6 NEW BOOKS 



A BANQUET OF JESTS AND MERRY TALES. 

 By ARCHIE ARMSTRONG, Court Jester to King James I. 

 and King Charles I., 161 1-1637. Post 8vo. Price 33. 6d. 



An extremely amusing work, reprinted in the original quaint 

 spelling of the period* In addition to the immense fund of amuse- 

 ment to be found in its pages, the -work is highly valuable as 

 throwing much light on the social customs and ideas of the period. 

 The author experienced life in connection with all ranks and sections 

 of society, from his own peasant home in the north, to that of the 

 Court of his Sovereign. 



AMUSING IRISH TALES. By Wi* LIAM CARLETON. 

 Post 8vo. Price 2s. 6d. 



A collection of amusing and humorous tales descriptive of Irish 

 life and character. The distinguished author has been designated the 

 Sir Walter Scott of Ireland. The tales are fifteen in number, such 

 as " The Country Dancing Master " " The Irish Match-Maker" 

 " The Irish Smuggler," " The Irish Senachie," " The Country 

 Fiddler," etc., etc. All of them are overflowing with the richest 

 wit and humour. 



THE WHOLE FAMILIAR COLLOQUIES OF 

 ERASMUS. Translated by NATHAN BAILEY. 

 Demy Svo. Price 4s. 6d. 



A complete and inexpensive edition of the great book of 

 amusement of the sixteenth century. Probably no other work 

 so truly and intensely depicts the life and notions of our fore- 

 fathers 350 years ago, as does this inimical production of the 

 great Erasmus. 



There are 62 dialogues in all, avd an immense variety of 

 subjects are dealt with, ruch as " Benefice- Hunting," "The 

 Soldier and the Carthusian," " The Franciscans," " The 

 Apparition," " The Beggar's Dialogue," " The Religious Pil- 

 grimage," " The Sermon," " The Parliament of Women," 

 etc., etc. The whole work is richly characteristic, and is full 

 of the richest humour and satire. 



AMUSING PROSE CHAP BOOKS, CHIEFLY OF 

 LAST CENTURY. Edited by ROBERT HAYS 

 CUNNINGHAM. Post 8vo. Price 43. 6d. 



A collection of interesting prose chap books of former times, 

 forming a good representative of the people's earliest popular 

 literature, such as " The Comical History of the King and the 

 Cobbler," " The Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham," " The 

 Merry Conceits of Tom Long, the Carrier" "The Pleasant History 

 of Poor Robin, the Merry Saddler qf Walden," etc. t etc. 



