22 LLIOT STOCK'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. In handsome 8vo. with many Illustrations, price 21s. net. Also Large Paper Copies, £3. 3s net. THE BOOK-HUNTER in LONDON: Historical and personal Studies of Book Collectors and piously Illustrated by Portraits of Eminent Collectors in Ancient and Modern Times, by Sketches of Bookish enes and Localities, Eminent Booksellers and their Shops, Notable Characters, and by Facsimile Specimens of Printing, Binding, &c., &c. By W. ROBERTS, Author of 'The Earlier History of English Bookselling,' 'Printers' Mark",' &c. n crown 4to. handsome cloth, fully Illustrated, price £1s. 1s.; Large Paper Copies, £3. 3s, NOOKS and CORNERS of PEMBROKESHIRE By H. THORNHILL TIMMINS, F.R.G.S., Author of 'Nooks and Corners in Herefordshire.' London: ELLIOT STOCK, 62 Paternoster Row, E C. Demy 4to. handsomely half-bound, 21s. RIFLE AND SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. By MRS. ALAN GARDNER. With Numerous Illustrations by the Author and F. H. TOWNSEND. 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Mrs. Gardner's letters afford very interesting and varied reading, for the book neither bores one with sport nor impressions de voyage, nor is there any suggestion of the guide-book as a source for any part of its lively and entertaining chapters.'-DAILY GRAPHIC. Mrs. Gardner's observations and experiences are related with much vivacity and humour, and altogether she is to be congratulated upon the production of a very charming book.'-TRUTH. 'Mrs. Gardner is a capital traveller and a delightful chronicler. There is not a page in the book that does not sparkle with clever and vivacious descriptions of men and things, written in a charmingly easy, direct, and unaffected style.'-SCOTSMAN. 'One of the brightest books of travel we have come across for a long time.'-LIVERPOOL MERCURY. 'One of the most delightful books of the kind ever issued.'-LIFE. A very brightly written and unassuming narrative.... Extremely readable and interesting.'-DAILY NEWS. This bright and altogether delightful volume contains a host of sporting incidents, told with admirable spirit.... Of solid value to all contemplating a similar tour.'-LADY'S PICTORIAL 'One of the brightest and raciest of straightaway narratives ever put into print. Mrs. Alan Gardner is a writer in ten thousand. The fault is that it is too short. Readers will echo Oliver Twist's wish-they will ask for more.'-SPORTING LIFE. The book is bright with picturesque descriptions and many humorous observations and stories.... Mrs. Gardner has a facile pen and a pleasant style, and the numerous illustrations are equally spirited.'-SATURDAY REVIEW. There is much quaint observation in the book, a wholesome love of fun, and not a few peeps behind the scenes n native courts and country houses. There are many illustrations in the volume, and a delightful absence of Affectation in the narrative.-LEEDS MERCURY. Mrs. Gardner has a quaint eye, a sympathetic pen, a fund of genuine humour, and is, as a writer, unspoilt y conceit or desire to be thought clever. Her letters bear the impress of truth.'-HOME NEWS. Mrs. Gardner recounts both vividly and wittily the varied incidents of their journey.... The book is lecidedly good reading.'-WORLD. London: CHATTO & WINDUS, 214 Piccadilly, W. PHIL MAY'S SKETCH-BOOK. Containing 50 Full-page Drawings, handsomely printed. gilt top, 10s. 6d. Imperial 4to. art canva 'Phil May's Sketch-book contains fifty cartoons whose art cannot fail to produce inexhaustible mirth Line for line, Mr. May secures greater effects and more laughter than any other draughtsman, and this calen is of his best '-BLACK AND WHITE. A volume of fun, gentle satire, and abounding humour which... will be preserved alongside of 2 Leech's "Sketches." Some of his very best efforts are included in the collection.-SPORTING LIFE ... To ensure a cordial welcome for this "Sketch-book" of Mr. May's, it suffices to say that it contains a role tion of some of the best of the irresistible cartoons which have already delighted as all... Their ber humour and innocent satire will help us to spend many a pleasant quarter of an hour.... We should come it as the very ideal of a Christmas gift-book, did we not fear that few, having once got it, will have the courag part with it.'-GLASGOW HERALD. In glancing at these fifty cartoons the reader will find abundant indications of the correctnem of t quaiutly humorous and original draughtsman's methods. In the delineation of the outward form, attire. habits of 'Arry and his " Dona" his pencil is unapproachable.'-DAILY NEWS. A really mirth-moving collection of cartoons.'-YORKSHIRE POST. ver Anyone in search of a laugh had better provide himself with "Phil May's Sketch-book" magician of his kind.... As he himself says, if a man has originality it is bound to find its way out; mia originality in Mr. Phil May has worked itself out very effectually.-NOTTINGHAM GUARDIAN. In "Phil May's Sketch-book" the artist gives us of his best.... Mr. May, with sure instinct, has facri a line of pictorial humour quite original.'-LEEDS MERCURY. ‘Mr. Phil May, like Sir Frederic Leighton, found his vocation as a youth, and was constrained to hi it. His Sketch-Book" contains fifty cartoons of most excellent fooling.... Vulgarity in its comical aspat is pleasantly illustrated and satirised.-TIMES. These things, taken in conjunction with the world of fun between the book's covers, paint to volume as being the one among the most popular gift-books of the season. Certainly it may be said that volume heads the list of the picture gift-books of the year.'-WESTMINSTER Budget. Phil May is our English jester par excellence. Had we a Jester Laureate the post should be his'-Spam THE TRACK OF A STORM. By OWEN HALL. Crown 8vo. cloth, 3s. 6d. 'Since he provides readers with adventures and sensations enough to be entertaining company, we make Y doubt that he will be warmly welcomed.'-DAILY CHRONICLE. "The story is told with a good deal of vigour.'-SCOTSMAN. 'A story of adventure which compares favourably with the best work of Weyman or even Dumas'- | AMERICAN PAPER. THE GOLDEN ROCK. By ERNEST GLANVILLE, Author of A Fair Colonist' &c. With Frontispiece by STANLEY WOOD. Crown 8vo. cloth extra, 3s. 6d. "The Golden Rock" is one of the best books of adventure we have lately seen. The author has eve revelled in the multitude of actions fought and perils surmounted by sea and land.'—ATHENÆUM. 'An absorbing tale of treasure hunting in the South African wilds. ... As a book for boys the star acceptable. Its tone is manly and robust and full of imaginative power.'-LIVERPOOL POST. 'Mr. Glanville flags at no point. He keeps the story full of interest and excitement to the close."-Sar REVIEW. 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