Messrs. Methuen's Catalogue 



Biography 



S. Baring Gould. THE LIFE OF 

 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. By 

 S. Baring Gould. With over 450 

 Illustrations in the Text and 12 

 Photogravure Plates. Large quarto. 

 Gilt top. 36^. 

 'The best biography of Napoleon in our 

 tongue, nor have the French as good a 

 biographer of their hero. A book very 

 nearly as good as Southey's "Life of 

 Nelson." ' — Manchester Guardian. 

 'The main feature of this gorgeous volume 

 is its great wealth of beautiful photo- 

 gravures and finely- executed wood 

 engravings, constituting a complete 

 pictorial chronicle of Napoleon I.'s 

 personal history from the days of his 

 early childhood at Ajaccio to the date 

 of his second interment.' — Daily Tele- 

 graph. 



P. H. Colomb. MEMOIRS OF AD- 

 MIRAL SIR A. COOPER KEY. 

 By Admiral P. H. Colomb. With 

 a Portrait. Demy 8vo. 16s. 

 ' An interesting and adequate biography. 

 The whole book is one of the greatest 

 interest.' — Times. 



Morris Fuller. THE LIFE AND 

 WRITINGS OF JOHN DAVEN- 

 ANT, D.D. (1571-1641), Bishop of 

 Salisbury. By Morris Fuller, 

 B. D. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. 



J. M. Rigg. ST. ANSELM OF 

 CANTERBURY: A Chapter in 

 the History of Religion. By 

 J. M. RiGG. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. 



F. W. Joyce. THE LIFE OF 



SIR FREDERICK GORE OUSE- 



LEY. By F. W. Joyce, M.A. 7 s. 6d. 



' This book has been undertaken in quite 



the right spirit, and written with sym- 

 pathy, insight, and considerable literary 

 skill.' — Times. 



W. G. Collingwood. THE LIFE OF 

 JOHN RUSK1N. By W. G. 

 Collingwood, M.A. With Por- 

 traits, and 13 Drawings by Mr. 

 Ruskin. Second Edition. 2 vols. 

 8vo. 32s. 

 ' No more magnificent volumes have been 



published for a long time.' — Times. 

 ' It is long since we had a biography with 

 such delights of substance and of form. 

 Such a book is a pleasure for the day, 

 and a joy for ever.' — Daily Chronicle. 



C. Waldstein. JOHN RUSKIN, By 



Charles Waldstein, M.A. With 



a Photogravure Portrait, Post 8vo. 



5 s - 



' A thoughtful and well-written criticism of 



Ruskin's teaching.' — Daily Chronicle. 



A. M. F. Darmesteter, THE LIFE 



OF ERNEST RENAN. By 



Madame Darmesteter. With 



Portrait. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 



6s. 



' A polished gem of biography, superior in 



its kind to any attempt that has been 



made of recent years in England, 



Madame Darmesteter has indeed written 



for English readers " The Life of Ernest 



Renan. " ' — A thenceum. 



W. H. Hutton. THE LIFE OF SIR 



THOMAS MORE. By W. H. 



Hutton, M.A. With Portraits. 



Cr. 8vo. 5-r. 



' The book lays good claim to high rank 



among our biographies. It is excellently 



even lovingly, written.' — Scotsman. 



Travel, Adventure and Topography 



Sven Hedin. THROUGH ASIA. By 

 Sven Hedin, Gold Medallist of the 

 Royal Geographical Society. With 

 300 Illustrations from Sketches 

 and Photographs by the Author, 



and Maps. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. 10s. ?iet. 



' One of the greatest books of the kind 

 issued during the century. It is im- 

 possible to give an adequate idea of the 

 richness of the contents of this book, 



