A Catalogue of the
Publications of T. Werner Laurie.
ABBEYS OF GREAT BRITAIN, The (H. Clairborne Dixon and E. Ramsden). 6s. net. (Cathedral Series.)
ABBEYS OF ENGLAND, The (Elsie M. Lang). Leather, 2s. 6d. net. (Leather Booklets.)
ADAM (H. L.), The Story of Crime. Fully Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
ADDISON (JULIA), Classic Myths in Art. Illustrated with 40 plate reproductions from famous painters. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net.
ADVENTURES OF AN EMPRESS (Helene Vacaresco). 6s.
AFLALO (F. G.), Sunshine and Sport in Florida and the West Indies. 60 Illustrations. Demy 8vo, 16s. net.
ALIEN, The (Helene Vacaresco). 6s.
ANTHONY (E.) (“Cut Cavendish”), The Complete Bridge Player. With a Chapter on Misery Bridge. (Vol. I., Library of Sports.) 320 pages. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net.
ARMOUR (J. OGDEN), The Packers and the People. Eight Illustrations. 380 Pages. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
ARNCLIFFE PUZZLE, The (Gordon Holmes). 6s.
ART IN THE DUMPS (Eugene Merrill), 1s. net.
ARTIST’S LIFE, The (John Oliver Hobbes). 2s. 6d. net.
BEAUTY SHOP, The (Daniel Woodroffe). 6s.
BECKE (L.), Notes from My South Sea Log. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net.
BECKE (L.), My Wanderings in the South Seas. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
BECKE (L.), Sketches in Normandy. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
BELL AND ARROW. The (Nora Hopper), 6s.
BENNETT (A.). See Phillpotts.
BIOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS, The (E. Clerihew). 6s. net.
BLAND (Hubert) (“Hubert” of the Sunday Chronicle), Letters to a Daughter. Illustrated Frontispiece. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. net; paper, 1s. net.
BLAND (Hubert) (“Hubert” of the Sunday Chronicle), With the Eyes of a Man. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
BLIND REDEEMER, The (David Christie Murray), 6s.
BLINDMAN’S MARRIAGE (Florence Warden). 6s.
BLYTH (J.), A New Atonement. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
BRIDGE PLAYER, The Complete (Edwyn Anthony). 2s. 6d. net.
BRIDGES (J. A.), Reminiscences of a Country Politician. Demy 8vo, 8s. 6d. net.
BROWNE (J. Penman), Travel and Adventure in the Ituri Forests. Demy 8vo, 16s. net.
BUILDING OF A BOOK, The (F. H. Hitchcock), 6s. net.
BULLOCK (Shan F.), The Cubs. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.; Prize Edition, 3s. 6d.
BULLOCK (Shan F.), Robert Thorne: The Story of a London Clerk. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
BUMPUS (T. F.), The Cathedrals of England and Wales. (The Cathedral Series, Vols. III., IV., V.). With many plates and minor decorations, and specially designed heads and tailpieces to each chapter. Octavo, decorative cover, cloth gilt, 6s. net each; in leather, 10s. 6d. net per vol.
BUMPUS (T. F.), The Cathedrals and Churches of Northern Italy. With 80 plates, nine of them in colour, and a coloured frontispiece by F. L. Griggs, 9 × 61⁄2. 16s. net.
BUMPUS (T. F.), The Cathedrals of Northern Germany and the Rhine. (The Cathedral Series, Vol. VI.). With many plates and minor decorations. 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net; leather, 10s. 6d. net.
BUMPUS (T. F.), Old London Churches. In 2 vols. (Uniform with the Cathedral Series.) Many illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net each.
BURLESQUE NAPOLEON, The (Philip W. Sergeant), 10s. 6d. net.
BURROWS (G. T.), Some Old Inns of England. (The Leather Booklets, Vol. II.) 24 illustrations. 5 × 3, stamped leather, 2s. 6d. net.
BUTLER (W. M.), The Golfers’ Guide. With an Introduction by Dr. Macnamara. (Vol. III., Library of Sports.) Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net.
CAMP FIRES IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES (W. T. Hornaday), 16s. net.
CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS, The (Henry Haynie). 6s. net.
CARREL (Frederic), The Adventures of John Johns. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net.
