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PRACTICAL PHYSICS. By H. Stroud, D.Sc., M.A. Crown 800. 35. 6d.

MILLINERY, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL. By Clare Hill. Second Edition. Crown 800. 25. PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY. Part 1. By W. French, M.A. Crown 8vo. Second Edition. 1s. 6d. PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY. Part 11. By W. French, M.A., and T. H. Boardman, M.A

Crown 8vo. Is. 6d.

TECHNICAL ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRY. By C. T. Millis, M.I.M.E. Crown 8vo.

35. Ed

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TEXTILE DESIGN. By Aldred F. Barker. Demy 8vo. 75. 6d.

BUILDERS' QUANTITIES. By H. C. Grubb. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d.
*METAL WORK (REPOUSSÉ). By A. C. Horth. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d.

Theology, Handbooks of

Edited by R. L. OTTLEY, D.D., Professor of Pastoral Theology at Oxford, and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford.

The series is intended, in part, to furnish the clergy and teachers or students of Theology with trustworthy Text-books, adequately representing the present position of the questions dealt with; in part, to make accessible to the reading public an accurate and concise statement of facts and principles in all questions bearing on Theology and Religion.

THE XXXIX. ARTICLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Edited by E. C. S. Gibson, D.D.
Third and Cheaper Edition in one Volume. Demy 8vo.
125. 6d.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF RELIGION. By F. B. Jevons, M.A., Litt.D. Third
Edition. Demy 8vo.
JOS. 6d.

THE DOCTRINE OF THE INCARNATION. By R. L. Ottley, D.D. Second and Cheaper Edition.
Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE CREEDS. By A. E. Burn, B.D. Demy Boo. 10s. 6d.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. By Alfred Caldecott, D.D. Demy 8vo.

10s. 6d.

A HISTORY OF EARLY CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. By J. F. Bethune Baker, M.A. Demy 8vo. IOS. 6d.

Methuen's Universal Library

EDITED BY SIDNEY LEE, In Sixpenny Volumes. MESSRS. METHUEN are preparing a new series of reprints containing both books of classical repute, which are accessible in various forms, and also some rarer books, of which no satisfactory edition at a moderate price is in existence. It is their ambition to place the best books of all nations, and particularly of the Anglo-Saxon race, within the reach of every reader. All the great masters of Poetry, Drama, Fiction, History, Biography, and Philosophy will be repre sented. Mr. Sidney Lee will be the General Editor of the Library, and he will contribute a Note to each book.

The characteristics of METHUEN'S UNIVERSAL LIBRARY are five :

1. SOUNDNESS OF TEXT. A pure and unabridged text is the primary object of the series, and the books will be carefully reprinted under the direction of competent scholars from the best editions. In a series intended for popular use not less than for students, adherence to the old spelling would in many cases leave the matter unintelligible to ordinary readers, and, as the appeal of a classic is universal, the spelling has in general been modernised.

2. COMPLETENESS. Where it seems advisable, the complete works of such masters as Milton Bacon, Ben Jonson and Sir Thomas Browne will be given. These will be issued in separate volumes, so that the reader who does not desire all the works of an author will have the opportunity of acquiring a single masterpiece.

3. CHEAPNESS. The books will be well printed on good paper at a price which on the whole is without parallel in the history of publishing. Each volume will contain from 100 to 350 pages, and will be issued in paper covers, Crown 8vo, at Sixpence net. In a few cases a long book will be issued as a Double Volume at One Shilling net.

4. CLEARNESS OF TYPE. The type will be a very legible one.

5. SIMPLICITY. There will be no editorial matter except a short biographical and bibliographical note by Mr. Sidney Lee at the beginning of each volume.

The volumes may also be obtained in cloth at One Shilling net, or in the case of a Double Volume at One and Sixpence net. Thus TOM JONES may be bought in a Double paper volume at One Shilling net, or in one cloth volume at is. 6d. net.

The Library will be issued at regular intervals after the publication of the first six books, all of which will be published together. Due notice will be given of succeeding issues. The orders

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of publication will be arranged to give as much variety of subject as possible, and the volume composing the complete works of an author will be issued at convenient intervals.

These are the early Books, all of which are in the Press.

THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. In 10 volumes.

VOL. 1.-The Tempest; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Measure for Measure; The Comedy of Errors.

VOL. 11.-Much Ado About Nothing; Love's Labour's Lost; A Midsummer Nights' Dream; The Merchant of Venice; As You Like It.

VOL. III.-The Taming of the Shrew; All's Well that Ends Well; Twelfth Night; The Winter's Tale.

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. By John Bunyan.

THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN. In 5 volumes.

VOL. I.-Sense and Sensibility.

THE ENGLISH WORKS OF FRANCIS BACON, LORD VERULAM.

Vol. 1.-Essays and Counsels and the New Atlantis.

THE POEMS AND PLAYS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

ON THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. By Thomas à Kempis.

THE WORKS OF BEN JOHNSON. In about 12 volumes.

VOL. I.-The Case is Altered; Every Man in His Humour; Every Man out of His Humour. THE PROSE WORKS OF JOHN MILTON.

VOL. 1.-Eikonoklastes and The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates.

SELECT WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE.

Vol. 1.-Reflections on the French Revolution

Vol. 11.-Speeches on America.

THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING.

Vol. 1.-Tom Jones. (Double Volume.)

Vol. II.-Amelia. (Double Volume.)

THE POEMS OF THOMAS CHATTERTON, In 2 volumes.

Vol. 1.-Miscellaneous Poems.

Vol. II.-The Rowley Poems.

THE MEDITATions of MarcUS AURELIUS.

Translated by R. Graves.

THE HISTORY of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EMPIRE. By Edward Gibbon. In 7 volumes.

The Notes have been revised by J. B. Bury, Litt. D.

THE PLAYS Of Christopher Marlowe.

Vol. 1.-Tamburlane the Great; The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus.

Vol. II.-The Jew of Malta: Edward the Second; The Massacre at Paris; The Tragedy of Dido.

THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE. By Gilbert White.

THE COMPLETE ANGLER. In 2 volumes.

Vol. 1.-By Izaak Walton.

Vol. 11.-Part 2, by Cotton, and Part 3 by Venables.

THE POEMS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. In 4 volumes.

Vol. 1.-Alastor; The Daemon of the World; The Revolt of Islam, etc.

THE WORKS OF SIR THOMAS BROWNE. In 6 volumes.

Vol. 1.-Religio Medici and Urn Burial.

THE POEMS OF JOHN MILTON. In 2 volumes.

Vol. 1.-Paradise Lost.

Vol. 11.-Miscellaneous Poems and Paradise Regained.

HUMPHREY CLINKER. By T. G. Smollett.

SELECT WORKS OF SIR THOMAS MORE.

Vol. 1.-Utopia and Poems.

THE ANALOGY of Religion, NATURAL AND Revealed. By Joseph Butler, D.D.

ON HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. By John Locke. In 3 volumes.

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THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE. The Italian Text edited by Paget Toynbee, M.A., D.Litt. (A Double Volume.)

Westminster Commentaries, The

General Editor, WALTER LOCK, D.D., Warden of Keble College,

Dean Ireland's Professor of Exegesis in the University of Oxford.

The object of each commentary is primarily exegetical, to interpret the author's meaning to the present generation. The editors will not deal, except very subordinately, with questions of textual criticism or philology; but, taking the English

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text in the Revised Version as their basis, they will try to combine a hearty acceptance of critical principles with loyalty to the Catholic Faith.

THE BOOK OF GENESIS. Edited with Introduction and Notes by S. R. Driver, D.D. Third Edition Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d.

65.

THE BOOK OF JOB. Edited by E. C. S. Gibson. D.D. Second Edition. Demy 8vo.
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. Edited by R. B. Rackham, M.A. Demy 8vo. Second and
Cheaper Edition. 10s. 6d.

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. Edited by H. L.
Goudge, M.A. Demy 8vo. 6s.

THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES. Edited with Introduction and Notes by R. J. Knowling, M.A Demy 8vo. 6s.

PART II.-FICTION

Marie Corelli's Novels

Crown 8vo.

6s. each.

A ROMANCE OF TWO WORLDS. Twenty-Fifth Edition.

