Chapter XII (13)

This work is most aptly expressed by the title, and the author, who is one of our most learned and accomplished modern writers, has done ample justice to his subject. He pries boldly into Bluebeard’s closet, little recking whether he shall find a ghost, skeleton, or a living being; and he tells us very bluntly and explicitly what he has witnessed. Several years since he gave to the learned world his treatise on _Ancient Faiths Embodied in Ancient Names_, in which were disclosed the ideas underlying the old-world religions, and the nature of hieroglyphical symbols employed in the East. The present volume complements that work, elaborates more perfectly the ideas there set forth, and traces their relations to the faiths, worship, and religious dogmas of modern time. We are astonished to find resemblances where it would be supposed that none would exist, betraying either a similar origin or analogous modes of thinking and reasoning among nations and peoples widely apart in race, country, and period of history. The author is bold and often strong in his expressions, from the intensity of his convictions, but this serves to deepen the interest in his subject. Those who have read his former works with advantage will greet this volume with a cordial welcome; and all who desire to understand the original religions of mankind, the ideas which lie back of the revelations of Holy Scripture, and particularly, those who are not easily shocked when they come in contact with sentiments with which they have not been familiar, will find this book full of entertainment as well as of instruction. Dr. Inman is working up a new mine of thought, and the lover of knowledge will give his labor a welcome which few of our modern authors receive.

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A valuable contribution to our knowledge of a most remarkable man, whose originality and genius are now beginning to be generally recognized.

Holbein and His Times.

By DR. ALFRED WOLTMANN, translated by F. A. BUNNETT. With
portraits and nearly 60 fine engravings from the works of this
wonderful artist. Royal 8vo, cloth extra, _gilt leaves_, $5.00.

Memoir of the Lady Ana De Osorio,

Countess of Chinchon, and Vice-Queen of Peru, A.D. 1629-39.
With a Plea for the Correct Spelling of the Chinchona Genus.
By CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, C.B., Member of the Imperial Academy
Naturæ Curiosorum, with the Cognomen of CHINCHON. Small 4to,
with Illustrations, $7.50.

FOUNDERS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Lives of the Founders, Augmenters, and other Benefactors of the British Museum.

1570 to 1870. Based on new researches at the Rolls House;
in the Department of MSS. of the British Museum; in the Privy
Council Office, and in other Collections, Public and Private.
By EDWARD EDWARDS. 1 vol. 8vo, large and beautiful type,
cloth, $4.00. LARGE PAPER, ROYAL 8vo (only 60 copies printed),
cloth, $10.00.

∵ _By a special arrangement with the English publishers, Messrs. Trübner & Co., the above is offered at the greatly reduced price mentioned._

Legge’s Chinese Classics.

Translated into English, with Preliminary Essays and
Explanatory Notes. Vol. I., THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF
CONFUCIUS. Vol. II., THE LIFE AND WORKS OF MENCIUS. Vol. III.,
THE SHE KING; OR, THE BOOK OF POETRY. Together 3 vols. 8vo,
cloth, $10.00.

Diary of the American Revolution.

By FRANK MOORE, from Newspapers and Original Documents.
Handsomely printed on heavy laid paper, and Illustrated with
a fine series of steel-plate portraits, INDIA PROOFS. 2 vols.
impl. 8vo, paper uncut, $8.00. New York, printed privately,
1865.

∴ Large Paper. Only a Limited Impression. Published at $20.00 per copy.

Littré’s French Dictionary.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française. Par E. LITTRÉ, de
l’Institut (Académie Française et Académie des Inscriptions
et Belles-Lettres). Four large vols. royal quarto, new half
morocco, $40.00.

“No language that we have ever studied, or attempted to study, possesses a Dictionary so rich in the history of words as this great work which M. Littré has fortunately lived long enough to complete.”--_Saturday Review._

UNIFORM WITH THE LARGE FOLIO SHAKSPEARE EDITED BY
THE SAME AUTHOR.

Halliwell’s New Place.

An Historical Account of the New Place,
Stratford-upon-Avon, the last residence of Shakspeare. Folio,
cloth (uniform in size with the edition of Shakspeare’s Works
edited by the Author), elegantly printed on super-fine paper,
and illustrated by upwards of sixty woodcuts, comprising
views, antiquities, fac-similes of deeds, etc. By JAMES O.
HALLIWELL, F.R.S. $10.00.

