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PRICE LIST OF THE BEST BOOKS.
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Pepys: "Diary"—Bohn, 4 vols., 3s. 6d. each. Also 1 vol., 2s. (Warne).

Petrarch—Italian, 3s. 6d.; Eng. (Bohn), 5s.

Piers Plowman—by Skeat, 4s. 6d.

Pindar—Gr., Teubner, 1s. 4d. "Olympian and Pythian Odes"—Gr., with Eng. notes, by Gildersleeve, 7s. 6d.; by Fennell, 9s. English translation (prose), by E. Myers, 7s. 6d.; Bohn, 5s.

Plato—Greek, Stallbaum, 50s.; Teubner, 12s. 6d.; English translation by Jowett, 5 vols., £3 10s. The "Republic" only: Greek (Teubner), 25.; Eng, by Jowett, 12s. 6d.; by Davies and Vaughan, 4s. 6d. The "Phædo" only: Gr., with Eng. Notes by Hind, 8s. 6d.; tr. by Cope, 5s.

Pliny: "Epistolæ"—1s. 6d. English (Bohn), 5s.

Plutarch—"Lives," Greek (Teubner), 5 vols., 10s. English, by Dryden and Clough, 5 vols., £2 10s. In 1 vol., royal 8vo, 18s. Also by Langhorne, 3s. 6d. (Ward, Lock, and Co,}; "Morals," 5 vols., £2 10s.; "The Theosophical Essays," 5s. (Bohn).

Poe, E. A.: Complete Works—by Ingram, 4 vols., 14s.

Polo, Marco—Bohn, 5s. Ed. by Yule, 30s.

Pope: Poetical Works—Aldine Edition, 3 vols., 1s. 6d. each. Globe Edition, 3s. 6d.

Prescott: "History of the Conquest of Mexico," 9s.; "Peru," 9s. "Ferdinand and Isabella," 3s. 6d.

Prior—Aldine Edition, 2 vols., 3s.

Propertius—Latin (Teubner), 1s. English (Bohn), 5s. Selections, Lat., with Eng. notes by Postgate, 6s.

Pythagoras: Fragments—Greek (Didot), 15s. English, by Taylor, 17s. (Few readers, however, will probably care to spend so many shillings over such scanty fragments. Ritter and Preller's collection (9s.) contains illustrative extracts of all the chief Greek and Roman philosophers.)

Rabelais—French, ed. by Jannet, 7 vols., 4s. Eng. 7s. 6d. (Chatto).

Racine, J.: Œuvres—Paris 1869–77, 8 vols., £2 10s. 2 vols., 8s. By Jacob, 3s. 6d.

Ramsay: Geology—7s. 6.7.

Randolph: Plays—2 vols., 10s. (S, H.)

Ranke: History of the Popes—Eng. by Foster, 3 vols, 3s. 6d. each (Bohn),

Reade, Charles—20 vols., £3 10s. (Sold separately).

Renan: "Origines du Christianisme"—8 vols., 7s. 6d. each. See also "Aurelius."

Renard the Fox—By Arber, from Caxton's ed., 1s. 6d.

Richardson: "Clarissa Harlowe"—2s. 6d. (Routledge).

Ripa, Father; Peking, 2s. 6d. (Traveller's Library).

Robertson: Historical Works—Bohn, 12s.

Robertson, F. W.: Sermons and Lectures—4 vols., 14s.; "Epistle to the Corinthians"—5s.

Roscoe: German, Italian, and Spanish Novelists—11 vols., £3 (S. H.); or 3 vols. (Warne), 2s. each.

Rossetti, D. G.: Poems—2 vols,, 12s. each.

Rousseau: "Confessions"—French, 2s. 6d.; English,

Ruskin—The original editions of all Ruskin's works are very scarce and dear. Of "Modern Painters" there is a cheap new edition of vol. ii. only, 15s.; also of some selections there from ("Frondes Agrestes"), 3s. Of "Stones of Venice" there is a "Traveller's edition" (selections), 10s.; and a new edition of the complete work is about to appear, £4 4s. Of "Modern Painters," there is a new edition of the original second volume, 2 vols. 10s. "″Seven Lamps," 21s. "Unto this Last," 3s. "Ethics of the Dust," 5s. "Sesame and Lilies" 5s. "Crown of Wild Olive," 13s. The current edts. are published by Mr. George Allen, Orpington.

