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Title: A Catalogue of Remarkable Books published by Mr. George Redway (1887)
Author: Waite, Arthur Edward
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A
CATALOGUE
OF
REMARKABLE BOOKS
PUBLISHED BY
MR. GEORGE REDWAY
“_TOLLE, LEGE_”
LONDON
15, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN
1887
[Illustration]
_Handsomely printed and bound in one vol. 8vo., price 10s. 6d._
KABALA DENUDATA.
THE KABBALA UNVEILED.
CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING BOOKS OF THE ZOHAR:--
1. _The Book of Concealed Mystery._
2. _The Greater Holy Assembly._
3. _The Lesser Holy Assembly._
Translated into English from the Latin version of KNORR VON ROSENROTH,
and collated with the original Chaldee and Hebrew Text, by S. L.
MACGREGOR MATHERS.
“We have seen that the Therapeuts listened every Sabbath to
discourses on the traditionary lore which was handed down in secret
amongst themselves. HAS THIS SECRET LORE PASSED AWAY FROM THE EARTH?
Scholars of the calibre of Reuchlin Joel and M. Franck, of the
Institute of France, affirm that we have it still in the ‘Kabbalah.’
This word implies secret tradition. The legend runs that this secret
wisdom was first taught by Jehovah to the seven angels that stand
round his throne. It was then handed down orally through the seven
earthly messengers (Adam, Moses, David, &c.). Finally, the Rabbi
Simon Ben Jochai, in a cavern amid earth rocking and supernatural
coruscations delivered it to the world in a “BOOK OF SPLENDOUR,” THE
“SOHAR.”--Arthur Lillie’s “Buddhism in Christendom” (1887).
Dr. Ginsburg speaks of the Kabbalah as:--“A system of religious
philosophy, or, more properly, of theosophy, which has not only
exercised for hundreds of years an extraordinary influence on the
mental development of so shrewd a people as the Jews, but has
captivated the minds of some of the greatest thinkers of Christendom
in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, claims the greatest
attention of both the philosopher and theologian. When it is added
that among its captives were Raymond Lully, the celebrated scholastic
metaphysician and chemist (died 1315); John Reuchlin, the renowned
scholar and reviver of Oriental literature in Europe (born 1455, died
1522); John Picus de Mirandola, the famous philosopher and classical
scholar (1463-1494); Cornelius Henry Agrippa, the distinguished
philosopher, divine, and physician (1577-1644); as well as our own
countrymen, Robert Fludd, the famous physician and philosopher
(1574-1637), and Dr. Henry More (1614-1687); and that these men,
after restlessly searching for a scientific system which should
disclose to them ‘the deepest depths’ of the divine nature, and show
them the real tie which binds all things together, found the cravings
of their minds satisfied by this theosophy, the claims of the
Kabbalah on the attention of students in literature and philosophy
will readily be admitted. The claims of the Kabbalah, however, are
not restricted to the literary man and the philosopher; the poet,
too, will find in it ample materials for the exercise of his lofty
genius.”
_In crown 8vo., cloth, price 7s. 6d._
POSTHUMOUS HUMANITY:
A STUDY OF PHANTOMS.
By ADOLPHE D’ASSIER, Member of the Bordeaux Academy of Sciences.
Translated and annotated by HENRY S. OLCOTT, President of the
Theosophical Society. To which is added an Appendix showing the popular
beliefs current in India respecting the post-mortem vicissitudes of the
human entity.
Contents:--Facts establishing the existence of the posthumous
personality in man--Its various modes of manifestation--Facts
establishing the existence of a second personality in the living
man--Its various modes of manifestation--Facts establishing
the existence of the personality in animals, and concerning a
posthumous animality--Fluidic form of vegetables--Fluidic form
of gross bodies--Character of the posthumous being--Its physical
constitution--Its aversion to light--Its reservoir of living
force--Its ballistic--The nervous fluid--Electric animals--Electric
persons--Electric plants--The mesmeric ether and the personality
which it engenders--The somnambule--The sleep-talker--The seer--The
turning-table--The talking-table--The medium--Miracles of the
ecstatics--Prodigy of magic--The incubus--The obsessing spirit--Causes
of the rarity of the living phantom--Causes of the rarity of the
trans-sepulchral phantom--Resemblance of the spiritistic phenomena
to the phenomena of the posthumous order--Lycanthropy--Glance at the
fauna of the shades--Their pre-occupations--How they prolong their
existence--The posthumous vampire.
_In demy 8vo., cloth, price 10s. 6d._
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MADAME BLAVATSKY,
Compiled from information supplied by her relatives and friends, and
edited by A. P. SINNETT, with a portrait reproduced from an original
painting by HERMANN SCHMIECHEN.
“Mr. Sinnett’s memoir is fluently written, and is free from
unsympathetic scepticism. Theosophists will find both edification and
interest in the book; and the general student of science will profit
more or less by having his attention called to, &c....”--_Pall Mall
Gazette._
“Mr. Sinnett, however, offers on all the disputed points explanations
which will be perfectly satisfactory to those who do not agree with
the committee of the Psychical Society.”--_Pall Mall Gazette._
“For any credulous friend who revels in such stories I can recommend
‘Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky.’ I READ EVERY LINE OF THE
BOOK WITH MUCH INTEREST.”--_Truth._
_In post 8vo., with numerous plates coloured and plain, cloth, price
7s. 6d._
GEOMETRICAL PSYCHOLOGY;
OR, THE SCIENCE OF REPRESENTATION.
Being the Theories and Diagrams of B. W. BETTS explained by LOUISA S.
COOK.
