Chapter X

‘I hurried to the bed,
I saw that he was slain,
I saw the blood was shed,
I saw the deep,—deep stain.
His sword was in his side,—thrust,—to the hilt,—
His fingers took the guilt.’

THE WEDDING RING

LADY

‘Give me a ring, good jeweller,
By no one worn before,
And you shall boast you gave it her
Who wears it evermore.’

JEWELLER

‘Then it shall be a ruby ring,
With hoop of richest gold,
And it shall be my offering
For benefits of old.’

LADY

‘A ruby ring it must not be,
Which is a thing to shine;
An iron ring is best for me,
No other can be mine.’

JEWELLER

‘But surely such a ring ’twere sad
To see a lady wear
Among her guests in jewels clad,
And she so young and fair.’

LADY

‘An iron ring is all I crave
Upon my wedding night,
For I must wear it in the grave,
Where it is out of sight.’

JEWELLER

‘Is it to be a ring to bind
Your heart in wedlock’s bond,
Or but to link the day behind
And days that are beyond?’

LADY

‘It is to link me to his peace
Who is not far away;
And when her lonely term may cease,
The bride shall with him stay.’

JEWELLER

‘Who is this bridegroom you would wed,
And yet for ever mourn,
As though you would espouse the dead,
Who never can return?’

LADY

‘It is the dead I would espouse,
With him lie side by side;
There is a chamber in his house
He furnished for his bride.’

LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD

LUKE ix. 60

Where marshes venom-steeped the life-breeze taint
And fitful meteors lap the watery wild,
A moon sinks in the cloud-mire, dazed and faint,
Its pearly flush defiled,
Halo’d in sallow vapours like a saint
Through paths impure beguiled.

But worse the gloom within the castle walls
Where moans the lord whom pestilence devours:
The serfs awe-stricken flee his festering halls,
The plague-star o’er him lowers,
On his glazed eyes the fatal glimmer falls
While night weighs down his towers.

A crescent moon whose advent stays the pest
Embalms the dead with heavenly obsequies,
But there are none to bear him to his rest,
His body shroudless lies;
Anointed not, by pious rites unblest,
Unto the grave he cries.

A great half-moon now dominates the dome,
With stern upbraidings yet not less benign:
But the blank gazers to his final home
The dead dare not consign,
Lured on by sullen spectres of the gloam
Who their own dead enshrine.

Again the drowsy marshes pillow night
And darkness severs sky and earth in two,
But with a rush of cloud dispersing might
A full moon hurries through;
The corpse is shrouded as in living light,
The castle walls look new.

The heaven is one blue wave; it seems to break
While lucid spray with dreamlight floods the air:
The coffins in the quickened graveyards quake,
The bones know they are there,
And ghostly shades their buried depths forsake
To gather in the glare.

As dusk descends, by its scared rays illumed,
A soul-procession dense and denser grows:
Hearse after hearse night-horsed and sable-plumed
A mirage heavenward throws:
The newly dead is by the dead entombed
And nature has repose.

THE GOLDEN WEDDING

The day but not the bride is come,
As in her blossom-time;
But golden lights sustain the home
She cherished in her prime.

May we not call upon the band?
May we not ask the priest?
Our golden wedding is at hand,
And we shall hold a feast.

But where is he in snow-white stole
Who the old service read,
That made us one in heart and soul?
Long, long has he been dead.

The bridesmaids clad in silken fold
Who waited on the bride,
Where are they now? Their tale is told:
Long, long ago they died.

Where is the groomsman, chosen friend,
The true, the well-beloved;
His term, alas! is at an end;
Too soon was he removed.

Where is the bride, ah! such a bride
As every joy foretells?
I see her walking by my side,
I hear the wedding-bells.

Where is she now? That we should say
She did not live to know
How passed her silver wedding-day,
So many years ago!

But come, and for your mother’s sake,
Though vain it were to weep,
Let us the silent feast partake,
Her golden wedding keep.

Printed by T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty, at the
Edinburgh University Press.

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ADAMS (FRANCIS).

ESSAYS IN MODERNITY. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.

[_In preparation._

ALLEN (GRANT).

THE LOWER SLOPES: A Volume of Verse. 600 copies. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.

[_Immediately._

ANTÆUS.

THE BACKSLIDER AND OTHER POEMS. 100 only. Small 4to. 7s. 6d. net.

[_Very few remain._

BEECHING (H. C.), J. W. MACKAIL, & J. B. B. NICHOLS.

LOVE IN IDLENESS. With Vignette by W. B. SCOTT. Fcap. 8vo, half
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[_Very few remain._

_Transferred by the Authors to the present Publishers._

BENSON (ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER).

POEMS. 550 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

[_Very few remain._

BENSON (EUGENE).

