“It is an excellently representative volume, comprising selections from all the best writers in the humoristic vein, whether high or low German. Of course Heinrich Heine figures largely, and in addition are capital extracts from Hauff, Zschokke, Ludwig Tieck, Chamisso, Fritz Reuter, and others.”—_Daily Telegraph._ “Can be recommended to all in quest of amusing literature. The illustrations are delightful.”—_Literary World._ “The book throws eloquent and entertaining side-lights upon the characteristics of the German people. The text is amply and aptly illustrated.”—_Manchester Examiner._ “One of the brightest books that has come to this country.”—_Boston (U.S.A.) Herald._ “The reader may feel assured of having quite a treasury of novelty in each volume of this beautiful series as it appears.”—_Liverpool Mercury._ _SPECIMEN ILLUSTRATION._ (FROM THE HUMOUR OF ITALY.) [Illustration: PULCINELLA’S DUEL. ] [Illustration] THE HUMOUR OF ITALY. Selected and Translated, with Introduction, Biographical Index, and Notes, by A. WERNER. With 55 Illustrations by ARTURO FALDI. “Modern Italian light literature is very rich, and those who cannot read the language easily, and yet would like to obtain some notion of what contemporary Italian writers are doing, cannot do better than turn to these pages.... Will reveal to English readers a whole new world of literature.”—_Athenæum._ “The book contains some delightful modern short stories and sketches. We may particularly mention those by Verga, Capuana, and De Amicis.”—_Literary World._ “Most readers will think that it affords ample proof of the abundance of genuine wit in the Italian literature of the nineteenth century. It has plenty of capital stories, and the man who is not tickled by Capuana’s ‘Rival Earthquakes,’ or Castelnuovo’s ‘Theorem of Pythagoras,’ can have little sense of the ridiculous.”—_Morning Post._ _SPECIMEN ILLUSTRATION._ (FROM THE HUMOUR OF AMERICA.) [Illustration: “SHE SHRILLY OBSERVES, THOMAS JEFFERSON, COME RIGHT INTO THE HOUSE THIS MINIT.” ] [Illustration: “KOSCIUSKO AND I FROLICKED AROUND.” ] THE HUMOUR OF AMERICA. Selected by JAMES BARR. With an Introduction and a Comprehensive Biographical Index of American Humorists. Eighty Illustrations by CHARLES E. BROCK. “Certainly these 462 pages of queer stories and good illustrations are as exceptional for amusing narration as they are for excellence of printing and binding.”—_Liverpool Mercury._ “Sparkles and ripples with good things.”—_Manchester Examiner._ “Mr. Barr has made his volume as representative as it could well be, and it would be difficult to mention any American writer having a claim to be considered a humorist, who has not had that claim recognised.”—_Glasgow Herald._