CASTLES OF ENGLAND, The (E. B. D’Auvergne). Leather, 2s. 6d. net. (Leather Booklets.)
CATHEDRAL GUIDE, The Pocket (W. J. Roberts). Leather. 2s. 6d. net. (Leather Booklets.)
CATHEDRAL SERIES, The. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net each.
Vol. I. The Cathedrals of Northern France. By Francis Miltoun. With 80 Illustrations from original drawings, and many minor decorations, by Blanche M‘Manus. 1 vol., decorative cover.
Vol. II. The Cathedrals of Southern France. By Francis Miltoun.
Vols. III., IV., V. The Cathedrals of England and Wales. B. T. Francis Bumpus. With many plates and minor decorations, and specially designed heads and tailpieces to each chapter. 3 vols, decorative cover; also in leather, 10s. 6d. net per vol.
Vol. VI. The Cathedrals of Northern Germany and the Rhine. By T. Francis Bumpus. With many plates and minor decorations. Also in leather, 10s. 6d. net.
Vol. VII. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain. By Charles Rudy. Many Illustrations.
CATHARINE: The Human Weed (L. Parry Truscott). 6s.
CHAIN INVISIBLE, The (Ranger Gull). 6s.
CLASSIC MYTHS IN ART (Julia Addison). 6s. net.
CLASSICAL LIBRARY, The. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d. net each.
Vol. I. The Works of Virgil. Translated into English by C. Davidson. With notes and a memoir. With photogravure frontispiece.
Vol. II. The Works of Horace. Translated into English by C. Smart. With notes and a memoir. With photogravure frontispiece.
CLERIHEW (E.), Biography for Beginners. A New Nonsense Book. With 40 diagrams by G. K. Chesterton. Medium 4to, 6s. net.
COBB (T.), A Sentimental Season. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
COENEN (Frans), Essays on Glass, China, Silver, etc. In connection with the Willet-Holthuysen Museum Collection, Amsterdam. With 32 Illustrations. Crown 4to, 6s. net.
CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG MAN (George Moore), 6s.
COST, The (D. G. Phillips). 6s.
COURTSHIPS OF CATHERINE THE GREAT, The (P. W. Sergeant). 10s. 6d. net.
CROSLAND (T. W. H.), The Wild Irishman. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.
CROSS (Victoria), Six Women. A Novel. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
CROSS (Victoria), Life’s Shop Window. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
CROWNED SKULL, The (Fergus Hume). 6s.
CUBS, The (Shan F. Bullock). 6s.
D’AUVERGNE (E. B.), The Castles of England. (The Leather Booklets Series, Vol. III.). With 30 illustrations. 5 × 3, stamped leather, 2s. 6d. net.
DAVIDSON (C.), The Works of Virgil. Translated into English. With notes and a memoir. With photogravure frontispiece (Classical Library, Vol. I.). Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.
DAVIDSON (GLADYS), Stories from the Operas. In 2 Vols. (Music Lovers’ Library, Vols. II. and III.). Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. net.
DAYS STOLEN FROM SPORT (Philip Geen), 10s. 6d. net.
DICK DONOVAN (see Muddock).
DIXON (H. C.) and E. Ramsden, Cathedrals of Great Britain. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
DRAKE (M.), The Salving of the Derelict. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
DRAKE (M.), Lethbridge of the Moor. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
DYKE (J. C. Van), The Opal Sea. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
DYKE (J. C. Van), Studies in Pictures. An Introduction to the Famous Galleries. 42 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
ECLECTIC LIBRARY, The. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 1s. net each.
Vol. I. The Scarlet Letter. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. 320 pages.
ENGLAND AND WALES, The Cathedrals of (T. Francis Bumpus). In three vols. 6s. net each; leather, 10s. 6d. each.
ENGLAND, The Cathedrals of (Mary Taber), 6s. net.
EVIL EYE, The (Daniel Woodroffe). 6s.
FAIR WOMEN, The Book of (Translated by Elsie M. Lang). 6s. net.
FINANCIER’S WIFE, The (Florence Warden). 6s.
FISHERMAN, The Complete (W. M. Gallichan). 2s. 6d. net.
FISHING FOR PLEASURE AND CATCHING IT (E. Marston). Cloth, 3s. 6d. net; leather, 5s. net.
