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The Comedies of Shakespeare. With many Drawings by Edwin A. Abbey, Reproduced by Photogravure. In Four Volumes. Large 8vo, Half Cloth, Deckel Edges and Gilt Tops (in a box), $30.00. Net.

NE hundred and thirty-one full-page photogravure reproductions of Mr. ABBEY'S drawings illustrate this edition of THE COMEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE. The text is that of the folio of 1623, with obvious errors corrected and the orthography modernized, and the retention of passages which occur in the folio, but which many editors have omitted, will be noted with interest. These volumes should be welcomed equally by the student and reader of Shakespeare, and the lover of artistic illustration. As the basis of the process of photogravure-by which these copperplate pictures are made—is photographic, all forms in the original drawings are perfectly retained, and the qualities faithfully rendered, so far as the translatable portions of these superb drawings can be reproduced. Museums were ransacked for the costumes and armor of the periods, and almost forgotten bits were brought to light by the diligent search of the enthusiastic artist. Old hangings and cabinets, that may have been a part of the surroundings of the dramatis persona, have been skilfully used as decorative backgrounds, and form no small part of these charming compositions. These drawings are the result of many years of careful thought. Months were spent in the study of the scenery and accessories of each play, and the student and the antiquary will find much in these illustrations to delight his eye. No other illustrator has got so near to the heart of the immortal bard. The text and illustrations of these unique volumes will average about 350 pages each.

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JACQUES DAMOUR, and Other Stories. By EMILE ZOLA. Englished by WILLIAM FOSTER APTHORP. Octavo, cloth, $1.25. Twenty copies on China paper, $3.00.

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"Mr. Apthorp has translated them superbly-with a frank and intimate sympathy that is almost genius."-New York Commercial Advertiser. "Jacques Damour' is one of the strongest of Zola's tales, and it is not unlikely that by his short stories he will be best remembered. If the English volume shows the savage strength of the industrious Frenchman, it also reveals in that most laughable 'Cocqueville Spree' the humor of the man.... The English reader who hitherto has unfortunately only known Zola by the unfavorable reports of those who either cannot or will not understand him, as he shakes over Mr. Apthorp's sympathetic Englishing, will rub his eyes and say: 'Why, this Zola is, after all, intensely human.'"- Boston Journal.

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