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 I. 



THE GENTLE LIFE. Essays in aid of the Formation of 

 Character of Gentlemen and Gentlewomen. Ninth Edition. 



" His notion of a gentleman is of the noblest and truest order. The 

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II. 

 ABOUT IN THE WORLD. Essays by the Author of " The 

 Gentle Life." 



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 — Morning Post. 



III. 



LIKE UNTO CHRIST. A new translation of the '' De Imita- 



tione Christi," nsnally ascribed to Thomas k Kempis. With a Vignette 

 from an Original Drawing by Sir Thomas Lawi'ence, Second Edition. 



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IV. 



FAMILIAR WORDS. An Index Verborum, or Quotation 

 Handbook. Affording an immediate Reference to Fbrases and Sentences 

 that have become embedded in the English language. Second and en- 

 larged Edition. 



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V. 



ESSAYS BY MONTAIGNE. Edited, Compared, Revised, and 

 Annotated by the Author of " The Gentle Life." with Vignette Portrait. 

 Second Edition. 



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VI. 



THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE'S ARCADIA. Written 

 by Sir Philip Sidney. Edited, with Notes.by the Author of'The Gentle 

 Life." Dedicated, by permission, to the Earl of Derby. 75. ^. 



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 its eclogues and other metrical digressions." — Examiner. 



