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 12 Messrs. Methuen's List History Gibbon. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. By Edward Gibbon. A New Edition, Edited with Notes, Appendices, and Maps, by J. B. Bury, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. In Seven Vohitnes. Demy Svo. Gilt top. OS. 6d. each. Also crown %vo. ds. each. Vols. I., II., III., and IV. 'The time has certainly arrived for a new edition of Gibbon's great work. . . . Pro- fessor Bury is the right man to undertake this task. His learning is amazing, both in extent and accuracy. The book is issued in a handy form, and at a moderate price, and it is admirably printed.' — Times. 'This edition, so far as one may judge from the first instalment, is a marvel of erudition and critical skill, and it is the ver>' minimum of praise to predict that the seven volumes of it will supersede Dean Milman's as the standard edition of our great historical classic' — Glasgow Herald. ' The beau-ideal Gibbon has arrived at la-it.' — Sketch. 'At last there is an adequate modern edition of Gibbon. . . . The best edition the nineteenth century could produce.' — Manchester Guardian. Flinders Petrie. A HISTORY OF EGYPT, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie, D.C. L., LL.D., Professor of Egyptology at University College. Fully Illustrated, In Six Volumes. Crown Svo. 6s. each. Vol. I. Prehistoric Times to XVIth. Dynasty. W. M. F. Petrie. Third Edition. Vol. II. The XVIIth and XVIIIth Dynasties. W. M. F. Petrie. Second Edition. ' A history written in the spirit of scientific precision so worthily represented by Dr. Petrie and his school cannot but promote sound and accurate study, and supply a vacant place in the English literature of Egyptology.' — Titnes. Flinders Petrie. EGYPTIAN TALES. Edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie. Illustrated by Tristram Ellis. In Two Volumes, Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. each. 'A valuable addition to the literature of comparative folk-lore. The drawings are really illustrations in the literal sense of the word.' — Globe. ' It has a scientific value to the student of history and archaeology. — Scotsman. ' Invaluable as a picture of life in Palestine and Egypt.' — Daily News. Flinders Petrie. EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART. By W. M. P"linders Petrie. With 120 Illustrations. Cr.Svo. y. 6d. 'Professor Flinders Petrie is not only a profound Egyptologist, but an accomplished student of comparative archseology. In these lectures he displays both quali- fications with rare skill in elucidating the development of decorative art in Egypt, and in tracing its influence on the art of other countries.' — Times. S. Baring Gould. THE TRAGEDY OF THE C^SARS. With numerous Illustrations from Busts, Gems, Cameos, etc. By S. Baring Gould. Fourth Edition. Royal%vo. <-^s. ' A most splendid and fascinating book on a subject of undying interest. The great feature of the book is the use the author has made of the existing portraits of the Caesars, and the admirable critical subtlety he has exhibited in dealing with this line of research. It is brilliantly written, and the illustrations are supplied on a scale of profuse magnificence.' — Daily Chronicle.