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A CLASSIFIED CATALOGUE OF HENRY S. KING & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.

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By E. H. V. With two Essays by "The Duties of Man." Dedicated to the Crown 8vo. With Two Portraits. 3s. 6d.

JOSEPH MAZZINI: A MEMOIR. Mazzini, "Thoughts on Democracy," and working classes by P. A. Taylor, M.P. SHELLEY MEMORIALS FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES. Edited by Lady Shelley. With now first printed an Essay on CHRISTIANITY, by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Third Edition.

MRS. GILBERT (ANN TAYLOR): AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND OTHER MEMORIALS. Edited by Josiah Gilbert, Author of "Cadore ; or, Titian's Country," &c. In 2 vols. Post 8vo. With 2 Steel Portraits and several Wood Engravings. 245.

A. B. GRANVILLE, M.D., F.R.S.: AUTOBIOGRAPHY. With Recollections of the most Eminent Men of the last Half-Century. Being eighty-eight years of the Life of a Physician who practised his Profession in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, the West Indies, Russia, Germany, France, and England. Edited, with a brief account of the last years of his life, by his youngest Daughter, Paulina B. Granville. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. With a Steel Portrait. 325.

SAMUEL LOVER, R.H.A., THE LIFE OF: Artistic, Literary, and Musical. With Selections from his Unpublished Papers and Correspondence. Bayle Bernard. 2 vols. Post 8vo. With a Portrait. 21S.

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With

ROWLAND WILLIAMS, D.D.: LIFE & LETTERS.
Extracts from his Note-Books. Edited by Mrs. Rowland Williams. With a
Photographic Portrait. In 2 vols. Post 8vo. 245.

WILLIAM GODWIN: AUTOBIOGRAPHY,

MEMOIR, AND

CORRESPONDENCE. By C. Kegan Paul. 2 vols., demy 8vo.

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JOHN GREY (of Dilston): MEMOIRS. By his Daughter, Josephine E. Butler. New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

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POLITICAL WOMEN. By Sutherland Menzies. 2 vols. Post 8vo. 24s.
"Has all the information of history, with all the interest that attaches to biography.”—Scotsman.
Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. With Index.
MEMOIR AND LETTERS.

SARA COLERIDGE:

her Daughter. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. With 2 Portraits. Price 24s.

"Sara Coleridge, as she is revealed, or rather reveals herself, in the correspondence, makes a brilliant addition to a brilliant family reputation."Saturday Review.

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"These charming volumes are attractive as a memorial of a most amiable woman of high intellectual mark."-Athenæum.

Cheap Edition of the above.

MEMOIR AND LETTERS.
Crown 8vo. With a Portrait.

78. 6d.

Edited by

W. ROBERTSON, M.A.: LIFE AND
LETTERS. Edited by the Rev. Stopford A. Brooke, M.A., Chaplain in
Ordinary to the Queen.

I. In 2 vols., uniform with the Sermons. With a Steel Portrait. Price 7s. 6d.
II. Library Edition, in demy 8vo, with Two Steel Portraits. Price 12s.

III. A Popular Edition, in 1 vol. Price 6s.

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE: A MEMOIR, with Stories now first published in this country. By H. A. Page. Post 8vo. Price 75. 6d.

"Seldom has it been our lot to meet with a more appreciative delineation of character than this Memoir of Hawthorne."-Morning Post.

"Exhibits a discriminating enthusiasm for one of the most fascinating of novelists."-Saturday Review.

LEONORA CHRISTINA, Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark: Memoirs written during her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower of the Royal Palace

at Copenhagen, 1663-1685. Translated by F. E. Bunnètt. With an Autotype

Portrait of the Princess. Medium 8vo. Price 12s. 6d.

"A valuable addition to the tragic romance of
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history."-Spectator.

"A valuable addition to history."-Daily News.

LIVES OF ENGLISH POPULAR LEADERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES. No. 1.-STEPHEN LANGTON. By C. Edmund Maurice. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. "Very well and honestly executed."- John | is vigorously and firmly drawn."-Churchman's Bull." Shilling Magazine. "In style it is characterised by the greatest fair- "Well worth a careful study."-Jewish World. ness and ability, and the picture of the archbishop

LIVES OF ENGLISH POPULAR LEADERS IN THEe middle AGES. No. 2.-TYLER, BALL, and OLDCASTLE. By C. Edmund Maurice. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.

CABINET PORTRAITS.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF STATESMEN OF

THE DAY. By T. Wemyss Reid. I vol. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.

"We have never met with a work which we can more unreservedly praise. The sketches are absolutely impartial."-Athenæum.

