Transcriber's Note Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. WORKS _Preparing for Publication._ LAYS AND LEGENDS OF FANCY AND FABLE. A Collection of Oriental Tales, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE IMAGINATIVE CHARACTER OF DIFFERENT AGES AND NATIONS: Designed to elucidate the philosophy of fiction as well as to afford specimens of those marvels which have entered into popular belief, and taken a permanent place in literature. The classical inventions of the Greeks, the romantic fables of the middle ages, the gorgeous and sometimes gloomy conceptions of the orientals, and our own pleasing superstitions of fairy lore, will be exemplified by specimens, and the influence of fancy on belief will be illustrated by a variety of legends most of which have not hitherto been brought before the English public. By W. C. TAYLOR, L.L.D. Adorned with Twenty beautiful line Engravings on Steel, from pictures by British Artists, and several Woodcuts, elegantly printed in demy 4to, and richly bound in gilt, _Price_ 21_s._ THE BOOK OF ART; Or, Cartoons, Frescoes, Sculpture, and Decorative Art, as applied to the New Houses of Parliament, as also to building in general: with an Appendix, containing an Historical Notice of the Exhibitions in Westminster Hall. The Volume, which will contain at least One Hundred Engravings, is printing in the best manner, in royal 4to. _Price_ 15_s._ handsomely bound. _On the 1st of November, Part 1., Price Half-a-crown, to be continued Monthly, and completed in Ten Parts_, WANDERINGS OF A PEN AND PENCIL; Being the results of an antiquarian and picturesque tour through the Midland Counties of England, by F. P. PALMER & ALFRED CROWQUILL. The illustrations will be drawn on wood by the latter, and engraved by our best wood-cutters. The Book will present something of interest for those readers who cherish the affection for antiquity, or an appreciation of manners, customs, and legends which abound in the nooks of "Merry England." _At Christmas_, THE HONEY STEW OF THE COUNTESS BERTHA. A Fairy Tale. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF ALEXANDER DUMAS BY MARIANNE TAYLOR. With Coloured Engravings. _Square Royal._ RAMBLES IN NORMANDY. BY JAMES HAIRBY, M.D.