An Old English Home and Its DependenciesBaring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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An Old English Home and Its Dependencies
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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=S. Baring Gould.= A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES retold by S. BARING GOULD.
With numerous illustrations and initial letters by ARTHUR J. GASKIN.
_Second Edition._ _Crown_ 8_vo._ _Buckram._ 6_s._
'Mr. Baring Gould is deserving of gratitude, in re-writing in
simple style the old stories that delighted our fathers and
grandfathers.'--_Saturday Review._
=S. Baring Gould.= OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES. Collected and edited by S.
BARING GOULD. With Numerous Illustrations by F. D. BEDFORD. _Second
Edition._ _Crown_ 8_vo._ _Buckram._ 6_s._
'A charming volume. The stories have been selected with great
ingenuity from various old ballads and folk-tales, and now stand
forth, clothed in Mr. Baring Gould's delightful English, to enchant
youthful readers.'--_Guardian._
=S. Baring Gould.= A BOOK OF NURSERY SONGS AND RHYMES. Edited by S.
BARING GOULD, and Illustrated by the Birmingham Art School. _Buckram_,
_gilt top._ _Crown_ 8_vo._ 6_s._
'The volume is very complete in its way, as it contains nursery
songs to the number of 77, game-rhymes, and jingles. To the
student we commend the sensible introduction, and the explanatory
notes.'--_Birmingham Gazette._
=H. C. Beeching.= A BOOK OF CHRISTMAS VERSE. Edited by H. C. BEECHING,
M.A., and Illustrated by WALTER CRANE. _Crown_ 8_vo_, _gilt top._ 5_s._
'An anthology which, from its unity of aim and high poetic
excellence, has a better right to exist than most of its
fellows.'--_Guardian._
History
=Gibbon.= THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. By EDWARD GIBBON.
A New Edition, Edited with Notes, Appendices, and Maps, by J. B. BURY,
LL.D., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. _In Seven Volumes._ _Demy_
8_vo._ _Gilt top._ 8_s._ 6_d._ _each_. _Also crown_ 8_vo._ 6_s._
_each._ _Vols. I., II., III., IV., and V._
'The time has certainly arrived for a new edition of Gibbon's great
work.... Professor Bury is the right man to undertake this task.
His learning is amazing, both in extent and accuracy. The book is
issued in a handy form, and at a moderate price, and it is admirably
printed.'--_Times._
'This edition, is a marvel of erudition and critical skill, and it
is the very minimum of praise to predict that the seven volumes of
it will supersede Dean Milman's as the standard edition of our great
historical classic.'--_Glasgow Herald._
'At last there is an adequate modern edition of Gibbon.... The best
edition the nineteenth century could produce.'--_Manchester Guardian._
=Flinders Petrie.= A HISTORY OF EGYPT, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE
PRESENT DAY. Edited by W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE, D.C.L., LL.D., Professor
of Egyptology at University College. _Fully Illustrated._ _In Six
Volumes._ _Crown_ 8_vo._ 6_s._ _each._
Vol. I. PREHISTORIC TIMES TO XVITH DYNASTY. W. M. F. Petrie. _Third
Edition._
Vol. II. THE XVIITH AND XVIIITH DYNASTIES. W. M. F. Petrie. _Second
Edition._
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