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D'Urfey's ("Tom") Wit and Mirth; 



or, PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY : Being a Collection of the 

 best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to all Hu- 

 mours, having each their proper Tune for either Voice or Instrument : 

 most of the Songs being new set. London : Printed by W. 

 Pearson, for J. Tonson, at Shakespeare's Head, over-against Cathe- 

 rine Street in the Strand, 1719. 



An exact and beautiful reprint of this much-prized work, with the 

 Music to the Songs, just as in the rare original. In 6 vols., large 

 fcap. 8vo, antique boards, edges uncut, beautifully printed on laid 

 paper, made expressly for the work, price ^3 3.5-. 



*** The PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY have now retained their celebrity for a 

 century and a half. The difficulty of obtaining a copy has of late years raised sets 

 to a fabulous price, and lias made even odd volumes costly. Considering the clas- 

 sical reputation which the book has thus obtained, and its very high interest as 

 illustrative of the manners, customs, and amusements of English life during the 

 half century following the Restoration, no apology is needed for placing such a work 

 more within the reach of general readers and students by re-issuing it for the first 

 time since its original appearance, and at about a tithe of the price for which 

 the old edition could now be obtained. 



For drinking-songs and love-songs, sprightly ballads, merry stories, and political 

 squibs, there are none to surpass these in the language. In improvising such 

 pieces, and in singing them, D'URFEY was perhaps never equalled, except in our 

 own century by THEODORE HOOK. The sallies of his wit amused and delighted 

 three successive English sovereigns and while his plays are forgotten, his songs 

 and ballads still retain the light abandon and joyous freshness that recommended 

 them to the wits and beaux of Queen Anne's days. Nor can the warm and affec- 

 tionate eulogy of Steele and Addison be forgotten, and D'URFEY may now take his 

 place on the bookshelves of the curious, side by side with the other worthies of 

 his age. 



The Earthward Pilgrimage, from the 



Next World to that which now is. By MONCURE D. CONWAY. 

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Mrs. Ellis's Mothers of Great Men. 



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Stones ; Their History, Value, and Properties ; with Simple 

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