This is a most important work for the Shakspearian student. The great researches of the author have enabled him to bring to light many facts hitherto unknown in reference to the “great bard.” All the documents possessing any real claim to importance are inserted at full length, and many of them are now printed for the first time. With respect to the illustrations, which have been executed by J. T. Blight, Esq., F. W. Fairholt, Esq., E. W. Ashbee, Esq., and J. H. Rimbault, Esq., no endeavors have been spared to attain the strictest accuracy.

_REISSUE OF CRUIKSHANK’S ETCHINGS._

Cruikshank’s Illustrations of Time.

A series of 35 Etchings. By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Oblong
quarto, paper, carefully printed from the original plates.
$2.00. 1874
----The Same. COLORED. $3.00. 1874

Cruikshank’s Phrenological Illustrations;

or, An Artist’s View of the Craniological System of
Doctors Gall and Spurzheim. By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. A series
of _33 Etchings, illustrative of the various Organs of the
Brain_. Oblong quarto, paper, $2.00.
----The Same. COLORED. $3.00.

∵ This reissue, of which only a limited impression has been made, is printed from the original coppers.

“Have we not before us, at this very moment, a print--one of the admirable ‘_Illustrations of Phrenology_’--which entire work was purchased by a joint-stock company of boys--each drawing lots afterwards for the separate prints, and taking his choice in rotation? The writer of this, too, had the honor of drawing the first lot, and seized immediately upon ‘Philoprogenitiveness’--a marvellous print, indeed--full of ingenuity and fine, jovial humor.”--WM. M. THACKERAY.

SEVEN GENERATIONS OF EXECUTIONERS.

Memoirs of the Sanson Family.

Compiled from Private Documents in the possession of the
Family (1688 to 1847), by HENRI SANSON. Translated from the
French, with an Introduction by CAMILLE BARRÈRE. Two vols.
post 8vo, cloth, $5.50; or half calf, extra, $7.50.

“A faithful translation of this curious work, which will certainly repay perusal, not on the ground of its being full of horrors--for the original author seems to be rather ashamed of the technical aspect of his profession, and is commendably reticent as to its details--but because it contains a lucid account of the most notable _causes célèbres_ from the time of Louis XIV. to a period within the memory of persons still living.... The memoirs, if not particularly instructive, can scarcely fail to be extremely entertaining.”--_Daily Telegraph._

“A book of great though somewhat ghastly interest.... Something much above a mere chapter of horrors.”--_Graphic._

Avesta.

THE RELIGIOUS BOOKS OF THE PARSEES. From Professor
SPIEGEL’S German Translation of the Original Manuscripts, by
A. H. BLEECK. 3 vols. in 1, 8vo, cloth, $7.50.

English scholars who wish to become acquainted with the “Bible of the Parsees,” now for the first time published in English, should secure this copy. To thinkers the “Avesta” will be a most valuable work; they will now have an opportunity to compare its TRUTHS with those of the BIBLE, the KORAN, and the VEDAS.

Freemasonry.

PATON’S (CHARLES I.) FREEMASONRY, ITS SYMBOLISM, RELIGIOUS
NATURE, AND LAW OF PERFECTION. Thick 8vo, new cloth, uncut,
$3.50.

Hand-Book of Archæology.

Egyptian--Greek--Etruscan--Roman. By H. M. WESTROPP.
Profusely Illustrated with Engravings on Wood. 8vo, new cloth,
uncut, $3.00.

The Gnostics

AND THEIR REMAINS, ANCIENT AND MEDIÆVAL. By C. W. KING.
Profusely Illustrated. 8vo, new cloth, gilt, $7.50.

∴ The only English work on the subject. _Out of print and scarce._

Champneys’ Quiet Corner of England.

Studies of Landscape and Architecture in Winchelsea, Rye,
and Romney Marsh. With thirty-one Illustrations by ALFRED
DAWSON. Imperial 8vo, cloth, gilt, gilt leaves, $5.00.

“Mr. Champneys is an architect who takes the liberty to think for himself--a man of much original genius and sincere culture, young, and with an enthusiastic contempt for conventionality, which I hope he may never outgrow.”--_New York Tribune, Letter from London Correspondent._

Ireland’s Shakspeare Forgeries.

The Confessions of William Henry Ireland, containing the
Particulars of his Fabrication of the Shakspeare Manuscripts;
together with Anecdotes and Opinions of many distinguished
Persons in the Literary, Political, and Theatrical World. A
new edition, with additional Fac-similes, and an Introduction
by RICHARD GRANT WHITE. 1 volume, 12mo, vellum cloth, uncut
edges, $2.00; or, on Large and Thick paper, 8vo, $3.50.
Edition limited to 300 copies.

