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JOHN LANE

THE BODLEY HEAD
VIGO ST W.
Telegrams
“BODLEIAN LONDON”

CATALOGUE of PUBLICATIONS in BELLES LETTRES all at net prices

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1895.

List of Books
IN
BELLES LETTRES
(Including some Transfers)
Published by John Lane
The Bodley Head
VIGO STREET, LONDON, W.

N.B.—The Authors and Publisher reserve the right of reprinting any book in this list if a new edition is called for, except in cases where a stipulation has been made to the contrary, and of printing a separate edition of any of the books for America irrespective of the numbers to which the English editions are limited. The numbers mentioned do not include copies sent to the public libraries, nor those sent for review.

Most of the books are published simultaneously in England and America, and in many instances the names of the American Publishers are appended.

ADAMS (FRANCIS).

Essays in Modernity. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

[Shortly.

A Child of the Age. (See Keynotes Series.)

ALLEN (GRANT).

The Lower Slopes: A Volume of Verse. With Title-page and Cover Design by J. Illingworth Kay. 600 copies. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

The Woman who Did. (See Keynotes Series.)

The British Barbarians. (See Keynotes Series.)

BAILEY (JOHN C.).

An Anthology of English Elegies.

[In preparation.

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BEARDSLEY (AUBREY).

The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser, in which is set forth an exact account of the Manner of State held by Madam Venus, Goddess and Meretrix, under the famous Hörselberg, and containing the adventures of Tannhäuser in that place, his repentance, his journeying to Rome, and return to the loving mountain. By Aubrey Beardsley. With 20 full-page Illustrations, numerous ornaments, and a cover from the same hand. Sq. 16mo. 10s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

BEDDOES (T. L.).

See Gosse (Edmund).

BEECHING (Rev. H. C.).

In a Garden: Poems. With Title-page designed by Roger Fry. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

BENSON (ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER).

Lyrics. Fcap. 8vo, buckram. 5s. net.

BRIDGES (ROBERT).

Suppressed Chapters and other Bookishness. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

BROTHERTON (MARY).

Rosemary for Remembrance. With Title-page and Cover Design by Walter West. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

BUCHAN (JOHN).

Musa Piscatrix.

[In preparation.

CAMPBELL (GERALD).

The Joneses and the Asterisks. (See Mayfair Set.)

CASE (ROBERT).

An Anthology of English Epithalamies.

[In preparation.

CASTLE (Mrs EGERTON).

My Little Lady Anne. (See Pierrot’s Library.)

CASTLE (EGERTON).

See Stevenson (Robert Louis).

CRAIG (R. MANIFOLD).

The Sacrifice of Fools: A Novel. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

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CRANE (WALTER).

Toy Books. Re-issue. Each with new Cover Design and end papers. 9d. net.

The group of three bound in one volume, with a decorative cloth cover, end papers, and a newly written and designed preface. 3s. 6d. net.

I. This Little Pig.

II. The Fairy Ship.

III. King Luckieboy’s Party.

CROSSE (VICTORIA).

The Woman who Didn’t. (See Keynotes Series.)

DALMON (C. W.).

Song Favours. With a Title-page designed by J. P. Donne. Sq. 16mo. 3s. 6d. net.

D’ARCY (ELLA).

Monochromes. (See Keynotes Series.)

DAVIDSON (JOHN).

Plays: An Unhistorical Pastoral; A Romantic Farce; Bruce, a Chronicle Play; Smith, a Tragic Farce; Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime, with a Frontispiece and Cover Design by Aubrey Beardsley. Printed at the Ballantyne Press. 500 copies. Small 4to. 7s. 6d. net.

Fleet Street Eclogues. Fcap. 8vo, buckram. 5s. net.

[Out of Print at present.

A Random Itinerary and a Ballad. With a Frontispiece and Title-page by Laurence Housman. 600 copies. Fcap. 8vo, Irish Linen. 5s. net.

Ballads and Songs. With a Title-page and Cover Design by Walter West. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo, buckram. 5s. net.

DAWE (W. CARLTON).

Yellow and White. (See Keynotes Series.)

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DE TABLEY (LORD).

Poems, Dramatic and Lyrical. By John Leicester Warren (Lord De Tabley). Illustrations and Cover Design by C. S. Ricketts. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

Poems, Dramatic and Lyrical. Second Series, uniform in binding with the former volume. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

DIX (GERTRUDE).

