A series which will include the standard works of the world's
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good paper, in large, clear type, uniform in all respects with this
nolume. The text will be in every case thoroughly reliable and
unabridged, hence meeting equally the needs of the student and
general reader. Indexes, biographical sketches and explanatory notes
will be given where these are likely to prove of value and interest.
All who have at heart the best interests of literature, and would
further the spread of a taste for the world's classics, will welcome
the appearance of this series, which will place a complete, rich and
uniform library of the highest character within the reach of all.

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A Thousand Miles Up The Nile. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS. Portrait. 12mo, illustrated, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.

The Mill on the Floss. By GEORGE ELIOT. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top. $1.00.

This is a charming story of middle-class English life, for which George Eliot is justly celebrated. "The Mill on the Floss" commends itself strongly to the reader by its fine analyses of motives, its vivid force in description and its quality as a work of literary art.

The Adventures of Oliver Twist. By CHARLES DICKENS. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.

It is in the English parochial work-house that we first meet Oliver, and his sufferings while under the charge of that benign creature, Mr. Bumble, are alone sufficient to secure for him our warmest sympathy. There is

passion and feeling in every page of the book, and it can be read; not alone once, but again and again, with renewed delight.

The Holy Roman Empire. By JAMES BRYCE, D. C. L. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.

"The Holy Roman Empire" is a work of great learning, and is universally conceded to show a high degree of historical power, though written at an early age it immediately established the reputation of the distinguished author as one of the most profound thinkers of the century, and has steadily grown into the highest favor with scholars.

Daniel Deronda. By GEORGE ELIOT. Portrait, 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.

"Daniel Deronda " is a love story, but at the same time a treasure-house of information regarding the manners, customs, and traditions of the Hebrew race. It belongs to the enduring literature of the age, durable, not for the fashionableness of its pattern, but for the texture of its stuff.

Corinne; or, Italy. By MADAME DE STAEL. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.

"Corinne," the success of which was instant, and won for the author a really European reputation, is a love story which emphasizes strength and nobility of character and purity of life. The scene of the tale is laid principally in Italy and interspersed throughout the narrative are vivid glimpses of Italian scenery, life, manners, and its historical and literary remains.

The Divine Comedy; or, Vision of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. By DANTE ALIGHIERI. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M. A. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.

The Divina Comedia is one of the grandest monuments of human genius, with the epics of Homer and Milton it forms a supreme trinity of poems, which have summed up the spirit of great eras of civilization and formed the education of succeeding centuries.

Consuelo. By GEORGE SAND. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00.

In the character of Consuelo Madame Sand has pictured for us a woman as chaste, as noble and as lovable as any in all fiction. Consuelo " is an ideal romance of remarkable power and fascination and it will long live a monument to its author's genius.

For sale by all Booksellers, or will be sent post-paid on receipt of price, by the pub. lisher, A. L. BURT, 66 Reade St., New York.