es. Washington Irving said of it: "It is
executed with a spirit, a feeling, a grace, and an elegance, that
leave nothing to be desired."

Volume XIII.--Second Edition.

LANE'S MODERN EGYPTIANS: The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians.
By EDWARD WILLIAM LANE, Translator of the "Arabian Nights'
Entertainments." With a Biographical Introduction by the Editor, Sixteen
Full-page Plates, and Eighty Illustrations in the Text.

"A famous and valuable book by one of the best Oriental Scholars of
the century. It is, indeed, the fact that the present work is, as
has been said, the most remarkable description of a people ever
written."--_Glasgow Herald_.

Volume XIV.

TORRENS' LIFE OF MELBOURNE: Memoirs of William Lamb, Second Viscount
Melbourne. By W. M. TORRENS. With Introduction by the Editor, and
Portrait of LORD MELBOURNE.

"It is, indeed, one of the best and most interesting biographies ever
written . . . For ourselves, we must admit we have read the book from
cover to cover with avidity, and we hope it will reach the hands of
tens of thousands of our middle and working classes."--_Daily
Chronicle_.

Volume XV.--Fourth Edition.

THACKERAY'S VANITY FAIR. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero. By
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. With Biographical Introduction by the
Editor, Portrait of the Author, and full-page Illustrations.

"The masterpiece of Thackeray's satire is here placed within reach of
the slenderest purse, and yet in a form that leaves nothing to be
desired in the way of clear printing, and neat, serviceable
binding."--_Manchester Examiner_.

Volume XVI.

BARTH'S TRAVELS IN AFRICA: Travels and Discoveries in North and Central
Africa. Including Accounts of Tripoli, the Sahara, the Remarkable
Kingdom of Bornu, and the Countries round Lake Chad. By HENRY BARTH,
Ph.D., D.C.L. With Biographical Introduction by the Editor, Full-page
Plates, and Illustrations in the Text.

"Barth's journey through Tripoli to Central Africa is full of
instruction and entertainment. He had a fine feeling for the remote,
the unknown, the mysterious . . . Altogether, his is one of the most
inspiring of records."--_Saturday Review_.

Volume XVII.--Second Edition.

VICTOR HUGO: SELECT POEMS AND TRAGEDIES. ("Hernani" and "The King's
Amusement.") Translated by FRANCIS, FIRST EARL OF ELLESMERE, SIR EDWIN
ARNOLD