The Girl from the Farm. (See Keynotes Series.)

DOSTOIEVSKY (F.).

See Keynotes Series, Vol. III.

ECHEGARAY (JOSÉ).

See Lynch (Hannah).

EGERTON (GEORGE).

Keynotes. (See Keynotes Series.)

Discords. (See Keynotes Series.)

Young Ofeg’s Ditties. A translation from the Swedish of Ola Hansson. With Title-page and Cover Design by Aubrey Beardsley. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

FARR (FLORENCE).

The Dancing Faun. (See Keynotes Series.)

FLEMING (GEORGE).

For Plain Women only. (See Mayfair Set.)

FLETCHER (J. S.).

The Wonderful Wapentake. By ‘A Son of the Soil.’ With 18 full-page Illustrations by J. A. Symington. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d. net.

FREDERIC (HAROLD).

Mrs Albert Grundy. (See Mayfair Set.)

GALE (NORMAN).

Orchard Songs. With Title-page and Cover Design by J. Illingworth Kay. Fcap. 8vo, Irish Linen. 5s. net.

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GARNETT (RICHARD).

Poems. With Title-page by J. Illingworth Kay. 350 copies. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

Dante, Petrarch, Camoens, cxxiv Sonnets rendered in English. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

GEARY (NEVILL).

A Lawyer’s Wife: A Novel. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

GOSSE (EDMUND).

The Letters of Thomas Lovell Beddoes. Now first edited. Pott 8vo. 5s. net.

GRAHAME (KENNETH).

Pagan Papers: A Volume of Essays. With Title-page by Aubrey Beardsley. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

The Golden Age. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

GREENE (G. A.).

Italian Lyrists of To-day. Translations in the original metres from about thirty-five living Italian poets, with bibliographical and biographical notes. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

GREENWOOD (FREDERICK).

Imagination in Dreams. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

HAKE (T. GORDON).

A Selection from his Poems. Edited by Mrs Meynell. With a Portrait after D. G. Rossetti, and a Cover Design by Gleeson White. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

HANSSON (LAURA MARHOLM).

Modern Women: Six Psychological Sketches. [Sophia Kovalevsky, George Egerton, Eleanora Duse, Amalie Skram, Marie Bashkirtseff, A. Edgren Leffler.] Translated from the German by Hermione Ramsden. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

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HANSSON (OLA). See Egerton.

HARLAND (HENRY).

Grey Roses. (See Keynotes Series.)

HAYES (ALFRED).

The Vale of Arden and Other Poems. With a Title-page and a Cover designed by E. H. New. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

HEINEMANN (WILLIAM).

The First Step. A Dramatic Moment. Small 4to. 3s. 6d. net.

HOPPER (NORA).

Ballads in Prose. With a Title-page and Cover by Walter West. Sq. 16mo. 5s. net.

A Volume of Poems. With Title-page designed by Patten Wilson. Sq. 16mo. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

HOUSMAN (CLEMENCE).

The Were Wolf. With six Full-page Illustrations, Title-page and Cover Design, by Laurence Housman. Sq. 16mo. 4s. net.

[In preparation.

HOUSMAN (LAURENCE).

Green Arras: Poems. With Illustrations by the Author. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

IRVING (LAURENCE).

Godefroi and Yolande: A Play. With three Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Sm. 4to. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

JAMES (W. P.).

Romantic Professions: A Volume of Essays. With Title-page designed by J. Illingworth Kay. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

JOHNSON (LIONEL).

The Art of Thomas Hardy: Six Essays. With Etched Portrait by Wm. Strang, and Bibliography by John Lane. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d. net.

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JOHNSON (PAULINE).

White Wampum: Poems. With a Title-page and Cover Design by E. H. New. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

JOHNSTONE (C. E.).

Ballads of Boy and Beak. With a Title-page designed by F. H. Townsend. Sq. 32mo. 2s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

KEYNOTES SERIES.

Each volume with specially designed Title-page by Aubrey Beardsley. Crown 8vo, cloth. 3s. 6d. net.

Vol. I. Keynotes. By George Egerton.

[Seventh edition now ready.

Vol. II. The Dancing Faun. By Florence Farr.

