A SELECTION FROM CATALOGUE OF Popular and Standard Books PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM P. NIMMO, EDINBURGH. Complete Catalogue of Mr. NIMMO's Publications, choicely printed and elegantly bound, suitable for the Library, Presentation, and School Prizes, etc. etc., will be forwarded gratis, post free, on application. 'Mr. Nimmo's books are well known as marvels of cheapness, NIMMO'S POPULAR EDITION OF THE WORKS OF THE POETS. In fcap. 8vo, printed on toned paper, elegantly bound in cloth extra, with emblematic design worked in gold and black, price 3s. 6d. each; or in morocco antique, raised and illuminated, price 7s. 6d. each; or morocco extra, illuminated and raised, elaborate new design, price 8s. 6d. each; or Caledonian wood, fern pattern, morocco extra back, price 10s. Each Volume contains a Memoir, and is illustrated with a Portrait of the Author engraved on Steel, and numerous full-page Illustrations on Wood, from designs by eminent Artists; also beautiful Illuminated Title-page. 1. LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. 2. SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS. 3. BYRON'S POETICAL WORKS. 4. MOORE'S POETICAL WORKS. 5. WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS. [Continued on next page. NIMMO'S POPULAR EDITION OF THE CONTINUED. 6. COWPER'S POETICAL WORKS. 7. MILTON'S POETICAL WORKS. 8. THOMSON'S POETICAL WORKS. 9. GOLDSMITH'S CHOICE WORKS. 10. POPE'S POETICAL WORKS. 11. BURNS' POETICAL WORKS. 12. THE CASQUET OF GEMS. Choice Selections from the Poets. 13. THE BOOK OF HUMOROUS POETRY. 14. BALLADS: Scottish and English. 15. BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS AND HOLY WAR. 16. LIVES OF THE BRITISH POETS. 17. THE PROSE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS. 18. POEMS, SONGS, AND BALLADS OF THE SEA. This Series of Books, from the very superior manner in which it is produced, is at once the cheapest and handsomest edition of the Poets in the market. The volumes form elegant and appropriate Presents as School Prizes and Gift-Books, either in cloth or morocco. They are a marvel of cheapness, some of the volumes extending to as many as 700, and even 900, pages, printed on toned paper in a beautifully clear type. Add to this, that they are profusely illustrated with wood engravings, are elegantly and tastefully bound, and that they are published at 3s. 6d. each, and our recommendation of them is complete.'-Scotsman. Books published by William P. Fimmo. 3 NIMMO'S SELECT LIBRARY. New Series of Choice Books, beautifully printed on superfine paper, profusely Illustrated with original Engravings by the first Artists, and elegantly bound in cloth and gold, large crown 8vo, price 5s. each. SECOND EDITION. 1. Almost Faultless A Story of the Present Day. By the 'The author has written a capital story in a high moral tone.'-The Court Journal. Author of A Book for Governesses.' SECOND EDITION. 2. Lives of Old English Worthies before the Conquest. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. 'The author's aim is to illuminate, what may be regarded as obscure, certain periods of historic England, accompanied with biographical sketches.'-Courant. SECOND EDITION. 3. Every-Day Objects; or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. THIRD EDITION. 4. My Schoolboy Friends: A Story of Whitminster Grammar School. By AsCOTT R. HOPE, Author of 'A Book about Dominies,' Stories of School Life,' etc. 'This is a most interesting book. Boys, for whom it is especially written, will thoroughly enjoy it.'-Westminster Review. SECOND EDITION. 5. Drifted and Sifted: A Domestic Chronicle of the Seventeenth Century. "The author of this interesting, and we may add pathetic, story appears to possess the art of reproducing bygone times with much ability.'-The Record. 6. Warrior, Priest, and Statesman; or, English Heroes in the Thirteenth Century. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. 7. Totty Testudo. The Life and Wonderful Adventures of Totty Testudo. An Autobiography by FLORA F. WYLDE. 