Chapter V: Part 5

MR. PUNCH'S PRIZE NOVELS.

By R. C. LEHMANN

With 24 Illustrations by EDWARD REED.

"Some things here reprinted are nearly of the best of their
kind. We should not like to take the authors' opinions, for
your author almost always laughs on the wrong side of his mouth
at caricatures of his work. But if the authors do not like it,
their readers will; and even of the authors themselves we may
trust that some will see the joke."--_Manchester Guardian._

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_THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S LIBRARY EDITION._

Embellished with nearly 1,000 of JOHN LEECH'S best Sketches on Wood, and 100 Hand-coloured Steel Engravings by JOHN LEECH and H. K. BROWNE. In six medium 8vo volumes, large margin, cloth extra, price L4 4_s._; and in half morocco, with panelled hunting adornments, gilt and finished, price L5 12_s._ 6_d._

"HANDLEY CROSS" SERIES OF SPORTING NOVELS.

This inimitable series of volumes is absolutely unique, there being nothing approaching to them in all the wide range of modern or ancient literature. Written by Mr. Surtees, a well-known country gentleman, who was passionately devoted to the healthy sport of fox-hunting, and gifted with a keen spirit of manly humour of a Rabelaisian tinge, they abound with incidents redolent of mirth and jollity. The artist, Mr. Leech, was himself also an enthusiast in the sport, and has reflected in his illustrations, with instinctive appreciation, the rollicking abandon of the author's stories.

_These volumes can be had separately as under:--_

HANDLEY CROSS; or, Mr. Jorrock's
Hunt. Many Sketches on Wood,
and 17 Steel Engravings. Price 16_s._

ASK MAMMA; or, The Richest
Commoner In England. Many
Sketches on Wood, and 13 Steel
Engravings. Price 14_s._

SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR. Many
Sketches on Wood, and 13 Steel
Engravings. Price 14_s._

PLAIN OR RINGLETS? Many
Sketches on Wood, and 13 Steel
Engravings. Price 14_s._

MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS.
24 Steel Engravings. Price 14_s._

HAWBUCK GRANGE; or, The Sporting
Adventures of Thomas Scott,
Esquire. With 8 Steel Engravings
by H. K. BROWNE (Phiz). Price
12_s._ 6_d._

HUNTING STORIES BY "WANDERER."

UNIFORM WITH THE "HANDLEY CROSS SERIES." Medium 8vo.

FAIR DIANA. With 22 Coloured Illustrations
and 70 Sketches in the Text.
By G. BOWERS. Price 12_s._ 6_d._

ACROSS COUNTRY. With 22 Coloured
Illustrations and numerous Sketches.
By G. BOWERS. Price 12_s._ 6_d._

A LOOSE REIN. With 22 Coloured Illustrations and numerous Sketches in
the Text. By G. BOWERS. Price 12_s._ 6_d._

G. BOWERS' ILLUSTRATIONS.

A MONTH IN THE MIDLANDS: "a
Book for the Shires." Half-hunting
cloth, Coloured Plates. By
G. BOWERS. Price 12_s._ 6_d._

HOLLY BUSH HALL; or, "Open
House" in an "Open Country."
Half-hunting cloth, Coloured Plates.
By G. BOWERS. Price 15_s._

NOTES FROM A HUNTING BOX. Oblong folio, half-hunting cloth, with
Illustrations
by G. Bowers. Price 15_s._

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The "Jorrocks" Edition

OF THE

HANDLEY CROSS SPORTING NOVELS.

6 Volumes, Large Crown 8vo, with Illustrations, price 36s.

Of the Books which have attained to the position of being perennial favourites with the audience to whom they appeal--living as if no rivalry could dislodge them--a foremost place has long been held by the HANDLEY CROSS series of volumes, which are now just as much the favourite reading of those who are interested in the exploits of the hunting-field, as they have been since their first publication.

The fictitious heroes, whose doings and sayings inspire these favourite volumes, provide a nomenclature which is as much imbedded in the phraseology of sport as those of Thackeray or Dickens are in our national literature. In what hunting circles may it not be said that the names of JORROCKS and SOAPEY SPONGE and FACEY ROMFORD are "familiar in their mouths as household words"?

The HANDLEY CROSS Sporting Novels have hitherto, by the form of their production, formed the enduring ornament of a Country Gentleman's Library, and, by reason of their price, have been somewhat beyond the attainment of that extensive and constantly enlarging section who have learned to take delight in the out-of-door amusements which brighten rural life.

Everyone whose delight in a "finest run across country that ever was seen," and whose ambition is "to be in at the finish," may now have as his abiding companions on his own book-case within reach of his easy-chair, the histories of JORROCKS and SPONGE and ROMFORD, and others of the famous creation, in a handsome and handy form; having the pages brightened by a selection from the original illustrations to give an added vividness to the exhilarating raciness of the author's humour.

_The volumes are sold separately as under:--_

HANDLEY CROSS; or, Mr. Jorrock's
Hunt. With 67 Text and 12 Page
Illustrations and Coloured Frontispiece.
Price 7_s._ 6_d._

ASK MAMMA; or, The Richest Commoner
In England. With 51 Text
and 8 Page Illustrations and Coloured
Frontispiece. Price 6_s._

SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR. With
60 Text and 8 Page Illustrations and
Coloured Frontispiece. Price 6_s._

PLAIN OR RINGLETS? With 43
Text and 8 Page Illustrations and
Coloured Frontispiece. Price 6_s._

MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS.
With 46 Text and 8 Page Illustrations
and Coloured Frontispiece.
Price 6_s._

HAWBUCK GRANGE; or, The Sporting
Adventures of Thomas Scott,
Esquire. With 28 Text and 8 Page
Illustrations and Coloured Frontispiece.
Price 4_s._ 6_d._

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD. 8, 9, 10, BOUVERIE STREET, E.C.

F. C. BURNAND'S WORKS.

A SELECTED COLLECTION FROM "PUNCH."

5 Volumes, Large Crown 8vo, gilt top, price 25s.

"Mr. Burnand's Writings are well worth collecting. He has
produced a very large body of comic writing of a high order of
merit, and the amount of it that is first-rate is considerable.
There is a perpetual gaiety and airiness about his work which
makes it always pleasant to dip into, and few humorists have
the power of making their readers laugh so agreeably, so
innocently, so often, and so much."--_Athenaeum._

_The Volumes are sold separately as under:_

Price 5s. each.

1. VERY MUCH ABROAD.

_With 160 "Punch" Illustrations_.

2. RATHER AT SEA.

_With 116 "Punch" Illustrations_.

3. QUITE AT HOME.

_With 108 "Punch" Illustrations_.

4. HAPPY THOUGHTS.

_With 110 Illustrations_.

5. SOME OLD FRIENDS.

_With 115 "Punch" Illustrations_.

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