W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, October 1858 — John Shaqi
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W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, October 1858
W. Kent and Co.
Publishers' catalogs -- England -- London; W. Kent and Co. -- Catalogs
=The Song of Hiawatha.= By H. W. LONGFELLOW. New Edition, with the
Author's latest Corrections. Fcp., 5s. cloth. Cheap Protective
Edition. 1s. sewed.
=The Golden Legend.= By H. W. LONGFELLOW. 2nd Edition. Fcp., 5s.
cloth. Cheap Edition. 1s. 6d. cloth; 1s. sewed.
=Poems.= By ALEXANDER SMITH. Fifth Edition. Fcp. 8vo, cloth, 5s.
=Sonnets on the War.= By ALEXANDER SMITH, and by THE AUTHOR OF
"BALDER." 1s. sewed.
=Griselda=, and other Poems. By EDWIN ARNOLD. Fcp., 6s. cloth.
=The Ballad of Babe Christabel=, and other Lyrical Poems. By GERALD
MASSEY. Fifth Edition, 5s. cloth.
=Craigcrook Castle=: A Poem. By GERALD MASSEY. Second Edition,
Revised, fcp., 5s. cloth.
=Rev. Thomas Dale's Poetical Works.= Including "The Widow of Nain,"
"The Daughter of Jairus," &c. New and Enlarged Edition, fcp. 8vo,
7s. cloth.
=Poems.= By EDWARD CAPERN, Rural Postman of Bideford, Devon. Second
Edition, with Additions, fcp., 5s. cloth.
=Egeria=; or, The Spirit of Nature. By CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D. Fcp.
8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth.
=Town Lyrics.= By CHARLES MACKAY. Crown 8vo, sewed, 1s.
FICTION AND AMUSEMENT.
=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.
=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.
=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.
=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.
=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.
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