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LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND GAMES.

BOHN'S Sports.

8 vols.

14 Volumes at 3s. 6d. and 5s. each. (2l. 18s. per set.)

Handbooks of Athletic With numerous Illustrations. In 3s. 6d. each.

Vol. I.-Cricket, by Hon. and Rev. E. Lyttelton; Lawn Tennis, by H. W. W. Wilberforce; Tennis, Rackets, and Fives, by Julian Marshall, Major Spens, and J. A. Tait; Golf, by W. T. Linskill; Hockey, by F. S. Creswell.

Vol. II.-Rowing and Sculling, by W. B. Woodgate; Sailing, by E. F. Knight; Swimming, by M. and J. R. Cobbett.

Vol. III.-Boxing, by R. G. AllansonWinn; Broad-sword and Single Stick, &c., by R. G. Allanson-Winn and C. PhillippsWolley: Wrestling, by Walter Armstrong; Fencing, by H. A. Colmore Dunn.

Vol. IV.-Rugby Football, by Harry Vassall; Association Football, by C. W. Alcock; Baseball, by Newton Crane; Rounders, Field Ball, Baseball-Rounders, Bowls, Quoits, Curling, Skittles, &c., by J. M. Walker, M.A., and C. C. Mott.

Vol. V.-Cycling and Athletics, by H. H. Griffin; Skating, by Douglas Adams.

Vol. VI.-Practical Horsemanship, including Riding for Ladies. By W. A. Kerr, V.C.

Vol. VII.-Driving, and Stable Managenent. By W. A. Kerr, V.C. [Preparing.

Vol. VIII.-Gymnastics, by A. F. Jenkin; Clubs and Dumb-bells, by G. T. B. Cobbett and A. F. Jenkin. [In the press.

BOHN'S Handbooks of Games. New Edition, entirely rewritten. 2 volumes. 3s. 6d. each.

Vol. I. TABLE GAMES.

Contents:-Billiards, with Pool, Pyramids, and Snooker, by Major-Gen. A. W. Drayson, F.R.A.S., with a preface by W. J. Peall-Bagatelle, by 'Berkeley'—

Chess, by R. F. Green-Draughts, Backgammon, Dominoes, Solitaire, Reversi, Go Bang, Rouge et noir, Roulette, E.O., Hazard, Faro, by 'Berkeley.'

Vol. II. CARD GAMES.

Contents:-Whist, by Dr. William Pole, F.R.S., Author of 'The Philosophy of Whist, &c.'-Solo Whist, and Poker, by R. F. Green; Piquet, Ecarté, Euchre, Bézique, and Cribbage, by 'Berkeley;' Loo, Vingt-et-un, Napoleon, Newmarket, Rouge et Noir, Pope Joan, Speculation, &c. &c., by Baxter-Wray.

CHESS CONGRESS of 1862. A collection of the games played. Edited by J. Löwenthal. New edition, 5s. MORPHY'S Games of Chess, being the Matches and best Games played by the American Champion, with explanatory and analytical Notes by J. Löwenthal. With short Memoir and Portrait of Morphy. 5s. STAUNTON'S Chess-Player's Handbook. A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game, with numerous Diagrams. 55.

Chess Praxis. A Supplement to the Chess-player's Handbook. Containing the most important modern Improvements in the Openings; Code of Chess Laws; and a Selection of Morphy's Games. Annotated. 636 pages. Diagrams. 5s.

Chess-Player's Companion. Comprising a Treatise on Odds, Collection of Match Games, including the French Match with M. St. Amant, and a Selection of Original Problems. Diagrams and Coloured Frontispiece. 5s.

Chess Tournament of 1851. A Collection of Games played at this celebrated assemblage. With Introduction and Notes. Numerous Diagrams. 5s.

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Price Is. each.

A Series of Complete Stories or Essays, mostly reprinted from Vols. in Bohn's Libraries, and neatly bound in stiff paper cover, with cut edges, suitable for Railway Reading.

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Bohn's Select Library of Standard Works.

Price Is. in paper covers, and Is. 6d. in cloth.