FROM THE ASOLAN HILLS: A Poem. 300 copies. Imp. 16mo. 5s. net.

[_Very few remain._

BINYON (LAURENCE).

POEMS. 16mo. 5s. net.

[_In preparation._

BOURDILLON (F. W.).

A LOST GOD: A Poem. With Illustrations by H. J. FORD. 500 copies. 8vo.
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[_Very few remain._

BOURDILLON (F. W.).

AILES D’ALOUETTE. Poems printed at the private press of Rev. H.
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[_Not published._

BRIDGES (ROBERT).

THE GROWTH OF LOVE. Printed in Fell’s old English type at the private
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[_Not published._

COLERIDGE (HON. STEPHEN).

THE SANCTITY OF CONFESSION: A Romance. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s.
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[_A few remain._

CRANE (WALTER).

RENASCENCE: A Book of Verse. Frontispiece and 38 designs by the
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CROSSING (WM.).

THE ANCIENT CROSSES OF DARTMOOR. With 11 plates. 8vo, cloth. 4s. 6d.
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[_Very few remain._

DAVIDSON (JOHN).

PLAYS: An Unhistorical Pastoral; A Romantic Farce; Bruce, a Chronicle
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a Frontispiece, Title-page, and Cover Design by AUBREY BEARDSLEY.
500 copies. Small 4to. 7s. 6d. net.

[_Immediately._

DAVIDSON (JOHN).

FLEET STREET ECLOGUES. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo, buckram. 5s. net.

DAVIDSON (JOHN).

A RANDOM ITINERARY: Prose Sketches, with a Ballad. Frontispiece,
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DAVIDSON (JOHN).

THE NORTH WALL. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.

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DE GRUCHY (AUGUSTA).

UNDER THE HAWTHORN, AND OTHER VERSES. Frontispiece by WALTER CRANE.
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[_Very few remain._

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POEMS, DRAMATIC AND LYRICAL. By JOHN LEICESTER WARREN (Lord De
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DIAL (THE).

No. 1 of the Second Series. Illustrations by RICKETTS, SHANNON,
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[_Very few remain._

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EGERTON (GEORGE).

KEYNOTES: Short Stories. With Title-page by AUBREY BEARDSLEY. Second
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FIELD (MICHAEL).

SIGHT AND SONG. (Poems on Pictures.) 400 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

[_Very few remain._

FIELD (MICHAEL).

STEPHANIA: A Trialogue in Three Acts. 250 copies. Pott 4to. 6s. net.

[_Very few remain._

GALE (NORMAN).

ORCHARD SONGS. Fcap. 8vo. With Title-page and Cover Design by J.
ILLINGWORTH KAY. 5s. net.

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GARNETT (RICHARD).

A VOLUME OF POEMS. 350 copies. Crown 8vo. With Title-page designed by
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THE LETTERS OF THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES. Now first edited. Pott 8vo. 5s.
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[_Immediately._

GRAHAME (KENNETH).

PAGAN PAPERS: A Volume of Essays. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

GREENE (G. A.).

ITALIAN LYRISTS OF TO-DAY. Translations in the original metres from
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HAKE (DR. T. GORDON).

A SELECTION FROM HIS POEMS. Edited by Mrs. MEYNELL. With a Portrait
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[_Immediately._

HALLAM (ARTHUR HENRY).

THE POEMS, together with his essay ‘On Some of the Characteristics of
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[_Very few remain._

HAMILTON (COL. IAN).

THE BALLAD OF HADJI AND OTHER POEMS. Etched Frontispiece by WM.
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HAYES (ALFRED).

THE VALE OF ARDEN AND OTHER POEMS. With Title-page and Cover Design by
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HICKEY (EMILY H.).

VERSE TALES, LYRICS AND TRANSLATIONS. 300 copies. Imp. 16mo. 5s. net.

HORNE (HERBERT P.).

DIVERSI COLORES: Poems. With ornaments by the Author. 250 copies.
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IMAGE (SELWYN).

CAROLS AND POEMS. With decorations by H. P. HORNE. 250 copies. 16mo.
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JAMES (W. P.).

ROMANTIC PROFESSIONS: A Volume of Essays, with Title-page by J.
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IN THE FIRE AND OTHER FANCIES. Frontispiece by WALTER CRANE. 500
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THE ART OF THOMAS HARDY: Six Essays. With Etched Portrait by WM.
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[_Very shortly._

JOHNSON (LIONEL).

A VOLUME OF POEMS. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

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KEATS (JOHN).

THREE ESSAYS, now issued in book form for the first time. Edited by H.
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[_Very few remain._

LEATHER (R. K.).

VERSES. 250 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. net.

_Transferred by the Author to the present Publishers._

LEATHER (R. K.), & RICHARD LE GALLIENNE.

