Books and Authors Part 18

'A very pleasing and interesting book. The style has a purity and elegance which remind one of Irving, or of Irving's master, Goldsmith.'

--_Spectator._

VII.

Eleventh Edition.

The Old Red Sandstone; or, New Walks in an Old Field. _Profusely Ill.u.s.trated._

'In Mr. Miller's charming little work will be found a very graphic description of the Old Red Fishes. I know not a more fascinating volume on any branch of British Geology.'--_Mantell's Medals of Creation._

VIII.

Fourth Edition.

The Headship of Christ and the Rights of the Christian People. With Preface by PETER BAYNE, A.M.

IX.

Tenth Edition.

Footprints of the Creator; or, The Asterolepis of Stromness. With Preface and Notes by MRS. MILLER, and a Biographical Sketch by Professor AGa.s.sIZ. _Profusely Ill.u.s.trated._

'Mr. Miller has brought his subject to the point at which science in its onward progress now lands.'--AGa.s.sIZ. _From Preface to American Edition of the 'Footprints.'_

X.

Third Edition.

Tales and Sketches. Edited, with a Preface, by MRS. MILLER.

XI.

Third Edition.

Essays: Historical and Biographical, Political and Social, Literary and Scientific.

XII.

Second Edition.

Edinburgh and its Neighbourhood, Geological and Historical. With the GEOLOGY OF THE Ba.s.s ROCK.

A New Work by Ascott R. Hope.

In crown 8vo, elegantly bound, cloth extra, price 6s.; or gilt edges and sides, 6s. 6d.,

STORIES OF SCHOOL LIFE.

By ASCOTT E. HOPE, Author of 'A Book about Boys,' 'A Book about Dominies,' etc. etc.

Crown 8vo, cloth extra, price 3s. 6d., Second Edition,

A BOOK ABOUT BOYS.

By ASCOTT R. HOPE,

Author of 'A Book about Dominies.'

Third Edition, Crown 8vo, cloth extra, price 3s. 6d.,

A BOOK ABOUT DOMINIES: BEING THE REFLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF A MEMBER OF THE PROFESSION.

By ASCOTT R. HOPE, Author of 'A Book about Boys,' etc.

'A more sensible book than this about boys has rarely been written, for it enters practically into all the particulars which have to be encountered amongst "the young ideas" who have to be trained for life, and are too often marred by the educational means adopted for their early mental development. The writer is evidently one of the Arnold school--that "prince of schoolmasters"--who did more for the formation of the character of his pupils than any man that ever lived.'--_Bell's Weekly Messenger._

Four Volumes, Crown 8vo, cloth, price 18s.,

THE PEOPLE'S EDITION OF TYTLER'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND.

'The most brilliant age of Scotland is fortunate in having found a historian whose sound judgment is accompanied by a graceful liveliness of imagination. We venture to predict that this book will soon become, and long remain, the standard History of Scotland.'--_Quarterly Review._

'The want of a complete History of Scotland has been long felt; and from the specimen which the volume before us gives of the author's talents and capacity for the task he has undertaken, it may be reasonably inferred that the deficiency will be very ably supplied. The descriptions of the battles are concise, but full of spirit. The events are themselves of the most romantic kind, and are detailed in a very picturesque and forcible style.'--_Times._

NIMMO'S

LIBRARY EDITION OF STANDARD WORKS,

In large Demy 8vo, with Steel Portrait and Vignette, handsomely bound in cloth extra, in a new style, price 5s. each.

I.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

II.

THE COMPLETE POETICAL AND PROSE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS.

III.

THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

IV.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON.

V.

JOSEPHUS: The Whole Works of FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, the Jewish Historian.

VI.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS.

VII.

THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D.

Carefully selected, with Life of the Author, and original and authentic Notes.

VIII.

THE WORKS OF DANIEL DEFOE.