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THE GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES.

Uniformly printed in 18mo, with Vignette Titles by J. E. Millais, T. Woolner, W. Holman Hunt, Sir Noel Paton, Arthur Hughes, &c. Engraved on Steel by Jeens. Bound in extra cloth, 4s. 6d. each volume. Also kept in morocco and calf bindings.

“Messrs. Macmillan have, in their Golden Treasury Series, especially provided editions of standard works, volumes of selected poetry, and original compositions, which entitle this series to be called classical. Nothing can be better than the literary execution, nothing more elegant than the material workmanship.”—British Quarterly Review. THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by Francis Turner Palgrave. THE CHILDREN’S GARLAND FROM THE BEST POETS. Selected and arranged by Coventry Patmore. THE BOOK OF PRAISE. From the best English Hymn Writers. Selected and arranged by Lord Selborne. A New and Enlarged Edition. THE FAIRY BOOK; the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered anew by the Author of “John Halifax, Gentleman.” “A delightful selection, in a delightful external form; full of the physical splendour and vast opulence of proper fairy tales.”—Spectator. THE BALLAD BOOK. A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads. Edited by William Allingham. THE JEST BOOK. The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings. Selected and arranged by Mark Lemon. “The fullest and best jest book that has yet appeared.”—Saturday Review. BACON’S ESSAYS AND COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL. With Notes and Glossarial Index by W. Aldis Wright, M.A. “The beautiful little edition of Bacon’s Essays, now before us, does credit to the taste and scholarship of Mr. Aldis Wright.”—Spectator. THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS from this World to that which is to come. By John Bunyan. “A beautiful and scholarly reprint.”—Spectator. THE SUNDAY BOOK OF POETRY FOR THE YOUNG. Selected and arranged by C. F. Alexander. “A well-selected volume of sacred poetry.”—Spectator. A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS of All Times and All Countries. Gathered and Narrated Anew by the Author of “The Heir of Redclyffe.” “...To the young, for whom it is especially intended, as a most interesting collection of thrilling tales well told; and to their elders as a useful handbook of reference, and a pleasant one to take up when their wish is to while away a weary half-hour. We have seen no prettier gift-book for a long time.”—Athenæum. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. Edited, from the Original Edition, by J. W. Clark, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO, Translated into English, with Notes by J. Ll. Davies, M.A., and D. J. Vaughan, M.A. “A dainty and cheap little edition.”—Examiner. THE SONG BOOK. Words and Tunes from the best Poets and Musicians. Selected and arranged by John Hullah, Professor of Vocal Music in King’s College, London. “A choice collection of the sterling songs of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the music of each prefixed to the words. How much true wholesome pleasure such a book can diffuse, and will diffuse, we trust, through many thousand families.”—Examiner. LA LYRE FRANCAISE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by Gustave Masson, French Master in Harrow School. “We doubt whether even in France itself so interesting and complete a repertory of the best French Lyrics could be found.”—Notes and Queries. TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS. By An Old Boy. “A perfect gem of a book. The best and most healthy book about boys for boys that ever was written.”—Illustrated Times. A BOOK OF WORTHIES. Gathered from the Old Histories and written anew by the Author of “The Heir of Redclyffe.” “An admirable addition to an admirable series.”—Westminster Review. A BOOK OF GOLDEN THOUGHTS. By Henry Attwell, Knight of the Order of the Oak Crown. “Mr. Attwell has produced a work of rare value.... Happily it is small enough to be carried about in the pocket, and of such a companion it would be difficult to weary.”—Pall Mall Gazette. GUESSES AT TRUTH. By Two Brothers. New Edition. THE CAVALIER AND HIS LADY. Selections from the Works of the First Duke and Duchess of Newcastle. With an Introductory Essay by Edward Jenkins, M.P., Author of “Ginx’s Baby,” &c. “A charming little volume.”—Standard. THEOLOGIA GERMANICA. Edited by Dr. Pfeiffer, from the only complete Manuscript yet known. Translated from the German by Susanna Winkworth. With a Preface by the Rev. Charles Kingsley, and a Letter to the Translator by the Chevalier Bunsen, D.D. SCOTCH SONG, A Selection of the Choicest Lyrics of Scotland. Compiled and arranged, with brief Notes, by Mary Carlyle Aitkin. “The book is one that should find a place in every library, we had almost said in every pocket.”—Spectator. DEUTSCHE LYRIK: The Golden Treasury of the Best German Lyrical Poems. Selected and arranged, with Notes and Literary Introduction, by Dr. Buchheim. “A book which all lovers of German poetry will welcome.”—Westminster Review. HERRICK: Selections from the Lyrical Poems. Arranged, with Notes, by F. T. Palgrave. “For the first time the sweetest of English pastoral poets is placed within the range of the great world of readers.”—Academy. POEMS OF PLACES. Edited by H. W. Longfellow. England and Wales. Two Vols. “A very happy idea, thoroughly worked out by an editor who possesses every qualification for the task.”—Spectator. MATTHEW ARNOLD’S SELECTED POEMS (Also a Large Paper Edition, Crown 8vo, 12s. 6d.) “A volume which is a thing of beauty in itself.”—Pall Mall Gazette. THE STORY OF THE CHRISTIANS AND MOORS IN SPAIN. By C. M. Yonge, Author of “The Heir of Redclyffe.” With Vignette by Holman Hunt. “This volume will prove a very attractive one.”—John Bull. LAMB’S TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. Edited by the Rev. A. Ainger. M.A., Reader at the Temple. “Mr. Ainger’s introduction is excellent.”—Spectator. POEMS OF