THE MINERVA LIBRARY (continued). 



Every Englishman who reads and thinks, and wishes to possess the 

 BEST BOOKS, should have every book in the Minerva library. 



The Youth beginning to form a Library of books for lifelong companion- 

 ship cannot do better than subscribe to the Minerva Library. 



Schools, Mechanics, and Village Libraries, and literary institutions of all 

 kinds, should provide themselves with a number of copies of this inexpensive 

 library of indispensable books. 



The Artisan and the Shop-assistant will find their means and opportunities 

 consulted in this series. They cannot buy the best books in the English language 

 in a better and cheaper form combined. 



Naturally every Englishman wants to possess the choice works of the 



greatest Englishmen ; and to complete his ideas as a citizen of the world, he needs 

 a selection of the greatest writings of the geniuses of other countries. Both these 

 wants it is the object of the Minerva Library to supply. 



VOLUME I.-SIXTH EDITION 



CHARLES DARWIN'S JOURNAL During the Voyage of H.M.S. 

 " Beagle " Round the World. With a Biographical Introduction 

 by the Editor, Portrait of Darwin, and Illustrations. 



" 'The Minerva Library,' the new venture of Messrs. Ward & Lock, has made 

 an excellent start. . . . No better volumes could be chosen for popular reading of a 

 healthy sort than 'Darwin's Journal of Researches during the Voyage of the 

 Bearfe,' and 'Borrow's Bible in Spain.' The paper is good, the type is tolerable, 

 the binding is in excellent taste, and the price is extremely low." — Athenaum. 



VOLUME II.-THIRD EDITION 



THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. With a Critical Introduction 

 by the Editor, Portrait of the Author, and reproductions of the 

 celebrated Illustrations by Phiz and Cruikshank. 



"This series, which is edited by Mr. G. T. Bettany, is neatly bound, well 

 illustrated, and nicely printed." — Graphic. 



"The determination of the publishers of the ' Minerva Library ' to render the 

 series attractive and representative of English literature of all kinds, is strikingly 

 displayed in this volume. . . . The book is well printed and bound, and will be 

 eagerly welcomed by all desiring to obtain at a small cost a good edition of the 

 works of the famous humourist.' — Liverpool Courier. 



VOLUME III.-SECOND EDITION. 



BORROW'S BIBLE IN SPAIN: The Journeys, Adventures, and 

 Imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the 

 Scriptures in the Peninsula. By George Borrow, Author of " The 

 Gipsies of Spain." With a Biographical Introduction by the Editor, 

 and Illustrations. 



"Lovers of good literature and cheap may be commended to the 'Minerva 

 Library' edition of 'The Bible in Spain,' edited by Mr. G. T. Bettany. This is 

 rx. excellent reprint, with neat binding, good type, and fair woodcuts." — Saturday 

 Review. 



