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Nearly half a century has passed since Mr. W. H. James Weale, then resident at Bruges, began that long series of patient investigations into the history of Netherlandish art which was destined to earn so rich a harvest. When he began work Memlinc was still called Hemling, and was fabled to have arrived at Bruges as a wounded soldier. The van Eycks were little more than legendary heroes. Roger Van der Weyden was little more than a name. Most of the other great Netherlandish artists were either wholly forgotten or named only in connection with paintings with which they had nothing to do. Mr. Weale discovered Gerard David, and disentangled his principal works from Memlinc's, with which they were then confused.

VINCENZO FOPPA OF BRESCIA,

Founder of The Lombard School, His Life and Work.

By Constance Jocelyn Ffoulkes and Monsignor Rodolfo Majocchi, d.d., Rector of the Collegio Borromeo, Pavia. Based on research in the Archives of Milan, Pavia, Brescia, and Genoa and on the study of all his known works. With over 100 Illustrations, many in Photogravure, and 100 Documents.

Royal 4to. £5 5s. 0d. net.

MEMOIRS OF THE DUKES OF URBINO.

Illustrating the Arms, Art and Literature of Italy from 1440 to 1630.

By James Dennistoun of Dennistoun. A New Edition edited by Edward Hutton, with upwards of 100 Illustrations.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 3 vols. 42s. net.

THE DIARY OF A LADY-IN-WAITING.

By Lady Charlotte Bury. Being the Diary Illustrative of the Times of George the Fourth. Interspersed with original Letters from the late Queen Caroline and from various other distinguished persons. New edition. Edited, with an Introduction, by A. Francis Steuart. With numerous portraits. Two Vols.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 21s. net.

THE LAST JOURNALS OF HORACE WALPOLE.

During the Reign of George III from 1771 to 1783. With Notes by Dr. Doran.

Edited with an Introduction by A. Francis Steuart, and containing numerous Portraits (2 in Photogravure) reproduced from contemporary Pictures, Engravings, etc. 2 vols. Uniform with "The Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting."

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 25s. net.

JUNIPER HALL:

Rendezvous of certain illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, including Alexander D'Arblay and Fanny Burney.

Compiled by Constance Hill. With numerous Illustrations by Ellen G. Hill, and reproductions from various Contemporary Portraits.

Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

JANE AUSTEN: Her Homes and Her Friends.

By Constance Hill. Numerous Illustrations by Ellen G. Hill, together with Reproductions from Old Portraits, etc.

Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.

THE HOUSE IN ST. MARTIN'S STREET.

Being Chronicles of the Burney Family.

By Constance Hill, Author of "Jane Austen, Her Home, and Her Friends," "Juniper Hall," etc. With numerous Illustrations by Ellen G. Hill, and reproductions of Contemporary Portraits, etc.

Demy 8vo. 21s. net.

STORY OF THE PRINCESS DES URSINS IN SPAIN (Camarera-Mayor).

By Constance Hill. With 12 Illustrations and a Photogravure Frontispiece. New Edition.

Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

MARIA EDGEWORTH AND HER CIRCLE IN THE DAYS OF BONAPARTE AND BOURBON.

By Constance Hill. Author of "Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends," "Juniper Hall," "The House in St. Martin's Street," etc. With numerous Illustrations by Ellen G. Hill and Reproductions of Contemporary Portraits, etc.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 21s. net.

CESAR FRANCK: A Study.

Translated from the French of Vincent d'Indy, with an Introduction by Rosa Newmarch.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 7s. 6d. net.

MEN AND LETTERS.

By Herbert Paul, M.P.

Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

ROBERT BROWNING: Essays and Thoughts.

By J. T. Nettleship. With Portrait.

Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d. net. (Third Edition).

NEW LETTERS OF THOMAS CARLYLE.

Edited and Annotated by Alexander Carlyle, with Notes and an Introduction and numerous Illustrations. In Two Volumes.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 25s. net.

Pall Mall Gazette.—"To the portrait of the man, Thomas, these letters do really add value; we can learn to respect and to like him more for the genuine goodness of his personality."

Literary World.—"It is then Carlyle, the nobly filial son, we see in these letters; Carlyle, the generous and affectionate brother, the loyal and warm-hearted friend, ... and above all, Carlyle as a tender and faithful lover of his wife."

Daily Telegraph.—"The letters are characteristic enough of the Carlyle we know: very picturesque and entertaining, full of extravagant emphasis, written, as a rule, at fever heat, eloquently rabid and emotional."

NEW LETTERS AND MEMORIALS OF JANE WELSH CARLYLE.

A Collection of hitherto Unpublished Letters.

Annotated by Thomas Carlyle, and Edited by Alexander Carlyle, with an Introduction by Sir James Crichton Browne, m.d., lld., f.r.s., numerous Illustrations drawn in Lithography by T. R. Way, and Photogravure Portraits from hitherto unreproduced Originals. In Two Vols.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 25s. net.

