t, $7.50; half imitation Russia, $7.50; half calf, gilt,
marbled edges, per set, $15.00.
Popular Edition. 5 vols. Cloth, plain, $5.00.
GIBBON'S DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. By EDWARD GIBBON. With
Notes, by Rev. H. H. MILMAN. Standard Edition. To which is added a
complete Index of the work. A new edition from entirely new stereotype
plates. With portrait on steel. 5 vols., 12mo. Cloth, extra, black and
gold, per set, $5.00; sheep, marbled edges, per set, $7.50; half
imitation Russia, $7.50; half calf, gilt, marbled edges, per set,
$15.00.
Popular Edition. 5 vols. Cloth, plain, $5.00.
ENGLAND, PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE. By JOEL COOK, author of "A
Holiday Tour in Europe," etc. With 487 finely engraved illustrations,
descriptive of the most famous and attractive places, as well as of the
historic scenes and rural life of England and Wales. With Mr. Cook's
admirable descriptions of the places and the country, and the splendid
illustrations, this is the most valuable and attractive book of the
season, and the sale will doubtless be very large. 4to. Cloth, extra,
gilt side and edges, $7.50; half calf, gilt, marbled edges, $10.00;
half morocco, full gilt edges, $10.00; full Turkey morocco, gilt edges,
$15.00; tree calf, gilt edges, $18.00.
This work, which is prepared in elegant style, and profusely
illustrated, is a comprehensive description of England and Wales,
arranged in convenient form for the tourist, and at the same time
providing an illustrated guide-book to a country which Americans
always view with interest. There are few satisfactory works about
this land which is so generously gifted by Nature and so full of
memorials of the past. Such books as there are, either cover a few
counties or are devoted to special localities, or are merely
guidebooks. The present work is believed to be the first attempt to
give in attractive form a description of the stately homes,
renowned castles, ivy-clad ruins of abbeys, churches, and ancient
fortresses, delicious scenery, rock-bound coasts, and celebrated
places of England and Wales. It is written by an author fully
competent from travel and reading, and in position to properly
describe his very interesting subject; and the artist's pencil has
been called into requisition to graphically illustrate its
well-written pages. There are 487 illustrations, prepared in the
highest style of the
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