VENDETTA. Twenty-First Edition.

THELMA. Thirty-First Edition.

ARDATH: THE STORY OF A DEAD SELF. Fifteenth Edition.
THE SOUL OF LILITH. Twelfth Edition.

WORMWOOD. Fourteenth Edition.

BARABBAS: A DREAM OF THE WORLD'S TRAGEDY. Thirty-Ninth Edition. 'The tender reverence of the treatment and the imaginative beauty of the writing have reconciled us to the daring of the conception. This "Dream of the World's Tragedy" is a lofty and not inadequate paraphrase of the supreme climax of the inspired narrative.'-Dublin Review.

THE SORROWS OF SATAN. Forty-Eighth Edition.

'A very powerful piece of work.

The conception is magnificent, and is likely to win an abiding place within the memory of man.... The author has immense command of language, and a limitless audacity. This interesting and remarkable romance will live long after much of the ephemeral literature of the day is forgotten... A literary phenomenon... novel, and even sublime.'-W. T. STEAD in the Review of Reviews. THE MASTER CHRISTIAN. [165th Thousand.

It cannot be denied that "The Master Christian" is a powerful book; that it is one likely to raise uncomfortable questions in all but the most self-satisfied readers, and that it strikes at the root of the failure of the Churches-the decay of faith-in a manner which shows the inevitable disaster heaping up... The good Cardinal Bonpré is a beautiful figure, fit to stand beside the good Bishop in "Les Misérables." It is a book with a serious purpose expressed with absolute unconventionality and passion... And this is to say it is a book worth reading.'-Examiner.

TEMPORAL POWER: A STUDY IN SUPREMACY.

[150th Thousand.

'It is impossible to read such a work as "Temporal Power" without becoming convinced that the story is intended to convey certain criticisms on the ways of the world and certain suggestions for the betterment of humanity. . . . If the chief intention of the book was to hold the mirror up to shams, injustice, dishonesty, cruelty, and neglect of conscience, nothing but praise can be given to that intention.'-Morning Post. GOD'S GOOD MAN: A SIMPLE LOVE STORY. Sixth Edition.

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'A very remarkable book, deserving of critical analysis impossible within our limit; brilliant, but not superficial; well considered, but not elaborated; constructed with the proverbial art that conceals, but yet allows itself to be enjoyed by readers to whom fine literary method is a keen pleasure. The World.

A CHANGE OF AIR. Sixth Edition.

'A graceful, vivacious comedy, true to human nature. The characters are traced with a masterly hand.'-Times.

A MAN OF MARK. Fifth Edition.

'Of all Mr. Hope's books, "A Man of Mark" is the one which best compares with The Prisoner of Zenda."'-National Observer.

FICTION

THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO. Fifth Edition.

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The Count

'It is a perfectly enchanting story of love and chivalry, and pure romance. is the most constant, desperate, and modest and tender of lovers, a peerless gentleman, an intrepid fighter, a faithful friend, and a magnanimous foe.'-Guardian. PHROSO. Illustrated by H. R. MILLAR.

Sixth Edition.

The tale is thoroughly fresh, quick with vitality, stirring the blood.'-St. James's Gazette. SIMON DALE. Illustrated. Sixth Edition.

'There is searching analysis of human nature, with a most ingeniously constructed plot. Mr. Hope has drawn the contrasts of his women with marvellous subtlety and delicacy.'

-Times.

THE KING'S MIRROR. Fourth Edition.

'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.' -Spectator.

QUISANTE. Fourth Edition.

The book is notable for a very high literary quality, and an impress of power and mastery on every page.'-Daily Chronicle.

THE DOLLY DIALOGUES.

W. W. Jacobs' Novels

Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. each.

MANY CARGOES. Twenty-Seventh Edition.

SEA URCHINS. Eleventh Edition.

A MASTER OF CRAFT. Illustrated. Sixth Edition.

'Can be unreservedly recommended to all who have not lost their appetite for wholesome laughter. Spectator.

The best humorous book published for many a day.'—Black and White.

LIGHT FREIGHTS. Illustrated. Fourth Edition.

'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.'-Daily News. 'Laughter in every page.'-Daily Mail.