Saga of Burnt Njal—ed. Dasent, 2 vols, 16s.

Sage, Le: "Gil Blas—2s. 6d. Eng., 3 vols., 7s. 6d. each.

Sainte-Beuve: "Prem. Lundis," 3 vols; "Causeries du Lundi," 16 vols; "Nouv. Lundis," 13 vols; "Portraits Contemporains," 5 vols; "Portraits Littéraires," 2 vols.; "Correspondance," 2 vols. Port Royal, 7 vols., 3s. each; "Poésies," 2 vols., 10s.

Sardou: "Théâtre"—3s. 6d. each play.

Schiller: Werke (Goedeke)—16 vols., 7s. 6d. each: 12 vols., 2s. each; and in 16mo compl., 10s. Plays—German (Leipzig), 2s. 6d.; Eng. (Bohn), 2 vols. 3s. 6d. each. "Thirty Years' War" (Bohn), 3s. 6.

Scott: Poetical Works—Globe ed., 3s. 6d. Novels: Centenary ed,, 25 vols, £3 10s. 3 pocket ed., 1s. 6d. per vol. See also Lockhart.

Seneca—Latin (Teubner), 9s. 6d.; English, 5s.

Sevigné, Mdme. de; Letters—14 vols. 8vo, Paris, £4 19s.; 6 vols. 12mo, Paris, 18s. In "Foreign Classics for English Readers" Series, 2s. 6d. Lettres Choisies, 2s. 6d.

Shakspeare: Complete Works—Globe Edition, 3s. 6d.

Sheking: Chinese Odes—by Legge, 12s.

Shelley: Poetical Works—Rossetti's edition, 3s. 6d. Forman's, 2 vols., 15s. (S. H.) Prose Works: Forman's edition, 4 vols., with 4 vols. verse, £5.

Sheridan: Works—(Bohn), 3s. 6d.

Shirley: Dramatic Works—by Dyce, 6 vols. £5 (S. H.)

Sidney, Sir Philip: Miscellaneous Works—Gray, 14s. "Arcadia," 6s. (Low).

Sismondi: "History of the Italian Republics"—Fr., 10 vols, 1840, £3; Eng. only 1 vol, in Lardner's Cyclopædia, 1s. 6d. (S. H.)

Smith, Adam: "Wealth of Nations"—3s. 6d. (Ward, Lock, and Co.)

Smith, Goldwin: "Rational Religion"—6s. (S. H.)

Smith, Sydney: Essays—3s. 6d.

Smollett: "Humphrey Clinker"—Routledge, 3s. 6d. Works (Bickers), 6 vols. £1 4s. (S. H.)

Sophocles—Gr. (Teubner), 9s. Gr. with Eng. notes, &c., by Campbell, 2 vols., 10s. 6d. Eng. translation by Plumtre, 7s. 6d. The "Œdipus Rex," only: Gr., with Eng. Notes by Jebb, 4s. 6d.; " Electra," by Jebb, 3s. 6d.; "Ajax, by Jebb," 3s. Gd.

Southey: Poetical Works—7s. (S, H.); Commonplace Book, 4. vols, £1 1s.; (Elzevir Series), 3s. Life of Nelson, 3s. 6d. (Routledge’s Universal Library), 1s.

Spalding: "Italy"—3 vols, 7s. 6d. (S. H-)

Spencer, Herbert: "First Principles," 16s.; "Essays," 3 vols. 24s.; "Study of Sociology" (International Scientific Series), 5s.; Complete Works, 15 vols. 8vo, and 8 parts folio, £14.

Spenser: Complete Works—5 vols. (Aldine Edition) 1s. 6d. each; Globe Edition, 3s. 6d.

Spielhagen: "Problematische Naturen"—2 vols., 9s.

Spinoza: "Tractatus Theologico-Politicus"—Amst. 1862, 7s. 6d.; English Works, 2 vols. (Bell); 10s.

Staël, Mdme.: "L'Allemagne"—2s. 6d.

Stanhope: "Life of Pitt"—4 vols, 18s.; "Reign of Queen Anne," 2 vols,, 10s. (S. H.).

Stanley: "Life of Dr, Arnold"—2 vols., 12s.; "Jewish Church," 3 vols., post 8vo, 38s.; "Eastern Church," 12s.