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ts." 445, 8. _au grande trot_--at a full trot. 447, 12. _Nous etions bien, la_--We were well, there. 447, 21. _l'homme propose_--man proposes. 448, 1. "_O tempo passato, perche non ritorni?_"--"O bygone days, why do you not return?" 448, 7. "_Et je m'en vais,"_ etc. "And off I go On the evil wind Which carries me Here and there Like the Leaf that is dead." 448. 13. _rossignolet de mon ame_--little nightingale of my soul. 448, 23. _Da capo, e da capo_--Over and over again. 449, 4. _medio de fonte leporum (surgit amari aliquid)_--from the midst of the fountain of delights something bitter arises. By GEORGE DU MAURIER * * * * * TRILBY Written and Illustrated by George du Maurier. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 75; Three-quarter Calf, $3 50; Three-quarter Levant, $4 50. It is the secret of the extraordinary charm of this story that it does not appear to be a story; it has almost no marks of artifice; it hardly appears to have been planned; it affects us as a record, kept in the simplest and most informal way, of certain very interesting events and persons.--_Outlook_, N. Y. A book that every one will like because it has the essential qualities of wit, passion, character, and human nature; a book that has the grace and charm of a finely artistic style all through, and that is likely to rest on our shelves long after most of the novels of this year of grace have passed out of our remembrance.--_St. James's Gazette_, London. PETER IBBETSON With an Introduction by his Cousin, Lady ***** ("Madge Plunket"). Edited and Illustrated by George du Maurier. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 50; Three-quarter Calf, $3 25; Three-quarter Levant, $4 25. There are so many beauties, so many singularities, so much that is fresh and original in Mr. Du Maurier's story that it is difficult to treat it at all adequately from the point of view of criticism. That it is one of the most remarkable books that have appeared for a long time is, however, indisputable.--_N. Y. Tribune._ ENGLISH SOCIETY Sketched by George du Maurier. 4to, Oblong, Cloth, $2 50. In it a searching observer of many phases of humanity, charming in his wit and without the blemish of malice, presents with his pencil as much of his social philosophy as he could give with his pen in a hundred
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