FRANCE, The Cathedrals of Northern (Francis Miltoun). 6s. net.
FRANCE, The Cathedrals of Southern (Francis Miltoun). 6s. net.
FRIENDS THE FRENCH, My (R. H. Sherard). 16s. net.
GALLICHAN (W. M.), The Complete Fisherman. Illustrated. (Library of Sports, Vol. II.) Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net.
GEEN (P.), Days Stolen for Sport. Illustrated. Demy 8vo, 10s. 6d. net.
GIBERNE (Agnes), Rowena. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
GIVEN PROOF, The (H. H. Penrose). 6s.
GLASS, CHINA, AND SILVER, Essays on (Frans Coenen). 6s. net.
GOLFER’S MANUAL, The (W. Meredith Butler). 2s. 6d. net.
GRIFFITH (G.), The Mummy and Miss Nitocris. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
GULL (Ranger), The Chain Invisible. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
GULL (Ranger), Retribution. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
HARDY (Rev. E. J.), What Men Like in Women. Crown 8vo, paper, 1s. net; cloth, 2s.
HAWTHORNE (N.), The Scarlet Letter. (Eclectic Library, Vol. I.) 320 pages. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 1s. net.
HAYNIE (H.), The Captains and the Kings: Intimate Reminiscences of Notabilities. 348 pages. 81⁄4 × 51⁄2, cloth gilt, 6s. net.
HITCHCOCK (F. H.), The Building of a Book. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
HOBBES (J. O.), The Artist’s Life, and Other Essays. With frontispiece and a cover design by Charles E. Dawson. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net.
HOLMES (Gordon), The Arncliffe Puzzle. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
HOPPER (Nora) (Mrs. Hugh Chesson), The Bell and the Arrow. An English Love Story. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
HORACE, The Works of (C. Smart). 2s. 6d. net.
HORNADAY (W. T.), Camp Fires in the Canadian Rockies. With 70 illustrations from photographs taken by John M. Phillips and two maps. Demy 8vo, 16s. net.
HOSKEN (Heath). See Stanton.
HUME (Fergus), Lady Jim of Curzon Street. A Novel. Cover design by Charles E. Dawson. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s; paper, 1s. net; cloth, 1s. 6d. net.
HUME (Fergus), The Crowned Skull. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
HUME (Fergus), The Path of Pain. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
HUNEKER (J.), Melomaniacs: Wagner, Ibsen, Chopin, Nietzsche, etc. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
HUNEKER (J.), Iconoclasts: A Book of Dramatists. Illuminating critical studies of modern revolutionary playwrights. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
HUNEKER (J.), Visionaries. Crown 8vo, 6s.
HUNT (Violet), The Workaday Woman. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
HUSBAND HUNTER, The (Olivia Roy). 6s.
ICONOCLASTS (James Huneker). 6s. net.
INDIA (Pierre Loti). 10s. 6d. net.
INGLEBY (L. C.), Oscar Wilde: A Literary Appreciation. Demy 8vo, 12s. 6d. net.
IRVINE (A. M.), Roger Dinwiddie, Soul Doctor. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
ITALY, The Cathedrals of Northern (T. Francis Bumpus). 16s. net.
JAPP (A. H.), R. L. Stevenson: A Record, an Estimate, and a Memorial. Illustrated with facsimile letters and photogravure frontispiece. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net.
JOHN BULL AND JONATHAN, With (John Morgan Richards). 16s. net.
JOHN JOHNS, The Adventures of (Frederic Carrel). 2s. 6d. net.
JOHNSON (Trench H.), Phrases and Names: Their Origins and Meanings. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net.
JUNGLE TRAILS AND JUNGLE PEOPLE (Caspar Whitney). 12s. net.
KENNARD (H. P.), The Russian Peasant. 19 illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net.
KING’S WIFE, The (Helene Vacaresco). 6s.
KUROPATKIN, The Campaign with (Douglas Story). 10s. 6d. net.
LADY JIM OF CURZON STREET (Fergus Hume). Cloth, 6s.; paper, 1s. net.; cloth, 1s. 6d.
LADY LEE (Florence Warden). 6s.
LANG (E. M.), Literary London. 42 illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net.
