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Prisoners -- Fiction
In this volume the author carries the reader from the Orient to the
outdoor life of our own country, of which he is so competent to speak.
“In Gold and Silver” has been magnificently illustrated by two of the
foremost American artists, W. Hamilton Gibson and A. B. Wenzell, who have
furnished full-page drawings, vignettes, and initials; while there are
several pen-and-ink drawings of Oriental articles by W. C. Greenough, and
a specially designed title-page and cover by H. B. Sherwin. Altogether,
this book may safely be called one of the best examples of fine
book-making produced in recent years.
_THE LAST WORDS OF THOMAS CARLYLE._ Including _Wotton Reinfred_,
Carlyle’s only essay in fiction; the _Excursion (Futile Enough) to
Paris_; and letters from Thomas Carlyle, also letters from Mrs. Carlyle
to a personal friend. With Portrait. 12mo. Cloth, gilt top, $1.75.
“‘Wotton Reinfred’ is interesting as a historical document.
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are reminiscences of Irving and of the Thackeray circle, and
there is a curious portrait of Coleridge, not very thinly
veiled. There is enough autobiography, too, of interest in its
way.”—LESLIE STEPHEN.
“No complete edition of the Sage of Chelsea will be able to
ignore these manuscripts.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._
_MEN, MINES, AND ANIMALS IN SOUTH AFRICA._ By Lord RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL.
With Portrait, Sixty-five Illustrations, and a Map. 8vo. 337 pages.
Cloth, $5.00.
“Lord Randolph Churchill’s pages are full of diversified
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extracts could be collected.... A thoroughly attractive
book.”—_London Telegraph._
_AN ENGLISH MAN IN PARIS. Notes and Recollections._ Two volumes in one.
12mo. Cloth, $2.00.
This work gives an intimate and most entertaining series of pictures of
life in Paris during the reigns of Louis Philippe and Louis Napoleon. It
contains personal reminiscences of the old Latin Quarter, the Revolution
of 1848, the _coup d’état_, society, art, and letters during the Second
Empire, the siege of Paris, and the reign of the Commune. The author
enjoyed the acquaintance of most of the celebrities of this time; and
he describes Balzac, Alfred de Musset, Sue, the elder Dumas, Taglioni,
Flaubert, Auber, Félicien David Delacroix, Horace Vernet, Decamps,
Guizot, Thiers, and many others, whose appearance in these pages is the
occasion for fresh and interesting anecdotes. This work may well be
described as a volume of inner history written from an exceptionally
favorable point of view.
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