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W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, April 1859
W. Kent and Co.
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=Town Lyrics.= By CHARLES MACKAY. Crown 8vo, sewed, 1s.
=Lorrin, and other Poems.= By G. T. COSTER. Fcp. 8vo, 3s. cloth.
FICTION AND AMUSEMENT.
=Old Faces In New Masks=; a Series of Literary, Scientific, and
Humourous Essays. By R. BLAKEY, Ph. D., Author of the "History of the
Philosophy of Mind," with an Illustration. 8vo, 7s., cloth.
=Longfellow's Prose Works.= "Hyperion," "Kavanagh," and "Outre-Mer."
Fcp. 8vo. Uniform with Longfellow's Poetical Works. With numerous
Engravings. 6s. cloth; 10s. 6d. morocco.
=The Traditions of London=; Historical and Legendary. By WATERS, author
of "Recollections of a Police Officer." Crown 8vo, 5s. cloth.
=Parlour Magic=; A Manual of Amusing Experiments, Transmutations,
Sleights and Subtleties, Legerdemain, &c. New Edition, revised and
enlarged with the addition of several Tricks from the performances of
Houdin, Robin, &c. 4s. 6d. cloth.
=Acting Charades=; or, Deeds not Words. A Christmas Game to make a long
evening short. By the Brothers MAYHEW. Illustrated with many hundred
Woodcuts. 5s. cloth.
=A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties=: A Collection of Humorous
Dramas, Poems, and Sketches. By R. B. BROUGH. Profusely Illustrated by
HINE. Cloth, 3s. 6d.
=Round Games for all Parties.= A Collection of the greatest Variety of
Family Amusements for the Fireside or Picnic--Games of Action--Games
of Memory--Catch Games--Games requiring the Exercise of Fancy,
Intelligence, and Imagination--Directions for Crying Forfeits, &c.
Second Edition. 5s. cloth gilt.
=Shadows.= Twenty-five Amusing Engravings. By C. H. BENNETT. Ornamental
Wrapper, 2s. 6d.; coloured, 4s. 6d.
"Where's Shadow? Here, Sir. Shadow!"--_Shakspeare._
"The notion that has seized Mr. Bennett's fancy is an odd one, and he
has worked it out with great humour. A comic figure makes a shadow
really more comic than itself, and it excites an amount of agreeable
curiosity and gratification on seeing the one figure, to imagine
how the artist will contrive to make it reflect another."--_Morning
Chronicle._
=Grimm's Household Stories.= All the most Popular Fairy Tales and
Legends of Germany, collected by the Brothers GRIMM. Newly Translated,
and Illustrated with Two Hundred and Forty Engravings, by EDWARD H.
WEHNERT. Complete in One Volume, crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. cloth.
=Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, complete.= Reprinted from the Original
Edition, with Illustrations by Stothard. Crown 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d.
=The Young Lady's Oracle=; or, Fortune-telling Book. A Fireside
Amusement, with Plate, 1s. cloth.
USEFUL WORKS.
ONE SHILLING EACH, NEATLY BOUND.
=Etiquette for the Ladies.= Forty-first Edition.
=Etiquette for Gentlemen.= Thirty-fifth Edition.
=Etiquette of Courtship and Matrimony=, with a complete Guide to the
Forms of a Wedding.
=Language of Flowers=, with illuminated Covers, and coloured
Frontispiece.
=Handbook of Pencil Drawing= (Plates).
=A Shilling's Worth of Sense.=
=The Weather Book=: 300 Rules for Telling the Weather.
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