father, mother,' says the young man, 'I want to be a Cheap Jack. Ever since I was a child I have loved to drive bargains.'

'Let him go,' says Zita. 'There are some things we have never found a use for here. There's that box of scents; there's the garden syringe. It is a sad pity so much capital should lie idle.'

'Father,' says the young man, 'I feel as though I must go. I do not say I shall be a Cheap Jack all my days.'

'Why, I had such grand views for you, Jim; I thought I would send you to college, and I hoped some day you might even try and get into Parliament.'

'Mark,'—it is Zita who speaks,—'I was a rambling girl once, a sort of a vagabond, going over the country selling my goods; but I have become stationary, like the van, stuck in the fen peat. I have not stirred for many a year, and have never desired to rove out of the Fens any more. It will be the same with Jim. He has it in his bones. It will do him an amazing lot of good. He'll get to know the General Public.'

'That is it, father,' says James. 'I seems as if I never could be happy and easy in my mind till I've done a stroke of business with that there Public. And I sees my way to it. There's abundance of thistles growing about the edges of the drains. I wants to cut 'em down.'

'Well, cut 'em. That need not take you away.'

'Father, I wants to make the General Public eat 'em, and pay for the privilege. I've heard in my sleep a voice in my ear that I do believe comes from the General Public, saying, "Jim! Jim! give us thistles!" And the wind always whistles to the same tune. And the thunder rolling seems to be the voice of the General Public, braying, "Give us thistles!" And, father, even the very bees when they hum about the flowers seem to convey to me in a whisper the message, as from a lover, but it comes from the General Public, "Give us thistles. We are sick for thistledown. 'Tisn't bread we wants—'tisn't meat—'tis thistledown." I can't say exactly how I'll dispose of it to them,—whether rolled up in pills, or stuffed in feather beds,—but I know the Public will buy thistles in any disguise. And then, father, think of the profits.'

'Mark,' said Zita, 'let him go. Cheap-jacking is an edication. It teaches a chap to know the General Public, what to lay on his back, how to tickle his ears, what you can make him swallow. If you think of making Jim a mimber of Parliament, there is no school, no college more suitable than the Cheap Jack's van. Let him go, Mark. He's a good boy—he'll come to no harm. He'll settle down the better after it, and he'll enjoy himself—"tremenjous."'

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II. THE DOWNFALL OF PREMPEH. Do.

III. MY DANISH SWEETHEART. W. CLARK RUSSELL.

IV. IN THE ROAR OF THE SEA. S. BARING GOULD.

V. PEGGY OF THE BARTONS. B. M. CROKER.

VI. BADEN-POWELL OF MAFEKING: a Biography. J. S. FLETCHER.

VII. ROBERTS OF PRETORIA. J. S. FLETCHER.

A CATALOGUE OF

MESSRS. METHUEN'S

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Poetry

=Rudyard Kipling.= BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS. By RUDYARD KIPLING. _68th
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Unmistakable genius rings in every line.'—_Times._

'The ballads teem with imagination, they palpitate with emotion. We
read them with laughter and tears; the metres throb in our pulses,
the cunningly ordered words tingle with life; and if this be not
poetry, what is?'—_Pall Mall Gazette._

=Rudyard Kipling.= THE SEVEN SEAS. By RUDYARD KIPLING. _57th Thousand. Cr. 8vo. Buckram, gilt top. 6s. Leather, 6s. net._

'The Empire has found a singer; it is no depreciation of the songs
to say that statesmen may have, one way or other, to take account of
them.'—_Manchester Guardian._

'Animated through and through with indubitable genius.'—_Daily
Telegraph._

="Q."= POEMS AND BALLADS. By "Q." _Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d._

="Q."= GREEN BAYS: Verses and Parodies. By "Q." _Second Edition, Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=E. Mackay.= A SONG OF THE SEA. By ERIC MACKAY. _Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5s._

=H. Ibsen.= BRAND. A Drama by HENRIK IBSEN. Translated by WILLIAM WILSON. _Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=A. D. Godley.= LYRA FRIVOLA. By A. D. GODLEY, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. _Third Edition. Pott 8vo. 2s. 6d._

'Combines a pretty wit with remarkably neat versification.... Every
one will wish there was more of it.'—_Times._

=A. D. Godley.= VERSES TO ORDER. By A. D. GODLEY. _Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net._

'A capital specimen of light academic poetry.'—_St. James's Gazette._

=J. G. Cordery.= THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. A Translation by J. G. CORDERY. _Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d._

Belles Lettres, Anthologies, etc.

