Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897; Balloon ascensions; North Pole
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_Already Published._
Harold: The Last of the Saxons
By LORD LYTTON.
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The Camp of Refuge
CHARLES MACFARLANE.
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Farthest North
By FRIDTJOF NANSEN
A Few Copies of the Library Edition of Farthest North
By FRIDTJOF NANSEN
2 Vols. Royal 8vo, £2 2s. net, are still for sale.
The Library Edition contains:
OVER ONE HUNDRED FULL-PAGE AND A LARGE NUMBER OF TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS.
THREE PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES.
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PASTEL, AND PENCIL SKETCHES.
AN ETCHED PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR.
THREE MAPS.
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large number of Text Illustrations, sixteen Coloured Plates, four Large
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Sir Henry Wotton: A Biographical Sketch
By ADOLPHUS WILLIAM WARD, Litt.D., LL.D., Principal of the Owens College,
Manchester; Hon. Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
_Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d._
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English Schools. 1546-1548
By A. F. LEACH, M.A., F.S.A., Late Fellow of All Souls’, Oxford;
Assistant Charity Commissioner.
_Demy 8vo. 12s._
“A very remarkable contribution to the history of secondary education
in England, not less novel in its conclusions than important in the
documentary evidence adduced to sustain them.”—_The Times._
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has seen the light for many a long year.”—_The Journal of Education._
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Spenser’s Faerie Queene
_Complete in Six Volumes. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 9s. net._
EDITED BY KATE M. WARREN.
Volumes I., II., and III. now ready, _1s. 6d._ net each.
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notes are clear and to the point. The introduction, too, is neatly
written.”—_Catholic Times._
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