Vol. III. Poor Folk. Translated from the Russian of F. Dostoievsky by Lena Milman. With a Preface by George Moore.

Vol. IV. A Child of the Age. By Francis Adams.

Vol. V. The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light. By Arthur Machen.

[Second edition now ready.

Vol. VI. Discords. By George Egerton.

[Fourth edition now ready.

Vol. VII. Prince Zaleski. By M. P. Shiel.

Vol. VIII. The Woman who Did. By Grant Allen.

[Eighteenth edition now ready.

Vol. IX. Women’s Tragedies. By H. D. Lowry.

Vol. X. Grey Roses. By Henry Harland.

Vol. XI. At the First Corner and Other Stories. By H. B. Marriott Watson.

Vol. XII. Monochromes. By Ella D’Arcy.

Vol. XIII. At the Relton Arms. By Evelyn Sharp.

Vol. XIV. The Girl from the Farm. By Gertrude Dix.

Vol. XV. The Mirror of Music. By Stanley V. Makower.

Vol. XVI. Yellow and White. By W. Carlton Dawe.

Vol. XVII. The Mountain Lovers. By Fiona Macleod.

Vol. XVIII. The Woman Who Didn’t. By Victoria Crosse.

[Second edition now ready.

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The following are in rapid preparation.

Vol. XIX. The Three Impostors. By Arthur Machen.

Vol. XX. Nobody’s Fault. By Netta Syrett.

Vol. XXI. The British Barbarians. By Grant Allen.

Vol. XXII. In Homespun. By E. Nesbit.

Vol. XXIII. Platonic Affections. By John Smith.

Vol. XXIV. Nets for the Wind. By Una Taylor.

Vol. XXV. Orange and Green. By Caldwell Lipsett.

KING (MAUDE EGERTON).

Round about a Brighton Coach Office. With 30 Illustrations by Lucy Kemp Welch. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

LANDER (HARRY).

Weighed in the Balance: A Novel. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

LANG (ANDREW). See Stoddart.

LEATHER (R. K.).

Verses. 250 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. net.

Transferred by the Author to the present Publisher.

LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD).

Prose Fancies. With Portrait of the Author by Wilson Steer. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. Purple cloth. 5s. net.

The Book Bills of Narcissus, An Account rendered by Richard le Gallienne. Third Edition. With a Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. Purple cloth. 3s. 6d. net.

Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy, and Other Poems, mainly Personal. With Etched Title-page by D. Y. Cameron. Cr. 8vo. Purple cloth. 4s. 6d. net.

English Poems. Fourth Edition, revised. Crown 8vo. Purple cloth. 4s. 6d. net.

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Retrospective Reviews, A Literary Log, 1891-1895. 2 vols. crown 8vo. Purple cloth. 9s. net.

[In preparation.

George Meredith: Some Characteristics. With a Bibliography (much enlarged) by John Lane, Portrait, etc. Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. Purple cloth. 5s. 6d. net.

The Religion of a Literary Man. 5th thousand. Crown 8vo. Purple cloth. 3s. 6d. net.

LIPSETT (CALDWELL).

Orange and Green. (See Keynotes Series.)

LOWRY (H. D.).

Women’s Tragedies. (See Keynotes Series.)

LUCAS (WINIFRED).

A Volume of Poems. Fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

LYNCH (HANNAH).

The Great Galeoto and Folly or Saintliness. Two Plays, from the Spanish of José Echegaray, with an Introduction. Small 4to. 5s. 6d. net.

MACHEN (ARTHUR).

The Great God Pan. (See Keynotes Series.)

The Three Impostors. (See Keynotes Series.)

MACLEOD (FIONA).

The Mountain Lovers. (See Keynotes Series.)

MAKOWER (STANLEY V.).

The Mirror of Music. (See Keynotes Series.)

MARZIALS (THEO.).

The Gallery of Pigeons and Other Poems. Post 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

[Very few remain.

Transferred by the Author to the present Publisher.

MATHEW (FRANK).

The Wood of the Brambles: A Novel. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

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THE MAYFAIR SET.

Each volume fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

Vol. I. The Autobiography of a Boy: Passages selected by his Friend, G. S. Street. With a Title-page designed by C. W. Furse.

[Fourth Edition now ready.

Vol. II. The Joneses and the Asterisks: a Story in Monologue. By Gerald Campbell. With Title-page and six Illustrations by F. H. Townsend.