“His attempt seems to have taken a similar direction to that of
George Boole in logic, with the difference that, whereas Boole’s
expression of the Laws of Thought is algebraic, Betts expresses
mind-growth geometrically; that is to say, his growth-formulæ
are expressed in numerical series, of which each can be pictured
to the eye in a corresponding curve. When the series are thus
represented, they are found to resemble the forms of leaves and
flowers.”--_Extract from “Symbolic Methods of Study,” by Mary Boole._
The _Pall Mall Gazette_, in a characteristic article entitled, “Very
Methodical Madness,” allows that “Like Rosicrucianism, esoteric
Buddhism, and other forms of the mystically incomprehensible, it
seems to exercise a magnetic influence upon many minds by no means as
foolish as its original inventor’s.”
“This work is the result of more than twenty years’ application to
the discovery of a method of representing human consciousness in its
various stages of development by means of geometrical figures--it is,
in fact, the application of mathematical symbology to metaphysics.
This idea will be new to many of our readers; indeed, so far as
we know, Mr. Betts is the only man who has tried to work out a
coherent system of this kind, though his work unfortunately remains
imperfect.”--_Theosophist_, June, 1887.
_In demy 8vo., cloth, price 10s. 6d._
THE MYSTERIES OF MAGIC;
A Digest of the Writings of Eliphas Levi, with Biographical and
Critical Essay by ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE.
“A very curious book.”--_Time._
“To the rapidly-extending catalogue of remarkable books published by
Mr. George Redway, of London, an important addition has been made by
the issue of a digest of the writings of Eliphas Levi. Many people,
we dare say, will consider the volume to be ‘full of nonsense,’
but it is really a very curious and improving work, going over a
vast space of ground, and presenting a great deal of matter that
is worth thinking over. The author has earned a title to be heard.
As a contribution to what is called ‘occult science,’ the present
book will, of course, find a welcome from many readers, among those
especially whose passion it is to grope for the unseen, and to these
the varied contents will give delight. The matter contained in Mr.
Waite’s volume is wonderfully varied, and much of it worth reading,
even by those who do not believe in magic of any kind, black or
white.”--_Glasgow Herald._
“No determined student of Nature’s higher mysteries, setting out
from the standpoint of modern European culture, can afford to remain
ignorant of Eliphas Levi’s works. But to study them in the original
is a wearisome task, if for no other reason, on account of their
aggregate length. The present single volume is a digest of half a
dozen books enumerated by the present author in a ‘biographical
and critical essay’ with which he prefaces his undertaking. These
are the _Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie_, the _Histoire de la
Magie_, the _Clef des Grands Mystères_, the _Sorcier de Meudon_, the
_Philosophie Occulte_, and the _Science des Esprits_. To attack the
whole series--which, indeed, it might be difficult to obtain now
in a complete form--would be a bold undertaking, but Mr. Waite has
endeavoured to give his readers the essence of the whole six books in
a relatively compact compass.”--_Light._
“Let no man think that such transcendental mysteries as the
astrologer and the magician plunge into have disappeared from
the face of the earth. Their votaries defy derision, they meet
contempt with a calm consciousness of power, and a sublime sense of
superiority; for in this generation the magicians have found a new
prophet, a new hierophant--almost a new gospel.... Meanwhile, lest
our readers should suppose that the modern students of the science of
magic are not in deadly earnest, or that they are few in number or
poor in substance, let them, with all due awe and thankfulness, buy
this handsome volume, and as they open it let them cast a glance at
the amazing list of works published and publishing by a single firm
on the various branches of the occult sciences. Having done that, let
them ask themselves whether some forms of faith--for we dare not drop
a hint of disrespect--do not die hard.”--_Athenæum, Aug. 6th, 1887._
_12mo., cloth, 2s._
NATURE AND LAW.
An Answer to PROFESSOR DRUMMOND’S “Natural Law in the Spiritual World.”
Professor Drummond subordinates the Spiritual universe to the
Material; the author of “Nature and Law” sustains a thesis
diametrically opposed to this. His conclusion is “that there is more
of heaven than of earth in all terrestrial things, more of spirit
than of matter in what are termed material laws.”
_Post free, price 3d._
THE LITERATURE OF OCCULTISM AND ARCHÆOLOGY.
Being a Catalogue of Books ON SALE relating to:--
Ancient Worships.--Astrology.--Alchemy.--Animal
Magnetism.--Anthropology.--Arabic.--Assassins.--Antiquities.--Ancient
History.--Behmen and the
Mystics.--Buddhism.--Clairvoyance.--Cabeiri.--China.--Coins.--Druids.--
Dreams and Visions.--Divination.--Divining
Rod.--Demonology.--Ethnology.--Egypt.--Fascination.--Flagellants.--
Freemasonry.--Folk-Lore.--Gnostics.--Gems.--Ghosts.--Hindus.--
Hieroglyphics and Secret Writing.--Herbals.--Hermetic.--India and the
Hindus.--Kabbala.--Koran.--Miracles.--Mirabilaries.--Magic
and Magicians.--Mysteries.--Mithraic
Worship.--Mesmerism.--Mythology.--Metaphysics.--Mysticism.--
Neo-platonism.--Orientalia.--Obelisks.--Oracles.--Occult Sciences.--
Philology.--Persian.--Parsees.--Philosophy.--Physiognomy.--Palmistry and
Handwriting.--Phrenology.--Psychoneurology.--Psychometry.--Prophets.--
Rosicrucians.--Round Towers.--Rabbinical.--Spiritualism.--Skeptics,
Jesuits, Christians and Quakers.--Sibylls.--Symbolism.--Serpent Worship.
--Secret Societies.--Somnambulism.--Travels.--Tombs.--Theosophy.--
Theology and Criticism.--Witchcraft.
