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SAMSON LOW , MARSTON & CO / S LIST—continued . Beecher ( H ; W . )>—Authentic Biography of Rev . HE Now NftX Tbeing W ^ Writidn B 3 > ^ EE fc CSHE y his R Son , authorised , William by his C . Beecheb Familyv largel , and y his Autobiographic Son-iii-law , . Bev . Samuel ScbviiiLE , assisted by Mrs . Henry Ward Beecheb . Elegantly and profusely Ulustrated . Every Illustration engraved expressly for this Book . will The appear Dail y Diary in this ! kept Work by . Mr One . B ^ echer elegan , t no Steel part Plate of which from has a recent been made Photograp public h . , never Twenty before -two other published fine . Illustrations Large 8 vo . from old family Daguerreotypes [ About tJie end and of ' the Pictures year . NEW AND , VALUABLE MATERIAL DISCOVERED . Mr . Bkechbb had written a large part of his AutoHography , and had collected letters and papers covering different periods of his life , and made notes which were to be incorporated in the book . It is from such , memoranda that this Biography is largely compiled , by those who were nearest to Mr . Beecner , and besfeunderstood his wishes and designs . The work is being- pressed forward as rapidly as possible . At the time of his death it was supposed that the only work he had done on this book was to make a number of notes and draw up memoranda for future use . It has recently "been , discoveredthat a great deal of the ^ wbrk was actually completed . The history of the Great Conspiracy" will be given in his own words . From 1860 on , the work win fre very largely an iLUtobiography , and it will be completed from It . Bebchbr ' S personal notes and memoranda . We Mr . feel Beechbr that the no w above being facts : canyassed are of . great Some importance of these are , especiall represente y as d there ( without are numerous any authority lives ) ias of coming with the approbation of the family . ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - . - Re-issue v * of the ^ Editio - . . n de Luxe , at a Lower Price . I Blackmore ' s Lorna Boto a Ronutnce of EXMOOil . It contains numerous full -page " aati-other lustrationsby Mr . F . extr Armstrong a 528 , Mr . W ilt . ed Smai ^ l 21 , and s Mr . Boor . In 1 volume , crown 4 to . cloth , pages , gges * ; ^ ; ( A . few copies still on hand of the Original Edition , in handsome cloth binding , 31 s . 6 d . ; or in parchment binding , top gilt , uncutedges , very handsome , 35 s . ) Tvhich * Eiiriclied is the most with careful elaborate ly and and finely delicately wrought cat ; . landscapes . . the figure and piecea figure supplied designs . by .. Mr . . It W is . hard Small to ; are say . of .. the well landscapes designed and learnedly drawn . '—Athkn-sjum . Burton ( Richard F . ) , K . C . M . G .: his Early , Private , AND PUBLIC LIFE . c Also an Abridgment of his Travels and Explorations , Edited gathered by from Francis more Hitchma than fifty n ,, volumes Author of of his * The own Public works Life and of other the sources Earl of . Beaconsfield ' & c . Two vols . demy 8 vo . cloth extra . [ - *>* October . PREFACE . In the Preface to the last volume of the ' Tatler / Steele says , speaking of Addison ' s contribut upon undone ions him : by — . ' my I To fared auxiliary compare like . a small distressed When things I had prince with once , great who called , calls this him is in in . precisely a , powerful I could my not ^ neig own subsist hbour case . without to Like his Sir aid dependence . Richar I was d story Steele of , * the I am adventurous undone by and my romantic auxiliary life . ' It of had Richard been a Burton plan , of and mine the for idea many ~ faad years been encouraged to tell the by Lady Burton from the . outset . When , however , I set fairly to work , I found that the materials for extremity such a I biograp applied hy to as Lady I wished Burton to write , who were with in a many generous particulars kindnes exceedingly s , for which imperfe I cannot ct . be In too my ' grateful , searched through her husband ' s voluminous collection of letters , diaries , and notes , and leaving from them India comp , and iled that the two other lengthy , as I ch think apters , deep which ly interesting deal with my chapter hero ' s in life which , to the he time relates of his his experiences than read the one whole occasion with of . my Beatson proofs art ' s , Horse to in correct the . ' se In volumes them addition , and has to to this thus add Lady materially become Burton a to has what humble done I had me one to the say but honour on when more to I mention many fifty more more that or , including less the writings bulk My y the volumes p of writings Burton , and of himself that Livingstone I have , the found , doyen Grant it and , S necessary peke pioneer , Baker very t- of o , read Cameron African attent , travel and ively ; the , fill about Prince about as Similar of Afric occasion an travel , the —Stanley credit — o £ I having think turned I may < be out allowed c an honest to piece claim of , as journey Carljle woTk did / on a somewhat . I \ - _ ... , - . | , , ^ London : SAMPSON LOW , M ^ BSTON , SEARLE & BIVINGTON , St . Bunstan ' s House , Fetter Lane , Fleet Street , E ; 0 . <&> -- . : ¦ i : r _ ] \ ¦ , . . ~ ' ~* $

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