Vol. III. Select Conversations with an Uncle now extinct. By H. G. Wells. With Title-page by F. H. Townsend.

The following are in preparation.

Vol. IV. The Feasts of Autolycus: The Diary of a Greedy Woman. Edited by Elizabeth Robins Pennell.

Vol. V. Mrs Albert Grundy: Observations in Philistia. By Harold Frederic.

Vol. VI. For Plain Women Only. By George Fleming.

MEREDITH (GEORGE).

The First Published Portrait of this Author, engraved on the wood by W. Biscombe Gardner, after the painting by G. F. Watts. Proof copies on Japanese vellum, signed by painter and engraver. £1, 1s. net.

MEYNELL (MRS.), (ALICE C. THOMPSON).

Poems. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

[Out of Print at present.

The Rhythm of Life and Other Essays. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

See also Hake.

MILLER (JOAQUIN).

The Building of the City Beautiful. Fcap. 8vo. With a Decorated Cover. 5s. net.

MILMAN (LENA).

Dostoievsky’s Poor Folk. (See Keynotes Series.)

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MONKHOUSE (ALLAN).

Books and Plays: A Volume of Essays on Meredith, Borrow, Ibsen, and others. 400 copies. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

MOORE (GEORGE).

See Keynotes Series, Vol. III.

NESBIT (E.).

A Pomander of Verse. With a Title-page and Cover designed by Laurence Housman. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

In Homespun. (See Keynotes Series.)

NETTLESHIP (J. T.).

Robert Browning: Essays and Thoughts. Third Edition. With a Portrait. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d. net.

NOBLE (JAS. ASHCROFT).

The Sonnet in England and Other Essays. Title-page and Cover Design by Austin Young. 600 copies. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

O’SHAUGHNESSY (ARTHUR).

His Life and His Work. With Selections from his Poems. By Louise Chandler Moulton. Portrait and Cover Design. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

OXFORD CHARACTERS.

A series of lithographed portraits by Will Rothenstein, with text by F. York Powell and others. To be issued monthly in term. Each number will contain two portraits. Parts I. to VI. ready. 200 sets only, folio, wrapper, 5s. net per part; 25 special large paper sets containing proof impressions of the portraits signed by the artist, 10s. 6d. net per part.

PENNELL (ELIZABETH ROBINS).

The Feasts of Autolycus. (See Mayfair Set.)

PETERS (WM. THEODORE).

Posies Out of Rings. Sq. 16mo. 3s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

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PIERROT’S LIBRARY.

Each volume with Title-page, Cover Design, and End-papers designed by Aubrey Beardsley. Sq. 16mo. 2s. 6d. net.

The following are in preparation.

Vol. I. Pierrot. By H. de Vere Stacpoole.

Vol. II. My Little Lady Anne. By MRS Egerton Castle.

Vol. III. Death, the Knight and the Lady. By H. de Vere Stacpoole.

Vol. IV. Simplicity. By A. T. G. Price.

PISSARRO (LUCIEN).

The Queen of the Fishes. A Story of the Valois, adapted by Margaret Rust, being a printed manuscript, decorated with pictures and other ornaments, cut on the wood by Lucien Pissaro, and printed by him in divers colours and in gold at his press in Epping. Edition limited to 70 copies, each numbered and signed. Crown 8vo, on Japanese hand-made paper, bound in vellum, £1 net.

PLARR (VICTOR).

In the Dorian Mood: Poems. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

PRICE (A. T. G.).

Simplicity. (See Pierrot’s Library.)

RADFORD (DOLLIE).

Songs and other Verses. With Title-page designed by Patten Wilson. Fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

RAMSDEN (HERMIONE).

See Hansson.

RICKETTS (C. S.) and C. H. SHANNON.

Hero and Leander. By Christopher Marlowe and George Chapman. With Borders, Initials, and Illustrations designed and engraved on the wood by C. S. Ricketts and C. H. Shannon. Bound in English vellum and gold. 200 copies only. 35s. net.

RHYS (ERNEST).

A London Rose and other Rhymes. With Title-page designed by Selwyn Image. 350 copies. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

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ROBERTSON (JOHN M.).

Essays towards a Critical Method. (New Series.) Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

ROBINSON (C. NEWTON).

