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Page 16 - THE FAMOUS HISTORIE OF FRYER BACON, containing the wonderfull things that he did in his life : also the manner of his death, with the lives and deaths of the two conjurers, Bungye and Vandermast.
Page 52 - Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic in their Pursuits through Life in and out of London [sequel].
Page 52 - REAL LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq., and his Cousin. The Hon. Tom Dashall.
Page 65 - So much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby as relates to her Domestic History, and to the Eventful Period of King Charles the First, the Protectorate, and the Restoration (1635 to 1663).
Page 8 - Morte d'Arthur.— SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. "It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
Page 586 - Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces, or the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Parish of Kuhschnapptel.
Page 402 - Dr. Le Baron and his Daughters ; a Story of the Old Colony. 1890. The doctor is son of the Nameless Nobleman in the former romance. This tale deals more discursively with later phases of social life, embodying many traditions and legends.
Page 29 - Welsh family, a group of laughable oddities, through England, Scotland and Wales. The sarcastic descriptions of towns and peoples derive comic effect from being put in the letters of different characters with absurdly different points of view.
Page 482 - Of all his works," says Richardson, "the best illustrative type: long, dull and inconsequential, but mildly pleasing the reader, or at times quite delighting him, by a deliberate style which is enjoyable for its own sake, by a calm portraiture which presents the characters with silhouette clearness, and by some very faithful and delicately humorous pictures of the life and scenery of Eastern Massachusetts.