If you simply want a delightful book to have lying upon your table, convenient to pick up and entertain you with charming and Familiar thoughts and Quotations of all authors--this is the book that will exactly suit you. *** There's none more fascinating in the English language. *** The demand for this remarkable work is enormous. The publishers can hardly print them fast enough. They are for sale by every bookseller, and will be sent by mail, _postage free_, on receipt of, the price, $1.50, by G. W. CARLETON & CO., Publishers, _Madison Square, New York._ CHARLES DICKENS' WORKS. A NEW EDITION. Among the many editions of the works of this greatest of English Novelists, there has not been until _now_ one that entirely satisfies the public demand.--Without exception, they each have some strong distinctive objection,--either the form and dimensions of the volumes are unhandy--or, the type is small and indistinct--or, the illustrations are unsatisfactory--or, the binding is poor--or, the price is too high. An entirely new edition is _now_, however, published by G. W. Carleton & Co., of New York, which, in every respect, completely satisfies the popular demand.--It is known as "=Carleton's New Illustrated Edition.=" COMPLETE IN 15 VOLUMES. The size and form is most convenient for holding,--the type is entirely new, and of a clear and open character that has received the approval of the reading community in other works. The illustrations are by the original artists chosen by Charles Dickens himself--and the paper, printing, and binding are of an attractive and substantial character. This beautiful new edition is complete in 15 volumes--at the extremely reasonable price of $1.50 per volume, as follows:-- 1.--PICKWICK PAPERS AND CATALOGUE. 2.--OLIVER TWIST.--UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. 3.--DAVID COPPERFIELD. 4.--GREAT EXPECTATIONS.--ITALY AND AMERICA. 5.--DOMBEY AND SON. 6.--BARNABY RUDGE AND EDWIN DROOD. 7.--NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. 8.--CURIOSITY SHOP AND MISCELLANEOUS. 9.--BLEAK HOUSE. 10.--LITTLE DORRIT. 11.--MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. 12.--OUR MUTUAL FRIEND. 13.--CHRISTMAS BOOKS.--TALE OF TWO CITIES. 14.--SKETCHES BY BOZ AND HARD TIMES. 15.--CHILD'S ENGLAND AND MISCELLANEOUS. The first volume--Pickwick Papers--contains an alphabetical catalogue of all of Charles Dickens' writings, with their exact positions in the volumes. This edition is sold by Booksellers, everywhere--and single specimen copies will be forwarded by mail, _postage free_, on receipt of price, $1.50, by G. W. CARLETON & CO., Publishers, Madison Square, New York. * * * * * Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: Hercules was the son of Jupiter and Almena.=> Hercules was the son of Jupiter and Alcmena. {pg 11} Pelops and and Hippodamia=> Pelops and Hippodamia {pg 25} mathemathics=> mathematics {pg 57} asissted=> assisted {pg 69}