The First of the English: A Novel

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS’

LIST OF

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOR THE WINTER SEASON, 1894.

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ÉDITION DE LUXE.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS.

By ALEXANDRE DUMAS.

With a Letter from Alexandre Dumas the Younger.

With 250 Original Illustrations by Maurice Leloir, Engraved on Wood by J. Huyot.

Two Volumes. Price £2 2s.

This Edition is limited to 750 copies for the English Market.

Prospectuses and Specimens will be sent on application.

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THE POCKET EDITION OF

LONGFELLOW’S POETICAL WORKS.

In Fifteen Volumes.

Strongly bound in paste grain, gilt edges, in a Box, price £2 2s.

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GRACE AGUILAR’S BOOKS.

Seven Volumes.

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, in a Box, price 21s.

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SONGS OF TWO SAVOYARDS.

Words and Illustrations by W. S. Gilbert. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan.

New and Cheaper Edition. Price 12s. 6d.

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FOXHOUND, FOREST, AND PRAIRIE.

By Captain Pennell-Elmhirst.

With Plain and Coloured Illustrations by J. Sturgess and J. Marshman. Price 10s. 6d. [274]

Price 7s. 6d. each.

NEW AND IMPORTANT ADDITIONS

TO

ROUTLEDGE’S SEVEN-AND-SIX GIFT BOOKS.

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1.

CAPTAIN COOK’S VOYAGES.

With many Illustrations in the Text, and 12 Plates printed in Colours from Designs by Gordon Browne.

2.

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

With many Illustrations in the Text, and 12 Plates printed in Colours from Designs by E. J. Wheeler.

3.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS.

With many Illustrations in the Text, and 12 Plates printed in Colours from Designs by A. W. Cooper.

4.

THE PLAYFELLOW

By Harriet Martineau.

Containing “The Crofton Boys,” “Feats on the Fiord,” “The Settlers at Home,” “The Peasant and the Prince.”

With many Illustrations, and 8 Plates printed in Colours from Designs by A. W. Cooper.

5.

THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE.

Adapted for the Young by M. Jones.

With many Illustrations and 6 Coloured Plates by Kronheim.

6.

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD.

With 20 page Illustrations and 8 Coloured Plates from Designs by Gordon Browne.

7.

WHITE’S NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE.

Sir William Jardine’s Edition.

With many Illustrations, and 6 Plates in Colours from Designs by Harrison Weir. [275]

ROUTLEDGE’S SIX-SHILLING NOVELS.

• THE FLYING HALCYON. By R. H. Savage.
• THE QUEEN OF ECUADOR. By R. M. Manley.
• STUCK UP. By Nat Gould.
• THE MYSTERY OF STEPHEN CLAVERTON & CO.
• THE PASSING SHOW. By R. H. Savage.

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RANDOLPH CALDECOTT’S PICTURE BOOKS.

New and Cheaper Edition, reduced from One Shilling to Sixpence each.

• THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
• JOHN GILPIN.
• THE THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN.
• SING A SONG FOR SIXPENCE.
• THE MAD DOG.
• THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
• THE QUEEN OF HEARTS.
• THE FARMER’S BOY.

Also in 2 Volumes, price 2s. 6d. each.

• RANDOLPH CALDECOTT’S PICTURE BOOK.
• RANDOLPH CALDECOTT’S PICTURE BOOK No. 2.

And in 1 Volume, price 5s.

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT’S COLLECTION OF PICTURES AND SONGS.

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HARRY FURNISS’S PICTURE BOOKS.

New and Cheaper Edition, reduced from One Shilling to Sixpence each.

• Holiday Romps.
• Romps at the Seaside.
• Romps in Town.
• Romps all the Year Round.

And in 1 Volume, price 2s. 6d.

• ROMPS. By Harry Furniss.

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Price 5s.; gilt edges, 6s.

CHIVALRY. By Leon Gautier. With 100 Illustrations.

Price 5s., Cloth.

NORWEGIAN FAIRY TALES. Translated by Abel Heywood from the Collection of P. Chr. Asbjörnsen and Jörgen Moe. Illustrated by Bessie Du Val. [276]

Price 3s. 6d. each.

THE PELHAM EDITION OF

LORD LYTTON’S NOVELS.

Being a New Edition of Lord Lytton’s Novels. In Monthly Volumes.

Demy 8vo, cloth.

Order of Publication.

• THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII.
• THE LAST OF THE BARONS.
• NIGHT AND MORNING.
• ERNEST MALTRAVERS.
• RIENZI.
• MY NOVEL. 2 Vols.

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THE BREAKFAST-TABLE SERIES.

By Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Pocket Edition, Complete in 1 Volume. Cloth, gilt top.

THE ESSAYS OF ELIA and THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA.

By Charles Lamb.

Pocket Edition, Complete in 1 Volume. Cloth, gilt top.

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ROUTLEDGE’S PASTIME LIBRARY.

A series of Card and Table Games and Popular Amusements.

• 1 CARD GAMES. Edited by Prof. Hoffmann.
• 2 TABLE GAMES. Edited by Prof. Hoffmann.
• 3 HANDBOOK OF POKER. By W. J. Florence.
• 4 DRAWING-ROOM AMUSEMENTS AND EVENING PARTY ENTERTAINMENTS.
• 5 THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF PATIENCE GAMES.
• 6 THE BOOK OF SKAT. The German Card Game.
• 7 HOME GYMNASTICS: A Manual for Young and Old.
• 8 THE ART OF PRACTICAL WHIST. By General A. W. Drayson.
• 9 CHESS. By L. Hoffer.
• 10 THE SECRETS OF CONJURING AND MAGIC. Edited by Professor Hoffmann.
• 11 THE SECRETS OF STAGE CONJURING. Edited by Professor Hoffmann.
• 12 ACTING CHARADES AND PROVERBS. A Series of Plays.
• 13 FRET CUTTING AND WOOD CARVING. By General Sir Thomas Seaton.

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Price 3s. 6d. each.

ROUTLEDGE’S PRIZE SERIES.

Cloth gilt, with Coloured Plates. The Cheapest Series of Prize Books ever published. Also in cloth, gilt edges, 5s.

• CAPTAIN COOK’S VOYAGES.
• GULLIVER’S TRAVELS.
• THE ARABIAN NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS.
• THE BOYS’ OWN NATURAL HISTORY.
• THE PLAYFELLOW. By Harriet Martineau.
• DON QUIXOTE. Adapted for the Young.
• ROBIN HOOD. By J. B. Marsh.
• WHITE’S NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE.
• ÆSOP’S FABLES.
• THE PRINCE OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID.
• EDGEWORTH’S EARLY LESSONS. With 72 Illustrations and 3 Coloured Plates by F. A. Fraser.
• EDGEWORTH’S PARENTS’ ASSISTANT. With 30 Illustrations and 5 Coloured Plates by F. A. Fraser.
• EDGEWORTH’S MORAL TALES. With 30 Illustrations and 4 Coloured Plates by F. A. Fraser.
• EDGEWORTH’S POPULAR TALES. With 30 Illustrations and 4 Coloured Plates by F. A. Fraser.

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ROUTLEDGE’S POPULAR LIBRARY.

New Volumes.

(The “Beautiful Thoughts Series.”)

• FAMILIAR LATIN QUOTATIONS, WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS.
• BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS FROM GREEK AUTHORS.
• BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS FROM FRENCH and ITALIAN AUTHORS.
• BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS FROM GERMAN and SPANISH AUTHORS.
• GROCOTT’S INDEX TO FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. New Edition, with Appendix of Quotations from American Authors.
• JOHNSON’S LIVES OF THE POETS. In 2 Vols.
• CARLYLE’S LIVES OF SCHILLER AND STERLING.
• THE PLAYS OF EURIPIDES.

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ROUTLEDGE’S THREE-AND-SIXPENNY GIFT BOOKS.

New Volumes.

• SONGS OF A SAVOYARD. By W. S. Gilbert.
• THE DAYS OF BRUCE. By Grace Aguilar.
• UNTRODDEN PEAKS and UNFREQUENTED VALLEYS. By Amelia B. Edwards.

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ROUTLEDGE’S POPULAR SCIENCE LIBRARY.

New Volumes.

• THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Edited by Robert Routledge, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.C.S. With 70 Illustrations.
• ELECTRIC LIGHTING. Edited by Robert Routledge, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.C.S.
• SCIENCE IN SPORT MADE PHILOSOPHY in EARNEST. Edited by Robert Routledge, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.C.S. Illustrated.
• THE MODERN SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD. By Charles Kent. Illustrated.
• COMMON OBJECTS OF THE MICROSCOPE. By the Rev. J. G. Wood. With 400 Coloured Illustrations.
• AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. By Alfred Sibson, F.C.S.
• THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS. By M. E. Darton.