_Monthly. Subscription, 10s. per annum._
THE PATH:
A Magazine devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, Theosophy in
America, and the Study of Occult Science, Philosophy, and Aryan
Literature. Edited by WILLIAM Q. JUDGE. Published under the auspices of
The Aryan Theosophical Society of New York.
_Price 1s. monthly._
“LUCIFER:”
A Theosophical Monthly, designed to bring light “to the hidden things
of darkness” on both the physical and psychic planes of life. Edited by
H. P. BLAVATSKY and MABEL COLLINS.
This Magazine is published with a dual purpose. The first is to
direct the searching light of impartial truth on the dark problems of
human life, chiefly on the present psychic and spiritual state of our
cultured classes throughout Europe and America. The second is to apply
it fearlessly as a dissecting knife to every prejudice, whether social
or religious, and as a microscope by which to reveal the hidden essence
underlying external appearances, the accepted routine of life, forms
of accustomed thought, existing institutions, sciences, and creeds.
The true light-bearer is at war with no man; but it is his duty to
serve humanity by opposing and denouncing everything which tends to
hypocrisy, egotism, and the hurt of the many for the gain of the few.
“LUCIFER” will endeavour to carry out this duty to the full. This is
the secondary task which falls to the lot of all who oppose the dark
serried mass of materialists. But the primary one, and that which in
this Magazine will always take the first place, is that of applying
theosophic thought to the problems of life. There are things which can
only be scrutinized to any effectual purpose by the application of a
higher knowledge than that which is sufficient to deal with external
facts. The Editors have the courage to undertake so great an effort
as the launching of this Magazine because they have promise and good
earnest of help, from those who possess that higher knowledge, and
who consider the time is ripe for truths, which have existed from all
ages, to be born again in the minds of men. The best known students
of mysticism and occult philosophy will contribute to its pages,
while fiction, the mirror of life, will be used to reveal some of the
marvellous phases of existence. The attempt will be not merely to
promote the comprehension of inner truths and mysteries connected with
the spiritual progress of humanity, but to show that occult philosophy
may shed a new light on the practical conduct of our destinies in their
relation with the physical world.
_Monthly, 2s.; yearly subscription, 20s._
THE THEOSOPHIST:
A Magazine of Oriental Philosophy, Art, Literature and Occultism.
Conducted by H. P. BLAVATSKY. Vols. I. to VIII. now ready.
“Theosophy has suddenly risen to importance.... The movement implied
by the term Theosophy is one that cannot be adequately explained
in a few words ... those interested in the movement, which is not
to be confounded with spiritualism, will find means of gratifying
their curiosity by procuring the back numbers of ‘The Theosophist’
and a very remarkable book called ‘Isis Unveiled,’ by Madame
Blavatsky.”--_Literary World._
_Demy 8vo., wrapper, price 1s._
THE HANDBOOK OF PHYSIOGNOMY.
By ROSA BAUGHAN.
“The merit of her book consists in the admirable clearness of her
descriptions of faces. So vivid is the impression produced by them
that she is able to dispense with illustrations, the reader using the
faces of his acquaintances for that purpose. The classification, too,
is good, although the astrological headings may be regarded by the
profane as fanciful. Physiognomy may now be scientifically studied by
means of composite photography.”--_Pall Mall Gazette._
_Fourth edition, newly revised, with illustrative plates, price 1s._
THE HANDBOOK OF PALMISTRY.
By ROSA BAUGHAN, author of “Indications of Character in Handwriting.”
“It possesses a certain literary interest, for Miss Baughan
shows the connection between palmistry and the doctrines of the
Kabbala.”--_Graphic._
“Miss Rosa Baughan, for many years known as one of the most expert
proficients in this branch of science, has as much claim to
consideration as any writer on the subject.”--_Sussex Daily News._
“People who wish to believe in palmistry, or the science of reading
character from the marks of the hand,” says the _Daily News_, in an
article devoted to the discussion of this topic, “will be interested
in a handbook of the subject by Miss Baughan, published by Mr.
Redway.”
_Nos. 3 to 13, and each succeeding number as issued, may be had, price
1s._
TRANSACTIONS OF THE LONDON LODGE OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY:
Nos. 1 and 2.--Out of print.
No. 3--On the Higher Aspect of Theosophic Studies. By MOHINI M
CHATTERJI.
No. 4.--A Synopsis of Baron Du Prel’s “Philosophie der Mystik.” By
BERTRAM KEIGHTLEY.
No. 5.--A Paper on Reincarnation. By Miss ARUNDALE. And other
Proceedings.
No. 6.--The Theosophical Movement. By A. P. SINNETT.
No. 7.--The Higher Self. By A. P. SINNETT.
No. 8.--The Theosophical Society and its Work. By MOHINI M. CHATTERJI.
No. 9.--A Paper on Krishna. By MOHINI M. CHATTERJI.
No. 10.--On Mesmerism. By A. P. SINNETT.
No. 11.--Theosophy in the Works of Richard Wagner. By W. ASHTON ELLIS.
No. 12.--Buddha’s Teaching. By A. P. SINNETT.
No. 13.--The Relations of the Higher and the Lower Self. By A. P.
SINNETT.
_Printed on antique paper and tastefully bound, price 7s. 6d._
THE ASTROLOGER’S GUIDE.
ANIMA ASTROLOGIÆ;
OR, A GUIDE FOR ASTROLOGERS.
Being the One Hundred and Forty-six Considerations of the Astrologer,
GUIDO BONATUS, translated from the Latin by Henry Coley, together with
the choicest Aphorisms of the Seven Segments of JEROM CARDAN, of Milan,
edited by William Lilly (1675); now first republished from the original
edition with Notes and Preface by W. C. ELDON SERJEANT.
