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Página 13 - ... presents a text very materially altered and amended from beginning to end, with a large body of critical Notes almost entirely new, and a Glossary, in which the language of the poet, his allusions to customs, &c., are fully explained. '' The best text of Shakespeare which has yet appeared. Mr. Dyce's edition is a great work, worthy of his reputation, and for the present it contains the standard text.
Página 10 - ANALYSIS OF ORNAMENT: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STYLES. An Introduction to the Study of the History of Ornamental Art. With many Illustrations.
Página 14 - A Collection of Plans of English Homesteads existing in different Districts of the Country, carefully selected from the most approved Specimens of Farm Architecture, to Illustrate the Accommodation required under various Modes of Husbandry; with a Digest of the Leading Principles recognised in the Construction and Arrangement of the Buildings. Edited by J. BAILEY DENTON, M.
Página 16 - Cookery for the Working Classes.' With numerous illustrations in chromolithography. We shall not affect to pass judgmant on the vast variety of recipes which carry out the abundant promise of Francatelli's title-page. It is enough to absolve us from such endless labour to mention that the contents of the chapters occupy 15 pages, and that the index in which the references are printed very closely, comprises upwards of 20 pages, and includes all imaginable products of the confectionery art...
Página 10 - CARLYLE— HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH THE SECOND, called FREDERICK THE GREAT. By THOMAS CARLYLE. With Portraits and Maps. Third Edition. Vols. I. and II., demy 8vo..
Página 5 - a book worth a thousand gilt Christmas volumes, and one most suitable as a gift to intellectual and earnestly inquiring students." NB— In the new edition of " The World before the Deluge," the text has been again thoroughly revised by Mr.
Página 131 - If there is no ice or snow, the ground is marshy, and nothing can be transported over it. Winter is the time for merrymakings, indoors and out ; and, above all, for sledging. The horse of each sledge is bound by law to carry a small bell on its neck, which not only makes a musical tinkling in the dry, frosty air, but also prevents accidents ; for the sledge runs at a very rapid rate, and without noise over the snow, and the foot-passenger who wants to keep his bones unbroken must keep out of the...
Página 13 - Crown %vo., with Frontispieces, and bound in Green Paper Boards. Price 2s. per Volume. Already Published. THE PICKWICK PAPERS 2 vols. NICHOLAS NICKLEBY . 2 vols. BARNABY RUDGE and REPRINTED PIECES .... 2 vols. OLIVER TWIST i vol. CHRISTMAS BOOKS :........! vol.
Página 15 - VON WEBER. Carl Maria Von Weber. A Biography. From the German of his Son, Baron Max Maria Von Weber. BY J. PALGRAVE SIMPSON. 2 vols. post 8vo, 22;.

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