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CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOKS 



A beautifullj) Illustrated yolume on a great ArtUt 



JOHN OPIE AND HIS CIRCLE By ada earlano 



Author of " Ruskin and His Circle " 

 In one large handsome vol., with 51 Illustrations, 21b. net 



In the present work the author has attempted to tell the story of Opie's life, fully and adequately, as never before 

 related. The author has collected much new material, and many pictures are now reproduced for the first time. A 

 valuable list of Opie's pictures forms a copious appendix to the book. 



"A HARE, FINE YARN" 



SIXTY YEARS : Life and Adventure in the Far East 



By JOHN DILL ROSS 



In 2 vols., demy 8vo, cloth gilt and gilt top, S4s. net 

 With 3 Photogravure Plates, 20 other Illustrations, and a 



Map 



" Mr. Ross is a writer born ... A romance of commerce and adventure in the Far East, wiitten in a style 

 resembling Thackeray's, yet in no wise copying it, would at any time deserve attention. But Mr. Ross has done 

 his work so thoroughly that his book is this, and more than this. Captain lives a vivid life in these pages : 

 plucky, adventurous to the bone, bold in business enterprises as on the sea . . . The writer born should write 

 again and again. And Mr. Ross makes every stoi-y an entertainment." — Evening Standard. 



QUEEN JEANNE OF NAVARRE By p. f. w.ll.am ryan 



Author of "Queen Anne and Her Court" 



In demy 8vo, cloth gilt and gilt top, 12s. 6d. net 



With Photogravure and 16 other Illustrations 



" Mr. Ryan has portrayed her judiciously and with great skill, allowing himself no bias, seeking to present 

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 a difficult and many-sided case." — Daily Chronicle. 



PENELOPE RICH and her circle 



By MAUD STEPNEY RAWSON 



Author of "Bess of Hardwick," "A Lady of the Regency," etc. 



In demy 8vo, cloth gilt and gilt top, 16a. xk&t 

 With Photogravure and 28 other Illustrations 



The beautiful Penelope Rich was the adored of Sir Philip Sidney and the sister of the ill-starred 

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