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Signboards: Their 



History. With Anecdotes of 



Famous Taverns and Remark- 

 able Characters. By Jacob 



Larwood and John Camden 



HOTTEN. Seventh Edition. 



Crown 8vo, cloth extra, *js, 6d. 



*' It Is not fair on the part of a reviewer 

 to pick out the plums of an author's book, 

 thusfilching away his cream, and leaving 

 little but skim-milk remaining; but, even 

 if we were ever so maliciously inclined, 

 we could not in the present instance pick 

 out all Messrs. Larwood and Hotten's 

 plums, because the good tilings are so 

 numerous ■ as", to defy the most wholesale 

 depredation."— r^^ Times. "elp me through this world ! 



*** Nearly 100 most curious illustraiions on wood are given, showing the signs 

 which were formerly hung from, taverns, dx^c. 



HANDBOOK OF COLLOQUIALISMS. 



The Slang Dictionary: 



;^' Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal: 

 An Entirely New Edition, revised 

 f^^iS; /throughout, and considerably Enlarged, 

 containing upwards of a thousand more 

 words than the last edition. Crown 8vo, 

 with Curious Illustrations, cloth extra, 

 6s. 6d.^ 



" Peculiarly a book which ' no gentleman's library 

 THE WEDGE AND THE WOODEN should be Without, 'while to costermongers and thieves 

 SPOON. it is absolutely indispensable." — Dispatch. 



" Interesting and curious. Contains as many as it was possible to collect of all the 

 words and phrases of modern slang in use at the present time." — Public Opinion. 



" In every way a great improvement on the edition of 1864. Its uses as a dictionary 



of the very vulgar tongue do not require to be explained." — Notes and Queries. 



"Compiled with most exacting care, and based on the best authorities." — Standard. 



*'Ih 'The Slang Dictionary' we have not only a book that reflects credit upon the 



philologist ; it is also a volume that will repay, at any time, a dip into its humorous 



■ pages." — Figaro, 



WEST-END LIFE AND DOINGS. 



Story of the London Parks. By 



Jacob Larwood. With numerous Illustrations, Coloured and 

 Plain. In One thick Volume, crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7j. 6d, 



a complete History of thesefavourite out-of- 

 ■ time. 



door 



*,* A most interestingwork, giving a comJ>lefe B 

 7or resorts^ from the earliest period to the present 



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