"We can heartily commend this work." — Standard.

"Drawn with a master hand."-Yorkshire Post.

THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRES: Historical Periods. By the late Henry W. Wilberforce. Preceded by a Memoir of the Author by John Henry Newman, D.D., of the Oratory. Post 8vo. With Portrait..

s. 6d.

"The literary relles preserved by Dr. Newman | works. . . Henry William Wilberforce was a man are varied in subject as in character. They com- of strong opinions, and in all he wrote gave expresprise an eloquent, though somewhat empirical, sion to the judgments of a powerful if, possibly, treatise on the formation of Christendom; two an undetermined mind."-Standard. masterly reviews of Champigny's too little known HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION OF 1688. C. D. Yonge, Regius Professor, Queen's Coll., Belfast. Crown 8vo.

Price 6s.

By

"A fair, succinct, useful, and masterly summary the Revolution, and not without some striking of the main causes, circumstances, and history of comments on its effects."-Standard.

ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE. Correspondence and Conversations with NASSAU W. SENIOR, from 1833 to 1859. Edited by M. C. M. Simpson. In 2 vols. Large post 8vo. Price 215.

"A book replete with knowledge and thought." -Quarterly Review.

"An extremely interesting book."-Saturday Review.

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SORROW AND SONG; or, Studies of Literary Struggle. By Henry Curwen. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. 155.

JOURNALS KEPT IN FRANCE AND ITALY. From 1848 to 1852. With a Sketch of the Revolution of 1848. By the late Nassau William Senior. Edited by his Daughter, M. C. M. Simpson. In 2 vols. Post 8vo. Price 245.

"The book has a genuine historical value.”— Saturday Review.

"No better, more honest, and more readable

view of the state of political society during the existence of the second Republic could well be looked for."—Examiner.

PERSIA; ANCIENT AND MODERN: By John Piggot, F.S.A.

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Post 8vo. Price 10s. 6d.

"A very useful book."-Rock.

"That Mr. Piggot has spared no pains or research in the execution of his work is apparent in the list of authorities, classic and modern, which he continually quotes; his style also, when not recounting history, is lively and pleasant, and the anecdotes which he culls from the writings of travellers are frequently amusing."-Hour.

"We are boun to say that in little more than three hundred pages he has succeeded in his aim

of giving us a fair general view of ancient and modern Persian history, supplemented by chapters on the religion, literature, 'commerce, art, sciences, army, education, language, sport, &c., of the country . He has read up to the level of his subject; old and new authorities have been explored and digested; the style is clear and unambitious; and his compilation is well-planned and is not too long."-Saturday Review.

New Edition Revised.

Price 215.

THE HISTORY OF JAPAN. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By Francis Ottiwell Adams, F.R.G.S., H. B. M.'s Secretary of Embassy at Berlin, formerly H.B. M.'s Chargé d'Affaires, and Secretary of Legation at Yedo. Volume I. Demy 8vo. With Map and Plans. "He marshals his facts with skill and judgment; and he writes with an elegance worthy of a very skilled craftsman in literary work... We hope Mr. Adams will not keep the public long without the second volume, for the appearance of which all who read the first will anxiously look."-Standard. "As a diplomatic study, and as referring to a

THE HISTORY OF JAPAN.

deeply interesting episode in contemporary history, it is well worth reading. The information it contains is trustworthy, and is carefully compiled, and the style is all that can be desired."-Saturday Review.

"A most valuable contribution to our knowledge of an interesting people."-Examiner.

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Volume II. completing the Work. Francis Ottiwell Adams, F.R.G.S. From the year 1865 to present time. Demy 8vo, with Map. Price 21s.

Price 215.

THE NORMAN PEOPLE, AND THEIR EXISTING DESCENDANTS IN THE BRITISH DOMINIONS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 8vo. "A very singular work... We do not accept the consequences to their full extent, but we can cordially recommend the volume as one which is emphatically 'extraordinary.'"-Notes and Queries.

"The author has given us a valuable list of mediæval surnames and their origin which demands our best gratitude."-Standard.

THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA. A Critical Examination, down to the present time, of the Geography and History of Central Asia. By Baron F. von Hellwald. Translated by Lieut.-Col. Theodore Wirgman, LL.B. In 1 vol. Large post 8vo, with Map. Price 125.

"A learned account of the geography of this still ill-known land, of the characteristics of its main divisions, of the nature and habits of its numerous races, and of the progress through it of Russian influence, . . . It contains a large amount of valuable information."-Times.

"A lucidly written, and apparently accurate account of Turkestan, its geographical features and its history. Its worth to the reader is further enhanced by a well-executed map, based on the most recent Rus ian surveys."-Glasgow News.

