=THE GRAPHIC.=—‘There is not a dull page in the book. Anecdotes,
jests, epigrams, and odd bits of character and personal experience
abound. It is safe to predict for these entertaining pages one of the
successes of the publishing season which has just opened.’
=THE WORLD.=—‘One would have to be in a very melancholy mood indeed
not to like these “Recollections,” so full they are of good stories,
good spirits, and good sense; and even in such a mood it could not be
but cheering and refreshing to read with what generous admiration Mr.
Payn speaks of his great contemporaries, Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope,
and the rest.’
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elasticity than that which he did in his youth.... The book is a most
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delightfully funny writing. Then the kindness and tenderness of every
chapter puts the reader in good humour. Mr. Payn is a man of the world,
but he has never become cynical, and to read his graceful Memories
gives all the effect of a chat with a pleasant and wholesome companion.’
MISS THACKERY’S WORKS.
Uniform edition: each Volume Illustrated with a Vignette Title-page
drawn by ARTHUR HUGHES, and Engraved by J. COOPER.
Large crown 8vo. 6_s._
1. OLD KENSINGTON.
2. THE VILLAGE ON THE CLIFF.
3. FIVE OLD FRIENDS AND A YOUNG PRINCE.
4. TO ESTHER: and other Sketches.
5. BLUEBEARD’S KEYS; and other Stories.
6. THE STORY OF ELIZABETH; TWO HOURS; FROM AN ISLAND.
7. TOILERS AND SPINSTERS; and other Essays.
8. MISS ANGEL; FULHAM LAWN.
9. MISS WILLIAMSON’S DIVAGATIONS.
ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE
LIFE AND WORKS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË
(CURRER BELL), AND HER SISTERS
EMILY and ANNE BRONTË
(ELLIS AND ACTON BELL).
In Seven Volumes, large crown 8vo. handsomely bound in cloth, price
5_s._ per volume.
The descriptions in ‘Jane Eyre’ and the other fictions by Charlotte
Brontë and her Sisters being mostly of actual places, the Publishers
considered that Views are the most suitable Illustrations for the
novels. They are indebted for a clue to the real names of the most
interesting scenes to a friend of the Brontë family, who enabled the
artist, Mr. G. M. Wimperis, to identify the places described. He made
faithful sketches of them on the spot, and drew them on wood. It is
hoped that these views will add fresh interest to the reading of the
stories.
JANE EYRE. By CHARLOTTE BRONTË. With Five Illustrations.
SHIRLEY. By CHARLOTTE BRONTË. With Five Illustrations.
VILLETTE. By CHARLOTTE BRONTË. With Five Illustrations.
THE PROFESSOR AND POEMS. By CHARLOTTE BRONTË. With Poems by her Sisters
and Father. With Five Illustrations.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS. By EMILY BRONTË. And AGNES GREY. By ANNE BRONTË. With
a Preface and Biographical Notice of both Authors by CHARLOTTE BRONTË.
With Five Illustrations.
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