Duncan Campbell Scott

“ James’s Gazette.
‘To a large number of people these volumes will be more pre-eminently the book of the year than any other that has been, or is likely to be, published.... It is long since we have had a biography with such varied delights of substance and of form. Such a book is a pleasure for the day, and a joy for ever.’—Daily Chronicle.
‘It is not likely that much will require to be added to this record of his career which has come from the pen of Mr. W. G. Collingwood. Mr. Ruskin could not well have been more fortunate in his biographer.’—Globe. ”

“ There are few ballads in the English language more stirring than “The Ballad of East and West,” worthy to stand by the Border ballads of Scott.’—Spectator.
‘The ballads teem with imagination, they palpitate with emotion. We read them with laughter and tears; the metres throb in our pulses, the cunningly ordered words tingle with life; and if this be not poetry, what is?’—Pall Mall Gazette.
Henley. LYRA HEROICA: An Anthology selected from the best English Verse of the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. By William Ernest Henley, Author of ‘A Book of Verse,’ ‘Views and Reviews,’ etc. ”

“ THE TRAGEDY OF THE CAESARS: The Emperors of the Julian and Claudian Lines. With numerous Illustrations from Busts, Gems, Cameos, etc. By S. Baring Gould, Author of ‘Mehalah,’ etc. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. 30s.
This book is the only one in English which deals with the personal history of the Caesars, and Mr. Baring Gould has found a subject which, for picturesque detail and sombre interest, is not rivalled by any work of fiction. The volumes are copiously illustrated. ”

“ This is the only work in English on this important group. It contains 12 Coloured Plates, produced in the finest style of chromo-lithography.
‘Supplies a want acutely felt. Its merits are of a high order, and it is one of the most important contributions to systematic natural science which have lately appeared.’—Westminster Review.
‘A work much in advance of any book in the language treating of this group of organisms. It is indispensable to every student of the Mxyogastres. The coloured plates deserve high praise for their accuracy and execution.’—Nature. ”

“ A compact and clear story of our industrial development. A study of this concise but luminous book cannot fail to give the reader a clear insight into the principal phenomena of our industrial history. The editor and publishers are to be congratulated on this first volume of their venture, and we shall look with expectant interest for the succeeding volumes of the series.’—University Extension Journal.
A HISTORY OF ENGLISH POLITICAL ECONOMY. By L. L. Price, M.A., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxon.
PROBLEMS OF POVERTY: An Inquiry into the Industrial Conditions of the Poor. ”

“ Kipling’s verse is strong, vivid, lull of character.... Unmistakable genius rings in every line.’—Times.
‘The disreputable lingo of Cockayne is henceforth justified before the world; for a man of genius has taken it in hand, and has shown, beyond all cavilling, that in its way it also is a medium for literature. You are grateful, and you say to yourself, half in envy and half in admiration: “Here is a book; here, or one is a Dutchman, is one of the books of the year.”’—National Observer.{103}
‘“Barrack-Room Ballads” contains some of the best work that Mr. ”

“ Kipling has ever done, which is saying a good deal. “Fuzzy-Wuzzy,” “Gunga Din,” and “Tommy,” are, in our opinion, altogether superior to anything of the kind that English literature has hitherto produced.’—Athenæum.
‘These ballads are as wonderful in their descriptive power as they are vigorous in their dramatic force. ”

“ BACK TO THE LAND, being an inquiry as to the possible conditions under which those now unemployed can be provided with rural work, with practical suggestions as to the means by which a larger number of persons than at present can be maintained from the land. ”

“ Ruskin. The book contains numerous portraits of Mr. Ruskin, including a coloured one from a water-colour portrait by himself, and also 13 sketches, never before published, by Mr. Ruskin and Mr. Arthur Severn. A bibliography is added.
The First Edition having been at once exhausted, a Second is now ready.
‘No more magnificent volumes have been published for a long time than “The Life and Work of John Ruskin.” In binding, paper, printing, and illustrations they will satisfy the most fastidious. They will be prized not only by the band of devotees who look up to Mr. ”

“ Manville Fenn. SYD BELTON: Or, The Boy who would not go to Sea. By G. Manville Fenn, Author of ‘In the King’s Name,’ etc. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
‘Who among the young story-reading public will not rejoice at the sight of the old combination, so often proved admirable—a story by Manville Fenn, illustrated by Gordon Browne? The story, too, is one of the good old sort, full of life and vigour, breeziness and fun.’—Journal of Education.
Parr. DUMPS. By Mrs. Parr, Author of ‘Adam and Eve,’ ‘Dorothy Fox,’ etc. Illustrated by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo. 3s. ”