LANG (E. M.), The Book of Fair Women. By Federigo Luigino of Udine. Translated from the Venetian edition of 1554. With 6 pictures. Foolscap 8vo, hand-made paper, parchment binding. 6s. net.
LANG (E. M.), The Abbeys of England. (The Leather Booklets, Vol. V.) Illustrated. 5 × 3, stamped leather, 2s. 6d. net.
LAST EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH, The (P. W. Sergeant). 12s. 6d. net.
LAST MIRACLE, The (M. P. Shiel). 6s.
LATHROP (E.), Where Shakespeare Set His Stage. With numerous full-page illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth, 8s. 6d. net.
LEATHER BOOKLETS, The. 5 × 3, stamped leather, 2s. 6d. net each.
Vol. I. The Pocket Cathedral Guide. By W. J. Roberts. 30 illustrations.
Vol. II. Some Old Inns of England. By G. T. Burrows. 24 illustrations.
Vol. III. The Castles of England. By E. B. d’Auvergne. With 30 Illustrations.
Vol. IV. Some Old London Memorials. By W. J. Roberts. With 25 photographs by the author.
Vol. V. The Abbeys of England. By Elsie M. Lang. 20 illustrations.
LETHBRIDGE OF THE MOOR (Maurice Drake). 6s.
LETTERS TO A DAUGHTER (Hubert Bland). 3s. 6d. net; paper, 1s. net.
LIFE IN THE LAW (John George Witt). 6s. net.
LIFE’S SHOP WINDOW (Victoria Cross). 6s.
LINDSAY’S LOVE, A (Charles Lowe). 6s.
LITERARY LONDON (Elsie M. Lang). 6s. net.
LOTI (Pierre), India. Demy 8vo, 10s. 6d. net.
LOTUS LAND (P. A. Thompson). 16s. net.
LOVER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, The (Aubrey Richardson). 12s. 6d. net.
LOWE (C.), A Lindsay’s Love. A Tale of the Tuileries and the Siege of Paris. A Novel. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
LUCY OF THE STARS (Frederick Palmer). 6s.
MACHRAY (R.), The Night Side of London. With 95 pictures by Tom Browne, R.I., R.B.A. Cloth, 2s. net; paper, 1s. net.
MACQUOID (K. S.), Pictures in Umbria. With 50 original illustrations by Thomas R. Macquoid, R.I. (Uniform with the Cathedral Series.) 6s. net.
MALVERY (O. C.), The Speculator. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
MAN AND HIS FUTURE (Lt.-Col. W. Sedgwick). 7s. 6d. net.
MARRIAGE BROKER, The (Florence Warden). 6s.
MARSTON (E.), Fishing for Pleasure and Catching It. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, leather, 5s. net; cloth, 3s. 6d. net.
2835 MAYFAIR (Frank Richardson). 6s.
MEADE (L. T.), The Red Ruth. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
MELOMANICS (James Huneker). 6s. net.
MERRILL (E.), Art in the Dumps. A Satire on the commercialism of British literature, drama, painting, and music. Cloth, 2s. net.; paper, 1s. net.
MILTOUN (F.), The Cathedrals of Northern France. With 80 illustrations from original drawings, and many minor decorations, by Blanche McManus. (The Cathedral Series, Vol. I.) Decorative cover. 73⁄4 × 51⁄4 × 13⁄8, cloth gilt, 6s. net.
MILTOUN (F.), The Cathedrals of Southern France. With 90 illustrations by Blanche McManus. 1 vol. Decorative cover. 568 pages. 8vo, 73⁄4 × 51⁄4 × 11⁄2, cloth gilt, 6s. net. (Cathedral Series, Vol. II.)
MODERN MEDICINE FOR THE HOME (E. R. Walker). Cloth, 1s. 6d.; paper, 1s. net.
MOORE (George), Confessions of a Young Man. New Edition revised. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
MOTOR LOG BOOK, My. A handy record for recording dates, runs, time, distances, weather, roads, cost of repairs, petrol, entertaining, etc. Crown 8vo, leather, full gilt, 4s. 6d. net; cloth, 2s. 6d. net.
MUDDOCK (J. E. Preston, “Dick Donovan”), Pages from an Adventurous Life. Very fully illustrated. Demy 8vo, 16s. net.; club edition, 21s. net.
