Macmillan & Co.'s Catalogue. November 1878: Of Works in Belles Lettres, Including Poetry, Fiction, Etc. — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Macmillan & Co.'s Catalogue. November 1878: Of Works in Belles Lettres, Including Poetry, Fiction, Etc.
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"_A collection of pretty stories told in the easiest and
pleasantest manner imaginable._"--TIMES. "_It was
with something akin to joy that we drew our chair closer
to the fire as the weary work of the novel critic gave
place to the smile of satisfaction and pleasure, when, in
the very first page of our book, we discovered that we had
come again to those Western Isles in the quiet summer sea
in the far North, and to those simple people amidst whose
loving allegiance the Princess of Thule--Sheila--held her
modest Court.... We shall not be satisfied till 'The Maid
of Killeena' rests on our shelves._"--SPECTATOR.
MADCAP VIOLET. Eighth Thousand. Crown 8vo. 6_s._
"_In the very first rank of Mr. Black's heroines; proud
as Sheila, and sweet as Coquette, stands Madcap Violet.
The true, proud, tender nature of her, her beauty,
her mischief, her self-sacrifice, endear her to the
reader._"--DAILY NEWS.
GREEN PASTURES AND PICCADILLY. Cheaper Edition. Sixth
Thousand. Crown 8vo. 6_s._
MACLEOD OF DARE. With Illustrations by Eminent Artists. 3 vols.
Crown 8vo. 31_s._ 6_d._
=Blackie.=--THE WISE MEN OF GREECE. In a Series of Dramatic
Dialogues. By J. E. BLACKIE, Professor of Greek in the
University of Edinburgh. Crown 8vo. 9_s._
=Blakiston.=--MODERN SOCIETY IN ITS RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL ASPECTS.
By PEYTON BLAKISTON, M.D., F.R.S. Crown 8vo. 5_s._
=Borland Hall.=--By the Author of "Olrig Grange." Cr. 8vo. 7_s._
=Bramston.=--RALPH AND BRUNO. A Novel. By M. BRAMSTON. 2 vols.
Crown 8vo. 21_s._
=Brooke.=--THE FOOL OF QUALITY; OR, THE HISTORY OF HENRY, EARL OF
MORELAND. By HENRY BROOKE. Newly revised, with a Biographical
Preface by the Rev. CHARLES KINGSLEY, M.A., Rector of Eversley.
Crown 8vo. 6_s._
=Buist.=--BIRDS, THEIR CAGES AND THEIR KEEP: Being a Practical
Manual of Bird-Keeping and Bird-Rearing. By K. A. BUIST. With
Coloured Frontispiece and other Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 5_s._
=Bunce.=--FAIRY TALES, THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING. With some
Account of the Dwellers in Fairy Land. By J. THACKRAY BUNCE.
Extra fcap. 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._
[_Shortly._
=Burnand.=--MY TIME, AND WHAT I'VE DONE WITH IT. By F. C. BURNAND.
Crown 8vo. 6_s._
=Cameron.=--LIGHT, SHADE, AND TOIL. Poems by W. C. CAMERON, with
Introduction by the Rev. W. C. Smith, D.D. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s._
=Carroll.=--Works by "LEWIS CARROLL:"--
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With Forty-two Illustrations
by TENNIEL. 55th Thousand. Crown 8vo. cloth. 6_s._
"_An excellent piece of nonsense._"--TIMES.
"_Elegant and delicious nonsense._"--GUARDIAN.
"_That most delightful of children's
stories._"--SATURDAY REVIEW.
A GERMAN TRANSLATION OF THE SAME. With TENNIEL'S
Illustrations. Crown 8vo. gilt. 6_s._