Freaks of Fanaticism, and Other Strange EventsBaring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Religion
Freaks of Fanaticism, and Other Strange Events
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
History; Mysticism; Patarines
Messrs. METHUEN will issue from time to time a Series of copyright
Novels, by well-known Authors, handsomely bound, at the above
popular price. The first volumes (ready) are:--
F. MABEL ROBINSON.
1. THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
S. BARING GOULD, _Author of "Mehalah" &c._
2. JACQUETTA.
MRS. LEITH ADAMS (_Mrs. De Courcy Laffan_).
3. MY LAND OF BEULAH.
G. MANVILLE FENN.
4. ELI'S CHILDREN.
S. BARING GOULD.
5. ARMINELL: A Social Romance.
EDNA LYALL.
6. DERRICK VAUGHAN, NOVELIST. With Portrait of Author.
F. MABEL ROBINSON.
7. DISENCHANTMENT.
M. BETHAM EDWARDS.
8. DISARMED.
W. E. NORRIS.
9. JACK'S FATHER.
S. BARING GOULD.
10. MARGERY OF QUETHER.
Other Volumes will be announced in due course.
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Edited by A. M. M. STEDMAN, M.A.
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CARDINAL NEWMAN. _R. H. Hutton._ [_Ready._
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JOHN KEBLE. _W. Lock, M.A._
CHARLES SIMEON. _H. C. G. Moule, M.A._
F. D. MAURICE. _Colonel F. Maurice, R.E._
THOMAS CHALMERS. _Mrs. Oliphant._
CARDINAL MANNING. _A. W. Hutton, M.A._
_Other Volumes will be announced in due course._
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