THE STUDENT AND THE BODY-SNATCHER AND OTHER TRIFLES.

[_Small paper edition out of print._

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LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD).

PROSE FANCIES. With a Portrait of the Author. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.

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[_In preparation._

LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD).

THE BOOK BILLS OF NARCISSUS. An Account rendered by RICHARD LE
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ENGLISH POEMS. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 5s. net.

LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD).

GEORGE MEREDITH: Some Characteristics. With a Bibliography (much
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LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD).

THE RELIGION OF A LITERARY MAN. Cr. 8vo. 3rd thousand. 3s. 6d. net.

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LETTERS TO LIVING ARTISTS.

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[_Very few remain._

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A LAST HARVEST: LYRICS AND SONNETS FROM THE BOOK OF LOVE. Edited by
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[_Very few remain._

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QUATRAINS, LIFE’S MYSTERY AND OTHER POEMS. 16mo. 2s. 6d. net.

[_Very few remain._

MARZIALS (THEO.).

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[_Very few remain._

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MURRAY (ALMA).

PORTRAIT AS BEATRICE CENCI. With critical notice containing four
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NETTLESHIP (J. T.).

ROBERT BROWNING: Essays and Thoughts. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s.
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NOBLE (JAS. ASHCROFT).

THE SONNET IN ENGLAND AND OTHER ESSAYS. Title-page and Cover Design by
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POOR PEOPLE’S CHRISTMAS. 250 copies. 16mo. 1s. net.

[_Very few remain._

OXFORD CHARACTERS.

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per part; 25 special copies containing proof impressions of the
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PINKERTON (PERCY).

GALEAZZO: A Venetian Episode and other Poems. Etched Frontispiece.
16mo. 5s. net.

[_Very few remain._

_Transferred by the Author to the present Publishers._

RADFORD (DOLLIE).

SONGS. A New Volume of Verse.

[_In preparation._

RADFORD (ERNEST).

CHAMBERS TWAIN. Frontispiece by WALTER CRANE. 250 copies. Imp. 16mo.
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[_Very few remain._

RHYMERS’ CLUB, THE BOOK OF THE.

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SCHAFF (DR. P.).

LITERATURE AND POETRY: Papers on Dante, etc. Portrait and Plates, 100
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SCOTT (WM. BELL).

A POET’S HARVEST HOME: WITH AN AFTERMATH. 300 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.
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[_Very few remain._

⁂ _Will not be reprinted._

SHAW (A. D. L.).

THE HAPPY WANDERER. Poems. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

[_In preparation._

STODDARD (R. H.).

THE LION’S CUB; WITH OTHER VERSE. Portrait. 100 copies only, bound in
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[_Very few remain._

SYMONDS (JOHN ADDINGTON).

IN THE KEY OF BLUE, AND OTHER PROSE ESSAYS. Cover designed by C. S.
RICKETTS. Second Edition. Thick Crown 8vo. 8s. 6d. net.

THOMPSON (FRANCIS).

A VOLUME OF POEMS. With Frontispiece, Title-page and Cover Design by
LAURENCE HOUSMAN. Second Edition. Pott 4to. 5s. net.

TODHUNTER (JOHN).

A SICILIAN IDYLL. Frontispiece by WALTER CRANE. 250 copies. Imp. 16mo.
5s. net.

Also 50 copies large paper, fcap. 4to. 10s. 6d. net.

[_Very few remain._

TOMSON (GRAHAM R.).

AFTER SUNSET. A Volume of Poems. With Title-page and Cover Design by
R. ANNING BELL. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

Also a limited large paper edition. 12s. 6d. net.

[_In preparation._

TREE (H. BEERBOHM).

THE IMAGINATIVE FACULTY: A Lecture delivered at the Royal Institution.
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Marchioness of Granby. Fcap. 8vo, boards. 2s. 6d. net.

TYNAN HINKSON (KATHARINE).

CUCKOO SONGS. With Title-page and Cover Design by LAURENCE HOUSMAN.
500 copies. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. net.

[_In preparation._

VAN DYKE (HENRY).

THE POETRY OF TENNYSON. Third Edition, enlarged. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d.
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_The late Laureate himself gave valuable aid in correcting various
details._

WATSON (WILLIAM).

THE ELOPING ANGELS: A Caprice. Second Edition. Square 16mo, buckram.
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WATSON (WILLIAM).

EXCURSIONS IN CRITICISM: being some Prose Recreations of a Rhymer.
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WATSON (WILLIAM).

THE PRINCE’S QUEST, AND OTHER POEMS. With a Bibliographical Note
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WEDMORE (FREDERICK).

PASTORALS OF FRANCE—RENUNCIATIONS. A volume of Stories. Title-page by
JOHN FULLEYLOVE, R.I. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

_A few of the large paper copies of Renunciations (First Edition)
remain. 10s. 6d. net._

WICKSTEED (P. H.).

