"For many a long day nothing has been thought out or worked out so sure to prove entirely pleasing to cultured book-lovers."--_The Bookmaker._ =I--Gesta Romanorum.= Tales of the old monks. Edited by C. SWAN $1 00 "This little gem is a collection of stories composed by the monks of old, who were in the custom of relating them to each other after meals for their mutual amusement and information."--_Williams' Literary Monthly._ "Nuggets indeed, and charming ones, are these rescued from the mine of old Latin, which would certainly have been lost to many busy readers who can only take what comes to them without delving for hidden treasures." =II--Headlong Hall and Nightmare Abbey.= By THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK $1 00 "It must have been the court librarian of King Oberon who originally ordered the series of quaintly artistic little volumes that Messrs. Putnam are publishing under the name of Knickerbocker Nuggets. There is an elfin dignity in the aspect of these books in their bindings of dark and light blue with golden arabesques."--_Portland Press._ =III--Gulliver's Travels.= By JONATHAN SWIFT. A reprint of the early complete edition. Very fully illustrated. Two vols. $2 50 "Messrs. Putnam have done a substantial service to all readers of English classics by reprinting in two dainty and artistically bound volumes those biting satires of Jonathan Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels.'" =IV--Tales from Irving.= With illustrations. Two vols. Selected from "The Sketch Book," "Traveller," "Wolfert's Roost," "Bracebridge Hall." $2 00 "The tales, pathetic and thrilling as they are in themselves, are rendered winsome and realistic by the lifelike portraitures which profusely illustrate the volumes.... We confess our high appreciation of the superb manner in which the publishers have got up and sent forth the present volumes--which are real treasures, to be prized for their unique character."--_Christian Union._ "Such books as these will find their popularity confined to no one country, but they must be received with enthusiasm wherever art and literature are recognized."--_Albany Argus._ =V--Book of British Ballads.= Edited by S. C. HALL. A fac-simile of the original edition. With illustrations by CRESWICK, GILBERT, and others $1 50 "This is a diminutive fac-simile of the original very valuable edition.... The collection is not only the most complete and reliable that has been published, but the volume is beautifully illustrated by skilful artists."--_Pittsburg Chronicle._ "Probably the best general collection of our ballad literature, in moderate compass, that has yet been made."--_Chicago Dial._