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io BOOKS PUBLISHED BY Demy 8vo, cloth extra, with Coloured Illustrations and Maps, 24^. Cope's History of the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), formerly the 95th. By Sir WILLIAM H. COPE, formerly Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade. This latest contribution to the history of the British army is a ivork of the most -varied information regarding the distinguished regiment whose life it nar- rates, and also oj facts interesting to the student in military affairs. , . . Great credit is due to Sir IV. Cope for the patience and labour, extending mer many years, "wJiich he has given to the "work. . . . In many cases ivell-exe- citted plans of actions are given." MORNING POST.

  • ' Even a bare record of a corps "which has so often been under fire, and has

borne a part in important engagements all over the -world, could not prwve otherwise than full of matter acceptable to the military reader." ATHENAEUM. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with Portraits, Js. 6d. Creasy 's Memoirs of Eminent Etonians; with Notices of the Early History of Eton College. By Sir EDWARD CREASY, Author of "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World." A New Edition, brought down to the Present Time, with 13 Illustrations. "A new edition of ' Creasy* s Etonians' 1 will be welcome. The book was a favourite a quarter of a century ago, and it has maintained its reputation. The value of this new edition is enhanced by the fact that Sir Edward Creasy has added to it several memoirs of Etonians who have died since the first edition appealed. The work is eminently interesting." SCOTSMAN. To be Completed in Twenty-four Parts, quarto, at 5^. each, profusely illustrated by Coloured and Plain Plates and Wood Engravings, Cyclopcedia of Costume ; or, A Dictionary of Dress Regal, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Mili- tary from the Earliest Period in England to the reign of George the Third. Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, and a General History of the Costumes of the Prin- cipal Countries of Europe. By J. R. PLANCHE, Somerset Herald. Part XXI. nearly ready. "A most readable and interesting ivorkar.d it can scarcely be consulted in vahi, whether the reader is in search for information as to military, court, ecclesiastical, legal, or Professional costume. . . . A II the chromo-litfiographs, and most of the woodcut illustrations the latter amounting to several thousands are very elaborately executed; and the work forms a livre de luxe which renders it equally suited to the library and the ladies' drawing-room." TIMES. %* The DICTIONARY forms Vol. /., which may now be had bound in half red morocco, price 3 13^. 6d. Cases for binding $s. each. The remaining Parts -will be occupied by the GENERAL HISTOR Y OF THE COSTUMES OF EUROPE, arranged Chronologically. Demy 8vo, half-bound morocco, 2U. Dihdin'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.