DANTE. Six Sermons. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 2s. net.

WILDE (OSCAR).

THE SPHINX. A poem decorated throughout in line and colour, and bound
in a design by CHARLES RICKETTS. 250 copies. £2, 2s. net. 25 copies
large paper. £5, 5s. net.

[_Very shortly._

WILDE (OSCAR).

The incomparable and ingenious history of Mr. W. H., being the true
secret of Shakespear’s sonnets now for the first time here fully set
forth, with initial letters and cover design by CHARLES RICKETTS.
500 copies, 10s. 6d. net.

Also 50 copies large paper. 21s. net.

[_In preparation._

WILDE (OSCAR).

DRAMATIC WORKS, now printed for the first time with a specially
designed Title-page and binding to each volume, by CHARLES SHANNON.
500 copies. Small 4to. 7s. 6d. net per vol.

Also 50 copies large paper. 15s. net per vol.

Vol. I. LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN: A Comedy in Four Acts.

[_Ready._

Vol. II. A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE: A Comedy in Four Acts.

[_Shortly._

Vol. III. THE DUCHESS OF PADUA: A Blank Verse Tragedy in Five Acts.

[_In preparation._

WILDE (OSCAR).

SALOMÉ: A Tragedy in one Act, done into English. With 11
Illustrations, title-page, and Cover Design by AUBREY BEARDSLEY. 500
copies. Small 4to. 15s. net.

Also 100 copies, large paper. 30s. net.

[_Shortly._

WYNNE (FRANCES).

WHISPER. A Volume of Verse. With a Memoir by KATHARINE TYNAN and a
Portrait added. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.

_Transferred by the Author to the present Publishers._

The Hobby Horse

A new series of this illustrated magazine will be published quarterly by subscription, under the Editorship of Herbert P. Horne. Subscription £1 per annum, post free, for the four numbers. Quarto, printed on hand-made paper, and issued in a limited edition to subscribers only. The Magazine will contain articles upon Literature, Music, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and the Decorative Arts; Poems; Essays; Fiction; original Designs; with reproductions of pictures and drawings by the old masters and contemporary artists. There will be a new title-page and ornaments designed by the Editor. Among the contributors to the Hobby Horse are:

The late MATTHEW ARNOLD.
LAURENCE BINYON.
WILFRID BLUNT.
FORD MADOX BROWN.
The late ARTHUR BURGESS.
E. BURNE-JONES, A.R.A.
AUSTIN DOBSON.
RICHARD GARNETT, LL.D.
A. J. HIPKINS, F.S.A.
SELWYN IMAGE.
LIONEL JOHNSON.
RICHARD LE GALLIENNE.
SIR F. LEIGHTON, Bart., P.R.A.
T. HOPE MCLACHLAN.
MAY MORRIS.
C. HUBERT H. PARRY, Mus. Doc.
A. W. POLLARD.
F. YORK POWELL.
CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI.
W. M. ROSSETTI.
JOHN RUSKIN, D.C.L., LL.D.
FREDERICK SANDYS.
The late W. BELL SCOTT.
FREDERICK J. SHIELDS.
J. H. SHORTHOUSE.
The late JAMES SMETHAM.
SIMEON SOLOMON.
A. SOMERVELL.
The late J. ADDINGTON SYMONDS.
KATHARINE TYNAN.
G. F. WATTS, R.A.
FREDERICK WEDMORE.
OSCAR WILDE.

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‘A ray of hopefulness is stealing again into English poetry after the twilight greys of Clough and Arnold and Tennyson. Even unbelief wears braver colours. Despite the jeremiads, which are the dirges of the elder gods, England is still a nest of singing-birds (_teste_ the Catalogue of Elkin Mathews and John Lane).’—Mr. ZANGWILL in _Pall Mall Magazine_.

‘All Messrs. Mathews & Lane’s Books are so beautifully printed and so tastefully issued, that it rejoices the heart of a book-lover to handle them; but they have shown their sound judgment not less markedly in the literary quality of their publications. The choiceness of form is not inappropriate to the matter, which is always of something more than ephemeral worth. This was a distinction on which the better publishers at one time prided themselves; they never lent their names to trash; but some names associated with worthy traditions have proved more than once a delusion and a snare. The record of Messrs. Elkin Mathews & John Lane is perfect in this respect, and their imprint is a guarantee of the worth of what they publish.’—_Birmingham Daily Post_, Nov. 6, 1893.

‘One can nearly always be certain when one sees on the title-page of any given book the name of Messrs Elkin Mathews & John Lane as being the publishers thereof that there will be something worth reading to be found between the boards.’—_World._

Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE
Printers to Her Majesty

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