Chapter XIII: Appendix: A (3)

=THE OXONIAN IN NORWAY=; OR, NOTES OF EXCURSIONS IN THAT COUNTRY. By the Rev. F. METCALFE, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. New and Cheaper Edition, revised, 1 vol. post 8vo., with Map and additional Illustrations.

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of information on the statistics, politics, and religion of the
countries visited.”—_Blackwood’s Magazine._

=SIX YEARS IN RUSSIA.= BY AN ENGLISH LADY. 2 vols. post 8vo. with Illustrations. 21s. bound.

=A SUMMER AND WINTER IN THE TWO SICILIES.= By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of “Nathalie,” “Adèle,” &c. 2 vols. post 8vo. with illustrations, 21s. bound.

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=THE JEWS IN THE EAST.= BY THE REV. P. BEATON, M.A. From the German of DR. FRANKL. 2 vols. 21s.

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=A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE= with Numerous Incidents of Travel and Adventure during nearly Five Years’ Continuous Service in the Arctic Regions while in Search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin. By ALEX. ARMSTRONG, M.D., R.N., late Surgeon and Naturalist of H.M.S ‘Investigator.’ 1 vol. With Map and Plate, 16s.

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=THE WANDERER IN ARABIA.= BY G. T. LOWTH, ESQ. 2 vols. post 8vo. with Illustrations. 12s.

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accomplished artist.”—_Post._

=SPORTING ADVENTURES IN THE NEW WORLD=; OR, DAYS AND NIGHTS OF MOOSE HUNTING IN THE PINE FORESTS OF ACADIA. By CAMPBELL HARDY, ROYAL ARTILLERY. 2 vols. post 8vo. with illustrations. 12s.

“A spirited record of sporting adventures, very entertaining
and well worthy the attention of all sportsmen who desire some
fresher field than Europe can afford them.”—_Press._

=A PILGRIMAGE INTO DAUPHINE=; WITH A VISIT TO THE MONASTERY OF THE GRANDE CHARTREUSE, AND ANECDOTES, INCIDENTS, AND SKETCHES FROM TWENTY DEPARTMENTS OF FRANCE. By the REV. G. M. MUSGRAVE, A.M. 2 vols. with Illustrations.

=FAMILY ROMANCE=; OR, DOMESTIC ANNALS OF THE ARISTOCRACY. BY SIR BERNARD BURKE, ULSTER KING OF ARMS. 2 vols. post 8vo. 21s.

Among the many other interesting legends and romantic family histories comprised in these volumes, will be found the following:—The wonderful narrative of Maria Stella, Lady Newborough, who claimed on such strong evidence to be a Princess of the House of Orleans, and disputed the identity of Louis Philippe—The story of the humble marriage of the beautiful Countess of Strathmore, and the sufferings and fate of her only child—The Leaders of Fashion, from Gramont to D’Orsay—The rise of the celebrated Baron Ward, now Prime Minister at Parma—The curious claim to the Earldom of Crawford—The Strange Vicissitudes of our Great Families, replete with the most romantic details—The story of the Kirkpatricks of Closeburn (the ancestors of the French Empress), and the remarkable tradition associated with, them—The Legend of the Lambtons—The verification in our own time of the famous prediction as to the Earls of Mar—Lady Ogilvy’s escape—The Beresford and Wynyard ghost stories, &c.

“It were impossible to praise too highly as a work of amusement
these two most interesting volumes, whether we should have
regard to its excellent plan or its not less excellent
execution. The volumes are just what ought to be found on every
drawing-room table. Here you have nearly fifty captivating
romances with the pith of all their interest preserved in
undiminished poignancy, and any one may be read in half an
hour. It is not the least of their merits that the romances are
founded on fact—or what, at least, has been handed down for
truth by long tradition—and the romance of reality far exceeds
the romance of fiction. Each story is told in the clear,
unaffected style with which the author’s former works have made
the public familiar.”—_Standard._

=THE ROMANCE OF THE FORUM=; OR, NARRATIVES, SCENES, AND ANECDOTES FROM COURTS OF JUSTICE. SECOND SERIES. BY PETER BURKE, ESQ., of the Inner Temple Barrister-at-Law. 2 vols. post 8vo. 12s.

