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Page 9 - John, THE POEMS OF, BOTH ENGLISH AND LATIN, Compos'd at several times. Printed by his true Copies. The Songs were set in Musick by Mr. HENRY LAWES, Gentleman of the Kings Chappel, and one of His Majesties Private Musick.
Page 15 - Buckram. 6s. A Colonial Edition is also published THE LIFE OF RL STEVENSON. See G. Balfour. Stevenson (MI). FROM SARANAC TO THE MARQUESAS. Being Letters written by Mrs. MI STEVENSON during 1887-8. Cr. Bvo. 6s. net. LETTERS FROM SAMOA, 1891-95. Edited and arranged by MC BALFOUR. With many Illustrations. Second Edition Cr. Bvo. 6s. net. Stoddart (Anna M.).
Page 24 - A picture finely and amply conceived. In the strength and insight in which the story has been conceived, in the wealth of fancy and reflection bestowed upon its execution, and in the moving sincerity of its pathos throughout, " Sir Richard Calmady" must rank as the great novel of a great writer.
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Page 25 - In elegance, delicacy, and tact it ranks with the best of his novels, while in the wide range of its portraiture and the^ subtilty of its analysis it surpasses all his earlier ventures.
Page 15 - Stevenson (RL). THE LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Selected and Edited, with Notes and Introductions, by SIDNEY COLVIN. Sixth and Cheaper Edition. Crown Bvo. its. LIBRARY EDITION. Demy Svo. 2 vols. 251. net. A Colonial Edition is also published. VAILIMA LETTERS. With an Etched Portrait by WILLIAM STRANG.
Page 25 - His wit and humour are perfectly irresistible. Mr. Jacobs writes of skippers, and mates, and seamen, and his crew are the jolliest lot that ever sailed.
Page 4 - MA, Assistant Master at Edinburgh Academy, late Fellow of St. John's College, Oxon. NOTES ON GREEK AND LATIN SYNTAX.
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