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HURST AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY

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VOL. IV. NATHALIE. BY JULIA KAVANAGH.

"Nathalie' is Miss Kavanagh's best imaginative effort. Its manner is gracious and attractive. Its matter is good. A sentiment, a tenderness, are commanded by her which are as individual as they are elegant. We should not soon come to an end were we to specify all the delicate touches and attractive pictures which place 'Nathalie' high among books of its class."-Athenæum.

"A more judicious selection than Nathalie could not have been made for Messrs Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library. The series as it advances realises our first impression, that it will be one of lasting celebrity."-Literary Gazette.

VOL. V.-A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." "A book of sound counsel. It is one of the most sensible works of its kind, well-written, true-hearted, and altogether practical. Whoever wishes to give advice to a young lady may thank the author for means of doing so."-Examiner.

"These thoughts are good and humane. They are thoughts we would wish women to think they are much more to the purpose than the treatises upon the women and daughters of England, which were fashionable some years ago, and these thoughts mark the progress of opinion, and indicate a higher tone of character, and a juster estimate of woman's position."-Athenæum.

"This really valuable volume ought to be in every young woman's hand. It will teach her how to think and how to act. We are glad to see it in this Standard Library."Literary Gazette.

"These thoughts are worthy of the earnest and enlightened mind, the all-embracing charity, and the well-carned reputation of the author of 'John Halifax.'”—Herald.

VOL. VI.-ADAM GRAEME OF MOSSGRAY.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "MRS MARGARET MAITLAND." "Adam Graeme' is a story awakening genuine emotions of interest and delight by its admirable pictures of Scottish life and scenery. The plot is cleverly complicated, and there is great vitality in the dialogue, and remarkable brilliancy in the descriptive passages, as who that has read Margaret Maitland' would not be prepared to expect? But the story has a 'mightier magnet still,' in the healthy tone which pervades it, in its feminine delicacy of thought and diction, and in the truly womanly tenderness of its sentiments. The eloquent author sets before us the essential attributes of Christian virtue, their deep and silent workings in the heart, and their beautiful manifestations in the life, with a delicacy, a power, and a truth which can hardly be surpassed.” -Morning Post.

VOL. VII.-SAM SLICK'S WISE SAWS

AND MODERN INSTANCES.

"We have not the slightest intention to criticise this book. Its reputation is made, and will stand as long as that of Scott's or Bulwer's Novels. The remarkable originality of its purpose, and the happy description it affords of American life and manners, still continue the subject of universal admiration. To say thus much is to say enough, though we must just mention that the new edition forins a part of the Pub lishers' Cheap Standard Library, which has included some of the very best specimens of light literature that ever have been written."-Messenger.

VOL. VIII-CARDINAL WISEMAN'S RECOLLECTIONS

OF THE LAST FOUR POPES.

"A picturesque book on Rome and its ecclesiastical sovereigns, by an eloquent Ro man Catholic. Cardinal Wiseman has here treated a special subject with so much generality and geniality, that his recollections will excite no ill-feeling in those who are most conscientiously opposed to every idea of human infallibility represented in Papal domination."-Athenaum.

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VOL. IX.-A LIFE FOR A LIFE.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." "We are always glad to welcome Miss Muloch. She writes from her own convictions, and she has the power not only to conceive clearly what it is that she wishes to say, but to express it in language effective and vigorous. In A Life for a Life' she is fortunate in a good subject, and she has produced a work of strong effect. The reader having read the book through for the story, will be apt (if he be of our persuasion) to return and read again many pages and passages with greater pleasure than on a first perusal. The whole book is replete with a graceful, tender delicacy; and in addition to its other merits, it is written in good careful English."Athenæum.

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"A Life for a Life is a book of a high class. The characters are depicted with a masterly hand; the events are dramatically set forth; the descriptious of scenery and sketches of society are admirably penned; moreover the work has an object-a clearly defined moral-most poetically, most beautifully drawn, and through all there is that strong reflective mind visible which lays bare the human heart and human mind to the very core."-Post.

VOL. X.-THE OLD COURT SUBURB.

BY LEIGH HUNT.

"A delightful book, that will be welcome to all readers, and most welcome to those who have a love for the best kinds of reading."-Examiner.

"A more agreeable and entertaining book has not been published since Boswell produced his reminiscences of Johnson."-Observer.

