Chatto & Windus

“ A Work of Fiction by some novelist of highest position will run through the pages of the Magazine, and will be illustrated by artists of known excellence. With a full sense of what is involved in their promise, and with a firm resolution to abide by their pledges, the Publishers undertake to spare no exertion that is necessary to secure the highest class of contributions, to place the Magazine in the first rank of serials, and to fit it to take its place on the table and on the shelves of all classes of cultivated Englishmen. ”

“ Trollope has a true artist’s idea of tone, of colour, of harmony: his pictures are one, and seldom out of drawing; he never strains after effect, is fidelity itself in expressing English life, is never guilty of caricature.”—Fortnightly Review. ”

“ Longfellow has for many years been the best known and the most read of American poets; and his popularity is of the right kind, and rightly and fairly won. He has not stooped to catch attention by artifice, nor striven to force it by violence. His works have faced the test of parody and burlesque (which in these days is almost the common lot of writings of any mark) , and have come off unharmed.”—Saturday Review.
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“ Anyone would see at the first glance that he is a rabbit with a mind, and a very uncommon mind too—that he is a fairy rabbit, and that he is posing as chief adviser to some one—without reading even a word of the story. Again, notice the fairy-like effect of the little picture of the fairy-bird ‘Don’t-forget-me,’ flying away back into fairy-land. A more perfectly dream-like impression of fairy-land has hardly been given in any illustration of fairy tales within our knowledge.”—Spectator. ”

“ The tide is running so hard against the better cause just now that one feels specially impelled to offer one’s thanks to those who stand firm, particularly when they state our case so admirably as you have.”—Goldwin Smith. ”

“ Biography and History, which have always formed a conspicuous portion of the contents, will retain the prominence assigned them, and will be treated with the added breadth that springs from increased familiarity with authorities and more exact appreciation of the province of the Biographer and the Historian. ”

“ Senior has long been known as an interesting and original essayist. He is a keen observer, a confessed lover of ‘the gentle sport,’ and combines with a fine picturesque touch a quaint and efficient humour. All these qualities come out in a most attractive manner in this delightful volume.... ”

“ Science, which confers upon the age special eminence, will have its latest conclusions and forecasts presented in a manner which shall bring them within the grasp of the general reader. The philosophical aspect of Politics, the matters which affect Imperial interests, will be separated from the rivalries of party, and will receive a due share of attention. ”

“ As the means through which the writer most readily reaches the heart of the general public, and in consequence as the most important of aids in the establishment of morals and the formation of character, fiction still remains a principal feature in the Magazine. Two Serial Stories accordingly run through its pages; supplemented by short Stories, Novelettes, and narrative or dramatic Sketches: whilst Essays, Social, Biographical, and Humorous; Scientific Discoveries brought to the level of popular comprehension, and treated with a light touch ”

“ Part XXI. nearly ready.
“A most readable and interesting work—and it can scarcely be consulted in vain, whether the reader is in search for information as to military, court, ecclesiastical, legal, or professional costume.... All the chromo-lithographs, and most of the woodcut illustrations—the latter amounting to several thousands—are very elaborately executed; and the work forms a livre de luxe which renders it equally suited to the library and the ladies’ drawing-room.”—Times. ”

“ Chatto and Windus belongs the merit of having done more to facilitate the critical study of the text of our great dramatist than all the Shakespeare clubs and societies put together. A complete facsimile of the celebrated First Folio edition of 1623 for half-a-guinea is at once a miracle of cheapness and enterprise. Being in a reduced form, the type is necessarily rather diminutive, but it is as distinct as in a genuine copy of the original, and will be found to be as useful and far more handy to the student than the latter.”—Athenæum.
Two Vols. crown 8vo, cloth extra, 18s. ”

“ His book will be found exceedingly interesting and valuable.... It is a grateful task to review a volume where so firm aground of scholarship is under our feet, and where there is so little need to be on the watch for instances of inaccuracy or want of knowledge.... Mr. Hueffer is to be congratulated on a very important contribution to literature.”—Examiner.
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Howell’s The Conflicts of Capital and Labour,
Historically and Economically considered. ”

