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etry. 3 vols. small 8vo. 15s. Half-bound, 18s. Antique-calf, or morocco, 1l. 11s. 6d. The Book of Ancient Ballad Poetry of Great Britain, Historical, Traditional and Romantic; with Modern Imitations, Translations, Notes, and Glossary, &c. Edited by J.S. Moore. _New and Improved Edition_, 8vo. Half-bound, 14s. Antique morocco, 21s. Poets' Wit and Humour. Selected by W.H. Wills, with 100 Illustrations by C. Bennett, and G.H. Thomas. Crown 4to. Ornamental cloth, 1l. 1s.; antique morocco elegant, 1l. 11s. 6d.; morocco, Hayday, 2l. 2s. Shakespeare's Tempest. With Illustrations by Birket Foster, Gustave Dore, Frederick Skill, Alfred Slader, and Gustave Janet. Crown 4to. Ornamental cloth, 10s. 6d. Antique morocco elegant, 1l. 1s. David Mallet's Poems. With Notes and Illustrations by F. Dinsdale, LL.D., F.S.A. _New Edition_. Post 8vo. 10s. 6d. The Defence of Guenevere, and other Poems. By W. Morris. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. Passion Week. By the Editor of "Christmas Tyde." With 16 Illustrations from Albert Durer. Imperial 16mo. 7s. 6d.; morocco, 14s. "Handy, well edited, and well printed."--_Athenaeum_. _Now in course of Publication._ BELL AND DALDY'S POCKET VOLUMES, A SERIES OF SELECT WORKS OF FAVOURITE AUTHORS. The intention of the Publishers is to produce a Series of Volumes adapted for general reading, moderate in price, compact and elegant in form, and executed in a style fitting them to be permanently preserved. They do not profess to compete with the so-called cheap volumes. They believe that a cheapness which is attained by the use of inferior type and paper, and absence of editorial care, and which results in volumes that no one cares to keep, is a false cheapness. They desire rather to produce books superior in quality, and relatively as cheap. Each volume will be carefully revised by a competent editor, and printed at the Chiswick Press, on fine paper, with new type, and ornaments and initial letters specially designed for the series. The Pocket Volumes will include all classes of Literature, both copyright and non-copyright; Biography, History, Voyages, Travels, Poetry, sacred and secular, Books of Adventure and Fiction. They will include Translations of Foreign Books, and also such American Literature as may be considered worthy of adoption. POCKET VOLUMES. The Publishers desire to respect the moral claims of authors who cannot secure legal copyright in this country, and
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