HURST & BLACKETFS STANDARD LIBRARY 



OF CHEAP EDITIONS OF 



POPULAR MODERN WORKS, 



ILLUSTRATED BY MILLAIS, HOLMAN HUNT, LEECH, BIKKET FOSTER, 

 JOHN GILBERT, TENNIEL, SANDYS, E. HUGHES, &C. 



Each in a Single Volume, elegantly printed, bound, and illustrated, price 6a. 



I. SAM SLICK'S NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE. 



'The first volume of Messrs. Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library of Cheap Editions 

 forms a very good beginning to what will doubtless be a very successful undertaking. 

 1 Nature and Hunan Nature' is one of the best of Sam Slick's witty and humorous 

 productions, and is well entitled to the. large circulation which it cannot fail to obtain 

 in its present convenient and cheap shape. The volume combines with the great recom- 

 mendations of a ciear, bold typo, and good paper, the lesser but attractive merits of 

 being well illustrated and elegantly bound," Post. 



IT. JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. 



"This is a very good and a very interesting work. It is designed to trace the career 

 from boyhood to ago of a perfect man a Christian gentleman: and it abounds in inci- 

 dent both well and highly wrought Throughout it is conceived in a high spirit, and 

 written with great ability. This cheap and handsome new edition is worthy to pass 

 freely from hand to hand as a gift book in many households." Examiner. 



"The new and cheaper edition of this interesting work will doubtless meet with great 

 success. John Halifax, the hero of this most beautiful story, is no ordinary hero, and 

 this his history is no ordinary book. It is a full-length portrait of a true gentleman, ono 

 of nature's own nobility. It is also the history of a home, and a thoroughly English 

 one. The work abounds in incident, and is full of graphic power and true pathos. It 

 is a book that few will read without becoming wiser and bettor.'' Scotsman, 



III. THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. 



BY ELIOT WARBUKTOX. 



"Independent of its value as an original narrative, and its useful and interesting 

 Information, this work is remarkable for the colouring power and play of fancy with 

 which its descriptions are enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is 

 its reverent and serious spirit" Quarterly itrritic. 



IV. NATHALIE. By JULIA KAVANAGH. 



" 'Nathalie' is Miss Kavanagh's best imaginative effort Its manner is gracious find 

 attractive. Its matter is good. A sentiment, a tenderness, are commanded by her 

 which are as individual as they are elegant" Atfuiimum. 



y._A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN. 



BY THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, (JKNTLKMAX." 



"A book of sound counsel. It is ono of the most sensible works of its kind, well- 

 written, true-hearted, and altogether practical. Whoever wishes to give advice to a 

 youug lady may thank the author for means of doing so." Examiner. 



VI. ADAM GRAEME. By MRS. OLIPHANT. 



" A story awakening genuine emotion* of interest and delight by its admirable pic- 

 tures of Scottish life and scenery. The author sets before us the essential attributes of 

 Christian virtue, their deep and silent workings in the heart, and their beautiful mani- 

 festations in life, with a delicacy, power, and truth which can hardly bo surpassed."-/'i*l 



VII. SAM SLICK'S WISE SAWS AND MODERN 

 INSTANCES. 



"The reputation of this book will stand n.s long as that of Scott's or Bulwer's Novels. 

 Its remarkable originality and happy descriptions of American life still continue tho 

 subject of universal admiration. The new edition forms a part of Messrs Hurst and 

 Blackett'a Cheap Standard Library, which has included some of tho very best specimens 

 of light literature that ever have been written." JJfstt-ti-jfr. 