Enthusiasts are easily duped, and of all enthusiasts, excepting the religious, those who give themselves up to the worship of some great poet or artist are the easiest prey of the impostor. To them, a book, a letter, the least scrap or relic which is connected directly, or it would seem indirectly, with their idol, is an inestimable treasure, and they are uneasy until it is in their possession, or removed hopelessly beyond their reach. Of all these enthusiasts the “Shakspearians” are, and for a hundred years have been, at once the most numerous, and the most easily, because the most willingly, deceived. To their craving and their greed we owe the “Ireland Forgeries,” which were merely an impudent attempt to supply a demand--an attempt made by a clever, ignorant young scamp, who succeeded in deluding the whole body of them in England two generations ago. His “Confessions” are the simply told story of this stupendous imposture: and the book--long out of print and scarce--is one the most _naïf_ and amusing of its kind in the whole history of literature. His exhibition of the “gulls,” whom he made his victims, is equally delightful and instructive; and chiefly so, because of his simplicity and frankness. He conceals nothing, palliates nothing; tells the whole story of his ridiculous iniquity, and leaves a lasting lesson to the whole tribe of credulous collectors, Shakspearian and others.

“It has frequently afforded me a matter of astonishment to think how this literary fraud could have so long duped the world, and involved in its deceptious vortex such personages as Parr, Wharton, and Sheridan, not omitting Jemmy Boswell, of Johnsonian renown; nor can I ever refrain from smiling whensoever the volumes of Malone and Chalmers, together with the pamphlets of Boaden, Waldron, Wyatt, and Philalethes, otherwise, ---- Webb, Esq., chance to fall in my way.”--W. H. IRELAND’S “_Chalcographimania_.”

Womankind in Western Europe,

From the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century.
_Illuminated Title_, 10 CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES, and
_numerous Woodcuts_. Small 4to, cloth, extra gilt,
$4.50. 1869.

This work is something more than a drawing-room ornament. It is an elaborate and careful summary of all that one of our most learned antiquaries, after years of pleasant labor on a very pleasant subject, has been able to learn as to the condition of women from the earliest times.

DeFoe’s Life and Works,

Life and Newly-Discovered Writings of Daniel DeFoe.
Comprising Several Hundred Important Essays, Pamphlets, and
other Writings, now first brought to light, after many years’
diligent search. By WILLIAM LEE, Esq. With Facsimiles and
Illustrations. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, $6.00. Or in tree calf,
extra, $15.00.

Vol. I.--A NEW MEMOIR OF DEFOE. Vols. II. and
III.--HITHERTO UNKNOWN WRITINGS.

A most valuable contribution to English history and English literature.

For many years it has been well known in literary circles that the gentleman to whom the public is indebted for this valuable addition to the knowledge of DeFoe’s Life and Works has been an indefatigable collector of everything relating to the subject, and that such collection had reference to a more full and correct Memoir than had yet been given to the world.

World’s Masonic Register:

Containing Name, Number, Location, and Time of Meeting of
every Masonic Lodge in the World, etc., also every Chapter,
Council, and Commandery in the United States and Canada,
Date of Organization, etc., and Statistics of each Masonic
Jurisdiction, etc. By Leon Hyneman. _Portrait_, thick 8vo, pp.
566, cloth, $2.00.

The Rosicrucians;

Their Rites and Mysteries. With chapters on the Ancient
Fire and Serpent-Worshippers, and Explanations of the Mystic
Symbols represented in the Monuments and Talismans of the
primeval Philosophers. By HARGRAVE JENNINGS. Crown 8vo, 316
wood engravings, $3.

∴ A volume of startling facts and opinions upon this very mysterious subject.

Scientific and Religious Mysteries of Antiquity:

The Gnosis and Secret Schools of the Middle Ages, Modern
Rosicrucianism, and Free and Accepted Masonry. By John Yarker.
12mo, new cloth, $2.00.

∴ “The sublime depths of the mysteries of antiquity have been sounded but by few minds in the lapse of ages, and those who have leisure to follow upon their tracks will meet with an ample reward.”

ONLY ONE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED.

Duyckinck’s Cyclopædia of American Literature.