“Mr. Serjeant deserves the thanks of all who are interested in
astrology for rescuing this important work from oblivion.... The
growing interest in mystical science will lead to a revival of
astrological study, and advanced students will find this book an
indispensable addition to their libraries. The book is well got up
and printed.”--_Theosophist._
_In post 4to., illustrated with engravings on wood, most chastely bound
in white vellum, price 10s. 6d._
ASTROLOGY THEOLOGIZED.
THE SPIRITUAL HERMENEUTICS OF ASTROLOGY AND HOLY WRIT.
Being a Treatise upon the Influence of the Stars on Man, and on the
Art of Ruling them by the Law of Grace. Reprinted from the Original of
1649. With a Prefatory Essay on Bible Hermeneutics. By ANNA KINGSFORD,
M.D., Paris.
“It is well for Dr. Anna Kingsford that she was not born into the
sidereal world four hundred years ago. Had that been her sorry fate,
she would assuredly have been burned at the stake for her preface to
‘Astrology Theologized.’ It is a very long preface--more than half
the length of the treatise it introduces; it contains some of the
finest flowers of Theosophical philosophy, and of course makes very
short work of Christianity.”--_St. James’s Gazette._
“Mrs. Kingsford, amid many things which we do not understand, and
some few which we think we comprehend afar off, gives a more detailed
analysis of ghosts than we remember to have met with in any of the
ancient hermetic writers.”--_St. James’s Gazette._
“The only pleasing features of the book are the reproductions of a
number of beautiful symbolical figures with which it is illustrated.
That on p. 28, representing Christ surrounded by an elliptical glory
and carried up to heaven by angels, is taken from an illuminated
manuscript of the fourteenth century in the Bibliothèque Royale;
and the figure of the Virgin in an aureole, on p. 94, is from a
tenth-century illuminated manuscript in the same library. Some of
the figures here reproduced are among the finest things in Christian
iconography.”--_St. James’s Gazette._
_Small 4to., with illustrations, bound in vegetable parchment, price
10s. 6d._
THE VIRGIN OF THE WORLD.
By HERMES MERCURIUS TRISMEGISTUS. A Treatise on Initiations, or
Asclepios; the Definitions of Asclepios; Fragments of the Writings of
Hermes. Translated and edited by the authors of “The Perfect Way.” With
an Introduction to “The Virgin of the World” by A. K., and an Essay on
“The Hermetic Books” by E. M.
“It will be a most interesting study for every occultist to compare
the doctrines of the ancient Hermetic philosophy with the teaching of
the Vedantic and Buddhist systems of religious thought. The famous
books of Hermes seem to occupy, with reference to the Egyptian
religion, the same position which the Upanishads occupy in Aryan
religious literature.”--_Theosophist_, November, 1885.
_Just published, 32 pages, wrapper, price 1s._
THE NEW ILLUMINATION.
By EDWARD MAITLAND, author of “The Pilgrim and the Shrine.”
Contents:--The Revival of Mysticism.--The “Modus” of
Illumination.--Cyclical Illuminations.--Propositions
Involved.--Previous Illuminations.--The Obscuration.--The New
Illumination.--The Crucial Tests.--Further Tokens.
_In crown 8vo., price 7s. 6d._
MAGIC, WHITE AND BLACK;
OR, THE SCIENCE OF FINITE AND INFINITE LIFE.
Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism, by FRANZ
HARTMANN, M.D. Illustrated with magical signs, and a symbolical
frontispiece etched by MACKANESS, from a design by the Author.
_Post 8vo., cloth, price 10s. 6d._
THE LIFE OF PHILIPPUS THEOPHRASTUS, BOMBAST OF HOHENHEIM, KNOWN BY THE
NAME OF
PARACELSUS,
And the substance of his teachings concerning Cosmology, Anthropology,
Pneumatology, Magic and Sorcery, Medicine, Alchemy and Astrology,
Theosophy and Philosophy. Extracted and translated from his rare
and extensive works and from some unpublished Manuscripts, by FRANZ
HARTMANN, M.D., author of “Magic,” &c.
“Paracelsus was a high priest among mystics and alchemists; he left
behind him one hundred and six treatises upon medical and occult
subjects, which are likely to be read by the curious as long as
mysticism remains a necessary study for whoever would trace the
developments of civilization.
“From some considerable acquaintance with the writings of Paracelsus,
we can say that Dr. Hartmann has made his excerpts from them with a
good deal of skill. Students, indeed, should be grateful for this
book, despite its setting of Theosophical nonsense; since to read
one of Bombast’s Latin or German treatises is a very stiff exercise
indeed, unless you are well versed in his very recondite terminology.
“Dr. Hartmann has compiled a very full and accurate glossary of
occult terms, which will be of great use to future readers of
Paracelsus; and for so much he is to be thanked.
“Dr. Hartmann quotes some of his recipes for transmuting metals
and producing the ‘electrum magicum.’ But Paracelsus is the most
transcendental of European mystics, and it is not always easy to know
when he is writing allegorically and when practically. Dr. Hartmann
says he has tried these prescriptions and found them all right;
but he warns the uninitiated against running the risk of blowing
themselves up in the endeavour to follow the master’s instructions.
“Paracelsus held firmly to the belief of some of the hermetic writers
of the Middle Ages, that it is perfectly possible to create human
beings by alchemical means; and he even gives directions (in his
treatise ‘De Natura Rerum’) for the production of homunculi.