1. BACON'S ESSAYS.

With Introduction and Notes.

2. LESSING'S LAOKOON. Beasley's Translation, revised, with Introduction, Notes, &c., by Edward Bell, M.A. With Frontispiece.

3. DANTE'S INFERNO. Translated, with Notes, by Rev. H. F. Cary. 4. GOETHE'S FAUST. Part I. Translated, with Introduction, by

Anna Swanwick.

5. GOETHE'S BOYHOOD. Being Part I. of the Autobiography Translated by J. Oxenford.

6. SCHILLER'S MARY STUART and THE MAID OF ORLEANS. Translated by J. Mellish and Anna Swanwick.

7. THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH. By the late Dean Alford.

8. LIFE AND LABOURS OF THE LATE THOMAS BRASSEY.

A. Helps, K.C.B.

By Sir

9. PLATO'S DIALOGUES: The Apology-Crito-Phaedo--Protagoras.

With Introductions.

10. MOLIÈRE'S PLAYS: The Miser-Tartuffe-The Shopkeeper turned Gentleman. Translated by C. H. Walt, M.A. With brief Memoir. II. GOETHE'S REINEKE FOX, in English Hexameters. By A. Rogers. 12. OLIVER GOLDSMITH'S PLAYS.

13. LESSING'S PLAYS: Nathan the Wise-Minna von Barnhelm. 14. PLAUTUS'S COMEDIES: Trinummus - Menaechmi - Aulularia

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18. OLIVER CROMWELL. By Dr. Reinhold Pauli.

19. THE PERFECT LIFE. By Dr. Channing. Edited by his nephew, Rev. W. H. Channing.

20. LADIES IN PARLIAMENT, HORACE AT ATHENS, and other pieces,

by Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Bart.

21. DEFOE'S THE PLAGUE IN LONDON.

22. IRVING'S LIFE OF MAHOMET.

23. HORACE'S ODES, by various hands.

[Out of Print.

With

24. BURKE'S ESSAY ON 'THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL.'

Short Memoir.

25. HAUFF'S CARAVAN.

26. SHERIDAN'S PLAYS.

27. DANTE'S PURGATORIO. Translated by Cary.

28. HARVEY'S TREATISE ON THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD

29. CICERO'S FRIENDSHIP AND OLD AGE.

30. DANTE'S PARADISO. Translated by Cary.

31. CHRONICLE OF HENRY VIII. Translated by Major M. A. S.

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Medium 4to. 2118 pages, 3500 illustrations.

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In addition to the Dictionary of Words, with their pronunciation, etymology, alternative spellings, and various meanings, illustrated by quotations and numerous woodcuts, there are several valuable appendices, comprising a Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World; Vocabularies of Scripture, Greek, Latin, and English Proper Names; a Dictionary of the noted Names of Fiction; a Brief History of the English Language; a Dictionary of Foreign Quotations, Words, Phrases, Proverbs, &c.; a Biographical Dictionary with 10,000 Names, &c.

This last revision, comprising and superseding the issues of 1847, 1864, and 1880, is by far the most complete that the Work has undergone during the sixty-two years that it has been before the public. Every page has been treated as if the book were now published for the first time.

SOME PRESS OPINIONS ON THE NEW EDITION.

'We believe that, all things considered, this will be found to be the best existing English dictionary in one volume. We do not know of any work similar in size and price which can approach it in completeness of vocabulary, variety of information, and general usefulness.'-Guardian.

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'A magnificent edition of Webster's immortal Dictionary.'— Daily Telegraph.

A thoroughly practical and useful dictionary.'-Standard.

A special feature of the present book is the lavish use of engravings, which at once illustrate the verbal explanations of technical and scientific terms, and permit them to remain readably brief. It may be enough to refer to the article on "Cross." By the use of the little numbered diagrams we are spared what would have become a treatise, and not a very clear one.... We recommend the new Webster to every man of business, every father of a family, every teacher, and almost every student-to everybody, in fact, who is likely to be posed at an unfamiliar or half-understood word or phrase.'St. James's Gazette.

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