The only complete editions authorised by Mr. Darwin and his
representatives are those published by Mr. Murray.
ROUND THE HORN BEFORE THE MAST. An Account of a Voyage from San
Francisco round Cape Horn to Liverpool in a Fourmasted
"Windjammer," with experiences of the life of an Ordinary Seaman.
By BASIL LUBBOCK. With Illustrations.
_The Sheffield Independent_ says:--"If you care to read what life at sea
in a sailing vessel really is like, this is the book that tells the
story.... Mr. Lubbock has a fine power of telling a tale realistically.
To read him is as good as being on the spot, and having the sights for
yourself, without the hardships. I have never read any work about the
sea that is as vivid and actual as this."
ENGLISH BATTLES AND SIEGES IN THE PENINSULA. By LIEUT.-GEN. SIR
WILLIAM NAPIER, K.C.B. With Portrait.
In spite of the countless books which have appeared on the Peninsular
War, this great work has preserved its popularity as a standard book on
the subject for over half a century and still holds its own when most
rivals, which have appeared since, have faded into oblivion.
STUDIES IN THE ART OF RAT-CATCHING. By H. C. BARKLEY.
"Should the reader know of a schoolboy fond of ratting, the proud
possessor possibly of a sharp terrier, and, maybe, a few ferrets, and
wish to bestow a present upon him, the memory of which would last
throughout his life, we could not do better than advise him to purchase
this most pleasantly-written book and bestow it upon him."--_Field._
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. By the Right Rev. CHARLES GORE, D.D.,
LL.D., Bishop of Oxford.
The success of this book must constitute a record in modern sermonic
literature. There can be no question, however, that its success is due
to its own intrinsic value. Cultured and scholarly, and yet simple and
luminous, eloquent in tone and graceful in diction, practical and
stimulating, it is far and away the best exposition of the Sermon on the
Mount that has yet appeared.
THE HOUSE OF QUIET. An Autobiography. By A. C. BENSON.
"The House of Quiet" is an autobiography, and something more--a series
of very charming essays on people and life--particularly rural life. The
writer has placed himself in the chair of an invalid, an individual
possessed of full mental vigour and free from bodily pain, but compelled
by physical weakness to shirk the rough and tumble of a careless,
unheeding, work-a-day world. Cheerfully accepting the inevitable, he
betakes himself to a little temple of solitude, where he indulges
himself in mild criticism and calm philosophy, exercising a gift of keen
observation to the full, but setting down all that comes within his ken,
with quaint and tolerant humour and tender whimsicalness. He writes with
a pen dipped in the milk of human kindness, and the result is a book to
read time and again.
THE THREAD OF GOLD. By A. C. BENSON.
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