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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"_We do not think these heroic stories have ever been more
attractively told.... There is a deep under-current of
religious feeling traceable throughout its pages which is
sure to influence young readers powerfully._"--LONDON
REVIEW. "_One of the children's books that will surely
become a classic._"--NONCONFORMIST.
PHAETHON; or, LOOSE THOUGHTS FOR LOOSE THINKERS. Third
Edition. Crown 8vo. 2_s._
"_The dialogue of 'Phaethon' has striking beauties, and its
suggestions may meet half-way many a latent doubt, and,
like a light breeze, lift from the soul clouds that are
gathering heavily, and threatening to settle down in misty
gloom on the summer of many a fair and promising young
life._"--SPECTATOR.
POEMS; including The Saint's Tragedy, Andromeda, Songs,
Ballads, etc. Complete Collected Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s._
_The_ SPECTATOR _calls_ "_Andromeda_" "_the
finest piece of English hexameter verse that has ever been
written. It is a volume which many readers will be glad to
possess_."
PROSE IDYLLS. NEW AND OLD. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6_s._
CONTENTS:--_A Charm of Birds_; _Chalk-Stream
Studies_; _The Fens_; _My Winter-Garden_; _From Ocean to
Sea_; _North Devon_.
"_Altogether a delightful book.... It exhibits the author's
best traits, and cannot fail to infect the reader with a
love of nature and of out-door life and its enjoyments.
It is well calculated to bring a gleam of summer with its
pleasant associations, into the bleak winter-time; while
a better companion for a summer ramble could hardly be
found._"--BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.
GLAUCUS; OR, THE WONDERS OF THE SEA-SHORE. With Coloured
Illustrations. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6_s._
=Kingsley= (=H.=)--Works by HENRY KINGSLEY:--
TALES OF OLD TRAVEL. Re-narrated. With Eight full-page
Illustrations by HUARD. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo.
cloth, extra gilt. 5_s._
"_We know no better book for those who want knowledge
or seek to refresh it. As for the 'sensational,'
most novels are tame compared with these
narratives._"--ATHENÆUM. "_Exactly the book to
interest and to do good to intelligent and high-spirited
boys._"--LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
THE LOST CHILD. With Eight Illustrations by FRÖLICH.
Crown 4to. cloth gilt. 3_s._ 6_d._
"_A pathetic story, and told so as to give children an
interest in Australian ways and scenery._"--GLOBE.
"_Very charmingly and very touchingly told._"--SATURDAY
REVIEW.
=Knatchbull-Hugessen.=--Works by E. H. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, M.P.:--