MUDDOCK (J. E. Preston), Tangled Destinies. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
MUDDOCK (J. E. Preston), Thurtell’s Crime. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
MUMMY AND MISS NITOCRIS, The (George Griffith). 6s.
MURRAY (D. C.), The Blind Redeemer. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
MUSIC LOVERS, Chats with (Annie W. Patterson). 3s. 6d. net.
MUSIC LOVERS’ LIBRARY, The. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. net each.
Vol. I. Chats on Violins. By Olga Racster. Fully illustrated.
Vols. II. and III. Stories from the Operas. By Gladys Davidson. Illustrated.
Vol. IV. Chats with Music Lovers. By Doctor Annie W. Patterson.
Vol. V. Chats on the Violoncello. By Olga Racster. Fully illustrated.
NEW ATONEMENT, A (James Blyth). 6s.
NIGHTINGALL (A.), My Racing Adventures. Edited by G. G. (H. G. Harper). Illustrated. Demy 8vo, 7s. 6d. net.
NIGHTSIDE OF PARIS, The (R. H. Sherard). 12s. 6d. net.
NIGHTSIDE OF LONDON, The (Robert Machray). Cloth, 2s. net; paper, 1s. net.
OHNET (Georges), The Poison Dealer. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
OLD ENGLISH INNS (G. T. Burrows). Leather, 2s. 6d. net.
OLD LONDON CHURCHES (T. Francis Bumpus). In 2 vols. 6s. net each.
OPAL SEA, The (J. C. Van Dyke). 6s. net.
OPERAS, Stories from the (Gladys Davidson). In 2 vols. 3s. 6d. each net.
OSCAR WILDE, The Life of (R. H. Sherard). 12s. 6d. net; edition de luxe, 31s. 6d. net.
OSCAR WILDE: A Literary Appreciation (Leonard Cresswell Ingleby). 12s. 6d. net.
PACKERS AND THE PEOPLE, The (J. Ogden Armour). 6s. net.
PAGES FROM AN ADVENTUROUS LIFE (“Dick Donovan”). 16s. net; club edition, 21s. net.
PALMER (Frederick), Lucy of the Stars. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
PATER (Calvin), How to Live the Simple Life. The wisdom of ancient and modern writers crystallised into a practical guide. Crown 8vo, paper, 1s. net.
PATH OF PAIN, The (Fergus Hume). 6s.
PATTERSON (A. W.), Chats with Music Lovers. (Music Lovers’ Library, Vol. IV.) Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. net.
PENROSE (H. H.), The Given Proof. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
PERSECUTED, The (Fred Whishaw). 6s.
PHILLIPS (D. G.), The Cost. A Novel. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
PHILLPOTTS (Eden) and Bennett (Arnold), The Sinews of War. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
PHRASES AND NAMES (Trench H. Johnson). 6s. net.
PLAYING THE KNAVE (Florence Warden). 6s.
POISON DEALER, The (Georges Ohnet). 6s.
PRISONER AT THE BAR, The (Arthur Train). 8s. 6d.
PROOFS OF LIFE AFTER DEATH (R. J. Thompson). 7s. 6d. net.
QUEEN’S PROGRESS, The (Felix E. Schelling). 10s. net.
RACING ADVENTURES, My (Arthur Nightingall). 7s. 6d. net.
RACSTER (Olga), Chats on Violins. (Music Lovers’ Library, Vol. I.) Fully Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. net.
RACSTER (O.) Chats on the Violoncello. (Music Lovers’ Library, Vol. V.) Fully Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. net.
RAMSDEN (E.), The Abbeys of England. (Uniform with the Cathedral Series.) Fully Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net.
RED O’ THE FEUD (Halliwell Sutcliffe). 6s.
RED RUTH, The (L. T. Meade). 6s.
REMINISCENCES OF A COUNTRY POLITICIAN (John A. Bridges). 8s. 6d. net.
RETRIBUTION (Ranger Gull). 6s.
RHINE AND NORTH GERMANY, The Cathedrals of the (T. F. Bumpus). 6s. net; leather, 10s. 6d. net.
RICHARDS (J. M.), With John Bull and Jonathan. Reminiscences of Sixty Years of an American’s Life in England and the United States. Very Fully Illustrated, and with photogravure frontispiece. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 16s. net.
