PRSSS AND OTHER OPINIONS 



OF THE 



FALSTAFF SHAKESPEARE. 



(For tAdverthement, see previous page.) 



Mr. GLADSTONE says of the "Falstaff Shakespeare," in a note 

 dated November 13th, 1896: 



" Accept my thanks for your courtesy in sending me your new and remark- 

 able edition of Shakespeare, which, in itself, gives a startling proof of the great 

 results that British enterprise is able to achieve at the most moderate prices. 

 " Yours very faithfully, 



{Signed) "W. E. GLADSTONE." 



PRESS OPINIONS. 



Newcastle Daily Chronicle.— ^\ . . The cheapest book ever sold formoney. A book 

 as big as a family Bible. In all the populous world of books there is nothing like this 

 impressive reprint." 



Pall Mall Gazette. — ". . . . A marvel of cheapness . . . good paper, clean-cut type, 

 and stout binding." 



5"^ar,— "This remarkable work. There is nothing about it— paper, printing, binding, 

 or arrangement— to suggest why the edition should be published at so low a figure." 



Glasgoxv Herald.— " . . . Wonderful value. . . . Will be found a blessing to the eyes 

 when compared to cheap editions in smaller type." 



Scotsfttan.—^'^ . . . One wonders how such a ' bulk of wit and wisdom ' as this Falstaflf 

 Edition'can be put out at the price." 



Sfuffield Daily Telegraph.— '^ Ho more remarkable book has been published within 

 our time." 



Guardian. — " It is handsome, well printed, and everything that a single volume can be." 



Methodist Recorder. — ", . . The cheapes book ever issued. . . . Worthy of any 

 man's bookshelves." 



Methodist Times. — \\ . . The cheapest book in the world. It is literally the most 

 marvellous three-and-sixpence worth we have ever seen." 



Dundee Advertiser. — ". . . A marvel of cheapness." 



Bookseller. — " . . . Most astoundingly cheap. . . . Good clear type, thick toned 

 paper, title-page in red and black, and tastefully bound." 



Newsagent. — ". . . The most marvellous three-and-sixpenny book ever issued." 



Perthshire Advertiser.— ''This is the best edition that has yet appeared— it is a 

 marvel of cheapness. The type is beautiful and distinct." 



Globe. — ". . . Altogether desirable." 



New Saturday. — ". . . Amazingly cheap." 



Gentlewoman. — "The price is simply absurd." 



Christian Commonwealth. — " ... In every sense admirable." 



Queen. — "About the most wonderful three-and-sixpence worth that was ever published." 



British IVeekly. — " ... I do not know that there has ever been anything like the 

 Falstaflf Shakespeare." 



Liverpool Mercury. — ". . . A marvel of excellence and cheapness combined." 



Black and White. — ". . . Worthy a place in any library." 



Vanity Fair. — " . . . Cheap, yet exceedingly well done. ... It is altogether 

 complete and adequate." 



Press Opinions on "The Cheapest Boois in the World" Series. 



(Vide page 12. J 



Times.— " Shonld be welcome to many readers." 



Daily Telegra/h.—" Astonishingly cheap." 



Athenceum. — "A marvellous florin's worth." 



Birmingham Daily Post. — "May stand unashamed on any library shelf. ... It is 

 the most wonderfully cheap book we ever saw." 



National Observer. — "A marvellous two-shillings' worth." 



Methodist Times. — " Splendid reprints . . . their magnificence fairly dazzles me . . . 

 beautifully printed on excellent paper . . . they are the cheapest books in the world." 



Of BLISS, SANDS, k CO.'S reprints in general, the ' PALL MALL 

 GAZETTE' says: — "They have annihilated the hitherto indissoluble alliance 

 between cheap and nasty." 