Westminster Gazette.—"Few letters in the language have in such perfection the qualities which good letters should possess. Frank, gay, brilliant, indiscreet, immensely clever, whimsical, and audacious, they reveal a character which, with whatever alloy of human infirmity, must endear itself to any reader of understanding."

World.—"Throws a deal of new light on the domestic relations of the Sage of Chelsea. They also contain the full text of Mrs. Carlyle's fascinating journal, and her own 'humorous and quaintly candid' narrative of her first love-affair."

THE LOVE LETTERS OF THOMAS CARLYLE AND JANE WELSH.

Edited by Alexander Carlyle, Nephew of Thomas Carlyle, editor of "New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle," "New Letters of Thomas Carlyle," etc. With 2 Portraits in colour and numerous other Illustrations.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 2 vols. 25s. net.

CARLYLE'S FIRST LOVE.

Margaret Gordon—Lady Bannerman. An account of her Life, Ancestry and Homes; her Family and Friends.

By R. C. Archibald. With 20 Portraits and Illustrations, including a Frontispiece in Colour.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 10s. 6d. net.

EMILE ZOLA: Novelist and Reformer.

An Account of his Life, Work, and Influence.

By E. A. Vizetelly. With numerous Illustrations, Portraits, etc.

Demy 8vo. 21s. net.

MEMOIRS OF THE MARTYR KING: Being a detailed record of the last two years of the Reign of His Most Sacred Majesty King Charles the First, 1646-1648-9. Compiled by Alan Fea. With upwards of 100 Photogravure Portraits and other Illustrations, including relics. Royal 4to. £5 5s. 0d. net.

MEMOIRS OF A VANISHED GENERATION 1811-1855. Edited by Mrs. Warrenne Blake. With numerous Illustrations.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 16s. net.

THE KING'S GENERAL IN THE WEST,

Being the Life of Sir Richard Granville, Baronet (1600-1659).

By Roger Granville, M.A., Sub-Dean of Exeter Cathedral. With Illustrations.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 10s. 6d. net.

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROBERT

Stephen Hawker, sometime Vicar of Morwenstow in Cornwall.

By C. E. Byles. With numerous Illustrations by J. Ley Pethybridge and others.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 7s. 6d. net.

THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE.

By Alexander Gilchrist, Edited with an Introduction by W. Graham Robertson. Numerous Reproductions from Blake's most characteristic and remarkable designs.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 10s. 6d. net. New Edition.

GEORGE MEREDITH: Some Characteristics.

By Richard Le Gallienne. With a Bibliography (much enlarged) by John Lane. Portrait, etc.

Crown 8vo. 5s. net. Fifth Edition. Revised.

A QUEEN OF INDISCRETIONS.

The Tragedy of Caroline of Brunswick, Queen of England.

From the Italian of G. P. Clerici. Translated by Frederic Chapman. With numerous Illustrations reproduced from contemporary Portraits and Prints.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 21s. net.

LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE.

Edited by his Daughter Laura E. Richards. With Notes and a Preface by F. B. Sanborn, an Introduction by Mrs. John Lane, and a Portrait.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 16s. net.

GRIEG AND HIS MUSIC.

By H. T. Finck, Author of "Wagner and his Works," etc. With Illustrations.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) 7s. 6d. net.

EDWARD A. MACDOWELL: a Biography.

By Lawrence Gilman, Author of "Phases of Modern Music," "Strauss' 'Salome,'" "The Music of To-morrow and Other Studies," "Edward Macdowell," etc. Profusely illustrated.

Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

THE LIFE OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN.

Translated from the Italian of an unknown Fourteenth-Century Writer by Valentina Hawtrey. With an Introductory Note by Vernon Lee, and 14 Full-page Reproductions from the Old Masters.

Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. A Biography

By Lewis Melville. With 2 Photogravures and numerous other Illustrations. Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 25s. net.

A LATER PEPYS. The Correspondence of Sir William Weller Pepys, Bart., Master in Chancery, 1758-1825.

With Mrs. Chapone, Mrs. Hartley, Mrs. Montague, Hannah More, William Franks, Sir James Macdonald, Major Rennell, Sir Nathaniel Wraxall, and others. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Alice C. C. Gaussen. With numerous Illustrations.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches.) In Two Volumes. 32s. net.

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, AN ELEGY;

AND OTHER POEMS, MAINLY PERSONAL.

By Richard Le Gallienne.

Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.

RUDYARD KIPLING: a Criticism,

By Richard Le Gallienne. With a Bibliography by John Lane.

Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

THE LIFE OF W. J. FOX,

Public Teacher and Social Reformer, 1786-1864.

By the late Richard Garnett, C.B., LL.D., concluded by Edward Garnett.

Demy 8vo. (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 16s. net.