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Gibbon ! 



The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 

 covering the period from the death of Julius 

 Caesar and the downfall of the Republic, through 

 thirteen centuries, to the fall of Constantinople. 

 "Whatever else is read, Gibbon mast be read, 

 too." 



New Edition De Luxe, the only large type set 

 in six volumes (it must not be confounded with 

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 by Milman, Guizot, and Dr. William Smith. Ele- 

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(Pub. $33) Special Price $15.75 



Scott ! 



In 1S14, at tbe age of 43, Scott published 

 anonymous his first novel "Waverley." followed 

 in rapid succession by that matchless series of 

 romances, unbroken up to 1829. within three 

 years of his death. The world knows what mar- 

 velous achievements he wrought in that brief 

 span of years. Wbat a life of splendor and mis- 

 ery, fame and pathos! Yet his works breathe 

 purity, courage, honor, and sweetness. 



Complete Waverley Novels, limited Edition De 

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 binding. 



(Pub.$ioo) Special Price $47.50 



Dickens ! 



While Scott was writing his famous romances 

 a boy named Dickens was working in a blacking 

 warehouse, teaching himself shorthand, soon ris- 

 ing to be a reporter, and at 28 the most popular 

 living writer in the world, a popularity which he 

 maintained for more than thirty years, until his 

 death from needless overwork Dickens' works 

 are too widely known and loved to require com- 

 ment. 



Fine Limited numbered Edition De Luxe, com- 

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 wove paper, 100 illustrations, elegant % leather 

 binding. 



(Pub. $90) Special Price $42.50 



Fielding ! 



Scott it was who named Fielding "The Father 

 of the English Novel," because Fielding created a 

 new school of literature — the novel. After more 

 than a century his novels still hold a foremost 

 place among tbe world's masterpieces. He wrote 

 those celebrated novels "Tom Jones," "Joseph 

 Andrews." "Amelia," etc., which are truly classics 

 of their kind. 



Edition De Luxe, limited and numbered (uni- 

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 illustrated, complete novels, unexpurgated, six 

 volumes, % leather binding. 



(Pub.$30)Special Price $15.75 



Plutarch ! 



Plutarch's Lives include brilliant biographies of 

 the chief personages of Creek and Roman history, 

 embracing the six hundred eventful years, 500 

 B. C. to 100 A. D. Shakespeare himself drew 

 ideas and characters from Plutarch, and so have 

 countless other writers. Emerson says "cannot 

 be spared from the smallest library. — his lives are 

 as entertaining as a French novel." 



Edition De Luxe, five volumes, limited and 

 numbered, large type, good paper, illustrated, 

 durably bound in beautiful style, % genuine 

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(Pub. $25) Special Price $11.50 



Shakespeare! 



Best Library Edition. Complete in twenty ele- 

 gant volumes (5 1 / 4x7 1 / £), combining convenience 

 and dignity, two plays to a volume, Cambridge 

 text. 



Two sets of notes, critical and explanatory, by 

 over ^00 Shakespearean scholars such as Rolfe, 

 Hudson, Dowclen, Collancz. 



Study Questions and suggestions follow each 

 play. 



175 full-page gravures and mezzo-gravures. be- 

 sides hundreds of small engravings. The edition 

 is limited and numbered. 



Large type, superfine deckle-edge paper. The 

 binding is % blue leather. 



Pub. $85) Special Price $37.50 



Kipling ! 



New illustrated Edition De Luxe of Kipling's 

 Standard Works, as follows: 1. Plain Tales from 

 the Hills ; 2. The Light that Failed ; S. Mine 

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 Rickshaw ; 6. Under the Deodars ; 7. Wee Willie 

 Winkie, City of Dreadful Night, American Notes ; 

 8. Story of the Gadsbys, In Black and White ; 

 0. Letters of Marque ; 10. Poems. Ballads and 

 Other Verses. % leather binding. 10 volumes. 



(Pub. $39) Special Price $19.50 



Smollett! 



The writings of this classic old novelist are 

 famous for depicting with spirit and wit the free 

 and easv manner of 18th century life. Smollelt 

 deals with the ridiculous and humorous side of 

 life. Thackeray called his "Humphrey Clinker" 

 the most laughable story ever written. The 

 novels "Roderick Random." "Peregrine Pickle." 

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(Pub.$30) Special Price $15.75 



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