BOOKS PUBLISHED BY 



Cruikshank, George: 



The Comic Almanack. Complete in Two SERIES: The FIRST 

 from 1835 to 1843 ; the SECOND from 1844 to l8 53- A Gathering of the 

 BEST HUMOUR of THACKERAY, HOOD, MAYHEW, ALBERT SMITH, 

 A BECKETT, ROBERT BROUGH, &c. With 2,000 Woodcuts and Steel 

 Engravings by CRUIKSHANK, HINE, LANDELLS, &c. Crown 8vo, cloth 

 gilt, two very thick volumes, 75. 6d. each. 



The Life of George Cruikshank. By BLANCH ARD JERROLD, 

 Author of "The Lite of Napoleon III.," &c. With numerous Illustra- 

 tions and a List of his Works. Two Vols., crown 8vo, cloth extra, 245. 



Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 75. 6d. 



Cussans. Handbook of Heraldry ; 



with Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient 

 MSS., &c. By JOHN E. CUSSANS. Entirely New and -Revised 

 Edition. Illustrated with over 400 Woodcuts and Coloured Plates. 



Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d. 



Davenant. What shall my Son be P 



Hints for Parents on the Choice of a Profession or Trade for their 

 Sons. By FRANCIS DAVENANT, M.A. 



New and Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo, cloth extra, Illustrated, 75. 6d. 



Doran. Memories of our Great Towns. 



With Anecdotic Gleanings concerning their Worthies and their 

 Oddities. By Dr. JOHN DORAN, F.S.A. With 38 Illustrations. 



Crown Svo, half-bound, 125. 6d. 



Drama, A Dictionary of the. 



Being a comprehensive Guide to the Plays, Playwrights, Players, 

 and Playhouses of the United Kingdom and America, from the 

 Earliest to the Present Times. By W. DAVENPORT ADAMS. (Uni- 

 form with BREWER'S " Reader's Handbook.") [In preparation, 



Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. 



Dyer. The Folk-Lore of Plants. 



By T. F. THISELTON DYER, M.A. [In preparation. 



Among the subjects treated of will be the following : i. Primitive and Savage 

 Notions respecting Plants 2. Plant- Worship 3. Plant- Life 4. Lightning 

 Plants 5. Legendary Origin of Plants 6. Mystic Plants 7. Plant Nomencla- 

 ture 8. Ceremonial Use of Plants 9. The Doctrine of Signatures 10. Plants 

 in Folk-Medicine u. Plants in Folk-Tales 12. Plants in Demonology and 

 Witchcraft 13. Wishing-Plants 14. Sacred Plants 15. Luck-Plants. 



Crown 8vo, cloth boards, 65. per Volume. 



Early English Poets. 



Edited, with Introductions and Annotations, by Rev. A. B. GROSART. 

 I. Fletcher's (Giles, B.D.) Com- 



plete Poems. One Vol. 



Davies' (Sir John) Complete 

 Poetical Works. Two Vols. 



3. Herrlck's (Robert) Complete 



Collected Poems. Three Vols. 



4. Sidney's (Sir Philip) Com- 



plete Poetical Works. Three Vols, 



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