The Secret Out; or, One Thousand Tricks with. Cards, and other Recreations; with Entertaining Experiments ir. Drawing-Room or "White Magic." By GUSTAVE FRIKELL, Professor of the Art for twenty-five years. With 300 engravings, crown 8vo, cloth, 4s. 6d.

A perfect Cyclopædia of Legerdemain. Unaer the title of "Le Magicien des Salons," it has long been a standard Magic book with all French and German Professors of the Art. The tricks are described so carefully, with engravings to illustrate them, that anybody can easily learn how to perform them.

Art of Amusing (The).

A Collection of Graceful Arts, Games, Tricks, Puzzles, and Charades, intended to Amuse Everybody, and enable all to amuse everybody else. By FRANY BELLEW. With nearly 300 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 4s. 6d.

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Midsummer Eve, a Fairy Tale of Love. By Mrs. S. C. HALL. New Edition, 10s. 6d. Elegantly bound, gilt edges, profusely illustrated by Sir Noel Paton, Maclise, Kenny Meadows, line, and other eminent artists.

THE STANDARD EDITION.

Robinson Crusoe, Profusely Illustrated by Ernest Griset. Edited, with a New Account of the Origin of Robinson Crusoe, by WILLIAM LEE, Esq. Crown 8vo, 5s.

This edition deserves SPECIAL ATTENTION, from the fact that it is the only correct one that has been printed since the time of Defoe. By the kindness of Mr. Lee a copy of the rare and valuable original, in 3 vols., was deposited with the printers during the progress of the work, and all those alterations and blunders which have been discovered in every recent edition are in this case avoided. There is no living artist better adapted to the task of illustrating Crusoe than Ernest Griset.

Fables of Esop. With Illustrations by Henry L, STEPHENS. 4to, with 56 full-page inimitable designs by this Artist. Cloth and gold, gilt edges, 35s.

*In artistic circles the very highest praise has been accorded to the above designs.

The Rosicrucians; their Rites and Mysteries. With Chapters on the Ancient Fire- and Serpent-Worshippers, and Explana tions of the Mystic Symbols represented in the Monuments and Talismans of the Primeval Philosophers. By HARGRAVE JENNINGS. Crown 8vo, 316 wood engravings, 10s. 6d.

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Flagellation and the Flagellants; a History of the Rod in all Countries, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By the Rev. WILLIAM COOPER, B.A., with numerous Illustrations. Thick crown 8vo, 123. 6d.

A very remarkable, and certainly a very readable, volume. Those who care for quaint stories of the birch will find much matter for reflection, and not a little amusement, in Mr. Cooper's Flagellation' book."--Daily Telegraph. The Englishman's House, from a Cottage to a Mansion: a Practical Guide to Members of Building Societies, and all interested in Selecting or Building a House. By C. J. RICHARDSON, Architect (Author of "Old English Mansions," &c.). Second Edition, corrected and enlarged, with nearly 600 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 550 pages, cloth, 7s. 6d.

*This Work might not inappropriately be termed "A BOOK OF HOUSES." It gives every variety of house, from a workman's cottage to a nobleman's palace. The book is intended to supply a want long felt, viz., a plain, non-techni account of every manner of house, with the cost and manner of building

Mary Hollis; a Romance of the days of Charles II. and William Prince of Orange, from the Dutch of H. J. Schimmel, "the Sir Walter Scott of Holland." 3 vols. crown 8vo, £1 11s. 6d.

**This novel relates to one of the most interesting periods of our history. It has created the greatest excitement on the Continent, where it quickly passed through several editions. It is new translated from the Dutch with the assistance of the author.

UNIFORM WITH DOCTOR SYNTAX.

Wonderful Characters. Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons of Every Age and Nation. From the text of HENRY WILSON and JAMES CAULFIELD. 8vo. SIXTY-ONE FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS OF EXTRAORDINARY PERSONS. 7s. 6d.

*** One of the cheapest and most amusing books ever published. There are so many curious matters discussed in this volume, that any person who takes it up will not readily lay it down. The introduction is almost entirely devoted to a consideration of Pig-Faced Ladies, and the various stories concerning them.

Artemus Ward in London. Including his well-known Letters to "Punch." Square 16mo, 1s. 6d. ; cloth, 25.

***An entirely new volume of Wit and Fun by the famous humorist, and one which is sure to become popular.

NEW BOOK ON THE LONDON PARKS. Taking the Air; or, the Story of our London Parks. By JACOB LARWOOD. With numerous illustrations. Vol. I., Hyde Park; Vol. II., St. James's Park, The Green Park, and Mary Bone Gardens. Price 18s. the two volumes.

This is a new and most interesting work, giving a complete History of these favourite out-ofdoor resorts, from the earliest period to the present time. The fashions, the promenades, the rides, the reviews, and other displays in the parks from the merry days of Charles II. down to the present airings in Rotten-row and drives "around the ring," are all fully given, together with the exploits of bold highwaymen and the duels of rival lovers, and other appellants to the Code of Honour.

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An Epic of Women, and other Poems. By Arthur W. E. O'SHAUGHNESSY, With some Original Designs by Mr. J. T. NETTLESHIP. Just out, fcap. 8vo, with woodcuts, cloth, very neat, price 6s.

"What he has given us is remarkable. With its quaint title, and quaint illus. trations, AN EPIC OF WOMEN' will be a rich treat to a wide circle of admirers." -Atheneum, Nov. 5, 1870.

"Combine Morris and Swinburne, and inspire the product with a fervour essentially original, and you have, as we take it, a fair notion of Mr. O'Shaughnessy's poems."-Dispatch, Oct. 30, 1870.

Anacreon. Illustrated by the Exquisite Designs of GIRODET. Translated by THOMAS MOORE. Oblong 16mo, in vellum cloth and Etruscan gold, 12s. 6d.

**A MOST BEAUTIFUL AND CAPTIVATING VOLUME. The well-known Paris house, Firmin Didot, a few years since produced a very small edition of these exquisite designs by the photographic process, and gold a large edition at £2 per copy. The designs have been universally admired by both artists and poets.

Albert Durer's "Little Passion." As Engraved by the distinguished artist in 1509-10, consisting of 37 inimitable designs upon wood. With a survey of Durer's Works by W. C. Prime. Royal 4to. The illustrations in exquisite facsimile, emblematic binding, 258. *** Only 100 copies of this beautiful book were printed.

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