nism,"
etc. Giving an account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the
Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley. With a
Biographical Introduction, Portrait of the Author, and Illustrations.
"It would be impossible to overstate the service which Mr. Wallace,
the co-discoverer of Darwinism, has done."--_Times_, September 11th,
1889.
Volume IX.--Fifth Edition.
DEAN STANLEY'S LIFE OF DR. ARNOLD. The Life and Correspondence of Thomas
Arnold, D.D. (Head-Master of Rugby School). By ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY,
D.D., Dean of Westminster. With a Portrait of DR. ARNOLD, and Full-page
Illustrations.
"One of the most remarkable and most instructive books ever
published--a book for which Arnold himself left abundant materials in
his voluminuous correspondence, supplemented by a large quantity of
miscellaneous matter added by his friend and former pupil, Dean
Stanley."--_Morning Advertiser_.
Volume X.--Third Edition,
POE'S TALES OF ADVENTURE, MYSTERY, AND Imagination. By EDGAR ALLAN POE.
With a Biographical Introduction by the Editor, Portrait of the Author,
and Illustrations.
"Contains over forty of Poe's marvellous stories, certainly among the
most exciting and sensational tales ever written. The volume itself
is a marvel, comprising, as it does, over 560 pages, strongly and
neatly bound, for two shillings."--_Newcastle Chronicle_.
Volume XI.--Second Edition.
COMEDIES BY MOLIERE: Including The Would-be Gentleman; The Affected Young
Ladies; The Forced Marriage; The Doctor by Compulsion; Scapin's
Rogueries; The Blunderer; The School for Husbands; The School for Wives;
The Miser; The Hypochondriac; The Misanthrope; The Blue-Stockings;
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite. Newly Translated by CHARLES MATTHEW, M.A.
The Translation revised by the Editor, with a Portrait of the Author, and
Biographical Introduction.
"We hope that this new translation of Moliere's magnificent comedies
will make them as widely known as they deserve to be."--_Playgoer_.
Volume XII.--Second Edition.
FORSTER'S LIFE OF GOLDSMITH: The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith. By
JOHN FORSTER, Author of "The Life of Charles Dickens," etc. With a
Biography of FORSTER by the Editor, and Numerous Illustrations by
MACLISE, STANFIELD, LEECH, and others.
Forster's "Life of Goldsmith" is a work which ranks very high among
successful biographi
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