Oldtown Fireside Stories. [With Plates.]Low, 1871 - 289 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 16 - Deserves to be printed in letters of gold, and circulated in every house." — Chambers Journal. ii. About in the World. Essays by the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Σελίδα 8 - St. Louis, King of France. The Essays of Abraham Cowley, including all his Prose Works.
Σελίδα 17 - Varia: Readings from Rare Books. Reprinted, by permission, from the Saturday Review, Spectator, &c. "The books discussed in this volume are no less valuable than they are rare, and the compiler is entitled to the gratitude of the public." — Observer. The Silent Hour : Essays, Original and Selected. By the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Σελίδα 8 - FRISWELL. Comprising Pleasure Books of Literature produced in the Choicest Style as Companionable Volumes at Home and Abroad. "We can hardly imagine better books for boys to read or for men to ponder over.
Σελίδα 17 - Familiar Words. An Index Verborum, or Quotation Handbook. Affording an immediate Reference to Phrases and Sentences that have become embedded in the English language. 3rd and enlarged Edition. "The most extensive dictionary of quotation we have met with.
Σελίδα 7 - The superiority of this justly-famed Lexicon is retained over all others by the fulness of its Quotations, the including in the Vocabulary Proper Names, the distinguishing whether the Derivative is classical or otherwise, the exactness of the References to the Original Authors, and by the price. " The best Latin Dictionary, whether for the scholar or advanced student." — Spectator. " Every page bears the impress of industry and care.
Σελίδα 18 - The chapters are so lively in themselves, so mingled with shrewd views of human nature, so full of illustrative anecdotes, that the reader cannot fail to be amused.
Σελίδα 14 - Choice Editions of Choice Books. New Editions. Illustrated by CW Cope, RA, T. Creswick, RA, Edward Duncan, Birket Foster, JC Horsley, ARA, George Hicks, R. Redgrave, RA, C.
Σελίδα 11 - The reader at times holds his breath, so graphically yet so simply does John Ridd tell his tale . . . . ' Lorna Doone' is a work of real excellence, and as such we heartily commend it to the public.
Σελίδα 16 - GARTNEY'S Girlhood, by the Author of "The Gayworthys.