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Works Published by Henry S. King & Co.,

BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG, ETC.-continued.

SCLAVONIC FAIRY TALES.

Bohemian Sources.

Illustrated. Price 5s.

From Russian, Servian,
Translated by John T. Naaké.

Polish, and
Crown 8vo.

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AT SCHOOL WITH AN OLD DRAGOON. By Stephen J. Mac Kenna. Crown 8vo. 5s. With Six Illustrations.

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"Mr. Mac Kenna's former work, Plucky Fellows,' is already a general favourite, and those who read the stories of the Old Dragoon will find that he has still plenty of materials at hand for pleasant tales, and has lost none of his power in telling them well."-Standard.

"These yarns give some very spirited and interesting descriptions of soldiering in various parts of the world."-Spectator. FANTASTIC STORIES. Translated Leander, by Paulina B. Granville. Illustrations, by M. E. Fraser-Tytler. "Short, quaint, and, as they are fitly called, fantastic, they deal with all manner of subjects."-Guardian.

from the German of Richard Crown 8vo. Eight full-page Price 5s.

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"Fantastic' is certainly the right epithet to apply to some of these strange tales.' Examiner.

Third Edition.

STORIES IN PRECIOUS STONES. By Helen Zimmern. With Six Illustrations. Crown 8vo.

5s.

"A series of pretty tales which are half fantastic, half natural, and pleasantly quaint, as befits stories intended for the young."-Daily Telegraph.

"A pretty little book which fanciful young persons will appreciate, and which will remind its readers of many a legend, and many an imaginary virtue attached to the gems they are so fond of wearing."-Post. THE GREAT DUTCH ADMIRALS. By Jacob de Liefde.

8vo. Illustrated. Price 5s.

"May be recommended as a wholesome present for boys. They will find in it numerous tales of adventure."—Athenæum.

PHANTASMION. A Fairy Romance.

Crown

"A really good book."--Standard.
"A really excellent book."-Spectator.

A new Edition. By Sara Coleridge. With an Introductory Preface by the Right Hon. Lord Coleridge of Ottery S. Mary. In 1 vol., crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.

LAYS OF A KNIGHT ERRANT IN MANY LANDS. By MajorGeneral Sir Vincent Eyre, C.B., G.C.S.I., etc. Square crown 8vo. Six Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d.

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LAND. By James_Bonwick, Author of “The Tasmanian Lily," &c.

Crown 8vo. With a Frontispiece.
"He illustrates the career of the bush-
ranger half a century ago; and this he
does in a highly creditable manner; his
delineations of life in the bush are, to say

the least, exquisite, and his representations of character are very marked."-Edinburgh Courant.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

Messrs. HENRY S. KING & Co. have the pleasure to announce that they will shortly issue an Edition of the Laureate's works, in Ten Monthly Volumes, to be entitled "The Cabinet Edition," at Half-a-Crown each, which will contain the whole of Mr. Tennyson's works. The first volume will be illustrated by a beautiful Photographic Portrait, and subsequent Volumes will each contain a Frontispiece. They will be tastefully bound in Crimson Cloth, and will be issued in the following order :

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ENOCH ARDEN, &c. Small 8vo

THE HOLY GRAIL, AND OTHER POEMS. Small 8vo
GARETH AND LYNETTE. Small 8vo

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SONGS FROM THE ABOVE WORKS. Square 8vo, cloth extra 5 IN MEMORIAM.

Small 8vo

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LIBRARY EDITION OF MR. TENNYSON'S WORKS. 6 vols. Post 8vo

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THE WINDOW: OR, THE SONGS OF THE WRENS.
A Series of Songs. By ALFRED TENNYSON. With Music by ARTHUR
SULLIVAN. 4to, cloth, gilt extra

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65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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Works Published by Henry S. King & Co.,

POETRY.

LYRICS OF LOVE, Selected and arranged from Shakspeare to Tennyson, by W. Davenport Adams. Fcap. 8vo, price 3s. 6d.

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WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT'S POEMS. Red-line Edition. Hand

somely bound. With Illustrations and
A Cheaper Edition is also published.

Portrait of the Author. Price 7s. 6d.
Price 3s. 6d.

These are the only complete English Editions sanctioned by the Author.

ENGLISH SONNETS. Collected and Arranged by John Dennis. Small crown 8vo. Elegantly bound,

"An exquisite selection, a selection which every lover of poetry will consult again and again with delight. The notes are very useful.... The volume is one for which

price 3s. 6d.

English literature owes Mr. Dennis the heartiest thanks."-Spectator.

"Mr. Dennis has shown great judgment in this selection."-Saturday Review.

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HOME-SONGS FOR QUIET HOURS. By the Rev. Canon R. H. Baynes, Editor of "English Lyrics" and "Lyra Anglicana." somely printed and bound, price 3s. 6d.

THE DISCIPLES. A New Poem. By Harriet Eleanor Hamilton King. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

ASPROMONTE, AND OTHER POEMS.

"The volume is anonymous, but there is no reason for the author to be ashamed of it. The Poems of Italy' are evidently inspired by genuine enthusiasm in the cause espoused; and one of them, "The

Second Edition, clọth, 4s. 6d. Execution of Felice Orsini,' has much poetic merit, the event celebrated being told with dramatic force."-Athenæum. "The verse is fluent and free."-Spectator.

SONGS FOR MUSIC. By Four Friends. Square crown 8vo, price 5s.

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"A charming gift-book, which will be very popular with lovers of poetry."-John Bull. ROBERT BUCHANAN, THE POETICAL AND PROSE WORKS OF. Collected Edition, in 5 Vols. Vol. I. contains,-" Ballads (and Romances ;" "Ballads and Poems of Life," and a Portrait of the Author. [Is now ready.

