AMUSEMENT WHILE TRAVELLING. "No kind of literature is so generally attractive as fiction. Pictures of life and manners, and stories of adventure, are more eagerly received by the many than graver productions, however important these latter may be. When we consider how many hours of languor and anxiety, of deserted age and solitary celibacy, of pain even and poverty are beguiled by this fascinating department of literature, we cannot austerely condemn the source from whence is drawn the alleviation of such a portion of human 1. THE PILOT: a Tale of the Sea "The best of Mr. Cooper's works." "Is finished up to nature with a precision which delights the reader." "Miss M'Intosh is now well known as the American Miss Edgworth." ge RAILWAY LIBRARY-Continued. ONE SHILLING EACH. 19. LILLY DAWSON Mrs. Crowe. "Lilly Dawson is a creation worthy of Sir Walter Scott." 20. DARK SCENES OF HISTORY G. P. R. James. "Dark Scenes of History' are calculated to please all readers." 21. 22. THE ROMANCE OF WAR "Will be perused with pleasure, and laid down with regret." 23. CINQ MARS; or, the Conspiracy De Vigny. Cinq Mars' is a magnificent romance.”—Sir E. Bulwer Lytton. 24. THE LITTLE WIFE Mrs. Grey. "Mrs. Grey's name is too well known to need commendation." 25. THE CONSPIRATOR "It is a story unabatingly interesting." 26, 27. THE AIDE-DE-CAMP "A narrative of exciting scenes in a soldier's life." 28, 29. WHITEFRIARS. By the Author of "Whitefriars' has attained a world-wide celebrity." 30. THE SCARLET LETTER Miss Dupuy. James Grant. Whitehall. N. Hawthorne. "The work that gained for Mr. Hawthorne universal popularity." 31. HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES N. Hawthorne. "Will be perused with pleasure by all who admire good writing." Anna Maria Porter. 32. THE KNIGHT OF ST. JOHN "Miss Porter is the author of our most popular novels." 33, 34. JASPER LYLE: a Tale of Africa "Affords the reader a great amount of amusement and instruction." 35. ADELAIDE LINDSAY. Edited by author of Emelia Wyndham. "Is worthy of being the work of Mrs. Marsh herself." 36, 37. THE SCOTTISH CAVALIER "By the author of the Romance of War.'" 38. GRACE AND ISABEL "Will win for itself a hearing at every fireside in our land." 39. THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY Anna Maria Porter. "The beauty of the composition will recommend it to all readers." Miss Stewart. 40. LILIAS DAVENANT "Is characterized by force of expression and resource of imagination.', 41. THE JEW OF DENMARK, from the Danish Goldsmidt. "Admirably translated at the request of the author." 42. DISCIPLINE Mrs. Brunton. "Mrs. Brunton as a novelist will continue to be admired." 43. SELF-CONTROL "Celebrated for the exactness of its details of private life." 44, 45. THE NIGHT SIDE OF NATURE "Contains interest to astonish as well as to amuse the readers.' "Is one of the most popular novels that has issued from the press." "A most interesting story." 49. THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE A. Harris. Captain Curling. "Is admirably fitted to beguile the tedium of a long journey," 50. SUSAN HOPLEY (18. 6d.) Mrs. Crowe. "Reminds us strongly of the truthfulness of the pictures of De Foe." 51. VIOLA: a Tale oft Told Miss Goldsmid. "Has many well-drawn characters, and spirited dialogue." 52. HELEN CHARTERIS Mrs. Ward. "Mrs. Ward is entitled to rank high among our lady-novelists." 53, 54. WHITEHALL. 2 Vols. By the Author of Whitefriars. "A companion to that well-known work, 'Whitefriars." 55. THE POLISH LANCER, or 1812 (1s. 6d.) Louis Reelstab. "A tale of Napoleon's invasion of Russia." "Contains some of the finest delineations of domestic life," 57. THE COMPULSORY MARRIAGE "The characters introduced are drawn by a masterly hand." 58. WOODREVE MANOR Mrs. W. Grey. Mrs. Maillard. Anna H. Dorsey. Lady Scott. "An American novel now published for the first time in this country." 59. THE HENPECKED HUSBAND "Possesses all the qualities which a novel most requires." 60. THE THREE MUSKETEERS Translated by W. Robson "A tale of the sea, by the author of 'Peter the Whaler,' &c." "An admirable romance by one of our first authors." 65. CALEB WILLIAMS 66. ST. JAMES'S 67. CESAR BORGIA (28.) 68. SCOTTISH CHIEFS (28.) |