“ Parker’s style.’—Daily Telegraph.
‘His style of portraiture is always effectively picturesque, and sometimes finely imaginative—the fine art which is only achieved by the combination of perfect vision and beautifully adequate rendering.’—Daily Chronicle.
‘He has the right stuff in him. He has the story-teller’s gift.—St. James’s Gazette.
Pearce. JACO TRELOAR. By J. H. Pearce, Author of ‘Esther Pentreath.’ 2 vols. Crown 8vo. 21s. ”

“ Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. Buckram, 5s.
‘This modest, but thorough, careful, and appreciative biography goes very far to supply what has been wanted. It is high but well-deserved praise to say that the tone and tenor of the memoir are thoroughly in harmony with the character and disposition of Keble himself.... All Churchmen must be indebted to Mr. Lock for this admirable memoir, which enables us to know a good and great churchman better than before; and the memoir, which to be appreciated must be carefully read, makes one think Mr. Keble a better and greater man than ever.’—Guardian. ”

“ University Extension Series
A series of books on historical, literary, and scientific subjects, suitable for extension students and home reading circles. Each volume will be complete in itself, and the subjects will be treated by competent writers in a broad and philosophic spirit.
Edited by J. E. SYMES, M.A.,
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The following volumes are ready:—
THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By H. de B. Gibbins, M.A., late Scholar of Wadham College, Oxon., Cobden Prizeman. Second Edition. With Maps and Plans. ”

“ Baring Gould has most diligently read his authorities and presented his narrative in such a way as not to make one dull page.’—Athenæum.{109}
JACQUETTA, and other Stories. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
ARMINELL: A Social Romance. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
‘To say that a book is by the author of “Mehalah” is to imply that it contains a story cast on strong lines, containing dramatic possibilities, vivid and sympathetic descriptions of Nature, and a wealth of ingenious imagery. All these expectations are justified by “Arminell.”’—Speaker.
URITH: A Story of Dartmoor. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. ”

“ An important volume of sermons on Old Testament Criticism preached before the University by the author of ‘An Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament.’
‘A welcome volume to the author’s famous ‘Introduction.’ No man can read these discourses without feeling that Dr. Driver is fully alive to the deeper teaching of the Old Testament.’—Guardian.
WORKS BY S. Baring Gould.
Author of ‘Mehalah,’ etc.
OLD COUNTRY LIFE. With Sixty-seven Illustrations by W. Parkinson, F. D. Bedford, and F. Masey. Large Crown 8vo, cloth super extra, top edge gilt, 10s. 6d. Fourth and Cheaper Edition. 6s. ”

“ A companion book to Mr. Henley’s well-known Lyra Heroica. It is believed that no such collection of splendid prose has ever been brought within the compass of one volume. Each piece, whether containing a character-sketch or incident, is complete in itself. The book will be finely printed and bound.
Henley. ENGLISH LYRICS. Selected and Edited by W. E. Henley. In Two Editions:
A limited issue on hand-made paper. Large crown 8vo. 10s. 6d. net. ”

“ Ready.
‘“Old Country Life,” as healthy wholesome reading, full of breezy life and movement, full of quaint stories vigorously told, will not be excelled by any book to be published throughout the year. Sound, hearty, and English to the core.—World.{108}
HISTORIC ODDITIES AND STRANGE EVENTS. Third Edition, Crown 8vo. 6s.
‘A collection of exciting and entertaining chapters. The whole volume is delightful reading.’—Times.
FREAKS OF FANATICISM. (First published as Historic Oddities, Second Series.) Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. ”

“ One of the most beautiful books about one of the noblest lives of our century. The volumes are exceedingly handsome, and the illustrations very beautiful.’—Glasgow Herald.
‘It is indeed an excellent biography of Ruskin.’—Scotsman.{100}
John Beever. PRACTICAL FLY-FISHING, Founded on Nature, by John Beever, late of the Thwaite House, Coniston. A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by W. G. Collingwood, M.A., Author of ‘The Life and Work of John Ruskin,’ etc. Also additional Notes and a chapter on Char-Fishing, by A. and A. R. Severn. With a specially designed title-page. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. ”