Printed by Alvord, on a hand-press, and on tinted paper of
extra weight and finish, prepared expressly for the work. For
the convenience of persons desirous of illustrating the work,
for which purpose it is admirably adapted, it has been issued
in five parts, with separate rubricated titles, each of the
two original volumes being divided into two parts, of about
three hundred and fifty pages each, and the new Supplement
forming the fifth. A finely engraved portrait printed on India
paper is given with each part. The subjects of these portraits
are Benjamin Franklin, James Fenimore Cooper, Washington
Irving, William Hickling Prescott, and, with the Supplement,
a portrait of the late George L. Duyckinck, newly engraved in
line, by Burt, after an original painting by Duggan. 5 vols.
4to, uncut, $25.00. Half morocco, gilt top, $50.00.

Only thirteen sets of this edition now remain.

Payne Knight’s Worship of Priapus.

A discourse on the Worship of Priapus, and its connection
with the Mystic Theology of the Ancients. By RICHARD PAYNE
KNIGHT, Esq. A new edition. To which is added an essay on the
worship of the generative powers during the middle ages of
Western Europe. Illustrated with 138 engravings (many of which
are full-page), from Ancient Gems, Coins, Medals, Bronzes,
Sculpture, Egyptian Figures, Ornaments, Monuments, etc.
Printed on heavy toned paper, at the Chiswick Press, 1 vol.
4to, half Roxburghe morocco, gilt top, $35.00.

“R. P. Knight, the writer of the first ‘Essay,’ was a Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the British Parliament, and one of the most learned antiquaries of his time. His museum of Phallic objects is now most carefully preserved in the London British Museum. The second ‘Essay,’ bringing our knowledge of the worship of Priapus down to the present time, so as to include the more recent discoveries throwing any light upon the matter, is said to be by one of the most distinguished English antiquaries--the author of numerous works which are held in high esteem. He was assisted it is understood, by two prominent Fellows of the Royal Society, one of whom has recently presented a wonderful collection of Phallic objects to the British Museum authorities.”

Gesta Romanorum.

Or, Entertaining Moral Stories. Invented by the Monks as a
fireside recreation; and commonly applied to their Discourses
from the Pulpit, whence the most celebrated of our Poets and
others, from the earliest times, have extracted their Plots.
Translated from the Latin, with Preliminary Observations and
Copious Notes, by the Rev. CHARLES SWAN. New edition, with an
Introduction by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A. 2 vols. 8vo,
vellum cloth, uncut, printed on large and heavy paper, $10.00.
Full calf, extra, $17.50.

A limited edition only was printed, of which now only 14
copies remain.

“They” (the Monks) “might be disposed occasionally to recreate their minds with subjects of a light and amusing nature; and what could be more innocent or delightful than the stories of the GESTA ROMANORUM!”--_Douce’s Illustrations to Shakespeare._

Jones’ (Owen) Grammar of Ornament.

A Series of 112 exquisitely colored Plates, executed in
Chromolithography, comprising 3000 examples of the Decoration
of all Ages and Nations, with Descriptive Letterpress,
illustrated with Woodcuts. Folio, cloth, extra, gilt edges.
$30.00.

This new edition is a reproduction of the larger work on a smaller scale; a few of the plates which could not be reduced have been printed on a larger scale, and the same artistic matter has been extended from 100 to 112 plates.

Dibdin’s Bibliomania;

Or, Book-Madness: A Bibliographical Romance. With
numerous Illustrations. A new Edition, with a Supplement,
including a Key to the Assumed Characters in the Drama. 8vo,
half-Roxburghe, $6.00; a few Large Paper copies, Imp. 8vo,
half-Roxburghe, the edges altogether uncut, $12.00.

“I have not yet recovered from the delightful delirium into which your ‘Bibliomania’ has completely thrown me. Your book, to my taste, is one of the most extraordinary gratifications I have enjoyed for many years.”--ISAAC DISRAELI.

Greville’s Memoirs.

Journal of the Reign of King George IV. and King William
IV. By the late Charles C. F. Greville, Esq. Edited by Henry
Reeve. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, $7.50.

No equally important contribution to the political history of the last generation has been made by any previous writer. As a man of rank and fashion, Mr. Greville associated, on terms of equality, with all the statesmen of his time, and his long tenure of a permanent office immediately outside of the circle of politics compelled him to observe a neutrality which was probably congenial to his character and inclination.--_Saturday Review._

Archie Armstrong’s Banquet of Jests.

Reprinted from the original edition, together with ARCHIE’S
DREAM (1641), handsomely printed in antique style, with red
line borders. Square 12mo, new vellum cloth, uncut, $6.50.

