HURST AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY 



( CONTINUED ). 



VOL. X. THE OLD COURT SUBURB. BY LEIGH HUNT. 



" A delightful book, of which the charm begins at the first line on the first page, for full of 

 quaint and pleasant memories is the phrase that is its title, 'The Old Court Suburb.' Very full, 

 too, both of quaint and pleasant memories is the line that designates the author. It is the name 

 of the most cheerful of chroniclers, the best of remembrancers of good things, the most polished 

 and entertaining of educated gossips. ' The Old Court Suburb ' is a work that will be welcome to 

 all readers, and most welcome to those who have a love for the best kinds of reading." Examiner. 



" A more agreeable and entertaining book has not been published since Boswell produced his 

 reminiscences of Johnson." Observer. 



VOL. XI. MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS. 



" We may save ourselves the trouble of giving any lengthened review of this work, for we recom- 

 mend all who are in search of a fascinating novel to read it for themselves. They will find it well 

 worth their while. There are a freshness and originality about it quite charming, and there is a 

 certain nobleness in the treatment both of sentiment and incident which is not often found." 

 Athenaeum. 



YOL. XII. THE OLD JUDGE. BY SAM SLICK. 



" This work is redolent of the hearty fun and strong masculine sense of our old friend ' Sam- 

 Slick.' In these sketches we have different interlocutors, and a far greater variety of character 

 than in 'Sam Slick,' while in acuteness of observation, pungency of remark, and abounding hearti- 

 ness of drollery, the present work of Judge Halihurton is quite equal to the first. Every page is 

 alive with rapid, fresh sketches of character, droll, quaint, racy sayings, good-humoured practical 

 ]okes, and capitally-told anecdotes." Chronicle. 



"These popular sketches, in which the Author of 'Sam Slick' paints Nova Scotian life, form the 

 J2th Volume of Messrs Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library of Modern Works. The publica- 

 tions included in this Library have all been of good quality; many give information while they 

 entertain, and of that class the book before us is a specimen. The manner in which the Cheap 

 Editions formi.ig the series is produced deserves especial mention. The paper and print are un- 

 exceptionable ; there is a steel engraving in each volume, and the outsides of them will satisfy the 

 purchaser who likes to see a regiment of books in handsome uniform." Examiner. 



VOL. XIII. DARIEN. BY ELIOT WARBURTON. 



"This last production, from the pen of the author of "The Crescent and the Cross,' has the same 

 elements of a very wide popularity. It will please its thousands." Globe. 



"This work will be read with peculiar interest as the last contribution to the literature of his 

 country of a man endowed with no ordinary gifts of intellect. Eliot Warburton's active and pro- 

 ductive genius is amply exemplified in the present book. We have seldom met with any work in 

 which the realities of history and the poetry of fiction were more happily interwoven." illustrates 

 News. 



VOL. XIV. FAMILY ROMANCE ; OR, DOMESTIC 

 ANNALS OF THE ARISTOCRACY. 



BY SIR BERNARD BURKE, ULSTER KING OP ARMS. 



" It were impossible to praise too highly as a work of amusement this most interesting book, 

 whether wo should have regard to its excellent plan or its not less excellent execution. It ought to 

 be found on every drawing-room table. Here you have nearly fifty captivating romances with the 

 pith of all their interest preserved in undiminished poignancy, and any one may be read in half an 

 hour. It is not the least of their merits that the romances are founded on fact or what, at least, 

 has been handed down for truth by long tradition and the romance of reality far exceeds the 

 romance of fiction. Each story is told in the clear, unaffected style with which theauthor's former 

 works have made the public familiar." Standard. 



