Now being Issued Monthly in Numbers, price One Sliilling eacii. 



A New and Attractive Edition 



OF 



GILBERT ABBOT A'BECKETT'S 



Comic Histories 



OF 



England and Rome 



With nearly 400 Illustrations 



BY 



JOHN LEECH, 



Of which Thirty will be from the Steel Plates and Coloured by Hand. 



MR. A'BECKETT'S COMIC HISTOKIES, displaying the lively wit 

 of a brilliant writer, are deservedl}- held in high repute, to which 

 JOHN LEECH'S peculiar genius as an Artist of Character provided an 

 effective help by associating theiu with some of the very happiest efforts 

 of his skill. 



The present Edition appears in an attractive form, exhibiting the 

 Author's Text with all the effectiveness which the printer's art can give ; 

 whilst the Artist's Illustrations, in new Electrotypes from the Wood- 

 blocks, faithfully reveal the humorous conception, the bold and ready 

 touch, the elastic vivacity of the original sketches. 



Each Number, in a handsome wrapper, consists of 64 pages, medium 

 8vo in size, printed from a large old-faced type on a laid antique paper, 

 with uncut edges ; and contauas one and sometimes two hand-coloured 

 Engravings, in addition to the Illustrations given in the Text. 



The ''COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND" will he in 14 Numbers, 

 of which the first 6 are noiu issued, and the " COMIC HISTOBY 

 OF HOME'' in 7 Numbers, of which the first will ajypear on 

 December 16th, so that the entire issue, in 3 handsome Volumes, 

 ■u'ill be completed by tlie middle of next year. 



[For specimen see next page. 



BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. Ld., 8, 9, 10, BOUVERIE STREET, E.C. 