The same, printed on Whatman’s paper (limited to 25
copies). Square 12mo, new cloth, $9.00.

∴ The edition (of all kinds) was limited to 252 copies. It is completely exhausted, and copies are now difficult to obtain.

“A more amusing budget of odd stories, clever witticisms, and laughter-moving tales, is not to be found in Jester’s Library.”

Nares’ Glossary.

Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to
Customs, Proverbs, etc., which have been thought to require
Illustration in the Works of English Authors, particularly
Shakespeare and his contemporaries. NEW EDITION, with
additions, etc., by J. O. Halliwell and Thomas Wright. 2 vols.
8vo, new cloth, $6.50.

Gavin Douglas’ Poetical Works.

With Memoir, Notes and Glossary, by J. Small, M.A.,
F.S.A. Illustrated by specimens of the Manuscripts, and the
title-pages and woodcuts of the early editions in facsimile.
Handsomely printed in 4 vols. post 8vo, cloth. $18.00. 1874.

----The same, LARGE PAPER. _Fifty copies only printed._ 4
handsome demy 8vo vols. cloth, $25.00. (Published @ £6.6.0.)

The distinguished poets, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, and Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, form a trio of whom Scotland has every reason to be proud; but, as the Works of the second of these have not hitherto been collected, an Edition of them has long been a _desideratum_ in Scottish Literature.

Walford’s County Families.

The County Families of the United Kingdom; or, Manual of
the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and
Ireland. Containing a Brief Notice of the Descent, Birth,
Marriage, Education, and Appointments of each person; his
Heir Apparent or Presumptive; as also a Record of the Offices
which he has hitherto held, with his Town Address and Country
Residence. By EDWARD WALFORD, M.A. 1 vol. thick imperial
octavo. Cloth, gilt edges. 1,200 pages, $8.00.

Caxton’s Statutes of Henry VII., 1489.

Edited, with Notes and Introduction, by JOHN RAE, Esq.,
Fellow of the Royal Institution. The earliest known volume
of Printed Statutes, and remarkable as being in English. It
contains some very curious and primitive Legislation on Trade
and Domestic Matters. In remarkable fac-simile, from the rare
original. Small folio, half morocco, uncut, $7.50.

Owen Jones’ Alhambra.

Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Alhambra, with
the elaborate details of this beautiful specimen of Moorish
Architecture, minutely displayed in 100 beautifully engraved
plates, 67 of which are highly finished in gold and colors,
from Drawings taken on the spot by JULES GOURY and OWEN JONES,
with a complete translation of the Arabic Inscriptions, and
an Historical Notice of the Kings of Granada, by PASCUAL DE
GAYANGOS. 2 vols. imperial folio (pub. at £24), elegantly half
bound morocco, gilt edges, full gilt backs. $100.

The same work on Large Paper, 2 vols. atlas folio, 100
plates, 67 of them in gold and colors, the engraved plates on
India paper (pub. at £36), half bound morocco, gilt edges.
$125.

For practical purposes, to architects the small paper copies will suffice; but gentlemen desirous of adding a noble book in its finest appearance to their library, must have a Large Paper copy.

“In spite of earthquakes, mines and counter-mines--spite of Spanish convicts, French soldiers, Spanish bigotry, and Flemish barbarism of thieves and gipsys, contrabandists and brigands, paupers, charcoal-burners and snow-gatherers, the Alhambra still exists--one of the most recent of European ruins. It is the most perfect in repair and the richest in design; it has suffered less from man, or the elements, and has fallen more gently into decay. It was not molten like Nineveh in an hour, or buried in a day like Pompeii; it was not smitten down at a blow like Corinth, or sapped for centuries like Athens. Though it has been alternately a barrack, a prison, a tea garden, and an almshouse--though its harem has been a hen-house, its prisons pens for sheep; the Alhambra is still one of the most wonderful productions of Eastern splendor, lingering in Europe long after the Moslem waves have rolled back into Asia, like a golden cup dropped on the sand, or like the last tent of some dead Arab, still standing, when the rest of his tribe have long since taken up their spears, untethered their camels, and sought their new homes in the far desert.”

Prostitution.

DUFOUR (PIERRE). Histoire de la Prostitution chez tous
les peuples du Monde, depuis l’antiquité la plus reculée
jusqu’à nos jours. _Illustrated with numerous fine engravings
on steel._ 6 vols. in 3, 8vo, hf. cf. gilt tops. _Scarce._
$18.00. 6 vols. 8vo, cloth, $13.50.

ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE EDITION.

In this learned work--the best that we have on the subject--many of the chapters are devoted to dissertations on matters of general interest to students of literature. We instance Chap. XXIV., containing a treatise on the Obscenity of the French language, the Jargon of Argot, its Origin, etc.; also in Chap. XXXII., a highly interesting bibliographical account of the Aretin plates by Marc Antonio, etc., etc.

The author was threatened with criminal prosecution, and pledged himself never to reproduce the work; it has now become scarce.

_NEW AND MAGNIFICENT WORK ON TEXTILE FABRICS._

Ornamental Textile Fabrics

Of all Ages and Nations. A practical Collection of
Specimens. Illustrated with Fifty Plates in Gold, Silver, and
Colors, Comprising upwards of 1,000 various styles of Ancient,
Mediæval and Modern Ornamental Designs of Textile Fabrics,
with Explanatory Description and a General Introduction. By M.
DUMONT-AUBERVILLE. 1 vol. folio, cloth, gilt, extra. $25.00.

The Editor of this work, M. Dupont-Auberville, is known as one of the most distinguished archæologists of modern France, and Textile Art is the department of archæology to which he has devoted the best years of his life. His collection of specimens of textile fabrics embraces models taken from all ages and from all countries, and is admitted by all artists to be unique in every respect.

The works of ancient textile art, both in the East and the West, are done full justice to, but at the same time the framer of “Ornamental Textile Fabrics” has drawn more amply from the extensive stock of models belonging to more recent periods. From his immense collection of specimens taken from the Renaissance and the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, he has selected those subjects which are most worthy of the attention both of the amateur and the manufacturer. In this manner the work now submitted to the public is not a mere ornamental one, but at the same time it possesses a practical usefulness which must cause it to be valued by all who make a study of taste in manufacturing industry in general, and the art of weaving in particular.

_AN ENTIRELY NEW AND REVISED EDITION._

Old Print Collectors’ Guide:

An Introduction to the Study and Collection of Ancient
Prints. Frontispiece, plates of monograms, and illustrations.
By WM. H. WILLSHIRE. Handsomely printed. _2 large vols. demy_
8vo, half morocco, gilt top, $11.00.

∴ This new edition entirely supersedes the previous one, having, in addition to much new matter, full lists of Monograms and marks of celebrated collectors and amateurs. A work indispensable to the Print Collector, being a concentration in one volume of all the varied information relative to the History of Engraving and of Ancient Prints.

CONTENTS.--I. Engraving in Ancient Times. II. Engraving in General, from the beginning of the 13th to the 15th Century. III. On the Various Processes or kinds of Engraving. IV. Advice on the Study and Collection of Prints. V. The Various Schools of Engraving. VI. The Northern Schools to the time of Dürer. VII. Northern Schools from Dürer to the 17th Century. VIII. The Southern Schools of Wood Engraving. IX. The Masters of “Chiaro oscuro.” X. Metal Engraving. Masters of 1446, etc. XI. Dutch and Flemish Schools. XII. French and English Schools. XIII. Chief Etchers of the Northern Schools. XIV. On Engraving in the “Dotted Manner.” XV. The Southern Schools of Engraving on Metal. Nielli. XVI. Italian Schools. XVII. School of Marc Antonio. XVIII. Chief Etchers of the Italian Schools. XIX. Mezzotinto Engravings and Engravers. XX. On the Examination and Purchase of Ancient Prints. XXI. On the Conservation and Arrangement of Prints. Appendix.--British Museum Collection, Douce Collection, Oxford, Polytypage, Cliché, Mezzotinto Engraving, High-priced Books, Varia Bibliography, Monograms, indexes, etc., etc.

The Works of William Unger.

=_A Series of Seventy-two Etchings after the Old Masters._=
With Critical and Descriptive Notes by C. VOSMAER. Comprising
the most celebrated paintings of the following artists:
TINTORETTO, RUYSDAEL, REMBRANDT, GUIDO, POUSSIN, RUBENS,
OSTADE, JAN STEEN, VAN DYCK, WOUVERMANS, PAUL POTTER, FRANS
HALS, VERONESE, JORDAENS, VAN DER VELDE, BROUWER, etc., etc.

Ten parts folio, 16 × 22 inches, printed on heavy Dutch
paper, $60.00. Or half morocco, extra gilt top, elegant and
substantial, $80.00.