=R. L. Stevenson.= VAILIMA LETTERS. By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. With
an Etched Portrait by WILLIAM STRANG. _Second Edition. Crown 8vo.
Buckram. 6s._

'A fascinating book.'—_Standard._

'Unique in Literature.'—_Daily Chronicle._

=G. Wyndham.= THE POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by GEORGE WYNDHAM, M.P. _Demy 8vo. Buckram, gilt top. 10s. 6d._

This edition contains the 'Venus,' 'Lucrece,' and Sonnets, and is
prefaced with an elaborate introduction of over 140 pp.

'We have no hesitation in describing Mr. George Wyndham's
introduction as a masterly piece of criticism, and all who love
our Elizabethan literature will find a very garden of delight in
it.'—_Spectator._

=W. E. Henley.= ENGLISH LYRICS. Selected and Edited by W. E. HENLEY. _Crown 8vo. Gilt top. 3s. 6d._

'It is a body of choice and lovely poetry.'—_Birmingham Gazette._

=Henley and Whibley.= A BOOK OF ENGLISH PROSE. Collected by W. E. HENLEY and CHARLES WHIBLEY. _Crown 8vo. Buckram, gilt top. 6s._

=H. C. Beeching.= LYRA SACRA: An Anthology of Sacred Verse. Edited by H. C. BEECHING, M.A. _Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s._

'A charming selection, which maintains a lofty standard of
excellence.'—_Times._

="Q."= THE GOLDEN POMP. A Procession of English Lyrics. Arranged by A. T. QUILLER COUCH. _Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s._

=W. B. Yeats.= AN ANTHOLOGY OF IRISH VERSE. Edited by W. B. YEATS. _Revised and Enlarged Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d._

'An attractive and catholic selection.'—_Times._

=G. W. Steevens.= MONOLOGUES OF THE DEAD. By G. W. STEEVENS. _Foolscap 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=W. M. Dixon.= A PRIMER OF TENNYSON. By W. M. DIXON, M.A. _Cr. 8vo. 2s. 6d._

'Much sound and well-expressed criticism. The bibliography is a
boon.'—_Speaker._

=W. A. Craigie.= A PRIMER OF BURNS. By W. A. CRAIGIE. _Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d._

'A valuable addition to the literature of the poet.'—_Times._

=L. Magnus.= A PRIMER OF WORDSWORTH. By LAURIE MAGNUS. _Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d._

'A valuable contribution to Wordsworthian literature.'—_Literature._

=Sterne.= THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY. By LAWRENCE STERNE. With an Introduction by CHARLES WHIBLEY, and a Portrait. _2 vols. 7s._

=Congreve.= THE COMEDIES OF WILLIAM CONGREVE. With an Introduction by G. S. STREET, and a Portrait. _2 vols. 7s._

=Morier.= THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA OF ISPAHAN. By JAMES MORIER. With an Introduction by E. G. BROWNE, M.A. and a Portrait. _2 vols. 7s._

=Walton.= THE LIVES OF DONNE, WOTTON, HOOKER, HERBERT and SANDERSON. By IZAAK WALTON. With an Introduction by VERNON BLACKBURN, and a Portrait. _3s. 6d._

=Johnson.= THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS. By SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. With an Introduction by J. H. MILLAR, and a Portrait. _3 vols. 10s. 6d._

=Burns.= THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS. Edited by ANDREW LANG and W. A. CRAIGIE. With Portrait. _Second Edition. Demy 8vo, gilt top. 6s._

'Among editions in one volume, this will take the place of
authority.'—_Times._

=F. Langbridge.= BALLADS OF THE BRAVE; Poems of Chivalry, Enterprise,
Courage, and Constancy. Edited by Rev. F. LANGBRIDGE.

_Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._ _School Edition. 2s. 6d._

'The book is full of splendid things.'—_World._

Methuen's Standard Library

=Dante.= LA COMMEDIA DI DANTE ALIGHIERI. The Italian Text edited by
PAGET TOYNBEE, M.A. _Crown 8vo. 6s._

'A carefully-revised text, printed with beautiful
clearness.'—_Glasgow Herald._

=Gibbon.= THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. By EDWARD GIBBON. A New Edition, Edited with Notes, Appendices, and Maps, by J. B. BURY, LL.D., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. _In Seven Volumes. Demy 8vo. Gilt top. 8s. 6d. each. Also Cr. 8vo. 6s. each._

'The time has certainly arrived for a new edition of Gibbon's great
work.... Professor Bury is the right man to undertake this task.
His learning is amazing, both in extent and accuracy. The book is
issued in a handy form, and at a moderate price, and it is admirably
printed.'—_Times._

'At last there is an adequate modern edition of Gibbon.... The best
edition the nineteenth century could produce.'—_Manchester Guardian._

'A great piece of editing.'—_Academy._

'The greatest of English, perhaps of all, historians has never been
presented to the public in a more convenient and attractive form. No
higher praise can be bestowed upon Professor Bury than to say, as may
be said with truth, that he is worthy of being ranked with Guizot and
Milman.'—_Daily News._

=C. G. Crump.= THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF THOMAS ELLWOOD. Edited by C. G. CRUMP, M.A. _Crown 8vo. 6s._

This edition is the only one which contains the complete book as
originally published. It contains a long Introduction and many
Footnotes.

'"The History of Thomas Ellwood" holds a high place among the
masterpieces of autobiography, and we know few books that better
deserve reprinting. Moreover, Mr. C. G. Crump's new edition is
accurate and convenient, and we commend it ungrudgingly to all those
who love sound and vigorous English.'

—_Daily Mail._

=Tennyson.= THE EARLY POEMS OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, Edited, with Notes and an Introduction by J. CHURTON COLLINS, M.A. _Crown 8vo. 6s._

An elaborate edition of the celebrated volume which was published
in its final and definitive form in 1853. This edition contains a
long Introduction and copious Notes, textual and explanatory. It
also contains in an Appendix all the Poems which Tennyson afterwards
omitted.

'Mr. Collins is almost an ideal editor of Tennyson. His qualities
as a critic are an exact and accurate scholarship, and a literary
judgment, which has been trained and polished by the closest study
of classics both ancient and modern. Mr. Collins' introduction is a
thoroughly sound and sane appreciation of the merits and demerits of
Tennyson.'—_Literature._

The Works of Shakespeare

General Editor, EDWARD DOWDEN, Litt.D.

MESSRS. METHUEN have in preparation an Edition of Shakespeare in single Plays. Each play will be edited with a full Introduction, Textual Notes, and a Commentary at the foot of the page.

The first volume is:

HAMLET. Edited by EDWARD DOWDEN. _Demy 8vo. 3s. 6d._

'An admirable edition.... A comely volume, admirably printed and
produced, and containing all that a student of "Hamlet" need
require.'-_-Speaker._

'Fully up to the level of recent scholarship, both English and
German.'—_Academy._

The Novels of Charles Dickens

_Crown 8vo. Each Volume, cloth 3s. net; leather 4s. 6d. net._

Messrs. METHUEN have in preparation an edition of those novels of Charles Dickens which have now passed out of copyright. Mr. George Gissing, whose critical study of Dickens is both sympathetic and acute, has written an Introduction to each of the books, and a very attractive feature of this edition will be the illustrations of the old houses, inns, and buildings, which Dickens described, and which have now in many instances disappeared under the touch of modern civilisation. Another valuable feature will be a series of topographical and general notes to each book by Mr. F. G. Kitton. The books will be produced with the greatest care as to printing, paper and binding.