RICHARDSON (Aubrey), The Lover of Queen Elizabeth. Illustrated. Demy 8vo, 12s. 6d. net.
RICHARDSON (Frank), 2835 Mayfair. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
ROBERT THORNE: The Story of a London Clerk (Shan F. Bullock). 6s.
ROBERTS (W. J.), The Pocket Cathedral Guide. (The Leather Booklets, Vol. I.) 30 Illustrations. 5 × 3, stamped leather, 2s. 6d. net.
ROBERTS (W. J.), Some Old London Memorials. (The Leather Booklets, Vol. IV.) With 25 photographs by the Author. 5 × 3, stamped leather, 2s. 6d. net.
ROBERTS (W. J.), Literary Landmarks of Torquay. 8vo, cloth gilt, 1s.; paper wrappers, 3d. net.
ROGER DINWIDDIE: SOUL DOCTOR (A. M. Irvine). 6s.
ROWENA (Agnes Giberne). 6s.
ROY (Olivia), The Husband Hunter. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
RUDY (C.), The Cathedrals of Northern Spain. (The Cathedral Series, Vol. VII.) Many Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. net.
RUSSIAN COWARD, The (Fred Whishaw). 6s.
RUSSIAN PEASANT, The (H. P. Kennard). 6s. net.
SALVING OF A DERELICT, The (Maurice Drake). 6s.
SCARLET LETTER, The (Nathaniel Hawthorne). Cloth, 1s. net.
SCHELLING (F. E.), The Queen’s Progress and other Elizabethan Sketches. Crown 8vo, 10s. net.
SENTIMENTAL SEASON, A (Thomas Cobb). 6s.
SEDGWICK (Lt.-Col. W.), Man and His Future. Demy 8vo, 7s. 6d. net.
SERGEANT (P. W.), The Burlesque Napoleon. Being the Story of the Life and Kingship of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, youngest brother of Napoleon the Great. Fully Illustrated. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 10s. 6d. net.
SERGEANT (P. W.), The Courtships of Catherine the Great. Illustrated. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 10s. 6d. net.
SERGEANT (P. W.), The Last Empress of the French. Fully Illustrated. Hand-Coloured Frontispiece. Demy 8vo, 12s. 6d. net.
SHERARD (R. H.) My Friends the French. Reminiscences of Paris, and Observations of Modern Social Life in France. Very Fully Illustrated. Demy 8vo, 16s. net.
SHERARD (R. H.), The Life of Oscar Wilde. Very Fully Illustrated and with photogravure frontispiece. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 12s. 6d. net; fine edition, £1 11s. 6d. net.
SHERARD (R. H.), The Nightside of Paris. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 12s. 6d. net.
SHIEL (M. P.), The Last Miracle. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
SHIEL (M.P.), The White Wedding. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
SIMPLE LIFE, How to Live the (Calvin Pater), 1s. net.
SINEWS OF WAR, The (Eden Phillpotts and Arnold Bennett). 6s.
SIX WOMEN (Victoria Cross). 6s.
SKETCHES IN NORMANDY (Louis Becke). 6s.
SMART (C.), The Works of Horace. Translated into English. With notes and a memoir. With photogravure frontispiece. (Classical Library, Vol. II.) Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d. net.
SOME OLD LONDON MEMORIALS (W. J. Roberts.) Leather, 2s. 6d. net.
SOUTH SEA LOG, Notes from My (Louis Becke). 6s. net.
SPAIN, The Cathedrals of Northern (Charles Rudy). 6s. net.
SPECULATOR, The (Olive Christian Malvery). 6s.
SPORTS, The Library of. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net each.
Vol. I. The Complete Bridge Player. By Edwyn Anthony (“Cut Cavendish”). 244 pages.
Vol II. The Complete Fisherman. By W. M. Gallichan. Illustrated.
Vol. III. The Golfer’s Manual. By W. Meredith Butler. With an Introduction by Dr. Macnamara. Illustrated.
STANTON (C.) and Hosken (Heath), A Widow by Choice. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
STANTON (C.) and Hosken (Heath), The Tears of Desire. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS (Alexander H. Japp). 6s. net.
STORY (Douglas), The Campaign with Kuropatkin. Fully Illustrated. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 10s. 6d. net.
STORY OF CRIME, The (H. L. Adam), 10s. 6d. net.