PRINCIPAL CONTENTS:—Lord Crichton’s Revenge—The Great Douglas
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Slavery—The Lover Highwayman—The Accusing Spirit—The
Attorney-General of the Reign of Terror—Eccentric Occurrences
in the Law—Adventuresses of Pretended Rank—The Courier of
Lyons—General Sarrazin’s Bigamy—The Elstree Murder—Count
Bocarmé and his wife—Professor Webster, &c.

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was received, has induced Mr. Burke to extend his researches,
which he has done with great judgment. The incidents forming
the subject of the second series are as extraordinary in every
respect, as those which obtained so high a meed of celebrity
for the first.”—_Messenger._

=THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE.= BY WILLIAM HOWITT. 3 vols. post 8vo. (_Just Ready_).

=SONGS OF THE CAVALIERS AND ROUNDHEADS, JACOBITE BALLADS, &c.= By G. W. THORNBURY. 1 vol. with numerous Illustrations by H. S. MARKS. Elegantly bound. 6s.

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“Those who love picture, life, and costume in song will here
find what they love.”—_Athenæum._

=POEMS.= BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN,” “A WOMAN’S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN,” &c. 1 vol. with Illustrations by BIRKET FOSTER. 10s. 6d. bound.

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author’s prose works, and in addition, an ineffable tenderness
and grace, such as we find in few poetical compositions besides
those of Tennyson.”—_Illustrated News of the World._

“We are well pleased with these poems by our popular novelist.
They are the expression of genuine thoughts, feelings, and
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inspired by some real event, or condition of mind, and not by
some idle fancy or fleeting sentiment.”—_Spectator._

=A LIFE FOR A LIFE.= BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX GENTLEMAN,” &c.

“In ‘A Life for a Life’ the author is fortunate in a good
subject, and she has produced a work of strong effect. The
reader, having read the book through for the story, will be
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in good, careful English.”—_Athenæum._

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The interest is intense, and is everywhere admirably sustained.
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and a subtle power of self-analysis are conspicuous in ‘A
Life for a Life,’ while the purity of its religious views,
and the elevation—the grandeur, indeed—of its dominating
sentiments, render its influences in every sense healthy and
invigorating.”—_The Press._

“‘A Life for a Life’ is one of the best of the author’s works.
We like it better than ‘John Halifax.’ It is a book we should
like every member of every family in England to read.”—_Herald._

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poor.”—_Athenæum._

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readers.”—_Examiner._

=NOVELS AND NOVELISTS, FROM ELIZABETH TO VICTORIA.= By J. C. JEAFFRESON, ESQ. 2 vols. with Portraits. 21s.

=THE RIDES AND REVERIES OF MR. ÆSOP SMITH.= By MARTIN F. TUPPER, D.C.L., F.R.S., Author of “Proverbial Philosophy,” “Stephen Langton,” &c., 1 vol. post 8vo.

“This work will do good service to Mr. Tupper’s literary
reputation. It combines with lucidity and acuteness of
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its cheerful and instructive pages sound moral principles
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novelty, and are rendered peculiarly attractive by being
expressed in that epigrammatic language which so largely
contributed to the popularity of the author’s former work,
entitled ‘Proverbial Philosophy.’”—_Morning Post._

=A MOTHER’S TRIAL.= BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE,” “THE TWO BROTHERS,” &c. 1 vol. with Illustrations, by BIRKET FOSTER. 7s. 6d. bound.

“‘A Mother’s Trial,’ by Lady Emily Ponsonby, is a work we
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WORKS OF FICTION.

=SEVEN YEARS.= By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of “NATHALIE,” 3 vols.

“Nothing can be better of its kind than Miss Kavanagh’s ‘Seven
Years.’ The story never flags in interest, so lifelike are the
characters that move in it, so natural the incidents, and so
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bold on our sympathy.”—_Spectator._

=LUCY CROFTON.= By the Author of “MARGARET MAITLAND.” 1 vol.

“This is a charming novel. The characters are excellent; the
plot is well defined and new; and the interest is kept up with
an intensity which is seldom met with in these days. The author
deserves our thanks for one of the most pleasant books of the
season.”—_Herald._

=THE WOOD-RANGERS.= By CAPTAIN MAYNE REID. From the French of Louis de Bellemare. 3 vols., with illustrations.

=THE LITTLE BEAUTY.= By MRS. GREY, Author of “THE GAMBLER’S WIFE.” 3 v.

=MR. AND MRS. ASHETON.= By the Author of “MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS.” 3 vols.

