THE HUMOUR OF ITALY. Translated, with an In- 

 troduction and Notes, by A. Werner. With 50 Illustrations and a 

 Frontispiece by Arturo Faldi. 



" Will reveal to English readers a whole new world of literature." 

 — Ath,en<sum (London). 



"Apart from selections of writers of classical reputation, the book 

 contains some delightful modern short stories and sketches. We 

 may particularly mention those by Verga, Capuana, De Amicis. . . . 

 Excellent also are one or two of the jokes and 'bulls' which figure 

 under the heading of newspaper humour." — Literary World {'Lonion). 



THE HUMOUR OF AMERICA. Selected, with a 



copious Biographical Index of American Humorists, by James Barr. 

 "There is not a dull page in the volume; it fairly sparkles and 

 ripples with good things." — Manchester Examiner. 



THE HUMOUR OF HOLLAND. Translated, with 

 an Introduction and Notes, by A. Werner. With numerous 

 Illustrations by Dudley Hardy. 



"There are some quite irresistible pieces in the volume. The 

 'illustrations are excellent, and the whole style in which the book 

 is produced reflects credit on the publishers." — British Weekly. 



" There are really good things in the book — things of quaint or 

 pretty fancy, things pf strong or subtle satire. . . . Even Mark Twain, 

 in 'Tom Sawyer ' and • Huck Finn,' does not show a finer knowledge 

 of the humours of imaginative boyhood than is displayed by Conrad 

 van der Liede in ' My Hero.' " — Daily Chronicle. 



THE HUMOUR OF IRELAND. Selected by D. J. 



O'Donoghue, With numerous Illustrations by Oliver Paque. 



"A most conscientiously, exhaustively, excellently compiled book ; 

 the editor could not have done his work better. . . . Every genre of 

 Irish Humour as it is, or has been, written, from the twelfth century 

 down to the evening-newspaper age." — The Speaker (London). 



THE HUMOUR OF SPAIN. Translated, with an Intro- 

 duction and Notes, by S. Taylor. With numerous Illustrations. 



THE HUMOUR OF RUSSIA. Translated, with Notes, 



by E. L. Boole, and an Introduction by Stepniak. With 50 

 Illustrations by Paul Frenzeny. 



THE HUMOUR OF JAPAN. Translated, with an 

 Introduction, by A. M. With Illustrations by George Bigot 

 (from Drawings made in Japan). 