“On the whole, however, Dr. Hartmann has produced a very amusing book
and a book which will have some permanent value to the student of the
occult.”--_St. James’s Gazette._
_64 pp., 8vo., wrapper, price 1s. 6d._
THE “OCCULT WORLD PHENOMENA,”
AND THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH.
By A. P. SINNETT, with a Protest by MADAME BLAVATSKY.
“An interesting addition to the fast-expanding literature of
Theosophy.”--_Literary World._
“All who are interested in Theosophy should read it.”--_Glasgow
Herald._
“Mr. Sinnett scores some points against his adversary, and his
pamphlet is to be followed by some memoirs of Madame Blavatsky, which
may contain further refutations. Madame Blavatsky herself appends to
the pamphlet a brief and indignant denial of the grave charges which
have been made against her.”--_Graphic._
_In crown 8vo., cloth, price 7s. 6d._
THEOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND OCCULT SCIENCE.
By HENRY S. OLCOTT, President of the Theosophical Society.
“This book, to which we can only allot an amount of space quite
incommensurate with its intrinsic interest, is one that will appeal
to the prepared student rather than to the general reader. To
anyone who has previously made the acquaintance of such books as
Mr. Sinnett’s ‘Occult World,’ and ‘Esoteric Buddhism,’ or has in
other ways familiarized himself with the doctrines of the so-called
Theosophical Society or Brotherhood, these lectures of Colonel
Olcott’s will be rich in interest and suggestiveness. The American
officer is a person of undoubted social position and unblemished
personal reputation, and his main object is not to secure belief in
the reality of any ‘phenomena,’ not to win a barren reputation for
himself as a thaumaturgist or wonder-worker, but to win acceptance
for one of the oldest philosophies of nature and human life--a
philosophy to which of late years the thinkers of the West have been
turning with noteworthy curiosity and interest. Of course, should
the genuineness of the phenomena in question be satisfactorily
established, there would undoubtedly be proof that the Eastern sages
to whom Colonel Olcott bears witness do possess a knowledge of the
laws of the physical universe far wider and more intimate than that
which has been laboriously acquired by the inductive science of
the West; but the theosophy expounded in this volume is at once a
theology, a metaphysic, and a sociology, in which mere marvels, as
such, occupy a quite subordinate and unimportant position. We cannot
now discuss its claims, and we will not pronounce any opinion upon
them; we will only say that Colonel Olcott’s volume deserves and will
repay the study of all readers for whom the byways of speculation
have an irresistible charm.”--_Manchester Examiner._
_In crown 8vo., cloth, price 6s._
A PROFESSOR OF ALCHEMY
(DENIS ZACHAIRE).
By PERCY ROSS, author of “A Comedy without Laughter” and “A Misguidit
Lassie.”
The above work is not so much a novel as a study in alchemy. Its
incident and detail, with a few exceptions, are not fiction but fact,
being drawn from contemporary works, including Denis Zachaire’s own
“Opusculum.”
_In 2 vols., crown 8vo., cloth, price 10s. 6d._
UNITED.
By A. P. SINNETT.
“Mr. Sinnett’s previous works on ‘Esoteric Buddhism’ and ‘The
Occult World’ in some way prepare the reader for the marvellous
psychological phenomena with which the present volumes abound, and
which cannot fail to have an irresistible charm for all those who
love the byways of speculation.”--_Literary World._
“There is, nevertheless, a weird attractiveness about ‘United’ which
makes even the non-believer in theosophy loth to put down the book
when once he has taken it up; while to the lovers of occult phenomena
it will prove irresistibly fascinating.”--_Literary World._
“Literary ability is evident throughout the book.”--_St. James’s
Gazette._
“It would be difficult to point to a more earnest writer than Mr.
Sinnett, and all he says invariably carries force and weight.... The
book has a power of its own which compels respect, and Mr. Sinnett is
so much the same as he always is, so eager and sincere in expounding
the mysteries in which he is a fervent believer, that one seems to
be inspired with some of the curious fascination of his teaching....
In spite of all the improbable and weird fancies which have to be
accepted by the student of the occult religion, it should always be
borne in mind that its tenets are eminently elevating and beautiful;
that it appeals to the best side of our nature.... But all is vague
confusion to the uninitiated, and it has to be reluctantly admitted
that if attracted one is sadly dazzled by the perusal of such a
couple of volumes as ‘United.’ The purpose of ‘United’ is a good
one; it is written with marked ability, and the story is pleasantly
related in the happy vein of a characteristic author.”--_Morning
Advertiser_, Dec. 31st, 1886.
_Bound in fancy cloth, uncut edges, price 2s._
TOBACCO TALK AND SMOKERS’ GOSSIP.
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THE HISTORY OF TITHES.
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IMMODESTY IN ART.
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SEA SONG AND RIVER RHYME
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_An édition de luxe, in demy 18mo, price 1s._
CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH HACHISH EATER.
“There is a sort of bizarre attraction in this fantastic little book,
with its weird, unhealthy imaginations.”--_Whitehall Review._
“Imagination or some other faculty plays marvellous freaks in this
little book.”--_Lloyd’s Weekly._
“A weird little book.... The author seems to have been delighted with
his dreams, and ... carefully explains how hachish may be made from
the resin or the common hemp plant.”--_Daily Chronicle._
“To be added to the literature of what is, after all, a very
undesirable subject. Weak minds may generate a morbid curiosity if
stimulated in this direction.”--_Bradford Observer._
“The stories told by our author have a decidedly Oriental flavour,
and we would not be surprised if some foolish individuals
did endeavour to procure some of the drug, with a view to
experience the sensation described by the writer of this clever
brochure.”--_Edinburgh Courant._
_In crown 8vo., parchment, price 3s. 6d._
THE ANATOMY OF TOBACCO;
Or, Smoking Methodised, Divided, and Considered after a New Fashion. By
LEOLINUS SILURIENSIS.
