ROBINSON CRUSOE. By DANIEL DEFOE. In Two Vols. With Biographical
Memoir, Illustrative Notes, and Eight Etchings by M. MOUILLERON, and
Portrait by L. FLAMENG.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. By JONATHAN SWIFT. With Five Etchings and
Portrait by AD. LALAUZE.
A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. By LAURENCE STERNE.
ALSO
A TALE OF A TUB. By JONATHAN SWIFT. In One Vol. With Five Etchings
and Portrait by ED. HEDOUIN.
/SOME PRESS NOTICES./
Daily Telegraph.
"These editions are noteworthy as containing original etchings by
artists of high repute. Thus nineteen exquisite plates by the French
etcher, M. Lalauze, gives especial attractiveness to the 'Thousand
and One Nights;' and the two fanciful histories of the Caliph Vathek
and Prince Rasselas are illustrated by designs of Mr. A. H. Tourrier,
etched by M. Damman. It is a pleasure to hold a 'Robinson Crusoe' or
the 'Tale of a Tub' in one's hands; it is a positive luxury to read
those masterpieces in a luxurious shape, large print, on good paper,
accompanied by exquisite illustrations."
The Scotsman.
"These volumes will take rank, for beauty of typography and general
excellence of appearance, with any books of the kind that have
recently been published; while the etchings by M. Lalauze are among
some of the finest of his productions. They are full of vigour
and striking originality, and are what they profess to be--good
illustrations of the story to which they relate. There are not many
men of wholesome minds who do not find enjoyment in 'Robinson Crusoe'
whenever they can lay hands on it; and assuredly there is no one
possessing anything in the shape of a library who would not desire to
have a good edition of the work among his books; in short, nothing
but praise can be given to this edition of these books. No one can
pretend to be acquainted with English literature who is ignorant of
any of the works here published."
Glasgow Herald.
"The merits of this new issue lie in exquisite clearness of type,
completeness; notes and biographical notices, short and pithy, and
a number of very fine etchings and portraits. The illustrations of
Gulliver are particularly effective, such as the 'Academy of Laputa'
and the 'Visions of Glubbdubdrib.'"
London Figaro.
"We congratulate the publishers upon the issue of a capital series of
Old English Romances. They will form a most delightful collection."
Magazine of Art.
"The text of the new four volume edition of the 'Thousand and One
Nights' is that revised by Jonathan Scott from the French of Galland.
It is, in fact, the text in which the incomparable 'Arabian Nights'
became in England the classic it is. The etchings are uncommonly
skilful and finished work; they contain some charming figures; they
constitute a true attraction. In another volume of this series
Beckford's wild and gloomy 'Vathek' appears side by side with
Johnson's admirable 'Rasselas.'"
The Literary World.
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