By George Elson. With a Preface by the Dean of Hereford. Crown 8vo,
cover design, 6s.
The Standard.--"A singularly interesting book ... the narrative
becomes remarkably interesting--the life of a sweep, such as it was
in those days, being told with a freshness and reality on a par with
the novelty and originality of the events recorded."
The Guardian.--"A remarkable life-sketch, which is as interesting
as it is curious. The book is very readable and amusing as well as
interesting. It is impossible to close it without a feeling of
thankfulness that one deep blot that rests upon the past has been
thoroughly wiped away."
The Pall Mall Gazette.--"The book, which is enormously interesting,
whether viewed as a human document or as a romance, is the
autobiography of Mr. George Elson, who began his career in the
first year of Queen Victoria's reign as a 'climbing boy.'"
HAPPINESS: Its Pursuit and Attainment
By Rev. W. J. Kelly. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
[_Second Edition._
The Tablet.--"The author has combined a systematic treatment which
reflects the training of the schools with a freshness and originality
of exposition which is all his own, while the whole work has a
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the term--the man of letters.... With much fervour and force of
language the author shows how in the beatific vision the desires of
those whose natural inclinations lead them to seek for riches,
honours, power, beauty of form or harmony of sound, wisdom, peace,
love, joy, will severally and collectively be satisfied. We most
cordially recommend this excellent work to the notice and the use of
clergy and laity alike."
The Daily Express.--"The work of a ripe scholar and thinker. Dignity
and restraint are marked features of a book that is eloquent and lofty
and full of freshness, suggestion and truth."
APPEARANCES
HOW TO KEEP THEM UP ON A LIMITED INCOME
By Mrs. Alfred Praga, Author of "Dinners of the Day," "Starting
Housekeeping," &c. Crown 8vo, cloth, 1s.
[_New Edition._
The Queen.--"Her teaching possesses a distinct value; her counsels are
distinctly counsels of perfection. 'Appearances' is both suggestive
and valuable; one welcomes the book as an attempt to prove that a
limited income does not necessarily entail slipshod housekeeping or
coarse cookery."
DRAMATIC CRITICISM (1899)
By J. T. Grein. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. net.
The Dally Telegraph.--"A series of careful, intelligent articles,
distinguished by the soundness of their criticism and the determined
but broad-minded views of the author. This volume may be read with
profit by the playwright, the critic, and the playgoer alike."
THE HISTORY OF "THE TEMPLE"
With Special Reference to that of the Middle Temple; also facsimiles
of the Ancient Seals. By G. Pitt-Lewis, K.C., a Master of the Bench of
the Middle Temple. Crown 8vo, paper cover, 1s. 6d.
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