“ A Reprint of the Original Edition, newly revised, Complete in One thick Volume, with Twelve full-page Plates.
“We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced.... The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. It would be difficult to name a book which exhibits more kindness, fairness, and modesty.”—Macaulay, in the Edinburgh Review.
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“ James Greenwood presents himself once more in the character of ‘one whose delight it is to do his humble endeavour towards exposing and extirpating social abuses and those hole-and-corner evils which afflict society.’”—Saturday Review.
Large 4to, price One Guinea, with 14 facsimile plates.
The Grosvenor Gallery Illustrated Catalogue—
Winter Exhibition (1877-78) of Drawings by the Old Masters and Water-Colour Drawings by Deceased Artists of the British School. ”

“ Livesay.
“After wading through numberless volumes of icy fiction, concocted narrative, and spurious biography of Arctic voyagers, it is pleasant to meet with a real and genuine volume.... He shows much tact in recounting his adventures, and they are so interspersed with anecdotes and information as to make them anything but wearisome.... The book, as a whole, is the most important addition made to our Arctic literature for a long time.”—Athenæum.
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Latter-Day Lyrics:
Poems of Sentiment and Reflection by Living Writers ”

“ The scenery will be strange to most readers, and in many passages the aspects of Nature are very cleverly described. Moreover, the book is a study of a very curious and interesting state of society. A novel which no novel-reader should miss, and which people who generally shun novels may enjoy.”—Saturday Review. 28 Patricia Kemball. By E. Lynn Linton. With Frontispiece by G. Du Maurier. “Displays genuine humour, as well as keen social observation. Enough graphic portraiture and witty observation to furnish materials for half-a-dozen novels of the ordinary kind.”—Saturday Review. ”

“ If young ladies would but lend their ears for a little to Mrs. Haweis, we are quite sure that it would result in their being at once more tasteful, more happy, and more healthy than they now often are, with their false hair, high heels, tight corsets, and ever so much else of the same sort.”—Nonconformist.
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“ By Charles Wareing Bardsley, M.A. Second Edition, revised throughout, considerably enlarged, and partially rewritten.
“Mr. Bardsley has faithfully consulted the original mediæval documents and works from which the origin and development of surnames can alone be satisfactorily traced. He has furnished a valuable contribution to the literature of surnames, and we hope to hear more of him in this field.”—Times.
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Baker’s Clouds in the East:
Travels and Adventures on the Perso-Turkoman Frontier. ”

“ They also possess another distinct claim to our liking: the girls in them are remarkably charming and true to nature, as most people, we believe, have the good fortune to observe nature represented by girls.”—Spectator. ”

“ There are plenty of grown-up children who like to be amused; and if this new version of old stories does not amuse them they must be very dull indeed, and their situation one much to be commiserated.”—Morning Post.
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A Handbook of Architectural Styles.
Translated from the German of A. Rosengarten by W. Collett-Sandars. With 639 Illustrations. 4
Crown 8vo, Coloured Frontispiece and Illustrations, cloth gilt, 7s. 6d.
A History of Advertising,
From the Earliest Times. ”

“ Notes and Anecdotes: Illustrated by a profusion of Sketches by William Makepeace Thackeray, depicting Humorous Incidents in his School-life, and Favourite Characters in the books of his everyday reading. With Hundreds of Wood Engravings and Five Coloured Plates, from Mr. Thackeray’s Original Drawings.
“It would have been a real loss to bibliographical literature had copyright difficulties deprived the general public of this very amusing collection. ”

“ Edited, with Critical Introduction and Notes, by J. Churton Collins.
“Tourneur’s plays are an essential part of the literary history of his period. For this reason chiefly they deserve Mr. Collins’s careful editing. His notes are brief and to the point; his illustrations, drawn from a store of curious and recondite learning, are apt and pregnant.... The book, which is prettily printed, is one which the student of Elizabethan literature cannot dispense with.”—Saturday Review.
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“ With a Frontispiece by F. S. Walker. “‘The Golden Butterfly’ will certainly add to the happiness of mankind, for defy anybody to read it with a gloomy countenance.”— Times. NEW NOVEL BY JUSTIN McCARTHY.
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Miss Misanthrope.
By Justin McCarthy, Author of “Dear Lady Disdain,” &c. With 12 Illustrations by Arthur Hopkins.
“In ‘Miss Misanthrope’ Mr. McCarthy has added a new and delightful portrait to his gallery of Englishwomen.... It is a novel which may be sipped like choice wine; it is one to linger over and ponder ”

