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lf into the guilty deed."--_Extract from Bulwer Lytton and his Works._ The above are printed on superior paper, bound in cloth. Each volume is embellished with an Illustration; and this Standard Edition is admirably suited for private, select, and public Libraries. The odd Numbers and Parts to complete volumes may be obtained; and the complete series is now in course of issue in Three-halfpenny Weekly Numbers, or in Monthly Parts, Sevenpence each. UNIFORM ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF MR. AINSWORTH'S WORKS. In 1 vol. demy 8vo, price =6=s. each, cloth, emblematically gilt. TOWER OF LONDON (The). With Forty Illustrations on Steel; and numerous Engravings on Wood by George Cruikshank. LANCASHIRE WITCHES. Illustrated by J. Gilbert. JACK SHEPPARD. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. OLD ST. PAUL'S. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. GUY FAWKES. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. In 1 vol. demy 8vo, price =5=s. each, cloth gilt. CRICHTON. With Steel Illustrations, from designs by H. K. Browne. WINDSOR CASTLE. With Steel Engravings, and Woodcuts by Cruikshank. MISER'S DAUGHTER. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. ROOKWOOD. With Illustrations by John Gilbert. SPENDTHRIFT. With Illustrations by Phiz. STAR CHAMBER. With Illustrations by Phiz. "It is scarcely surprising that Harrison Ainsworth should have secured to himself a very wide popularity, when we consider how happily he has chosen his themes. Sometimes, by the luckiest inspiration, he has chosen a romance of captivating and enthralling fascinations, such as 'Crichton,' the 'Admirable Crichton.' Surely no one ever hit upon a worthier hero of romance, not from the days of Apuleius to those of Le Sage or of Bulwer Lytton. Sometimes the scene and the very title of his romance have been some renowned structure, a palace, a prison, or a fortress. It is thus with the 'Tower of London,' 'Windsor Castle,' 'Old St. Paul's.' Scarcely less ability, or, rather, we should say, perhaps more correctly, scarcely less adroitness in the choice of a new theme, in the instance of one of his latest literary productions, viz., the 'Star Chamber.' But the readers of Mr. Ainsworth--and they now number thousands upon thousands--need hardly be informed of this: and now that a uniform illustrated edition of his works is published, we do not doubt but that this large number of readers even will be considerably increased."--_Sun._ In 1 vol. fcap. 8vo, price =3=s. =6=d.
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