“A very clever and amusing parody of the metaphysical treatises once
in fashion. Every smoker will be pleased with this volume.”--_Notes
and Queries._
“We have here a most excellent piece of fooling, evidently from
a University pen.... Contains some very clever burlesques of
classical modes of writing, and a delicious parody of scholastic
logic.”--_Literary World._
“A delightful mock essay on the exoteric philosophy of the pipe and
the pipe bowl ... reminding one alternately of ‘Melancholy’ Burton
and Herr Teufelsdröch, and implying vast reading and out-of-the-way
culture on the part of the author.”--_Bookseller._
_Edition limited to 250 copies, each numbered, price 5s._
A WORD FOR THE NAVY.
By ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.
“Mr. Swinburne’s new patriotic song, ‘A Word for the Navy,’ is as
fiery in its denunciation of those he believes to be antagonistic to
the welfare of the country as was his lyric with which he startled
the readers of the _Times_ one morning.”--_Athenæum._
_The publisher of this poem is also the sole proprietor of the
copyright; it cannot therefore be included in Mr. Swinburne’s collected
works._
_Crown 8vo., cloth, price 3s. 6d._
LITERARY AND HISTORICAL EDITION OF POE’S RAVEN.
THE RAVEN.
By EDGAR ALLAN POE, with Historical and Literary Commentary by JOHN H.
INGRAM.
“This is an interesting monograph on Poe’s famous poem. First
comes the poet’s own account of the genesis of the poem, with a
criticism, in which Mr. Ingram declines, very properly, we think,
to accept the history as entirely genuine. Much curious information
is collected in this essay. Then follows the poem itself, with
the various readings, and then its after-history; and after these
‘Isadore,’ by Albert Pike, a composition which undoubtedly suggested
the idea of ‘The Raven’ to its author. Several translations are
given, two in French, one in prose, the other in rhymed verse;
besides extracts from others, two in German and one in Latin. But
perhaps the most interesting chapter in the book is that on the
‘Fabrications.’”--_Spectator._
“There is no more reliable authority on the subject of Edgar Allan
Poe than Mr. John H. Ingram.... The volume is well printed and
tastefully bound in spotless vellum, and will prove to be a work
of the greatest interest to all students of English and American
literature.”--_Publisher’s Circular._
_544 pages, crown 8vo., green cloth boards, price 7s. 6d._
DICKENSIANA.
A Bibliography of the Literature relating to CHARLES DICKENS and his
Writings, compiled by FRED. G. KITTON, author of “‘Phiz’ (Hablot K.
Browne), a Memoir,” and “John Leech, Artist and Humourist,” with a
portrait of “Boz,” from a drawing by SAMUEL LAURENCE.
“This book is honestly what it pretends to be, and nothing more.
It is a comprehensive catalogue of all the writings of Mr. Charles
Dickens, and of a good quantity of books written about him. It
also contains copious extracts from reviews of his works and from
sermons on his character. The criticisms are so various, and some
of them are so much at variance with others, that the reader of
them can complain of nothing less than a lack of material on which
to form his judgment, if he has not formed it already, on the claim
of Mr. Dickens to occupy a front place in the rank of English
classics. Assertions, if not arguments, are multiplied on either
side.”--_Saturday Review._
“Mr. Fred. G. Kitton ... has done his work with remarkable
thoroughness, and consequently with real success. It is a subject on
which I may fairly claim to speak, and I may say that all I know,
and a great deal I did not know, about Dickens is to be found in Mr.
Kitton’s work.”--“Atlas,” in the _World_.
“DICKENSIANA.”
“If with your Dickens-lore you’d make
Considerable headway,
The way to be well-read’s to take
This book brought out by REDWAY.
’Tis clear, exhaustive, and compact,
Both well arranged and written;
A mine of anecdote and fact,
Compiled by F. G. KITTON.”--_Punch._
_In preparation._
DICKENS AND THE STAGE.
By T. EDGAR PEMBERTON, author of “Dickens’s London.”
With new portraits of Mr. Irving as “Jingle,” Mr. Toole as “The Artful
Dodger,” and Miss Jennie Lee as “Jo.”
_Uniform with “Hints to Collectors,” price 6s._
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SWINBURNE.
A Bibliographical List arranged in Chronological Order of the Published
Writings in Verse and Prose of ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE (1857-1887).
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.
Born on April 5, 1837, in the year of Queen Victoria’s accession, of
which the whole nation is now celebrating the Jubilee, Algernon Charles
Swinburne to-day attains the jubilee or fiftieth year of his own
life, and may be therefore claimed as an essentially and exclusively
Victorian poet. Of the half-century of life now completed, more than
a quarter of a century has been devoted to fruitful and noble work
in song and to work hardly less fruitful and noble in the field of
criticism.
In issuing this new edition, revised throughout and brought down to
date, of a bibliographical record originally published nearly four
years ago, the compiler cannot deny himself the pleasure of associating
with the date the coincidence, not only of a double jubilee, but also
of a double birthday, viz., his own.
Long distant may the day be when this record, already so goodly an one,
can be made complete in a final sense, and collectors of the books of
our greatest Victorian poet and critic be able to echo Lord Melbourne’s
callous expression of grateful relief that they can bind him up!
As on former occasions, the compiler invites the co-operation of
literary correspondents, and will be grateful to anyone who will
correct an error or supply an omission.
