A LIST OF NEW BOOKS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
METHUEN AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS : LONDON
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CONTENTS
OCTOBER 1892
October 1892.
Messrs. Methuen’s
autumn announcements
GENERAL LITERATURE
Rudyard Kipling. BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS; And Other Verses. By Rudyard Kipling. Extra Post 8vo, pp. 208. Laid paper, rough edges, buckram, gilt top. 6s.
Gladstone. THE SPEECHES AND PUBLIC ADDRESSES OF THE RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. With Notes. Edited by A. W. Hutton, M.A. (Librarian of the Gladstone Library), and H. J. Cohen, M. A With Portraits. 8vo. Vol. IX. 12s. 6d.
Collingwood. JOHN RUSKIN: His Life and Work. By
W. G. Collingwood, M.A., late Scholar of University College, Oxford, Author of the ‘Art Teaching of John Ruskin,’ Editor of Mr. Ruskin’s Poems. 2 vols. 8vo. 32s.
Baring Gould. THE TRAGEDY OF THE CAESARS: The
Emperors of the Julian and Claudian Lines. With numerous Illustrations from Busts, Gems, Cameos, etc. By S. Baring Gould, Author of ‘Mehalah,’ etc. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. 30s.
Baring Gould. SURVIVALS AND SUPERSTITIONS. With Illustrations. By S. Baring Gould. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.
Perrens. THE HISTORY OF FLORENCE FROM THE
TIME OF THE MEDICIS TO THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC. By F. T. Perrens. Translated by Hannah Lynch. In three volumes. Vol. I. 8vo. 12s. 6d.
Henley & Whibley. A BOOK OF ENGLISH PROSE. Collected by W. E. Henley and Charles Whibley. Crown 8vo. 6s.
“Q.” GREEN BAYS: A Book of Verses. By “Q.,” Author of ‘Dead Man’s Rock’ &c. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Wells. OXFORD AND OXFORD LIFE. By Members of the University. Edited by J. Wells, M.A, Fellow and Tutor of Wadham College. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Driver. SERMONS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE OLD TESTAMENT. By S. R. Driver, D.D., Canon of Christ Church, Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Oxford. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Prior. CAMBRIDGE SERMONS. Edited by C. H. Prior, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Pembroke College. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Kaufmann. CHARLES KINGSLEY. By M. Kaufmann, M.A. Crown 8vo. 5s.
Lock. THE LIFE OF JOHN KEBLE. By Walter Lock, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. With Portrait. Crown 8vo. 5s.
Hutton. CARDINAL MANNING: A Biography. By A. W. Hutton, M.A. With Portrait. New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.
Sells. THE MECHANICS OF DAILY LIFE. By V. P. Sells, M.A. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.
Kimmins. THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE AND HEALTH. By C. W. Kimmins, Downing College, Cambridge. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.
Potter. AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. By M. C. Potter, Lecturer at Newcastle College of Science. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.
Cox. LAND NATIONALISATION. By Harold Cox, M.A. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.
Hadfield & Gibbins. A SHORTER WORKING DAY. By R. A. Hadfield and H. de B. Gibbins, M.A. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.
FICTION
Norris. HIS GRACE. By W. E. Norris, Author of ‘Mdle. de Mersac,’ ‘Marcia,’ etc. Crown 8vo. 2vols. 21s.
Pryce. TIME AND THE WOMAN. By Richard Pryce, Author of ‘Miss Maxwell’s Affections,’ ‘The Quiet Mrs. Fleming,’ etc. Crown 8vo. 2 vols, 21s.
Parker. PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE. By Gilbert Parker. Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s.
Marriott Watson. DIOGENES OF LONDON and other Sketches. By H. B. Marriott Watson, Author of ‘The Web of the Spider.’ Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s.
Baring Gould. IN THE ROAR OF THE SEA. By S. Baring Gould, Author of ‘Mehalah,’ ‘Urith,’ etc. Cheaper edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Clark Russell. MY DANISH SWEETHEART. By W. Clark Russell, Author of ‘The Wreck of the Grosvenor,’ ‘A Marriage at Sea,’ etc. With 6 Illustrations by W. H. Overend. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Mabel Robinson. HOVENDEN, V. C. By F. Mabel Robinson, Author of ‘Disenchantment,’ etc. Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Meade. OUT OF THE FASHION, By L. T. Meade, Author of ‘A Girl of the People,’ etc. With 6 Illustrations by W. Paget. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Cuthell. ONLY A GUARDROOM DOG. By Mrs. Cuthell. With 16 Illustrations by W. Parkinson. Square Crown 8vo. 6s.
Collingwood. THE DOCTOR OF THE JULIET. By Harry Collingwood, Author of ‘The Pirate Island,’ etc. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Bliss. A MODERN ROMANCE. By Laurence Bliss. Crown 8vo. Buckram. 3s. 6d. Paper. 2s. 6d.
CHEAPER EDITIONS.
Baring Gould. OLD COUNTRY LIFE. By S. Baring Gould, Author of ‘ Mehalah,’ etc. With 67 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Clark. THE COLLEGES OF OXFORD. Edited by A. Clark, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln College. 8vo. 12s. 6d.
Russell. THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD. By W. Clark Russell, Author of ‘The Wreck of the Grosvenor.’ With Illustrations by F. Brangwyn. 8vo. 1Os. 6d.
Author Of ‘Mdle. Mori.’ THE SECRET OF MADAME DE Monluc. By the Author of ‘The Atelier du Lys,’ ‘Mdle. Mori,’ Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
New and Recent Books.
Poetry
Rudyard Kipling. BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS; And
Other Verses. By Rudyard Kipling. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Ibsen. BRAND. A Drama by Henrik Ibsen. Translated by William Wilson. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Henley. LYRA HEROICA: An Anthology selected from the best English Verse of the l6th, 17th, l8th, and 19th Centuries. By William Ernest Henley, Author of ‘A Book of Verse,’ ‘Views and Reviews,’ etc. Crown 8vo. Stamped gilt buckram, gilt top, edges uncut. 6s.
Tomson. A SUMMER NIGHT, AND OTHER POEMS. By Graham R. Tomson. With Frontispiece by A. Tomson. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Langbridge. A CRACKED FIDDLE. Being Selections from the Poems of Frederic Langbridge. With Portrait. Crown 8vo. 5s.
Langbridge. BALLADS OF THE BRAVE: Poems of Chivalry, Enterprise, Courage, and Constancy, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edited, with Notes, by Rev. F. Langbridge. Crown 8vo.
Presentation Edition, 3s. 6d. School Edition, 2s. 6d.
History and Biography
Gladstone. THE SPEECHES AND PUBLIC ADDRESSES OF THE RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. With Notes and Introductions. Edited by A. W. Hutton, M. A (Librarian of the Gladstone Library), and H. J. Cohen, M.A. With Portraits. 8vo. Vol. X. 12s. 6d.
Russell. THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD. By W. Clark Russell, Author of ‘The Wreck of the Grosvenor.’ With Illustrations by F. Brangwyn. 8vo. 10s. 6d.
Clark. THE COLLEGES OF OXFORD: Their History and their Traditions. By Members of the University. Edited by A. Clark, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln College. 8vo. 12s. 6d.
Hulton. RIXAE OXONIENSES: An Account of the Battles of the Nations, The Struggle between Town and Gown, etc. By S. F. Hulton, M.A. Crown 8vo. 5s.
James. CURIOSITIES OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY PRIOR TO THE REFORMATION. By Croake James, Author of ‘Curiosities of Law and Lawyers.’ Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.
Clifford. THE DESCENT OF CHARLOTTE COMPTON (Baroness Ferrers de Chartley). By her Great-Granddaughter, Isabella G. C. Clifford. Small 4to. 10s. 6d. net.
General Literature
Bowden. THE IMITATION OF BUDDHA: Being Quotations from Buddhist Literature for each Day in the Year. Compiled by E. M. Bowden. With Preface by Sir Edwin Arnold. Second Edition. 16mo. 2s. 6d.
Ditchfield. OUR ENGLISH VILLAGES: Their Story and their Antiquities. By P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.R.H.S., Rector of Barkham, Berks. Post 8vo. 2s. 6d. Illustrated.
Ditchfield. OLD ENGLISH SPORTS. By P. H. Ditchfield, M.A. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. Illustrated.
Burne. PARSON AND PEASANT: Chapters of their
Natural History. By J. B. Burne, M.A., Rector of Wasing. Crown 8vo. 5s.
Massee. A MONOGRAPH OF THE MYXOGASTRES. By G. Massee. 8vo. 18s. net.
Cunningham. THE PATH TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE: Essays on Questions of the Day. By W. Cunningham, D.D., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor of Economics at King’s College, London. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d.
Anderson Graham. NATURE IN BOOKS: Studies in Literary Biography. By P. Anderson Graham. Crown 8vo. 6s.
of Nature’ (Wordsworth).
Works by S. Baring Gould.
Author of ‘Mehalah,’ etc.
OLD COUNTRY LIFE. With Sixty-seven Illustrations by
W. Parkinson, F. D. Bedford, and F. Masey. Large Crown 8vo, cloth super extra, top edge gilt, 10s. 6d. Fourth and Cheaper Edition. 6s. [Ready.
HISTORIC ODDITIES AND STRANGE EVENTS. Third Edition, Crown 8vo. 6s.