'The book is of engrossing interest, and the reader will be astonished, as he lays it down, to find that he has been able to get so much entertainment and instruction from the personal adventures of a tortoise.'-Inverness Courier. 8. On Holy Ground; or, Scenes and Incidents in the Land of Promise. By EDWIN HODDER, Author of Memories of New Zealand Life,' The Junior Clerk,' etc. NIMMO'S FIVE SHILLING ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOK S. Crown 8vo, beautifully printed on superfine paper, profusely illustrated by eminent Artists, and richly bound in cloth and gold, and gilt edges, price 5s. each. SECOND EDITION. 1. Sword and Pen; or, English Worthies in the Reign of Elizabeth. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. A more wholesome book for young readers we have seldom seen.'The Athenæum. SECOND EDITION. 2. Norrie Seton; or, Driven to Sea. By Mrs. George Cupples, Author of 'Unexpected Pleasures,' etc. 'Mrs. Cupples has given to the boys in this volume just the sort of sea-story with which they will be delighted.'—The Scotsman. 3. SECOND EDITION. The Oircle of the Year; or, Studies of Nature and Pictures of the Seasons. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS 'Its purpose is to tell both young and old, but especially the former, how much of interest there is in everything connected with nature.'Bell's Messenger. SECOND EDITION. 4. The Wealth of Nature: Our Food Supplies from the Vegetable Kingdom. By the Rev. JOHN MONTGOMERY, A.M. 'It would be difficult to put into the hands of any boy or girl a volume which more equally combines the instructive and interesting in literature.'-N. B Mail. FOURTH EDITION. 5. Stories of School Life. By Ascott R. Hope. 6. Stories of French School Life. By Ascott R. Hope. We were among the many who greatly admired Mr. Hope's "Stories of School Life" and "Stories about Boys," and when we found that he had undertaken to illustrate French school life, we gladly opened the volume. The stories are interesting in the highest degree; they appeal to the best sympathies of the lads for whom they are written. They set forth the right and the true against the false, and they are full of good, hearty humour.'-Public Opinion. Books published by William P. Nimmo. NIMMO'S UNIVERSAL GIFT BOOKS. 5 A Series of excellent Works, profusely Illustrated with original Engravings by the first Artists, choicely printed on superfine paper, and elegantly bound in cloth and gold, and gilt edges, crown 8vo, price 3s. 6d. each. 1. Tales of Old English Life; or, Pictures of the Periods. By WILLIAM FRANCIS COLLIER, LL.D., Author of 'History of English Literature,' etc. 2. Mungo Park's Life and Travels. With a Supplementary Chapter, detailing the results of recent Discovery in Africa. 3. Benjamin Franklin: A Biography. From the celebrated 'Life' by JARED SPARKS, and the more recent and extensive 'Life and Times' by JAMES PARTON. 4. Wallace, the Hero of Scotland: A Biography. By JAMES PATERSON. 5. Men of History. By Eminent Writers. 6. Women of History. By Eminent Writers. 7. Old-World Worthies; or, Classical Biography. Selected from PLUTARCH'S LIVES. 8. Epoch Men, and the Results of their Lives. By Samuel NEIL. 9. The Mirror of Character. Selected from the Writings of OVERBURY, EARLE, and BUTLER. 10. Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from 'The Spec tator.' II. The Spanish Inquisition: Its Heroes and Martyrs. By JANET GORDON, Author of Champions of the Reformation,' etc. 12. The Improvement of the Mind. By Isaac Watts, D.D. 13. The Man of Business considered in Six Aspects. A Book for Young Men. This elegant and useful Series of Books has been specially prepared for School and College Prizes: they are, however, equally suitable for General Presentation. In selecting the works for this Series, the aim of the Publisher has been to produce books of a permanent value, interesting in manner and instructive in matter-books that youth will read eagerly and with profit, and which will be found equally attractive in after-life. |