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A series of select works by favorite authors, adapted for general reading, moderate in price, compact and elegant in form, and executed in a style suitable for permanent preservation. Imperial 32mo, cloth, gilt top.
Bacon's Essays. 2s. 6d.
Burns's Poems. 3s.
--- Songs. 3s.
Coleridge's Poems. 3s.
C. Dibdin's Sea Songs and Ballads, and others. 3s.
The Midshipman. Autobiographical sketches of his own early career, by Captain Basil Hall, R.N., F.R.S. 3s. 6d.
Lieutenant and Commander. By Captain Basil Hall, R.N., F.R.S. 3s. 6d.
George Herbert's Poems. 2s. 6d.
--- Remains. 2s.
--- Works. 3s. 6d.
The Sketch Book. By Washington Irving. 3s. 6d.
Shakspeare's Plays. Keightley's edition.
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Tales of a Traveller. By Washington Irving. 3s. 6d.
Charles Lamb's Tales from Shakspeare. 3s.
Longfellow's Evangeline and Voices, Sea-side, and Poems on Slavery. 3s.
Milton's Paradise Lost. 3s.
--- Regained, and other Poems. 3s.
Robin Hood Ballads. 3s.
Southey's Life of Nelson. 3s.
Walton's Complete Angler. Portraits and illustrations. 3s.
--- Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, etc. 3s. 6d.
White's Natural History of Selborne. 3s. 6d.
Thirteen volumes in a cloth case, 21s.
Small fcap. 8vo.
These volumes are issued under the general title of "ELZEVIR SERIES" to distinguish them from other collections. This title indicates the spirit in which they are prepared: with the greatest possible accuracy regarding the text and the highest degree of beauty attainable in workmanship. They are printed at the Chiswick Press, on fine paper, with wide margins, and issued in neat cloth bindings.
Longfellow's Evangeline, Voices, Sea-side and Fire-side. 4s. 6d. With portrait.
--- Hiawatha, and The Golden Legend. 4s. 6d.
--- Wayside Inn, Miles Standish, Spanish Student. 4s. 6d.
Burns's Poetical Works. 4s. 6d. With portrait.
--- Songs and Ballads. 4s. 6d.
These editions contain all the copyright pieces published in the Aldine Edition.
Cowper's Poetical Works. 2 vols., each 4s. 6d. With portrait.
Coleridge's Poems. 4s. 6d. With portrait.
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Irving's Sketch Book. 5s. With portrait.
--- Tales of a Traveller. 5s.
Milton's Paradise Lost. 5s. With portrait.
--- Regained. 5s.
Shakspeare's Plays and Poems. Carefully edited by Thomas Keightley. In seven volumes. 5s. each.
Southey's Life of Nelson. 4s. 6d. With portrait of Nelson.
Walton's Angler. 4s. 6d. With a frontispiece.
--- Lives of Donne, Hooker, Herbert, etc. 5s. With portrait.
LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.