New Works.
I.
THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË,
Author of "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," "Villette," &c.
By Mrs. Gaskell,
Author of "Mary Barton," "Ruth," "North and South."
Second Edition, Two Volumes, Post 8vo, with a Portrait of Miss Brontë and a
View of Haworth Church and Parsonage. Price 24s. cloth.
"We regard the record as a monument of courage and endurance, of suffering and triumph. . . . . All the secrets of the literary workmanship of the authoress of 'Jane Eyre' are unfolded in the course of this extraordinary narrative."—Times.
"By all this book will be read with interest. . . . Mrs. Gaskell has produced one of the best biographies of a woman by a woman which we can recall to mind."—Athenæum.
"Thoroughly well and artistically has the work been accomplished; an informing method presides over the whole; every circumstance has a direct bearing on the main object of painting, vigorously and accurately, a real picture of the woman as she was."—Daily News.
"The profound pathos, the tragic interest of this book, lies in the terrible struggle that life was to a woman endowed with Charlotte Brontë's conscientiousness, affection for her family, and literary ambition, and continually curbed and thrown back by physical wretchedness. Its moral is, the unconquerable strength of genius and goodness."—Spectator.
"Mrs. Gaskell's 'Life of Charlotte Brontë' has placed her on a level with the best biographers of any country. It is a truthful and beautiful work. . . . . No one can read it without feeling strengthened and purified."—Globe.
"We can be sincere in our praise of this book: we have been often touched by the tone of loving sympathy in which it is written."—Examiner.
"This work cannot fail to be of the deepest interest; and it has a special interest for female readers."—Economist.
"The whole strange and pathetic story of the Brontë family is faithfully told in Mrs. Gaskell's memoir."—Critic.
II.
ANTIQUITIES OF KERTCH,
AND RESEARCHES IN THE CIMMERIAN BOSPHORUS.
By DUNCAN McPHERSON, M.D., of the Madras Army,
F.B.G.S., M.A.L, Inspector-General of Hospitals, Turkish Contingent.
Imperial Quarto, with 14 Plates and numerous Illustrations, including Eight
Coloured Fac-Similes of Relics of Antique Art, Price Two Guineas.
"It is a volume which deserves the careful attention of every student of classical antiquity. No one can tail to be pleased with a volume which has so much to attract the eye and to gratify the love of beauty and elegance in design. * * * * The volume is got up with great care and taste, and forms one of the handsomest works that have recently issued from the English Press."—Saturday Review.
III.
THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF
SIR JOHN MALCOLM, G.C.B.
Two Volumes, 8vo.With Portrait.Price 36s. cloth.
"The biography is replete with interest and information, deserving to be perused by the student of Indian history, and sure to recommend itself to the general reader."—Athenæum.
"Mr. Kaye has used his materials well, and has written an interesting narrative, copiously illustrated with ⟨valuable⟩ documents."—Examiner.
"One of the most interesting of the recent biographies of our great Indian statesmen."—National Review.
"This book deserves to participate in the popularity which it was the good fortune of Sir John Malcolm to enjoy."—Edinburgh Review.
