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ANCIENT EGYPT UNDER THE PHARAOHS.
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MOORE'S LIFE OF SHERIDAN.
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NOTES AND EMENDATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE.
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THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES.
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MARMADUKE WYVIL.
An Historical Romance of 1651, by Henry W. Herbert, author of the “Cavaliers of England,” &c., &c. Fourteenth Edition. Revised and Corrected.
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Life under an Italian Despotism!
LORENZO BENONI,
OR
PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF AN ITALIAN.
One Vol., 12mo, Cloth—Price $1.00.
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
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“A tale of sorrow that has lain long in a rich mind, like a ruin in a fertile country, and is not the less gravely impressive for the grace and beauty of its coverings ... at the same time the most determined novel-reader could desire no work more fascinating over which to forget the flight of time.... No sketch of foreign oppression has ever, we believe, been submitted to the English public by a foreigner, equal or nearly equal to this volume in literary merit. It is not unworthy to be ranked among contemporary works whose season is the century in which their authors live.”—London Examiner.
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“SHAKESPEARE AS HE WROTE IT.”
THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE,
Reprinted from the newly-discovered copy of the Folio of 1632
in the possession of J. Payne Collier, containing nearly
Twenty Thousand Manuscript Corrections,
Wi
th a History of the Stage to the Time, an Introduction to each Play, a Life of the Poet, etc.
BY J. PAYNE COLLIER, F.S.A.
To which are added, Glossarial and other Notes, the Readings of Former Editions, a Portrait after that by Martin Droeshout, a Vignette Title on Steel, and a Facsimile of the Old Folio, with the Manuscript Corrections. 1 vol., Imperial 8vo. Cloth $4.00.
The WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE the same as the above. Uniform in Size with the celebrated Chiswick Edition, 8 vols. 16mo, cloth $6.00. Half calf or moroc. extra.
These are American Copyright Editions, the Notes being expressly prepared for the work. The English edition contains simply the text, without a single note or indication of the changes made in the text. In the present, the variations from old copies are noted by reference of all changes to former editions (abbreviated f.e.), and every indication and explanation is given essential to a clear understanding of the author. The prefatory matter, Life, &c., will be fuller than in any American edition now published.
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