y Mrs. GASKELL. With full
Biographical Notice of the Author.

Volume XXX.

INGRAM'S LIFE OF POE: The Life, Letters, and Opinions of Edgar Allan Poe.
By J. H. INGRAM. With Portraits.

Volume XXXI.

SHIRLEY. By CHARLOTTE BRONTE. With Biographical Introduction, Portrait,
and four Full-page Illustrations.

Among novels of the nineteenth century, few are more secure of literary
immortality than those of Charlotte Bronte. The illustrations of
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Volume XXXII.

HOOKER'S HIMALAYAN JOURNALS: Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim
and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc. By Sir JOSEPH HOOKER,
K.C.S.I., F.R.S., LL.D., etc. New Edition, Revised by the Author. With
Portrait, Maps, and Illustrations.

Volume XXXIII.

BACON'S FAMOUS WORKS: "Essays, Civil and Moral," "The Proficience and
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Introduction and Portrait.

Volume XXXIV.

MACAULAY'S BIOGRAPHICAL, CRITICAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS AND POEMS,
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and Illustrations.

Volume XXXV.

CARLYLE'S OLIVER CROMWELL'S LETTERS AND SPEECHES. With Introduction and
Full-page Illustrations.

Volume XXXVI.

ALTON LOCKE; Tailor and Poet. By CHARLES KINGSLEY. With Critical
Introduction by COULSON KERNAHAN, and Portrait of the Author.

Volume XXXVII.

THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS. By WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. With Critical
Introduction, Portrait, and Illustrations by the Author.

Volume XXXVIII.

LAVENGRO: The Scholar, The Priest, The Gipsy. By GEORGE BORROW, Author
of "The Bible in Spain," etc. With Introduction by THEODORE WATTS, and
Two Full-page Illustrations.

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