STRINGER (Arthur), The Wire Tappers. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
STUDIES IN PICTURES (J. C. Van Dyke). 6s. net.
SUNSHINE AND SPORT IN FLORIDA (F. G. Aflalo). 16s. net.
SUTCLIFFE (Halliwell), Red o’ the Feud. A Novel. Crown 8vo, 6s.
TABER (Mary), The Cathedrals of England. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
TANGLED DESTINIES (“Dick Donovan”). 6s.
TANGLED TRINITIES (Daniel Woodroffe). 6s.
TEARS OF DESIRE, The (Coralie Stanton and Heath Hosken). 6s.
THOMPSON (P. A.), Lotus Land. Being an Account of the Country and the People of Southern Siam. With map, coloured frontispiece, 57 pages of illustrations and numerous drawings in the text from the author’s own photographs and sketches. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 16s. net.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] “History of the Violin,” by Sandys and Forster.
[2] Monteclair first introduced the double-bass into the Paris Opera orchestra in 1730.
[3] “Memories of Music.”
[4] Vide “Flowers from a Persian Garden,” by W. A. Coulston. London, 1890.
[5] Samuel Butler in “Hudibras” says—that brave Crowdero’s
“Grizzely beard grew long and thick
From whence he strung his fiddlestick.”
[6] Vide A. Christianowich: “Exquise Historique de la Musique Arabe.” Cologne, 1883.
[7] “The Troubadours and Courts of Love,” J. F. Rowbottham. London, 1895.
[8] “The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians,” Edward W. Lane.
[9] Persian Treatise on “The Reasons of Modulations in Chants,” by Abd-ul-cadir, 1418. This MS. is in the University of Leyden.
[10] An interesting and authentic rebec, is to be seen in the Donaldson Museum, at the Royal College of Music.
[11] “Lettres de Remission,” quoted by Laurent Grillét, “Ancêtres du Violon.”
[12] This play was first performed at Chambord, 14th October 1670.
[13] There is a fine Kerlino viola included in the Donaldson Collection, dated 1452. This was shown at the South Kensington Special Loan Exhibition in 1872. A similar example of the maker’s work, though not in such a high state of preservation, is in the Musée of the Conservatoire de Musique in Brussels.
[14] A facsimile representation of this viol and the title-page is included in Mr Heron Allen’s “De Fidiculis Bibliographia,” and “The Violin,” No. 5, a monthly, edited by Mr J. M. Fleming.
[15] I lived in the woods, until I was slain by the relentless axe. Whilst I was alive I was silent, but in death my melody is exquisite.
[16] Reproduced in Von Wasielewski “Die Violoncelle.”
[17] All trace of this composition is apparently lost.
[18] Play the Crwth.
[19] “The Nursery Rhymes of England,” edited by James Orchard Halliwell.
[20] The “Archives Curieuses,” by Cimber et Danjou records the gift of 300 livres to De Bäif by Charles IX., “en consideration des services qu’il lui a de longtemps faits en sondict état.”
[21] By Cimber et Danjou.
[22] Mr Betts made a copy of “The King,” which is now in the possession of a lady of title in Scotland.
[23] Contralto-viol.
[24] Low tenor-viol.
[25] High tenor-viol.
[26] Tenor-viol, which later became the tenor violin or viola.
[27] Tailles were tenor and contralto viols.
[28] “The Violin.” Fifth Edition. Bernard Goodwin. Glasgow, 1895.
[29] Vide “Gio. Paolo Maggini,” by Lady Huggins, published by Messrs Hill & Sons.
[30] These letters have been collected into a neat little volume, entitled “Readiana,” by Chatto & Windus. London, 1882.
[31] “Das Neu eröffnete Orchestre.” Hamburg, 1713.
[32] Henry C. Lunn, in his “Musings of a Musician” (London, 1846), admirably describes the way “to make a Fashionable Ballad” in his “Proposals for a Musical Cookery Book”: “Having procured some words, pick them to pieces and pare them down to your liking. Then spread them out upon a sheet of paper, and take a handful of sweet passages (which all good cooks keep by them in a drawer) and sprinkle them over the paper. Add as much spice as will lie upon two shillings, and garnish with any little embellishments you can think of.”
[33] Daily Courant of 17th February 1722/3.
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