14 CATALOGUE OF NEW WORKS 



HOWITT (MARY).— A NEW SKETCH OF EVERY DAY LIFE A DIARY. 



Together with STRIFE and PEACE. By Fredrika Bremer. Translated by Mary Howitt. 

 2 vols, post 8vo. 21s. 



" The success already attained by the fair translator in giving these Swedish novels an 

 English dress has been carried out in this new work, the incidents of which are strongly 

 marked with the characteristics of romance. There is not a little of singularity in both the 

 dramatis personce and train of events, in which real life in the far north is illustrated by 

 Fredrika Bremer: but a high moral purpose is sedulously studied in all she writes. She 

 obviously aims at enforcing the purest principles of domestic life, and her illustrations, how* 

 ever odd, are never inanimate or uninteresting. She is most amiable in her eccentricities, 

 which lose nothing of their freshness and piquancy in their translation." — Morning Herald. 



HOWITT (MARY)— THE CHILD'S PICTURE AND VERSE BOOK, 



Commonly called " Otto Speckter's Fable Book." Translated by Mary Howitt. With French 

 and German on corresponding pages, and illustrated with 100 Engravings on Wood, by 

 G. F. Sargent. Square 12mo. 10s. 6d. boards. 

 " Otto Speckter's illustrations are well calculated to please children; some by their truth, 

 others by their humour. The verses, too , ! are in a kindly spirit — some sly— some chiming in 

 those cot al-and -bells measures which ought never to be out of the ear of such as write for the 

 very young. Mrs. Howitt has, in naturalising this book, done a good deed with a good grace." 



Athenaeum. 



HOWITT.— THE RURAL LIFE OF ENGLAND. 



By William Howitt. Third Edition, corrected and revised, medium 8vo. with Engravings on 

 Wood by Bewick and Williams, uniform with " Visits to Remarkable Places." 21s. cloth. 



CONTENTS. 



Life of the Aristocracy. 

 Life of the Agricultural Population. 

 Picturesque and Moral Features of the Country. 

 Strong Attachment of the English to Country 

 Life. 



The Forests of England. 



Habits, Amusements, and Condition of the 

 People ; in which are introduced Two New 

 Chapters, descriptive of the Rural Watering 

 Places, and Education of Rural Population. 



HOWITT.— VISITS TO REMARKABLE PLACES; 



Old Halls, Battle-Fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and 

 Poetry. By William Howitt. New Edition, medium 8vo. with 40 Illustrations by S. Williams, 

 21s. cloth. 



SECOND SERIES, chiefly in the Counties of DURHAM and NORTHUMBERLAND, with a 

 Stroll along the BORDER. 1 vol. medium 8vo. with upwards of 40 highly-finished Woodcuts, 

 from Drawings made on the spot for this Work, by Messrs. Carmichael, Richardsons, and 

 Weld Taylor, 21s. cloth. 



HOWITT.— TH E LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JACK OF THE MILL, 



Commonly called " Lord Othmill created, for his eminent services, Baron Waldeck, and 

 Knight of Kitcottie ; a Fireside Story. By William Howitt. 2 vols, foolscap 8vo. with 46 

 Illustrations on Wood by G. F. Sargent, 15s. cloth. 

 " How Jack deals with a band of thieves after the summary and triumphant fashion of the 

 Giant-killer— how he falls under the tutorage of a pair of pious Lollards, hidden in ' the 

 chamber of the wall" 1 — how he goes over seas in search of a benefactor's lost son, meets with 

 John Ziska, and makes one of the party who put an end to the horrible villanies of Robber 

 Von Stein (whose dismantled tower may be seen near Saltzburg even unto this day) — how he 

 wif/s by courageous conduct fame, honours, and a fair lady,— is told by Mr. Howitt with a 

 spirit as unflagging as if he were again a boy. and sufficient to command many a dozen of 

 open-mouthed listeners. There is good faith in his manner of narrative, even where the 

 incidents are the most improbable, which, as has been elsewhere said, reminds the reader of 

 Defoe.'" — Athenaeum. 



HOWITT.— THE RURAL AND SOCIAL LIFE OF GERMANY: 



With Characteristic Sketches of its chief Cities and Scenery. Collected in a General Tour, 

 and during a Residence in that Country in the Years 1840-42. By William Howitt, author 

 of "The Rural Life of England," "Visits to Remarkable Places," "The Boy's Country 

 Book," etc. 1 vol. medium 8vo., with above 50 Illustrations, 21s. cloth. 

 '< We cordially record our conviction of the value of Mr. Howitt' s volume, and strongly 

 recommend its early perusal. It is both instructive and entertaining, and will be found to 

 familiarize the English reader with forms of character and modes of social life, vastly differ- 

 ent from anything witnessed at home."— Eclectic Review. 



HOWITT.— WANDERINGS OF A JOURNEYMAN TAILOR, 



through EUROPE and the EAST, during the years 1824 to 1840. By P. D. Holthaus, from 

 Werdohl in Westphalia. Translated from the Third German Edition, by William Howitt, 

 author of " The Rural and Social Life of Germany," etc. etc. Foolscap 8vo. with Portrait 

 of the Tailor, 6s. cloth. 



" One of the most agreeable books of travels that we have met with for a long time. There 

 seems no reason to doubt that it really is what it professes to be— the veritable production of 

 Peter Diedrich Holthaus, a jotcrneyman tailor, who, actuated by an irrepressible desire to 

 see the world, travelled for sixteen years, depending solely on his needle for support, and 

 thus stitching his way from one country to another. In almost every capital he found 

 masters of his own trade and nation established, with whom he worked until he saved money 

 enough to carry him to the newt nation. In this manner he wandered several times through 

 Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Wallachia, passed a considerable period in Constantinople, 

 and accomplished a pilgrimage through Egypt to the Holy Land. The volume has been pre' 

 pared from the notes of his journal, assisted by a powerful memory, and abounds in informa- 

 tion respecting foreign countries in aspects not often presented to travellers. Holthaus 

 lived amongst the people,— was for the time himself one of the mass,— and saw social life in 

 many of its truest lights. The translation cannot fail to be good, being executed by William 

 Howitt, who, in addition to his general literary ability, has an intimate acquaintance with 

 every thing German.''''— Watchman. 



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