_A few large-paper copies, with India proof portrait, in imperial 8vo.,
parchment-paper covers, price 7s. 6d._
AN ESSAY ON THE GENIUS OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
By “THETA” (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY), with all the original woodcut
illustrations, a new portrait of CRUIKSHANK, etched by PAILTHORPE, and
a prefatory note on THACKERAY AS AN ART CRITIC, by W. E. CHURCH.
“Thackeray’s essay ‘On the Genius of George Cruikshank,’ reprinted
from the _Westminster Review_, is a piece of work well calculated to
drive a critic of these days to despair. How inimitable is its touch!
At once familiar and elegant, serious and humorous, enthusiastically
appreciative, and yet just and clear-sighted; but, above all, what
the French call _personnel_. It is not the impersonnel reviewer who
is going through his paces ... it is Thackeray talking to us as few
can talk--talking with apparent carelessness, even ramblingly, but
never losing the thread of his discourse or saying a word too much,
nor ever missing a point which may help to elucidate his subject
or enhance the charm of his essay.... Mr. W. E. Church’s prefatory
note on ‘Thackeray as an Art Critic’ is interesting and carefully
compiled.”--_Westminster Review._
“As the original copy of the _Westminster_ is now excessively
rare, this re-issue will, no doubt, be welcomed by
collectors.”--_Birmingham Daily Mail._
“The new portrait of Cruikshank by F. W. Pailthorpe is a clear, firm
etching.”--_The Artist._
_Printed on hand-made paper and bound in vellum, crown 8vo., price 6s._
HINTS TO COLLECTORS OF ORIGINAL EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.
By CHARLES PLUMPTRE JOHNSON.
“... A guide to those who are great admirers of Thackeray, and
are collecting first editions of his works. The dainty little
volume, bound in parchment and printed on hand-made paper, is very
concise and convenient in form; on each page is an exact copy of
the title-page of the work mentioned thereon, a collation of pages
and illustrations, useful hints on the differences in editions,
with other matters indispensable to collectors.... Altogether it
represents a large amount of labour and experience.”--_Spectator._
“... Mr. Johnson has evidently done his work with so much loving
care that we feel entire confidence in his statements. The prices
that he has affixed in every case form a valuable feature of
the volume, which has been produced in a manner worthy of its
subject-matter.”--_Academy._
“The list of works which Mr. Johnson supplies is likely to be of high
interest to Thackeray collectors. His preliminary remarks go beyond
this not very narrow circle, and have a value for all collectors of
modern works.”--_Notes and Queries._
“... It is choicely printed at the Chiswick Press; and the author,
Mr. Charles Plumptre Johnson, treats the subject with evident
knowledge and enthusiasm.... It is not a Thackeray Bibliography,
but a careful and minute description of the first issues, with
full collations and statement of the probable cost.... Mr. Johnson
addresses collectors, but is in addition a sincere admirer of the
greatest satirist of the century.”--_Book Lore._
_Printed on hand-made paper, and bound in vellum, crown 8vo., price 6s._
HINTS TO COLLECTORS OF ORIGINAL EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF
CHARLES DICKENS.
By CHARLES PLUMPTRE JOHNSON.
“Enthusiastic admirers of Dickens are greatly beholden to Mr. C.
P. Johnson for his useful and interesting ‘Hints to Collectors of
Original Editions of the Works of Charles Dickens’ (Redway). The book
is a companion to the similar guide to collectors of Thackeray’s
first editions, is compiled with the like care, and produced with the
like finish and taste.”--_Saturday Review._
“This is a sister volume to the ‘Hints to Collectors of First
Editions of Thackeray,’ which we noticed a month or two ago.
The works of Dickens, with a few notable ‘Dickensiana,’ make up
fifty-eight numbers, ... and Mr. Johnson has further augmented the
present volume with a list of thirty-six plays founded on Dickens’s
works, and another list of twenty-three published portraits of
Dickens. As we are unable to detect any slips in his work, we must
content ourselves with thanking him for the correctness of his
annotations. It is unnecessary to repeat our praise of the elegant
_format_ of these books.”--_Academy._
_Only 100 copies printed, foolscap 8vo., printed on hand-made paper at
the Chiswick Press, and bound in parchment by Burn to form a companion
volume to “Tamerlane,” price 10s. 6d._
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST;
OR, A ROUGH OUTSIDE WITH A GENTLE HEART.
By CHARLES LAMB. Now first reprinted from the original edition of 1811,
with Preface and Notes by RICHARD HERNE SHEPHERD.
_Price 21s._
TAMERLANE,
And Other Poems. By EDGAR ALLAN POE.
First published at Boston in 1827, and now first republished from a
unique copy of the original edition, with a preface by RICHARD HERNE
SHEPHERD.
_100 copies printed. Two copies only remain._
_An édition de luxe in demy 18mo., price 1s._
JOHN LEECH, ARTIST AND HUMOURIST.
A Biographical Sketch by FRED. G. KITTON. New edition, revised. The
only published biography of JOHN LEECH.
“In the absence of a fuller biography we cordially welcome Mr.
Kitton’s interesting little sketch.”--_Notes and Queries._
“The multitudinous admirers of the famous artist will find
this touching monograph well worth careful reading and
preservation.”--_Daily Chronicle._
“The very model of what such a memoir should be.”--_Graphic._
_In large 8vo., uniform with the new “Standard” edition of Thackeray’s
Works, price 10s. 6d._
SULTAN STORK,
And other Stories and Sketches by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
(1829-44), now first collected, to which is added the Bibliography of
THACKERAY, revised and considerably enlarged.
The _Athenæum_ says:--“Admirers of Thackeray may be grateful for a
reprint of ‘Sultan Stork.’”
