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In Two Vols. 1 pound 1s. cloth. THE LIFE OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. BY Captain Medwin, AUTHOR OF "CONVERSATIONS WITH LORD BYRON." "This book must be read by every one interested in literature."--_Morning Post_. "A complete life of Shelley was a desideratum in literature, and there was no man so competent as Captain Medwin to supply it."--_Inquirer_. "This book is sure of exciting much discussion."--_Literary Gazette_. * * * * * In Two Vols. demy 8vo. 1 pound 10s. cloth. _With numerous plates_. THE SHRINES AND SEPULCHRES OF THE OLD AND NEW WORLD. BY R. R. Madden, M.R.J.A. "Mr. Madden's work displays both extensive reading and extensive travel. He has been a pilgrim in many lands, and seems to have made use of his eyes and _ears_."--_Athenaeum_. "To the antiquarian and moralist, the archaeologist and student of the sacred volume, these volumes must prove a treasury of most recondite erudition."--_Telegraph_. "Dr. Madden evinces the research of a true _helluo librorum_."--_Freeman's Journal_. "These are erudite, curious, and most agreeable volumes."--_Warder_. "The historical student will find it of rare interest."--_The Nation_. * * * * * In One Vol. 4to. 1 pound 1s. Second Edition. _Illustrated with fifty-four subjects by George Scharf_, _Junr._ THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE GREEKS. BY Theodore Panofka of Berlin. _The Times_ says: "This new publication may be added to a series of works which honourably characterize the present age, infusing a knowledge of things into a branch of learning which too often consisted of a knowledge of mere words, and furnishing the general student with information which was once exclusively confined to the professed archaeologist. As a last commendation to this elegant book, let us add that it touches on no point that can exclude it from the hands of youth." "It will excellently prepare the student for the uses of the vases in the British Museum."--_Spectator_. "Great pains, fine taste, and large expense are ev
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