AN IDEAL EDITION, 



The Complete Library 



will contain the complete works of standard authors 

 in monthly volumes of about 250 pages, foolscap 

 8vo, uniformly printed on fine paper from new type, 

 and neatly bound. 



PRICK, IN CLOTH, ONE SHILLING NET., IN LEATHER, 

 TWO SHILLIN68 NET., EACH VOLUME. 



This series is an attempt to combine the excel- 

 lencies of the best library editions with the cheapness 

 of ordinary reprints. 



The high standard at which we are aiming in this 

 undertaking will be evident from the following 

 particulars : 



I. Scope of the Series. 



The * COMPLETE LIBRARY* will contain: (a) 

 The works of those authors who have become 

 standard in our own or in foreign literatures. In 

 the case of such writers all their known works tvill 

 he included, and these will be perfectly unabridged 

 and complete. Their letters will also be given in 

 collections as complete as possible. (^) Miscell- 

 aneous books, such as memoirs, diaries, collections 

 of fugitive poetry, plays, ballads, etc., which arc 

 worthy of preservation either because of their 

 intrinsic merit or from their importance in relation 

 to the development of any national literature or to 

 the movements of the times in which they were 

 written. 