CONQUEST.

BOKHARA: ITS HISTORY AND By Professor Arminius Vambery, of the University of Pesth. Demy 8vo. Price 18s. "We conclude with a cordial recommendation of of peculiar merit."-Morning Post. "Almost every page abounds with composition

this valuable book."-Saturday Review.

THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF IRELAND: PRIMITIVE, PAPAL, AND PROTESTANT; including the Evangelical Missions, Catholic Agitations, and Church Progress of the last half Century. By James Godkin. I vol. 8vo. Price 12s.

"These latter chapters on the statistics of the various religious denominations will be welcomed." -Evening Standard.

"Mr. Godkin writes with evident honesty, and the topic on which he writes is one about which an honest book is greatly wanted."—Examiner.

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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL DEFENCE. From the 30th June to the 31st October, 1870. The Plain Statement of a Member. By Mons. Jules Favre. I vol. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d.

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ECHOES OF A FAMOUS YEAR. By Harriet Parr, Author of "The Life of Jeanne d'Arc," "In the Silver Age," &c. Crown 8vo. Price 8s. 6d. "Miss Parr has the great gift of charming sim- in her book, many of their seniors will be "-British plicity of style; and if children are not interested Quarterly Review.

VOYAGES AND TRAVEL.

SOME TIME IN IRELAND; A Recollection.

"The author has got a genuine Irish gift of witty and graceful writing, and has produced a clever and entertaining book."—Examiner.

Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

The little volume will give to strangers a more faithful idea of Irish society and tendencies still working in that unhappy island than any other we know."-Literary Churchman.

"Clever, brilliant sketches of life and character among the Irish gentry of the last generation. . . WAYSIDE NOTES IN SCANDINAVIA. Being Notes of Travel in the North of Europe. By Mark Antony Lower, F.S.A., M.A. Crown 8vo. gs. *This Volume is an Account of Researches prosecuted, during a Tour in Scandinavia, in the Summer of 1873. It contains illustrations of the History, Antiquities, Legendary Lore, and Social Condition of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, from Ancient to Modern Times. "A very entertaining volume of light, gossiping matter, written in an easy, agreeable_style."Daily News.

ON THE ROAD TO KHIVA. By David Ker, late Khivan Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. Illustrated with Photographs of the Country and its Inhabitants, and a copy of the Official Map in use during the Campaign, from the Survey of CAPTAIN LEUSILIN. I vol. Post 8vo. Price 125.

"Though it is a graphic and thoughtful sketch, we refer to it, in some degree, for reasons apart from its intrinsic merits. .. He (the author) has satisfied us that he was not the impudent impostor he seemed to be; and though he did not witness the fall of Khiva, he travelled through a great part of Central Asia, and honestly tried to accomplish his task. . . His work, we have said, is an able résumé of genuine observation and reflection, which will well repay a reader's attention "Times.

"Very interesting, reading ..a really good book full of quaint, vivid writing."-Echo.

"He is a clever and fluent writer... The book is smartly written."-Saturday Review. "A pleasant book of travels. It is exceedingly smart and clever, full of amusing anecdotes and graphic descriptions."-Vanity Fair.

"Mr. Ker knows Russian peasant life very well indeed, and his bits about the Cossacks are full of character."-Athenæum.

Price 95.

VIZCAYA; or, Life in the Land of the Carlists at the Outbreak of the Insurrection, with some account of the Iron Mines and other characteristics of the country." With a Map and 8 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. "Contains some really valuable information, conveyed in a plain unostentatious manner."Atheneum.

"Agreeably written. . . . People will read with interest what an English party thought and felt

when shut up in Portugalete or Bilbao: the sketches will give a good idea of those places and the surroundings, and the map will be useful if they feel inclined to study the recent operations."Colburn's United Service Magazine.

ROUGH NOTES OF A VISIT TO BELGIUM, SEDAN, AND PARIS, in September, 1870-71. By John Ashton. Crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6d. "The author does not attempt to deal with mili- | forward simplicity with which it is written."tary subjects, but writes sensibly of what he saw in 1870-71."-John Bull. "An interesting work by a highly intelligent ob"Possesses a certain freshness from the straight-server."-Standard.

Graphic.

125.

THE ALPS OF ARABIA; or, Travels through Egypt, Sinai, Arabia, and the Holy Land. By William Charles Maughan. Demy 8vo, with Map. "Deeply interesting and valuable."-Edinburgh Daily Review.

"He writes freshly and with competent knowledge."-Standard.

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A work

"Very readable and instructive.. far above the average of such publications."John Bull.

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