"An excellent series." — Telegraph. 



"Excellently translated, beautifully bound, and elegantly 

 printed." — Liverpool Mercury. 



"Notable for the high standard of taste and excellent Judgment 

 that characterise their editing, as well as for the brilliancy of 

 the literature that they contain." — BOSTON GAZETTE, U.S.A. 



Library of Humour. 



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The Humour of France. Translated, with an Introduction and 

 Noises, by ELIZABETH Lee. With numerous Illustrations by Paul 

 Frenzeny. 



" From Villon to Paul Verlaine, from dateless /a W«a«x to news- 

 papers fresh from the kiosk, we have a tremendous range of 

 selections. " — Birmingham Daily Gazette. 

 " French wit is excellently represented. We have here examples 

 of Villon, Rabelais, and Moliere, but we have specimens 

 also of La Rochefoucauld, Regnard, Voltaire, Beaumarchais, 

 Chamfort, Dumas, Gautier, Labiche, De Banville, Pailleron, 

 and many others. . . . The book sparkles from beginning to 

 aii.."—GUbe. 



The Humour of Qermany. Translated, with an Introduction and 

 Notes, by Hans Muller-Casenov. With numerous Illustrations 

 by C. E. Brock. 



"An excellently representative volume." — Daily Telegraph. 

 " Whether it is Saxon kinship or the fine qualities of the collec- 

 tion, we have found this volume the most entertaining of the 

 three. Its riotous absurdities well overbalance its examples of 

 the oppressively heavy. . . . The national impulse to make 

 fun of the war correspondent has a capital example in the skit 

 from Julius Stettenheim." — JVew York Independent. 



The Humour of Italy. Translated, with an Introduction and 

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

 by Arturo Faldl 



"Will reveal to English readers a whole new world of litera- 

 ture." — Athenaum. 

 "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 news- 

 paper humour." — Literary World. 



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