=THE WAY OF THE WORLD.= By ALISON REED. 3 vols.

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to the last.”—_John Bull._

=ALMOST A HEROINE.= By the Author of “CHARLES AUCHESTER,” &c. 3 vols.

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=WAIT AND HOPE.= By JOHN EDMUND READE. 3 vols.

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=RAISED TO THE PEERAGE.= By MRS. OCTAVIUS OWEN. 3 vols.

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=FEMALE INFLUENCE.= By LADY CHARLOTTE PEPYS, 2 vols.

=LETHELIER.= By E. HENKAGE DERING, Esq. 2 vols.

=THE QUEEN OF HEARTS.= By WILKIE COLLINS. 3 vols.

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=CREEDS.= By the Author of “THE MORALS OF MAY FAIR.” 3 vols.

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positions.”—_Literary Gazette._

=THE LEES OF BLENDON HALL.= By the Author of “ALICE WENTWORTH.”

“A powerful and well-sustained story of strong
interest.”—_Athenæum._

=NEWTON DOGVANE.= A Story of English Life. By FRANCIS FRANCIS. With Illustrations by LEECH. 3 vols.

“A capital sporting novel.”—_Chronicle._

=HELEN LINDSAY=; Or, THE TRIAL OF FAITH. By A CLERGYMAN’S DAUGHTER. 2 vols.

=WOODLEIGH.= By the Author of “WILDFLOWER,” “ONE AND TWENTY,” &c. 3 vols.

=BENTLEY PRIORY.= By MRS. HASTINGS PARKER. 3 vols.

“An acquisition to novel-readers from its brilliant
descriptions, sparkling style, and interesting story.”—_Sun._

NOW IN COURSE OF PUBLICATION.

HURST AND BLACKETT’S STANDARD LIBRARY OF CHEAP EDITIONS OF POPULAR MODERN WORKS.

Each in a single volume, elegantly printed, bound, and illustrated, price 5s. A volume to appear every two months. The following are now ready.

VOL. I.—=SAM SLICK’S NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE.=

ILLUSTRATED BY LEECH.

“The first volume of Messrs. Hurst and Blackett’s Standard Library of Cheap Editions of Popular Modern Works forms a very good beginning to what will doubtless be a very successful undertaking. ‘Nature and Human Nature’ is one of the best of Sam Slick’s witty and humorous productions, and well entitled to the large circulation which it cannot fail to obtain in its present convenient and cheap shape. The volume combines with the great recommendations of a clear, bold type, and good paper, the lesser, but still attractive merits, of being well illustrated and elegantly bound.”—_Morning Post._

“This new and cheap edition of Sam Slick’s popular work will be an acquisition to all lovers of wit and humour. Mr. Justice Haliburton’s writings are so well known to the English public that no commendation is needed. The volume is very handsomely bound and illustrated, and the paper and type are excellent. It is in every way suited for a library edition, and as the names of Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, warrant the character of the works to be produced in their Standard Library, we have no doubt the project will be eminently successful.”—_Sun._

VOL. II.—=JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.=

“This is a very good and a very interesting work. It is designed to trace the career from boyhood to age of a perfect man—a Christian gentleman, and it abounds in incident both well and highly wrought. Throughout it is conceived in a high spirit, and written with great ability, better than any former work, we think, of its deservedly successful author. This cheap and handsome new edition is worthy to pass freely from hand to hand, as a gift book in many households.”—_Examiner._

“The new and cheaper edition of this interesting work will doubtless meet with great success. John Halifax, the hero of this most beautiful story, is no ordinary hero, and this, his history, is no ordinary book. It is a full-length portrait of a true gentleman, one of nature’s own nobility. It is also the history of a home and a thoroughly English one. The work abounds in incident, and many of the scenes are full of graphic power and true pathos. It is a book that few will read without becoming wiser and better.”—_Scotsman._

VOL. III.—=THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS.=

BY ELIOT WARBURTON.

