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Devotion, The Library of

With Introductions and (where necessary) Notes.
Small Pott 8vo, cloth, 2s. ; leather, 2s. 6d. net.

These masterpieces of devotional literature are furnished with such Introductions and Notes as may be necessary to explain the standpoint of the author and the obvious difficulties of the text, without unnecessary intrusion between the author and the devout mind.

THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE. Edited
by C. Bigg, D.D. Fifth Edition.
THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. Edited by Walter
Lock, D. D. Third Edition.

THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. Edited by C.
Bigg, D.D. Fourth Edition.

A BOOK OF DEVOTIONS. Edited by J. W.
Stanbridge. B.D. Second Edition.
LYRA INNOCENTIUM. Edited by Walter
Lock, D.D.

A SERIOUS CALL TO A DEVOUT AND HOLY
LIFE. Edited by C. Bigg, D.D. Second
Edition.

THE TEMPLE. Edited by E. C. S. Gibson, D.D. Second Edition.

A GUIDE TO ETERNITY. Edited by J. W. Stanbridge, B.D.

THE PSALMS OF DAVID. Edited by B. W. Randolph, D.D.

LYRA APOSTOLICA. Edited by Canon Scott

Holland and Canon H. C. Beeching, M.A. THE INNER WAY. By J. Tauler. Edited by A. W. Hutton, M.A.

THE THOUGHTS OF PASCAL. Edited by C. S. Jerram, M.A.

ON THE LOVE OF GOD. By St. Francis de

Sales. Edited by W. J. Knox-Little, M.A. A MANUAL OF CONSOLATION FROM THE SAINTS AND FATHERS. Edited by J. H. Burn, B.D.

THE SONG OF SONGS. Edited by B. Blaxland, M.A.

THE DEVOTIONS OF ST. ANSELM. Edited by C. C. J. Webb, M.A.

GRACE ABOUNDING, By John Bunyan. Edited by S. C. Freer, M A.

BISHOP WILSON'S SACRA PRIVATA. Edited by A. E. Burn, B. D.

LYRA SACRA: A Book of Sacred Verse.
Edited by H. C. Beeching, M.A., Canon of
Westminster.

A DAY BOOK FROM THE SAINTS AND FATHERS.
Edited by J. H. Burn, B. D.
HEAVENLY WISDOM. A Selection from the
English Mystics. Edited by E. C. Gregory.
LIGHT, LIFE, and LovE. A Selection from the
German Mystics. Edited by W. R. Inge,
M.A.

THE DEVOUT LIFE OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES.
Translated and Edited by T. Barns, M.A.

GENERAL LITERATURE

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THE LIFE OF JOHN RUSKIN. By W. G.
Collingwood, M.A. With Portraits. Sixth
Edition.

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CHITRAL: The Story of a Minor Siege. By
Sir G. S. Robertson, K.C.S.I. Third
Edition. With numerous Illustrations.

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By Nimrod. With 18 Coloured Plates by
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With 35 Coloured Plates by Henry Alken.
HANDLEY CROSss. By R. S. Surtees. With

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Text by John Leech.

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JORROCKS JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES. By R. S.
Surtees. With 15 Coloured Plates by H.
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ASK MAMMA. By R. S. Surtees.

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Text by John Leech.
THE ANALYSIS OF THE HUNTING FIELD. BY

R. S. Surtees. With 7 Coloured Plates by
Henry Alken, and 43 Illustrations on Wood.
THE TOUR OF DR. SYNTAX IN SEARCH OF
THE PICTURESQUE. By William Combe.
With 30 Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson.
THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX IN SEARCH
OF CONSOLATION. By William Combe.
With 24 Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson.
THE THIRD TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX IN
SEARCH OF A WIFE. By William Combe.
With 24 Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson.
THE HISTORY OF JOHNNY QUAE GENUS: the
Little Foundling of the late Dr. Syntax.
By the Author of The Three Tours." With
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THE ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH, from the
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LIFE IN LONDON: or, the Day and Night
Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his
Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Pierce Egan. With 36 Coloured Plates by
I. R. and G. Cruikshank. With numerous
Designs on Wood.

By

REAL LIFE IN LONDON: or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq., and his Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall. By an Amateur (Pierce Egan). With 31 Coloured Plates by Alken and Rowlandson, etc. Two Volumes.

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NEWCOME. By an Officer. With 15 Coloured
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REAL LIFE IN IRELAND, or, the Day and
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PLAIN

THE GRAVE: A Poem. By Robert Blair.
Illustrated by 12 Etchings executed by Louis
Schiavonetti from the original Inventions of
William Blake. With an Engraved Title Page
and a Portrait of Blake by T. Phillips, R.A.

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WINDSOR CASTLE. By W. Harrison Ainsworth.
With 22 Plates and 87 Woodcuts in the Text
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Elegant Friend, Sir Shawn O'Dogherty.
By a Real Paddy. With 19 Coloured Plates
by Heath, Marks, etc.

THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY NEWCOME IN
THE NAVY. By Alfred Burton. With 16
Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson.
THE OLD ENGLISH SQUIRE: A Poem. By
John Careless, Esq. With 20 Coloured
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*THE ENGLISH SPY. By Bernard Black-
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Ainsworth. With 40 Plates and 58 Woodcuts
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FRANK FAIRLEGH. By F. E. Smedley. With
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HANDY ANDY. By Samuel Lover. With 24
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. By Izaak Walton
and Charles Cotton. With 14 Plates and 77
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This volume is reproduced from the beautiful edition of John Major of 1824. THE PICKWICK PAPERS. By Charles Dickens. With the 43 Illustrations by Seymour and Phiz, the two Buss Plates, and the 32 Contemporary Onwhyn Plates.

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