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Vol. II.-"Ballads and Poems of Life;" 'Allegories and Sonnets.'

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Vol. III.-"Cruiskeen Sonnets;" "Book of Orm;" "Political Mystics."

The Contents of the remaining Volumes will be duly announced.

THOUGHTS IN VERSE.

Small crown 8vo. Price Is. 6d.

This is a Collection of Verses expressive of religious feeling, written from a Theistic stand-point.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

POETRY-continued.

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"As a writer of Vers de Société, Mr. Dobson is almost, if not quite, unrivalled."-Examiner.

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'Lively, innocent, elegant in expression, and graceful in fancy."-Morning Post.

ON VIOL AND FLUTE. A New Volume of Poems, by Edmund W. Gosse. With a Frontispiece by W. B. Scott. Crown 8vo. Price 5s.

"A careful perusal of his verses will show that he is a poet. His song has the grateful, murmuring sound which reminds one of the softness and deliciousness of summer time. There is much that is good in the volume."-Spectator. METRICAL TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GREEK AND LATIN POETS, AND OTHER POEMS. By R. B. Boswell, M.A. Oxon. Crown 8vo, price 5s..

EASTERN LEGENDS AND STORIES IN ENGLISH VERSE. By Lieutenant Norton Powlett, Royal Artillery. Crown 8vo.

55.

"There is a rollicking sense of fun about the stories, joined to marvellous power of rhyming, and plenty of swing, which irresistibly reminds us of our old favourite."-Graphic.

EDITH; OR, LOVE AND LIFE IN CHESHIRE. By T. Ashe, Author of the "Sorrows of Hypsipyle," etc. Sewed. Price 6d.

"A really fine poem, full of tender, subtle touches of feeling."-Manchester News.

"Pregnant from beginning to end with the results of careful observation and imaginative power."-Chester Chronicle. THE GALLERY OF PIGEONS, AND OTHER POEMS. By Theo. Marzials. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d.

"A conceit abounding in prettiness."Examiner.

"The rush of fresh, sparkling fancies is too rapid, too sustained, too abundant, not to be spontaneous."-Academy.

THE INN OF STRANGE MEETINGS, AND OTHER POEMS. By Mortimer Collins. Crown 8vo. 5s.

"Abounding in quiet humour, in bright fancy, in sweetness and melody of expression, and, at times, in the tenderest touches of pathos."-Graphic.

"Mr. Collins has an undercurrent of chivalry and romance beneath the trifling vein of good-humoured banter which is the special characteristic of his verse."Athenæum.

EROS AGONISTES. By E. B. D. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

"It is not the least merit of these pages that they are everywhere illumined with moral and religious sentiment suggested, not paraded, of the brightest, purest character."-Standard.

CALDERON'S DRAMAS. Translated from the Spanish. By Denis Florence MacCarthy. IOS.

"The lambent verse flows with an ease, spirit, and music perfectly natural, liberal, and harmonious."-Spectator.

"It is impossible to speak too highly of this beautiful work."-Month.

SONGS FOR SAILORS. By Dr. W. C. Bennett. Dedicated by Special Request to H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. With Steel Portrait and Illustrations.

An Edition in Illustrated paper Covers, Price IS.

WALLED IN, AND OTHER POEMS. By the Rev. Henry J. Bulkeley. Crown Svo. 55.

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A remarkable book of genuine poetry." -Evening Standard. " Exa"Genuine power displayed.” miner.

"Poetical feeling is manifest here, and the diction of the poem is unimpeachable." -Pall Mall Gazette.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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GOETHE'S FAUST. A New Translation in Rime. By the Rev. C. Kegan Paul. Crown 8vo. 6s.

His translation is the most minutely accurate that has yet been produced. -Examiner.

"Mr. Paul is a zealous and a faithful interpreter."-Saturday Review.

SONGS OF TWO WORLDS. First Series. By a New Writer. Fcap. 8vo, cloth. 5s.

Second Edition.

"These poems will assuredly take high rank among the class to which they belong." -British Quarterly Review, April 1st.

"No extracts could do justice to the exquisite tones, the felicitous phrasing and delicately wrought harmonies of some of these poems." -Nonconformist.

"A purity and delicacy of feeling like morning air."-Graphic.

SONGS OF TWO WORLDS. Second
Series. By the Author of " Songs of Two
Worlds." Cr. 8vo.
[In the Press.
PATRICK

THE LEGENDS OF ST
AND OTHER POEMS. By Aubrey
de Vere. Crown 8vo. 55.

"Mr. De Vere's versification in his earlier poems is characterised by great sweetness and simplicity. He is master of his instrument, and rarely offends the ear with false notes."-Pall Mall Gazette.

"We have but space to commend the varied structure of his verse, the carefulness of his grammar, and his excellent English."-Saturday Review.

FICTION.

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MR. CARINGTON. A Tale of Love and
Conspiracy. By Robert Turner Cotton.
In 3
vols. Cloth, crown 8vo.

"A novel in so many ways good, as in a fresh and elastic diction, stout unconventionality, and happy boldness of conception and execution. His novels, though free spoken, will be some of the healthiest of our day."-Examiner.

TWO GIRLS. By Frederick Wedmore, Author of "A Snapt Gold Ring." In 2 vols. Cloth, crown 8vo. [Just out.

"A carefully-written novel of character, contrasting the two heroines of one love tale, an English lady and a French actress. Cicely is charming; the introductory description of her is a good specimen of the well-balanced sketches in which the author shines."-Athenæum.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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