Lucas Malet's Novels

Crown 8vo. 6s. each.

COLONEL ENDERBY'S WIFE.

A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION.

Third Edition.

New Edition.

LITTLE PETER. Second Edition. 3s. 6d.
THE WAGES OF SIN. Fourteenth Edition.

THE CARISSIMA. Fourth Edition.

THE GATELESS BARRIER. Fourth Edition.

"In "The Gateless Barrier "it is at once evident that, whilst Lucas Malet has preserved her birthright of originality, the artistry, the actual writing, is above even the high level of the books that were born before.'-Westminster Gazette.

THE HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD CALMADY.
Edition in Two Volumes. Crown 8vo. 125.

Seventh Edition. A Limited

'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.'-Literature.

The ripest fruit of Lucas Malet's genius. A picture of maternal love by turns tender and terrible.'-Spectator. 'A remarkably fine book, with a noble motive and a sound conclusion.'-Pilot.

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A splendid study of character.'-Athenæum.

There is strength and genius in Mr

THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE. Second Edition.

THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. Illustrated. Eighth Edition.

A rousing and dramatic tale. A book like this is a joy inexpressible.'—Daily Chronicle.

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WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. Fifth Edition.

'Here we find romance-real, breathing, living romance. The character of Valmond is drawn unerringly.'-Pall Mall Gazette.

AN ADVENTURER OF THE NORTH: The Last Adventures of 'Pretty Pierre.' Third Edition.

"The present book is full of fine and moving stories of the great North.'-Glasgow Herald. THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY. Illustrated. Thirteenth Edition.

'Mr. Parker has produced a really fine historical novel.'-Athenæum,

'A great book.'-Black and White.

THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG: a Romance of Two Kingdoms. Illustrated. Fourth Edition.

'Nothing more vigorous or more human has come from Mr. Gilbert Parker than this novel.'-Literature.

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3s. 6d.

'Unforced pathos, and a deeper knowledge of human nature than be has displayed before.' -Pall Mall Gazette.

Arthur Morrison's Novels
Crown 8vo.

TALES OF MEAN STREETS. Sixth Edition.

6s. each.

'A great book. The author's method is amazingly effective, and produces a thrilling sense of reality. The writer lays upon us a master hand. The book is simply appalling and irresistible in its interest. It is humorous also; without humour it would not make the mark it is certain to make.'-World.

A CHILD OF THE JAGO. Fourth Edition.

"The book is a masterpiece.'-Pall Mall Gazette.

TO LONDON TOWN. Second Edition.

'This is the new Mr. Arthur Morrison, gracious and tender, sympathetic and human.'— Daily Telegraph.

CUNNING MURRELL.

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'A masterpiece of artistic realism. It has a finality of touch that only a master may command.'-Daily Chronicle.

An absolute masterpiece, which any novelist might be proud to claim.'-Graphic. "The Hole in the Wall" is a masterly piece of work. His characters are drawn with amazing skill. Extraordinary power.'-Daily Telegraph.

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CHILDREN OF THE MIST. Fifth Edition.

THE HUMAN BOY. With a Frontispiece. Fourth Edition.

'Mr. Phillpotts knows exactly what school-boys do, and can lay bare their inmost thoughts; likewise he shows an all-pervading sense of humour.'-—Academy.

SONS OF THE MORNING. Second Edition.

A book of strange power and fascination.'-Morning Post.

THE STRIKING HOURS. Second Edition.

Tragedy and comedy, pathos and humour, are blended to a nicety in this volume.'-World. 'The whole book is redolent of a fresher and ampler air than breathes in the circumscribed life of great towns.'-Spectator.

THE RIVER. Third Edition.

""The River" places Mr. Phillpotts in the front rank of living novelists.'—Punch.

Since "Lorna Doone" we have had nothing so picturesque as this new romance.'-Bir mingham Gazette.

'Mr. Phillpotts's new book is a masterpiece which brings him indisputably into the front rank of English novelists.'-Pall Mall Gazette.

'This great romance of the River Dart. The finest book Mr. Eden Phillpotts has written.' -Morning Post.

THE AMERICAN PRISONER. Third Edition.

THE SECRET WOMAN. Second Edition.

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