“ With Life, Portrait, and numerous Illustrations.
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Mark Twain’s Pleasure Trip on the Continent of Europe.
(“The Innocents Abroad,” and “The New Pilgrim’s Progress.”)
Two Vols. crown 8vo, cloth extra, 18s.
Marston’s (Dr. Westland) Dramatic and Poetical Works.
Collected Library Edition.
“The ‘Patrician’s Daughter’ is an oasis in the desert of modern dramatic literature, a real emanation of mind. We do not recollect any modern work in which states of thought are so freely developed, except the ‘Torquato Tasso’ of Goethe. ”

“ With a Note on some Foreign Forms of Verse, by Austin Dobson.
“A useful and eminently attractive book.”—Athenæum.
“One of the most attractive drawing-room volumes we have seen for a long time.”—Nonconformist.
“The volume is one that should find a place on the bookshelf of every cultivated man or woman. The lyrics are chosen with rare taste and perspicacity. Mr. Davenport Adams undoubtedly possesses the artistic art of selection.”—Liverpool Courier. 22
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“ To these is prefixed a short but well-written memoir, giving the chief facts in Sheridan’s literary and political career; so that, with this volume in his hand, the student may consider himself tolerably well furnished with all that is necessary for a general comprehension of the subject of it.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
Crown 4to, uniform with “Chaucer for Children,” with Coloured Illustrations, cloth gilt, 10s. 6d. ”

“ In Two Series, small 4to, blue and gold, gilt edges, 6s. each.
Puniana;
or, Thoughts Wise and Other-Why’s. A New Collection of Riddles, Conundrums, Jokes, Sells, &c. In Two Series, each containing 3000 of the best Riddles, 10,000 most outrageous Puns, and upwards of Fifty beautifully executed Drawings by the Editor, the Hon. Hugh Rowley. Each Series is Complete in itself.
“A witty, droll, and most amusing work, profusely and elegantly illustrated.”—Standard. 33
Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Portrait and Facsimile, 12s. 6d. ”

“ With Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott.
“A delightful book, of a kind which is far too rare. If anyone wants to really know the North Italian folk, we can honestly advise him to omit the journey, and sit down to read Mrs. Carr’s pages instead.... Description with Mrs. Carr is a real gift.... It is rarely that a book is so happily illustrated.”—Contemporary Review.
MOORE’S HITHERTO UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS.
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Prose and Verse—Humorous, Satirical, and Sentimental—by THOMAS MOORE.
Including Suppressed Passages from the Memoirs of Lord Byron. ”

“ Edited by the Rev. Frederick George Lee, D.C.L., Vicar of All Saints’, Lambeth; Editor of “The Other World; or, Glimpses of the Supernatural,” &c.
In preparation, crown 8vo, cloth extra, illustrated, 10s. 6d. ”

“ Stedman, having chosen to work in this line, deserves the thanks of English scholars by these qualities and by something more; ... he is faithful, studious, and discerning.”—Saturday Review. 37
Mr. Swinburne’s Works: The Queen Mother and Rosamond. Fcap. 8vo, 5s. Atalanta in Calydon. A New Edition. Crown 8vo, 6s. Chastelard. A Tragedy. Crown 8vo, 7s. Poems and Ballads. Fcap. 8vo, 9s. Also in crown 8vo, at same price. Notes on “Poems and Ballads.” 8vo, 1s. William Blake: A Critical Essay. With Facsimile Paintings. Demy 8vo, 16s. Songs before Sunrise. Crown 8vo, 10s. 6d. Bothwell: A Tragedy. ”

“ The outline engravings are finely executed. The descriptive notes are discriminating, and in the main exact.”—Spectator.
NEW VOLUME OF HUNTING SKETCHES.
Oblong 4to, half-bound boards, 21s.
Canters in Crampshire.
By G. Bowers. I. Gallops from Gorseborough. II. Scrambles with Scratch Packs. III. Studies with Stag Hounds.
“The fruit of the observation of an artist who has an eye for character, a sense of humour, and a firm and ready hand in delineating characteristic details.... ”