The first volumes are:

THE PICKWICK PAPERS. With Illustrations by E. H. NEW. _Two Volumes._

'As pleasant a copy as any one could desire. The notes add much
to the value of the edition, and Mr. New's illustrations are
also historical. The volumes promise well for the success of the
edition.'—_Scotsman._

The Little Library

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in clear type, prettily and at the same time strongly bound, and
altogether good to look upon and handle.'—_Outlook._

_Pott 8vo. Each Volume, cloth 1s. 6d. net, leather 2s. 6d. net._

Messrs. METHUEN intend to produce a series of small books under the above title, containing some of the famous books in English and other literatures, in the domains of fiction, poetry, and belles lettres. The series will also contain several volumes of selections in prose and verse.

The books will be edited with the most sympathetic and scholarly care. Each one will contain an Introduction which will give (1) a short biography of the author, (2) a critical estimate of the book. Where they are necessary, short notes will be added at the foot of the page.

Each book will have a portrait or frontispiece in photogravure, and the volumes will be produced with great care in a style uniform with that of 'The Library of Devotion.'

The first volumes are:

VANITY FAIR. By W. M. THACKERAY. With an Introduction by S. GWYNN.
Illustrated by G. P. JACOMB HOOD. _Three Volumes._

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THE PRINCESS. By ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON. Edited by ELIZABETH WORDSWORTH. Illustrated by W. E. F. BRITTEN.

'Just what a pocket edition should be. Miss Wordsworth contributes an
acceptable introduction, as well as notes which one is equally glad
to get.'—_Guardian._

IN MEMORIAM. By ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by H. C. BEECHING, M.A.

'An exquisite little volume, which will be gladly
welcomed.'—_Glasgow Herald._

'The introduction, analysis, and notes by the Rev. H. C.
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expected.'—_Guardian._

'The footnotes are scholarly, interesting, and not
super-abundant.'—_Standard._

'It is difficult to conceive a more attractive edition.'—_St.
James's Gazette._

The Little Guides

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OXFORD AND ITS COLLEGES. By J. WELLS, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of
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CAMBRIDGE AND ITS COLLEGES. By A. HAMILTON THOMPSON. Illustrated by E. H. NEW.

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SHAKESPEARE'S COUNTRY. By B. C. WINDLE, F.R.S., M.A. Illustrated by E. H. NEW. _Second Edition._

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serviceable.'—_Academy._

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literature.'—_Guardian._

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'Twelve delightful fairy tales.'—_Punch._

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been chosen with particular care.

=John Bunyan.= THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. By JOHN BUNYAN. Edited, with an Introduction, by C. H. FIRTH, M.A. With 39 Illustrations by R. ANNING BELL. _Crown 8vo. 6s._

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=S. Baring Gould.= A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES retold by S. BARING GOULD. With numerous Illustrations and Initial Letters by ARTHUR J. GASKIN. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. Buckram. 6s._

=S. Baring Gould.= OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES. Collected and edited by S. BARING GOULD. With Numerous Illustrations by F. D. BEDFORD. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. Buckram. 6s._

'A charming volume.'—_Guardian._

=S. Baring Gould.= A BOOK OF NURSERY SONGS AND RHYMES. Edited by S. BARING GOULD, and Illustrated by the Birmingham Art School. _Buckram, gilt top. Crown 8vo. 6s._

=H. C. Beeching.= A BOOK OF CHRISTMAS VERSE. Edited by H. C. BEECHING, M.A., and Illustrated by WALTER CRANE. _Cr. 8vo, gilt top. 3s. 6d._

History

=Flinders Petrie.= A HISTORY OF EGYPT, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO
THE PRESENT DAY. Edited by W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE, D.C.L., LL.D.,
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VOL. II. THE XVIITH AND XVIIITH DYNASTIES. W. M. F. Petrie. _Third
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VOL. IV. THE EGYPT OF THE PTOLEMIES. J. P. Mahaffy.

VOL. V. ROMAN EGYPT. J. G. Milne.

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development of decorative art in Egypt.'—_Times._

=C. W. Oman.= A HISTORY OF THE ART OF WAR. Vol. II.: The Middle Ages, from the Fourth to the Fourteenth Century. By C. W. OMAN, M.A., Fellow of All Souls', Oxford. Illustrated. _Demy 8vo. 21s._

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Biography

=R. L. Stevenson.= THE LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON TO
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Travel, Adventure and Topography

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