Price 2s. 6d.

• WEBSTER’S PRACTICAL DICTIONARY. 1,500 Illustrations in the Text. Large crown 8vo, cloth.

• THE DAYS OF BRUCE. By Grace Aguilar.

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Price 2s.

RAILWAY LIBRARY.

New Volumes.

• THE ANARCHIST. By Col. R. H. Savage.
• THE KING’S STOCKBROKER. By Arch. C. Gunter.
• THE PRINCESS OF ALASKA. By Col. R. H. Savage.
• HOW I ESCAPED. Edited by Arch. C. Gunter.
• THROWN AWAY. By Nat Gould.
• THE FLYING HALCYON. By R. H. Savage.

TWO SHILLING JUVENILE BOOKS.

New Volumes.

• THE DAYS OF BRUCE. By Grace Aguilar.
• MILDRED’S NEW DAUGHTER. By Martha Finley.

Price 1s. 6d.

• WEBSTER’S PRIMARY DICTIONARY. With 400 Illustrations. Uniform with Routledge’s Eighteenpenny Dictionaries.

Price 1s. each.

MASTER JACK SERIES.

New Volumes.

• ANIMAL STORIES, OLD AND NEW. Harrison Weir.
• BRIGHT FAIRY TALES.
• BUNYAN’S PILGRIM’S PROGRESS. In Words of One Syllable.

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• SWIMMING. By A. Sinclair. (The Oval Series of Games.)
• HARRY COVERDALE’S COURTSHIP. Complete Edition.
• TOM JONES. By Henry Fielding. Complete Edition.
• MILDRED’S NEW DAUGHTER.
• ELSIE AT ION.
• KATE GREENAWAY’S ALMANACK FOR 1895. (And in cloth, 1s. 6d.)

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Price 6d. each.

CAXTON NOVELS.

New Volumes.

• THE ROMANCE OF WAR. By James Grant.
• TOM JONES. By Henry Fielding. In 2 Vols.
• AMELIA. By Henry Fielding.
• CHICOT, THE JESTER. By Alexandre Dumas.
• OLD ST. PAUL’S. By W. Harrison Ainsworth.
• WINDSOR CASTLE. By W. Harrison Ainsworth.
• THE RIFLE RANGERS. By Capt. Mayne Reid.
• EUGENE ARAM. By Lord Lytton.
• RODERICK RANDOM. By Tobias Smollett.
• NIGHT AND MORNING. By Lord Lytton.
• MRS. CAUDLE’S CURTAIN LECTURES. By Douglas Jerrold.
• LOOKING BACKWARD. By Edward Bellamy.
• A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. By Laurence Sterne.
• IVANHOE. By Sir Walter Scott.
• THE MISER’S DAUGHTER. By W. Harrison Ainsworth.
• ZANONI. By Lord Lytton.
• HANDY ANDY. By Samuel Lover.
• THE KING’S OWN. By Captain Marryat.
• THE DEERSLAYER. By J. Fenimore Cooper.
• THE LAUGHING MAN. By Victor Hugo.
• A CHRISTMAS CAROL. By Charles Dickens.
• THE STAR CHAMBER. By W. Harrison Ainsworth.
• JACOB FAITHFUL. By Captain Marryat.
• THE PACHA OF MANY TALES. By Captain Marryat.

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SIR JOHN LUBBOCK’S HUNDRED BOOKS.

New Volumes.

• 71 HUME’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. In 3 Vols. 10s. 6d.
• 72 LOCKE ON THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. 3s. 6d.
• 73 ADDISON’S ESSAYS. 3s. 6d.
• 74 TAYLOR’S HOLY LIVING AND DYING. 2s. 6d.
• 75 HUME’S ESSAYS. 3s. 6d.
• 76 CICERO—OFFICES, FRIENDSHIP AND OLD AGE. 3s. 6d.
• 77 HESIOD. 2s.
• 78 XENOPHON’S ANABASIS and MEMORABILIA. 5s.
• 79 VOLTAIRE—ZADIG ET MICROMEGAS. 1s. 6d.
• 80 ŒUVRES DE MOLIÈRE. 6s.
• 81 SAKOONTALA; OR, THE LOST RING. 5s.
• 82 DESCARTES—DISCOURS DE LA METHODE. 1s. 6d.
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