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Messrs. Methuen's Catalogue

Biography

S. Baring Gould. THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. By S. Baring Gould. With over 450 Illustrations in the Text and 12 Photogravure Plates. Large quarto. Gilt top. 36J. 'The best biography of Napoleon in our tongue, nor have the French as good a biographer of their hero. A book very nearly as good as Southey's "Life of Nelson." ' — Manchester Guardian. ' The main feature of this gorgeous volume is its great wealth of beautiful photo- gravures and finely - executed wood engravings, constituting a complete pictorial chronicle of Napoleon I.'s personal history from the days of his early childhood at Ajaccio to the date of his second interment.' — Daily Tele- graph.

P. H. Colomb. MEMOIRS OF AD- MIRAL SIR A. COOPER KEY. By Admiral P. H. COLOMB. With a Portrait. Demy 8vo. i6s. 'An interesting and adequate biography. The whole book is one of the greatest interest.' — Times.

Morris Fuller. THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JOHN DAVEN- ANT, D.D. (1571-1641), Bishop of Salisbury. By Morris Fuller, B. D. Demy 8vo. los. 6d,

J. M. Eigg. ST. ANSELM OF CANTERBURY: A Chapter m THE History of Religion. By J. M. RiGG. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d.

r. W. Joyce. THE LIFE OF

SIR FREDERICK GORE OUSE-

LEY. ByF.W. Joyce. M.A. 7s. 6a,

'This book has been undertaken in qnite

the right spirit, and written with sym- pathy, insight, and considerable literary skill.' — Times.

W. G. Collingwood. THE LIFE OF JOHN RUSKIN. By W. G. Collingwood, M.A. With Por- traits, and 13 Drawings by Mr. Ruskin. Second Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 32^. ' No more magnificent volumes have been

published for a long time.' — Times. ' It is long since we had a biography with such delights of substance and of form. Such a book is a pleasure for the day, and a joy for ever.' — Daily Chronicle.

C. Waldstein. JOHN RUSKIN, By Charles Waldstein, M.A. With a Photogravure Portrait, Post 8vo.

' A thoughtful and well-written criticism of Ruskin's teaching.' — Daily Chronicle.

A. M. r. Darmesteter, THE LIFE

OF ERNEST RENAN. By

Madame Darmesteter. With

Portrait. Second Edition, Cr. 8vo.

6s.

' A polished gem of biography, superior in

its kind to any attempt that has been

made of recent years in England,

Madame Darmesteter has indeed written

for English readers " The Life of Ernest

Renan. " ' — A ihenaum.

W. H. Hutton. THE LIFE OF SIR

THOMAS MORE. By W. H.

Hutton, M.A. With Portraits.

Cr. 8vo. 5J.

' The book lays good claim to high rank

among our biographies. 1 1 is excellently

even lovingly, written.' — Scotsman.

Travel, Adventure and Topography

Sven Hedin. THROUGH ASIA. By SvEN Hedin, Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society. With 300 Illustrations from Sketches and Photographs by the Author,

and Maps. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. 7as.net.

'One of the greatest books of the kind issued during the century. It is im- possible to give an adequate idea of the richness of the contents of this book.