"'The New Fairy Book,' edited by William Andrews, is a somewhat ambitious attempt to add to the delightful repertoire of nursery stories with which the literature of all civilised countries abounds. The writers include several well known names, and though the titles chosen suggest in some cases old and familiar stories, it is due to the editor and the authors to say that they have discharged their really very onerous functions with great skill and excellent judgment. The volume is published as a collection of new stories, and if it should meet with the success it truly deserves, editor and writers will have every reason to be thankful."--_Leeds Mercury._ Bygone England: Social Studies in its Historic Byways and Highways. BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S. CONTENTS:--Under Watch and Ward--Under Lock and Key--The Practice of Pledging--The Minstrel in the Olden Time--Curious Landholding Customs--Curiosities of Slavery in England--Buying and Selling in the Olden Time--Curious Fair Customs--Old Prejudices against Coal--The Sedan-Chair--Running Footmen--The Early Days of the Umbrella--A Talk about Tea--Concerning Coffee--The Horn-Book--Fighting Cocks in Schools--Bull-Baiting--The Badge of Poverty--Patents to wear Nightcaps--A Foolish Fashion--Wedding Notices in the Last Century--Selling Wives--The Story of the Tinder Box--The Invention of Friction Matches--Body Snatching--Christmas under the Commonwealth--Under the Mistletoe Bough--A carefully prepared Index. "We welcome 'Bygone England.' It is another of Mr. Andrews' meritorious achievements in the path of popularising archæological and old-time information without in any way writing down to an ignoble level."--_The Antiquary._ "A delightful volume for all who love to dive into the origin of social habits and customs, and to penetrate into the byways of history."--_Liverpool Daily Post._ "There is a large mass of information in this capital volume, and it is so pleasantly put that many will be tempted to study it. Mr. Andrews has done his work with great skill."--_London Quarterly Review._ Fcap. 4to. Bevelled boards, gilt tops. Price 4s. Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs in Great Britain. Chronicled from the Earliest to the Present Time. BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S. This work furnishes a carefully prepared account of all the great Frosts occurring in this country from A.D. 134 to 1887. The numerous Frost Fairs on the Thames are fully described, and illustrated with quaint woodcuts, and several old ballads relating to the subject are reproduced. It is tastefully printed and elegantly bound. "The work is thoroughly well written, it is careful in its facts, and may be pronounced exhaustive on the subject. Illustrations are given of several frost fairs on the Thames, and as a trustworthy record this volume should be in every good library. The usefulness of the work is much enhanced by a good index."--_Public Opinion._ "A very interesting volume."--_Northern Daily Telegraph._