VOL. XI.-MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS. "We recommend all who are in search of a fascinating novel to read this work for themselves. They will find it well worth their while. There are a freshness and originality about it quite charming, and there is a certain nobleness in the treatment both of sentiment and incident which is not often found.”—Athenæum.

VOL. XII. THE OLD JUDGE. BY SAM SLICK.

"These popular sketches, in which the Author of 'Sam Slick' paints Nova Scotian life, form the 12th volume of Messrs Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library of Modern Works. The publications included in this Library have all been of good quality; many give information while they entertain, and of that class the book before us is a specimen. The manner in which the Cheap Editions forming the series is produced deserves especial mention. The paper and print are unexceptionable; there is a steel engraving in each volume, and the outsides of them will satisfy the purchaser who likes to see a regiment of books in handsome uniform.”—Examiner.

VOL. XIII.-DARIEN. BY ELIOT WARBURTON. "This last production of the author of 'The Crescent and the Cross' has the same elements of a very wide popularity. It will please its thousands."-Globe.

"Eliot Warburton's active and productive genius is amply exemplified in the present book. We have seldom met with any work in which the realities of history and the poetry of fiction were more happily interwoven."-Illustrated News.

VOL. XIV.-FAMILY ROMANCE; OR, DOMESTIC
ANNALS OF THE ARISTOCRACY.

BY SIR BERNARD BURKE, ULSTER KING OF ARMS.

"It were impossible to praise too highly this most interesting book, whether we should have regard to its excellent plan or its not less excellent execution. It ought to be found on every drawing-room table. Here you have nearly fifty captivating romances with the pith of all their interest preserved in undiminished poignancy, and any one may be read in half an hour. It is not the least of their merits that the romances are founded on fact-or what, at least, has been handed down for truth by long tradition-and the romance of reality far exceeds the romance of fiction.”—Standard.

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VOL. XV.—THE LAIRD OF NORLAW.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “MRS MARGARET MAITLAND." "We have had frequent opportunities of commending Messrs Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library. For neatness, elegance, and distinctness the volumes in this series surpass anything with which we are familiar. The Laird of Norlaw will fully sustain the author's high reputation. The reader is carried on from first to last with an energy of sympathy that never flags."-Sunday Times.

VOL. XVI. THE ENGLISHWOMAN IN ITALY.

BY MRS G. GRETTON.

"Mrs Gretton had opportunities which rarely fall to the lot of strangers of becoming acquainted with the inner life and habits of a part of the Italian peninsula which is the very centre of the national crisis. We can praise her performance as interesting, unexaggerated, and full of opportune instruction."-The Times.

"Mrs Gretton's book is timely, life-like, and for every reason to be recommended.__It is impossible to close the book without liking the writer as well as the subject. The work is engaging, because real.”—Athenæum.

VOL. XVII.-NOTHING NEW.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.” "We cordially commend this book. The same graphic power, deep pathos, healthful sentiment, and masterly execution, which place that beautiful work, John Halifax' among the English Classics, are everywhere displayed."—Chronicle.

"Nothing New' displays all those superior merits which have made 'John Halifax,' one of the most popular works of the day. There is a force and truthfulness about these tales which mark them as the production of no ordinary mind, and we cordially recommend them to the perusal of all lovers of fiction."-Post.

VOL. XVIII.-THE LIFE OF JEANNE D'ALBRET.

BY MISS FREER.

"We have read this book with great pleasure, and have no hesitation in recommending it to general perusal. It reflects the highest credit on the industry and ability of Miss Freer. Nothing can be more interesting than her story of the life of Jeanne D'Albret, and the narrative is as trustworthy as it is attractive."-Post.

VOL. XIX.-THE VALLEY OF A HUNDRED FIRES. BY THE AUTHOR OF "MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS.” "We know no novel of the last three or four years to equal this latest production of the popular authoress of 'Margaret and her Bridesmaids.' If asked to classify it, we should give it a place between John Halifax' and 'the Caxtons.'"-Herald.

VOL. XX. THE ROMANCE OF THE FORUM.

BY PETER BURKE, SERJEANT AT LAW.

"A work of singular interest, which can never fail to charm and absorb the reader's attention. The present cheap and elegant edition includes the true story of the Colleen Bawn."-Illustrated News.

VOL. XXI.-ADÈLE. BY JULIA KAVANAGH. "Adele' is the best work we have read by Miss Kavanagh; it is a charming story, full of delicate character painting. The interest kindled in the first chapter burus brightly to the close."-Athenæum.

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