

A LIST OF BOOKS 



PUBLISHING BY 



SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND MARSTON. 



14, LUDGATE HILL, LONDON. 



[April, 1864. 

 NEW ILLUSTRATED "WORKS. 



IAVOURJTE English Poems. Complete Edition. 

 Comprising a Collection of the most celebrated Poems in 

 the English Language, with but one or two exceptions 

 unabridged, from Chaucer to Tennyson. With 300 Illus- 

 trations by the first Artists. Two vols. royal 8vo. half- 

 bound, top gilt, Roxburgh style, II. 18s. ; antique calf, SI. 3s. 



%* Either Volume sold separately as distinct works. 1. " Early 

 English Poems, Chaucer to Dyer." 2. " Favourite English Poems, 

 Thomson to Tennyson." Each handsomely bound in cloth, I/. Is. ; or 

 morocco extra, II. 15s. 



" One of the choicest gift-books of the year. The selections are wisely 

 and fairly made, whilst more than 300 dr airings by Messrs. Cope, Creswick, 

 Medgrave, Taylor, Birket Foster, and other artists, feed the eye and eluci- 

 ' date the text. The paper is of a creamy tint, the type good, the binding 

 solid, and the whole appearance handsome and solid. " Favourite English 

 Poems " is not a toy book, to be laid for a week on the Christmas table and 

 then thrown aside with the sparkling trifles of the Christmas tree, but an 

 honest book, to be admired in the season of pleasant remembrances for its 

 artistic beauty; and, when the holydays are over, to be placed for frequent 

 and affectionate consultation, on a favourite shelf." Athenaeum. 



A Christmas Carol. 8vo. Illustrated. 12s. 



Life Portraits of Shakspeare ; with an Examination of the 

 Authenticity, and a History of the various Representations of the Poet. 

 By J. H. Friswell, Member of the National Shakspeare Committee. 

 Illustrated by Photographs of authentic and received Portraits. Square 

 8vo. 21s. ; or with Photograph of the Will, 25s. 



" Everything that is worth knowing we had almost said that can be 

 known about the various presentations of the poet's face, is to be found in 

 this beautiful monograph. . . . The photographs are simply among the 

 clearest, softest, and most completely free from /line that u-e have ever 

 seen. The author has made the subject the study of a life, and is equally 

 qualified to approach it either from its literary or artistic side." Spectator. 



Life and Correspondence of Dr. Lyman Beecher, D.D. 2 vols. 

 post 8vo. With Illustrations. Vol. I. 10s. 6d. 



Dockyard Economy and Naval Power. By P. Barry, Author of 

 " The Dockyards and Shipyards of the Kingdom." With Photographs 

 of the Great Private Establishments. 8vo. 21s. 



The Great Schools of England. By Howard Staunton, Esq. 

 With numerous Illustrations. 8vo. [In the press. 



In the Woods with the Poets. Beautifully illustrated. Demy 8vo. 

 cloth elegant, bevelled boards, 12s. (uniform with Weir's " Poetry of 

 Nature ") ; morocco extra, 18s. 