The Viol of Love. With Ornaments and Cover Design by Laurence Housman. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

ST. CYRES (LORD).

The Little Flowers of St. Francis: A new rendering into English of the Fioretti di San Francesco. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

SHARP (EVELYN).

At the Relton Arms. (See Keynotes Series.)

SHIEL (M. P.).

Prince Zaleski. (See Keynotes Series.)

SMITH (JOHN).

Platonic Affections. (See Keynotes Series.)

STACPOOLE (H. DE VERE).

Pierrot. (See Pierrot’s Library.)

Death, the Knight and the Lady. (See Pierrot’s Library).

STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS).

Prince Otto. A rendering in French by Egerton Castle. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

A Child’s Garden of Verses. With nearly 100 Illustrations by Charles Robinson. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

STODDART (THOS. TOD).

The Death Wake. With an Introduction by Andrew Lang. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

STREET (G. S.).

The Autobiography of a Boy. (See Mayfair Set.)

Miniatures and Moods. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. net.

Transferred by the Author to the present Publisher.

SWETTENHAM (F. A.).

Malay Sketches. With Title-page and Cover Design by Patten Wilson. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

SYRETT (NETTA).

Nobody’s Fault. (See Keynotes Series.)

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TABB (JOHN B.).

Poems. Sq. 32mo. 4s. 6d. net.

TAYLOR (UNA).

Nets for the Wind. (See Keynotes Series.)

TENNYSON (FREDERICK).

Poems of the Day and Year. With a Title-page by Patten Wilson. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

THIMM (C. A.).

A Complete Bibliography of the Art of Fence, Duelling, etc. With Illustrations.

[In preparation.

THOMPSON (FRANCIS).

Poems. With Frontispiece, Title-page, and Cover Design by Laurence Housman. Fourth Edition. Pott 4to. 5s. net.

Sister Songs: An Offering to Two Sisters. With Frontispiece, Title-page, and Cover Design by Laurence Housman. Pott 4to. 5s. net.

THOREAU (HENRY DAVID).

Poems of Nature. Selected and edited by Henry S. Salt and Frank B. Sanborn, with a Title-page designed by Patten Wilson. Fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

TYNAN HINKSON (KATHARINE).

Cuckoo Songs. With Title-page and Cover Design by Laurence Housman. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

Miracle Plays: Our Lord’s Coming and Childhood. With Six Illustrations and a Title-page by Patten Wilson. Fcap. 8vo. net.

[In preparation.

WATSON (ROSAMUND MARRIOTT).

Vespertilia and other Poems. With a Title-page designed by R. Anning Bell. Fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

A Summer Night and Other Poems. New edition, with a decorative Title-page. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. net.

[In preparation.

WATSON (H. B. MARRIOTT).

At the First Corner. (See Keynotes Series.)

The King’s Highway. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

[In preparation.

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WATSON (WILLIAM).

Odes and Other Poems. Fourth Edition. Fcap. 8vo, buckram. 4s. 6d. net.

The Eloping Angels: A Caprice. Second Edition. Square 16mo, buckram. 3s. 6d. net.

Excursions in Criticism: being some Prose Recreations of a Rhymer. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.

The Prince’s Quest and Other Poems. With a Bibliographical Note added. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

WATT (FRANCIS).

The Law’s Lumber Room. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

WATTS (THEODORE).

Poems. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

[In preparation.

There will also be an Edition de Luxe of this volume printed at the Kelmscott Press.

WELLS (H. G.).

Select Conversations with an Uncle. (See Mayfair Set.)

WHARTON (H. T.).

Sappho. Memoir, Text, Selected Renderings, and a Literal Translation by Henry Thornton Wharton. With three Illustrations in Photogravure, and a Cover designed by Aubrey Beardsley. Fcap. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

THE YELLOW BOOK

An Illustrated Quarterly

Pott 4to. 5s. net.

Volume i. April 1894. 272 pages. 15 Illustrations.

[Out of print.

Volume ii. July 1894. 364 pages. 23 Illustrations.

Volume iii. October 1894. 280 pages. 15 Illustrations.

Volume iv. January 1895. 285 pages. 16 Illustrations.

Volume v. April 1895. 317 pages. 14 Illustrations.

Volume vi. July 1895. 335 pages. 16 Illustrations.