FREAKS OF FANATICISM. (First published as Historic Oddities, Second Series.) Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
SONGS OF THE WEST: Traditional Ballads and Songs of
the West of England, with their Traditional Melodies. Collected by S. Baring Gould, M.A., and H. Fleetwood Sheppard, M.A. Arranged for Voice and Piano. In 4 Parts (containing 25 Songs each), Parts I., II., III., 3s. each. Part IV., 5s. In one Vol., roan, 15s..
YORKSHIRE ODDITIES AND STRANGE EVENTS. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
SURVIVALS AND SUPERSTITIONS. Crown 8vo. Illustrated. [In the press.
JACQUETTA, and other Stories. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. Boards, 2s.
ARMINELL: A Social Romance. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. Boards, 2s.
URITH: A Story of Dartmoor. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
MARGERY OF QUETHER, and other Stories. Crown 8vo. 1s. 6d.
IN THE ROAR OF THE SEA: A Tale of the Cornish Coast. New Edition. 6s.
Fiction
Author of ‘Indian Idylls.’ IN TENT AND BUNGALOW: Stories of Indian Sport and Society. By the Author of ‘Indian Idylls.’ Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Fenn. A DOUBLE KNOT. By G. Manville Fenn, Author of ‘The Vicar’s People,’ etc. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Pryce. THE QUIET MRS. FLEMING. By Richard Pryce, Author of ‘Miss Maxwell’s Affections,’ etc. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. Picture Boards, 2s.
Gray. ELSA. A Novel. By E. M’Queen Gray. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Gray. MY STEWARDSHIP. By E. M’Queen Gray. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Cobhan. A REVEREND GENTLEMAN. By J. MacLaren Cobban, Author of ‘Master of his Fate,’ etc. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d.
Lyall. DERRICK VAUGHAN, NOVELIST. By Edna Lyall, Author of ‘Donovan.’ Crown 8vo. 31st Thousand. 3s. 6d.; paper, 1s.
Linton. THE TRUE HISTORY OF JOSHUA DAVIDSON, Christian and Communist. By E. Lynn Linton. Eleventh and Cheaper Edition. Post 8vo. 6s.
Grey. THE STORY OF CHRIS. By Rowland Grey, Author of ‘Lindenblumen,’ etc. Crown 8vo. 5s.
Dicker. A CAVALIER’S LADYE. By Constance Dicker. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Dickinson. A VICAR’S WIFE. By Evelyn Dickinson. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Prowse. THE POISON OF ASPS. By R. Orton Prowse. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Taylor. THE KING’S FAVOURITE. By Una Taylor. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Novel Series.
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Messrs. Methuen will issue from time to time a Series of copyright Novels, by well-known Authors, handsomely bound, at the above popular price of three shillings and sixpence. The first volumes (ready) are:—
Other Volumes will be announced in due course.
2/-
NEW TWO-SHILLING EDITIONS
Crown 8vo, Ornamental Boards.
Picture Boards.
Books for Boys and Girls
Walford. A PINCH OF EXPERIENCE. By L. B. Walford, Author of ‘ Mr. Smith.’ Wiih Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Molesworth. THE RED GRANGE. By Mrs. Molesworth, Author of ‘Carrots.’ With Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Clark Russell. MASTER ROCKAFELLAR’S VOYAGE. By
W. Clark Russell, Author of ‘The Wreck of the Grosvenor,’ etc. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Author of Mdle. Mori.’ THE SECRET OF MADAME DE Monluc. By the Author of ‘The Atelier du Lys,’ ‘Mdle. Mori.’ Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Manville Fenn. SYD BELTON: Or, The Boy who would not go to Sea. By G. Manville Fenn, Author of ‘In the King’s Name,’ etc. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Parr. DUMPS. By Mrs. Parr, Author of ‘Adam and Eve,’ ‘Dorothy Fox,’ etc. Illustrated by W. Parkinson. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Meade. A GIRL OF THE PEOPLE. By L. T. Meade, Author of ‘Scamp and I,’ etc. Illustrated by R. Barnes. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Meade. HEPSY GIPSY. By L. T. Meade. Illustrated by Everard Hopkins. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
Meade. THE HONOURABLE MISS: A Tale of a Country Town. By L. T. Meade, Author of ‘Scamp and I,’ ‘A Girl of the People,’ etc. With Illustrations by Everard Hopkins. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
Adams. MY LAND OF BEULAH. By Mrs. Leith Adams. With a Frontispiece by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
English Leaders of Religion
Edited by A. M. M. STEDMAN, M. A. With Portrait, crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
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CARDINAL NEWMAN. By R. H. Hutton. [Ready.
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JOHN WESLEY. By J. H. Overton, M.A. [Ready.
BISHOP WILBERFORCE. By G. W. Daniel, M.A. [Ready.
CHARLES SIMEON. By H. C. G. Moule, M.A. [Ready.
JOHN KEBLE. By W. Lock, M.A. [Nov.
F. D. MAURICE. By Colonel F. Maurice, R.E.
THOMAS CHALMERS. By Mrs. Oliphant.
CARDINAL MANNING. By A. W. Hutton, M.A. [Ready.
Other volumes will be announced in due course.
University Extension Series
A series of books on historical, literary, and scientific subjects, suitable for extension students and home reading circles. Each volume will be complete in itself, and the subjects will be treated by competent writers in a broad and philosophic spirit.
Edited by J. E. Symes, M.A.,
Principal of University College, Nottingham.
Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.
The following volumes are ready:—
THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By H. de B. Gibbins, M.A., late Scholar of Wadham College, Oxon., Cobden Prizeman. Second Edition. With Maps and Plans. [Ready.
A HISTORY OF ENGLISH POLITICAL ECONOMY. By L. L. Price, M.A., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxon.
PROBLEMS OF POVERTY: An Inquiry into the Industrial Conditions of the Poor. By J. A. Hobson, M.A.
VICTORIAN POETS. By A. Sharp.
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. By J. E. Symes, M.A.
PSYCHOLOGY. By F. S. Granger, M.A., Lecturer in Philosophy at University College, Nottingham.
THE EVOLUTION OF PLANT LIFE: Lower Forms. By G. Massee, Kew Gardens. With Illustrations.
AIR AND WATER. Professor V. B. Lewes, M.A. Illustrated.
THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE AND HEALTH. By C. W. Kimmins, M.A. Camb. Illustrated.
THE MECHANICS OF DAILY LIFE. By V. P. Sells, M.A. Illustrated.
ENGLISH SOCIAL REFORMERS. H. de B. Gibbins, M.A.
ENGLISH TRADE AND FINANCE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. By W. A. S. Hewins, B.A.
The following volumes are in preparation:—
NAPOLEON. By E. L. S. Horsburgh, M.A. Camb., U. E. Lecturer in History.
ENGLISH POLITICAL HISTORY. By T. J. Lawrence, M.A., late Fellow and Tutor of Downing College, Cambridge, U. E. Lecturer in History.
AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY. By J. Solomon, M.A. Oxen., late Lecturer in Philosophy at University College, Nottingham.
THE EARTH: An Introduction to Physiography. By E. W. Small, M.A.
Social Questions of To-day
Edited by H. de B. Gibbins, M.A.
Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.
A series of volumes upon those topics of social, economic, I and industrial interest that are at the present moment foremost in the public mind. Each volume of the series will be written by an author who is an acknowledged authority upon the subject with which he deals.
The following Volumes of the Series are ready:—
TRADE UNIONISM—NEW AND OLD. By G. Howell, M.P., Author of ‘The Conflicts of Capital and Labour.
THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT TO-DAY. By G. J. Holyoake, Author of ‘The History of Co-operation.’
MUTUAL THRIFT. By Rev. J. Frome Wilkinson, M.A., Author of ‘The Friendly Society Movement.’
PROBLEMS OF POVERTY: An Inquiry into the Industrial Conditions of the Poor. By J. A. Hobson, M.A.
THE COMMERCE OF NATIONS. By C. F. Bastable, M. A., Professor of Economics at Trinity College, Dublin.
THE ALIEN INVASION. By W. H. Wilkins, B.A., Secretary to the Society for Preventing the Immigration of Destitute Aliens.
THE RURAL EXODUS. By P. Anderson Graham.
LAND NATIONALIZATION. By Harold Cox, B.A.
A SHORTER WORKING DAY. By H. de B. Gibbins (Editor), and R. A. Hadfield, of the Hecla Works, Sheffield.
The following Volumes are in preparation:—
ENGLISH SOCIALISM OF TO-DAY. By Hubert Bland one of the Authors of ‘Fabian Essays. ‘
POVERTY AND PAUPERISM. By Rev. L. R. Phelps, M.A., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.
ENGLISH LAND AND ENGLISH MEN. By Rev. C. W. Stubbs, M.A., Author of ‘The Labourers and the Land.’
CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM IN ENGLAND. By Rev. J. Carter, M.A., of Pusey House, Oxford.
THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE. By J. R. Diggle, M.A., Chairman of the London School Board.
WOMEN’S WORK. By Lady Dilke, Miss Bailley, and Miss Abraham.
RAILWAY PROBLEMS PRESENT AND FUTURE. By R. W. Barnett, M.A., Editor of the ‘Railway Times.’
Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty,
at the Edinburgh University Press.
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