THE STANDARD LIBRARY is a new series of volumes containing the great classics of the world, and particularly the finest works of English literature. All the great masters will be represented, either in complete works or in selections. It is the ambition of the publishers to place the best books of the Anglo-Saxon race within the reach of every reader, so that the series may represent something of the diversity and splendour of our English tongue. The characteristics of THE STANDARD LIBRARY are four:—1. SOUNDNESS OF TEXT. 2. CHEAPNESS. 3. CLEARNESS OF TYPE. 4. SIMPLICITY. The books are well printed on good paper at a price which on the whole is without parallel in the history of publishing. Each volume contains from 100 to 250 pages, and is issued in paper covers, Crown 8vo, at Sixpence net, or in cloth gilt at One Shilling net. In a few cases long books are issued as Double Volumes or as Treble Volumes. The following books are ready with the exception of those marked with a †, which denotes that the book is nearly ready:— THE MEDITATIONS OF MARCUS AURELIUS. The translation is by R. Graves. THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN. In 5 volumes. VOL. I.—Sense and Sensibility. ESSAYS AND COUNSELS AND THE NEW ATLANTIS. By Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam. RELIGIO MEDICI and URN BURIAL. By Sir Thomas Browne. The text has been collated by A. R. Waller. THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS. By John Bunyan. REFLECTIONS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. By Edmund Burke. THE ANALOGY OF RELIGION, NATURAL AND REVEALED. By Joseph Butler, D.D. THE POEMS OF THOMAS CHATTERTON. In 2 volumes. Vol. I.—Miscellaneous Poems. †Vol. II.—The Rowley Poems. †VITA NUOVA. By Dante. Translated into English by D. G. Rossetti. TOM JONES. By Henry Fielding. Treble Vol. CRANFORD. By Mrs. Gaskell. THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. By Edward Gibbon. In 7 double volumes. Vol. v. is nearly ready. The Text and Notes have been revised by J. B. Bury, Litt.D., but the Appendices of the more expensive edition are not given. †THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. By Oliver Goldsmith. THE POEMS AND PLAYS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH. THE WORKS OF BEN JONSON. †VOL. I.—The Case is Altered. Every Man in His Humour. Every Man out of His Humour. The text has been collated by H. C. Hart. THE POEMS OF JOHN KEATS. Double volume. The Text has been collated by E. de Selincourt. ON THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. By Thomas à Kempis. The translation is by C. Bigg, D.D., Canon of Christ Church. A SERIOUS CALL TO A DEVOUT AND HOLY LIFE. By William Law. THE PLAYS OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE. †Vol. I.—Tamburlane the Great. The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus. THE PLAYS OF PHILIP MASSINGER. †Vol. I.—The Duke of Milan. THE POEMS OF JOHN MILTON. In 2 volumes. Vol. I.—Paradise Lost. THE PROSE WORKS OF JOHN MILTON. VOL. I.—Eikonoklastes and The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates.