LEADERS OF RELIGION
Edited by H.C. BEECHING, M.A. _With Portraits, crown 8vo._
A series of short biographies of the most prominent leaders ofreligious life and thought of all ages and countries.
The following are ready--
CARDINAL NEWMAN. By R.H. HUTTON.JOHN WESLEY. By J.H. OVERTON, M.A.BISHOP WILBERFORCE. By G.W. DANIEL, M.A.CARDINAL MANNING. By A.W. HUTTON, M.A.CHARLES SIMEON. By H.C.G. MOULE, M.A.JOHN KEBLE. By WALTER LOCK, M.A.THOMAS CHALMERS. By Mrs. OLIPHANT.LANCELOT ANDREWES. By R.L. OTTLEY, M.A.AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY. By E.L. CUTTS, D.D.WILLIAM LAUD. By W.H. HUTTON, M.A.
Other volumes will be announced in due course.
WORKS BY S. BARING GOULD
OLD COUNTRY LIFE. With Sixty-seven Illustrations by W. PARKINSON, F.D.BEDFORD, and F. MASEY. _Large Crown 8vo, cloth super extra, top edgegilt, 10s. 6d. Fifth and Cheaper Edition. 6s._
'"Old Country Life," as healthy wholesome reading, full of breezy lifeand movement, full of quaint stories vigorously told, will not beexcelled by any book to be published throughout the year. Sound,hearty, and English to the core.'--_World_.
HISTORIC ODDITIES AND STRANGE EVENTS. _Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
'A collection of exciting and entertaining chapters. The whole volumeis delightful reading.'--_Times_.
FREAKS OF FANATICISM. _Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
'Mr. Baring Gould has a keen eye for colour and effect, and thesubjects he has chosen give ample scope to his descriptive andanalytic faculties. A perfectly fascinating book.'--_Scottish Leader_.
A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG: English Folk Songs with their traditionalmelodies. Collected and arranged by S. BARING GOULD and H. FLEETWOODSHEPPARD. _Demy 4to. 6s._
SONGS OF THE WEST: Traditional Ballads and Songs of the West ofEngland, with their Traditional Melodies. Collected by S. BARINGGOULD, M.A., and H. FLEETWOOD SHEPPARD, M.A. Arranged for Voice andPiano. In 4 Parts (containing 25 Songs each), _Parts I., II., III.,3s. each. Part IV., 5s. In one Vol., French morocco, 15s._
'A rich collection of humour, pathos, grace, and poeticfancy.'--_Saturday Review_.
A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES retold by S. BARING GOULD. With numerousillustrations and initial letters by ARTHUR J. GASKIN. _Crown 8vo.Buckram. 6s._
'Mr. Baring Gould has done a good deed, and is deserving of gratitude,in re-writing in honest, simple style the old stories that delightedthe childhood of "our fathers and grandfathers." We do not thinkhe has omitted any of our favourite stories, the stories that arecommonly regarded as merely "old fashioned." As to the form of thebook, and the printing, which is by Messrs. Constable, it weredifficult to commend overmuch.'--_Saturday Review_.
YORKSHIRE ODDITIES AND STRANGE EVENTS _Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
STRANGE SURVIVALS AND SUPERSTITIONS. With Illustrations. By S. BARINGGOULD. _Crown 8vo. Second Edition. 6s._
We have read Mr. Baring Gould's book from beginning to end. It is fullOf quaint and various information, and there is not a dull page init.'--_Notes and Queries_.
THE TRAGEDY OF THE CAESARS: The Emperors of the Julian and ClaudianLines. With numerous Illustrations from Busts, Gems, Cameos, etc. ByS. BARING GOULD, Author of 'Mehalah,' etc. _Third Edition. Royal 8vo.15s._
'A most splendid and fascinating book on a subject of undyinginterest. The great feature of the book is the use the author has madeof the existing portraits of the Caesars, and the admirable criticalsubtlety he has exhibited in dealing with this line of research. It isbrilliantly written, and the illustrations are supplied on a scale ofprofuse magnificence.'--_Daily Chronicle_.
'The volumes will in no sense disappoint the general reader. Indeed,in their way, there is nothing in any sense so good in English.... Mr.Baring Gould has presented his narrative in such a way as not to makeone dull page.'--_Athenaeum_.
THE DESERTS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. By S. BARING GOULD. With numerousIllustrations by F.D. BEDFORD, S. HUTTON, etc. _2 vols. Demy 8vo.32s._
This book is the first serious attempt to describe the great barrentableland that extends to the south of Limousin in the Department ofAveyron, Lot, etc., a country of dolomite cliffs, and canons, andsubterranean rivers. The region is full of prehistoric and historicinterest, relics of cave-dwellers, of mediaeval robbers, and of theEnglish domination and the Hundred Years' War.
'His two richly-illustrated volumes are full of matter of interestto the geologist, the archaeologist, and the student of history andmanners.'--_Scotsman_.
'It deals with its subject in a manner which rarely fails to arrestattention.'--_Times_.