"In short we have little but praise for this book.... The reader's interest is aroused from the first, and is sustained to the end. There is pathos in the story, and there is humour, and Mr. Lloyd writes very gracefully and tenderly where grace and tenderness are needed."--_Birmingham Daily Gazette._ "The story ... is full of action and movement, and is never dull."--_The Scotsman._ _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. Only 400 copies printed, each copy numbered, and only 20 remain on sale. Three curious full-page illustrations. 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. PRESS OPINIONS. "A very interesting volume."--_Northern Daily Telegraph._ "A great deal of curious and valuable information is contained in these pages.... A comely volume."--_Literary World._ "The work from first to last is a most attractive one, and the arts alike of printer and binder have been brought into one to give it a pleasing form."--_Wakefield Free Press._ "An interesting and valuable work."--_West Middlesex Times._ "The book is beautifully got up."--_Barnsley Independent._ "This chronology has been a task demanding extensive research and considerable labour and patience, and Mr. Andrews is to be heartily congratulated on the result."--_Derby Daily Gazette._ "A volume of much interest and great importance."--_Rotherham Advertiser._ "Quite up to date."--Hull Daily Mail. _Crown 8vo., 140 pp.; fancy cover, 1s.; cloth bound, 2s._ STEPPING STONES TO SOCIALISM. BY DAVID MAXWELL, C.E. CONTENTS:--In a reasonable and able manner Mr. Maxwell deals with the following topics:--The Popular meaning of the Word Socialism--Lord Salisbury on Socialism--Why There is in Many Minds an Antipathy to Socialism--On Some Socialistic Views of Marriage--The Question of Private Property--The Old Political Economy is not the Way of Salvation--Who is My Neighbour?--Progress, and the Condition of the Labourer--Good and Bad Trade: Precarious Employment--All Popular Movements are Helping on Socialism--Modern Literature in Relation to Social Progress--Pruning the Old Theological Tree--The Churches: Their Socialistic Tendencies--The Future of the Earth in Relation to Human Life--Socialism is Based on Natural Laws of Life--Humanity in the Future--Preludes to Socialism--Forecasts of the Ultimate Form of Society--A Pisgah-top View of the Promised Land. PRESS OPINIONS.