“Independent of its value as an original narrative, and its useful and interesting information, this work is remarkable for the colouring power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reverent and serious spirit.”—_Quarterly Review._

“A book calculated to prove more practically useful was never penned than ‘The Crescent and the Cross’—a work which surpasses all others in its homage for the sublime and its love for the beautiful in those famous regions consecrated to everlasting immortality in the annals of the prophets, and which no other writer has ever depicted with a pencil at once so reverent and so picturesque.”—_Sun._

VOL. IV.—=NATHALIE. BY JULIA KAVANAGH.=

“‘Nathalie’ is Miss Kavanagh’s best imaginative effort. Its manner is gracious and attractive. Its matter is good. A sentiment, a tenderness, are commanded by her which are as individual as they are elegant. We should not soon come to an end were we to specify all the delicate touches and attractive pictures which place ‘Nathalie’ high among books of its class.”—_Athenæum._

“A tale of untiring interest, full of deep touches of human nature. We have no hesitation in predicting for this delightful tale a lasting popularity, and a place in the foremost ranks of that most instructive kind of fiction—the moral novel.”—_John Bull._

“A more judicious selection than ‘Nathalie’ could not have been made for Messrs. Hurst and Blackett’s Standard Library. The series as it advances realises our first impression, that it will be one of lasting celebrity.”—_Literary Gazette._

VOL. V.—=A WOMAN’S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN.=

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“A book of sound counsel. It is one of the most sensible works of its kind, well-written, true-hearted, and altogether practical. Whoever wishes to give advice to a young lady may thank the author for means of doing so.”—_Examiner._

“The author of ‘John Halifax’ will retain and extend her hold upon the reading and reasonable public by the merits of her present work, which bears the stamp of good sense and genial feeling.”—_Guardian._

“These thoughts are good and humane. They are thoughts we would wish women to think.”—_Athenæum._

“This really valuable volume ought to be in every young woman’s hand. It will teach her how to think and how to act. We are glad to see it in this Standard Library.”—_Literary Gazette._

VOL. VI.—=ADAM GRAEME, OF MOSSGRAY.=

BY THE AUTHOR OF “MRS. MARGARET MAITLAND.”

“‘Adam Graeme’ is a story awakening genuine emotions of interest and delight by its admirable pictures of Scottish life and scenery. The plot is cleverly complicated, and there is great vitality in the dialogue, and remarkable brilliancy in the descriptive passages, as who that has read ‘Margaret Maitland’ would not be prepared to expect? But the story has a ‘mightier magnet still,’ in the healthy tone which pervades it, in its feminine delicacy of thought and diction, and in the truly womanly tenderness of its sentiments. The eloquent author sets before us the essential attributes of Christian virtue, their deep and silent workings in the heart, and their beautiful manifestations in the life, with a delicacy, a power, and a truth which can hardly be surpassed.”—_Morning Post._

“‘Adam Graeme’ is full of eloquent writing and description. It is an uncommon work, not only in the power of the style, in the interest of the narrative, and in the delineation of character, but in the lessons it teaches.”—_Sun._

VOL. VII.—=SAM SLICK’S WISE SAWS AND MODERN INSTANCES.=

“The best of all Judge Haliburton’s admirable works. It is one of the pleasantest books we ever read, and we earnestly recommend it.”—_Standard._

“The humour of Sam Slick is inexhaustible. He is ever and everywhere a welcome visitor; smiles greet his approach, and wit and wisdom hang upon his tongue. The present production is remarkable alike for its racy humour, its sound philosophy, the felicity of its illustrations, and the delicacy of its satire. We promise our readers a great treat from the perusal of these ‘Wise Saws and Modern Instances,’ which contain a world of practical wisdom, and a treasury of the richest fun.”—_Post._

VOL. VIII.—=CARDINAL WISEMAN’S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LAST FOUR POPES.=

“There is no dynasty of European sovereigns about which we English entertain so much vague curiosity, or have so little information, as about the successors to the Popedom. Cardinal Wiseman is just the author to meet this curiosity. His book is the lively record of what he has himself seen, and what none but himself, perhaps, has had so good an opportunity of thoroughly estimating. There is a gossipping, all-telling style about the book which is certain to make it popular with English readers.”—_John Bull._

“A picturesque book on Rome and its ecclesiastical sovereigns, by an eloquent Roman Catholic. Cardinal Wiseman has here treated a special subject with so much generality and geniality, that his recollections will excite no ill-feeling in those who are most conscientiously opposed to every idea of human infallibility represented in Papal domination.”—_Athenæum._

“In the description of the scenes, the ceremonies, the ecclesiastical society, the manners and habits of Sacerdotal Rome, this work is unrivalled. It is full of anecdotes. We could fill columns with amusing extracts.”—_Chronicle._