“ It is in the same set with “Agamemnon,” with “Lear,” with the literature that we now instinctively regard as high and holy.’—Daily Chronicle.
“Q.” GREEN BAYS: Verses and Parodies. By “Q.,” Author of ‘Dead Man’s Rock’ etc. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d.
‘The verses display a rare and versatile gift of parody, great command of metre, and a very pretty turn of humour.’—Times.
“A. G.” VERSES TO ORDER. By “A. G.” Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt top. 2s. 6d. net.
A small volume of verse by a writer whose initials are well known to Oxford men. ”

“ With Portrait. Crown 8vo. 5s.
Langbridge. BALLADS OF THE BRAVE: Poems of Chivalry, Enterprise, Courage, and Constancy, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edited, with Notes, by Rev. F. Langbridge. Crown 8vo. Buckram 3s. 6d. School Edition, 2s. 6d.
‘A very happy conception happily carried out. These “Ballads of the Brave” are intended to suit the real tastes of boys, and will suit the taste of the great majority.’—Spectator.
‘The book is full of splendid things.’—World.
History and Biography
Gladstone. ”

“ Ruskin as the teacher of the age, but by the many whom no eccentricities can blind to his genius....’—Times.
‘It is just because there are so many books about Mr. Ruskin that these extra ones are needed. ”

“ THE PATH TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE: Essays on Questions of the Day. By W. Cunningham, D.D., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor of Economics at King’s College, London. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d.
Essays on Marriage and Population, Socialism, Money, Education, Positivism, etc.
Bushill. PROFIT SHARING AND THE LABOUR QUESTION. By T. W. Bushill, a Profit Sharing Employer. With an Introduction by Sedley Taylor, Author of ‘Profit Sharing between Capital and Labour.’ Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.{107}
Anderson Graham. NATURE IN BOOKS: Studies in Literary Biography. By P. Anderson Graham. Crown 8vo. 6s. ”

“ Let us be brave, the day is almost done,
Another setting of the pleasant sun.
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Gladstone. THE SPEECHES AND PUBLIC ADDRESSES OF THE RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. With Notes. Edited by A. W. Hutton, M.A. (Librarian of the Gladstone Library) , and H. J. Cohen, M.A. With Portraits. 8vo. Vol. IX. 12s. 6d. ”

“ A story of society by a new writer, full of interest and power, which will attract considerable notice.{101}
Parker. MRS. FALCHION. By Gilbert Parker, Author of ‘Pierre and His People.’ 2 vols. Crown 8vo. 21s. ”

“ With Illustrations.
AIR AND WATER. Professor V. B. Lewes, M.A. Illustrated.
THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE AND HEALTH. By C. W. Kimmins, M.A. Camb. Illustrated.
THE MECHANICS OF DAILY LIFE. By V. P. Sells, M.A. Illustrated.
ENGLISH SOCIAL REFORMERS. H. de B. Gibbins, M.A.
ENGLISH TRADE AND FINANCE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. By W. A. S. Hewins, B.A.
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Social Questions of To-day
Edited by H. DE B. GIBBINS, M.A.
Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.
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A series of volumes upon those topics of social, economic, and industrial interest that are at the present moment foremost in the public mind. ”

“ Crown 8vo. 6s. Cheap Edition, 2s. 6d.
Wells. THE TEACHING OF HISTORY IN SCHOOLS. A Lecture delivered at the University Extension Meeting in Oxford, Aug. 6th, 1892. By J. Wells, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Wadham College, and Editor of ‘Oxford and Oxford Life.’ Crown 8vo. 6d.
Pollard. THE JESUITS IN POLAND. By A. F. Pollard, B.A. Oxford Prize Essays—The Lothian Prize Essay 1892. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
Clifford. THE DESCENT OF CHARLOTTE COMPTON (Baroness Ferrers de Chartley) . By her Great-Granddaughter, Isabella G. C. Clifford. Small 4to. 10s. 6d. net.
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General Literature
Bowden. ”

“ JACK’S FATHER. By W. E. Norris.
10. MARGERY OF QUETHER. By S. Baring Gould.
11. A LOST ILLUSION. By Leslie Keith.{112}
12. A MARRIAGE AT SEA. By W. Clark Russell.
13. MR. BUTLER’S WARD. By F. Mabel Robinson. ”