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NELSON
SHILLING LIBRARY
Volumes to be published July to December, 1913:—
| Felicity in France | CONSTANCE MAUD. |
| The perfect sympathy with and understanding of French life, and the humour and grace of the style, make this book an ideal travelling companion. | |
| My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus | A. F. MUMMERY. |
| This volume is one of the great classics of mountaineering, and can be read with delight by those who have never seen anything higher than the Surrey Downs. | |
| John Bright (Sept) | R. BARRY O'BRIEN. |
| Mr. Barry O'Brien's book is the only authoritative life so far published of one who was perhaps the greatest orator of Victorian England. Mr. Augustine Birrell has written an interesting preface. | |
| Poverty : A Study of Town Life (Oct.) | |
| B. SEEBOHM ROWNTREE. | |
| Mr. Rowntree took a small area in the city of York and examined every detail of its economy. His careful and scientific inquiry has provided a basis of solid fact for all future social advance. | |
| Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean (Nov.) | |
| Commander E. HAMILTON CURREV. | |
| In this book Commander Hamilton Currey tells a little known but most romantic story—that of the corsairs and pirates of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages. | |
| Famous Modern Battles (Dec.). | |
| Captain ATTERIDGE. | |
| This book may be taken as an appendix to Creasy's "Decisive Battles of the World." The book is fully provided with excellent maps. | |