“The remains of Thackeray are now in the hands of the
resurrectionists. Writers in the _Athenæum_ have been gloating
over them, and Mr. George Redway, a London publisher of peculiar
and quaint literature, has issued a handsome volume of Thackerayan
fragments.”--_Glasgow Herald._
“Thackeray collectors, however, have only to be told that none of
the pieces now printed appear in the two volumes recently issued by
Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co., in order to make them desire their
possession. They will also welcome the revision of the Bibliography,
since it now presents a complete list, arranged in chronological
order, of Thackeray’s published writings in prose and verse, and also
of his sketches and drawings.”--_Daily Chronicle._
“‘Sultan Stork’ ... which purports to be told by Scheherazade on the
thousand and second of the ‘Arabian Nights,’ is undoubtedly the work
of Mr. Thackeray, and is quite pretty and funny enough to have found
a place in his collected miscellanies. ‘Dickens in France’ is as good
in its way as Mr. Thackeray’s analysis of Alexander Dumas’ ‘Kean’
in the ‘Paris Sketch-Book.’... There are other slight sketches in
this volume which are evidently by Mr. Thackeray, and several of his
_obiter dicta_ in them are worth preserving.... We do not assume to
fix Mr. Thackeray’s rank or to appraise his merits as an art critic.
We only know that, in our opinion, few of his minor writings are so
pleasant to read as his shrewd and genial comments on modern painters
and paintings.”--_Saturday Review._
_In large crown 8vo., price 3s. 6d._
SITHRON, THE STAR STRICKEN.
Translated (_Ala bereket Allah_) from an ancient Arabic Manuscript, by
SALEM BEN UZÄIR, of Bassora.
“This very remarkable book, ‘Sithron,’ ... is a bold, pungent,
audacious satire upon the ancient religious belief of the Jews.... No
one can read the book without homage to the force, the tenderness,
and the never-failing skill of its writer.”--_St. James’s Gazette._
_Handsomely printed and tastefully bound, 436 pages, large crown 8vo.,
cloth extra, 7s. 6d._
ESSAYS IN THE STUDY OF FOLK-SONGS.
By the COUNTESS EVELYN MARTINENGO-CESARESCO.
“A pleasant volume on a pleasant topic.... The Countess, with her
sincere enthusiasm for what is simple, passionate, and sensuous in
folk-song, and with her lucid and unaffected style, well understands
the mode in which the educated collector should approach the shy
singers or story-tellers of Europe.... Her introduction is perhaps,
to the scientific student of popular culture, the best part of her
book.... Next to her introduction, perhaps her article on ‘Death in
Folk-Poetry’ is the most serviceable essay in the volume.... ‘Folk
Lullabies’ is perhaps the most pleasant of the remaining essays in
the admirable volume, a volume remarkable for knowledge, sympathy,
and good taste.”--Extracts from a page notice in the _Saturday
Review_, April 24, 1886.
“This is a very delightful book, full of information and thoughtful
suggestions. It deals principally with the Folk-songs of Southern
peoples, Venetian, Sicilian, Armenian, Provence, and Greek Songs
of Calabria, but there are several essays devoted to the general
characteristics of Folk-Poetry, such as the influence of Nature, the
Inspiration of Death, the idea of Fate, the numerous songs connected
with the rites of May, Folk-Lullabies, and Folk-Dirges. There is also
an interesting essay on what is called the White Paternoster, and
Children’s Rhyming Prayers. This is one of the most valuable, and
certainly one of the most interesting, books which have been written
on a subject which has of late years been exciting an ever-increasing
attention, and which involves many important problems connected with
the early history of the human race.”--_Standard._
“‘Folk-Songs,’ traditional popular ballads, are as tempting to me
as King Charles’s head to Mr. Dick. But interesting as the topic
of the origin and diffusion and literary merit of these poems may
be--poems much the same in all European countries--they are rather
caviare to the general. The Countess Martinengo-Cesaresco is, or
should be, a well-known authority among special students of this
branch of literature, to whom I heartily commend her ‘Essays in
the Study of Folk-Songs.’ The Countess is, perhaps, most familiar
with Southern _volksleider_, as of Greece, Italy, and Sicily. Her
book is a treasure-house of Folk-lore of various kinds, and the
matter is handled with much poetic appreciation and a good deal of
learning.”--_Daily News._
“A kind of popular introduction to the study of Folk-lore.”--_St.
James’s Gazette._
_About 500 pages, crown 8vo., cloth, price 10s. 6d._
THE HISTORY OF THE FORTY VEZIRS;
OR, THE STORY OF THE FORTY MORNS AND EVES.
Written in Turkish by SHEYKH-ZADA, and now done into English by E. J.
W. GIBB, M.R.A.S.
“The interest of this compilation is naturally not to be compared to
that aroused by the ever-fresh ‘Thousand and One Nights;’ but it has
had high reputation among particular admirers, and the gentleman to
whom we are indebted for this English version--apparently the most
complete in any language of Western Europe--merits the thanks of the
reading public for the work performed.”--_Athenæum._
“A delightful addition to the wealth of Oriental stories available to
English readers is ‘The History of the Forty Vezirs’ (Redway), done
into English by Mr. E. J. W. Gibb, from the Turkish of Sheykh-Zāda.
The collection comprises 112 stories. To the forty told by the
Lady and those of the forty Vezirs, Mr. Gibb has added four from
Belletête, twenty from a MS. in the India Office, six from Dr.
Behrnauer’s translation, and two from a MS. recently purchased by
Mr. Quaritch. The results of collation are admirably summarized in a
comparative table that analyzes the contents of the various texts.
In the preface Mr. Gibb deals with the bibliography of the French
and German versions, and indicates some of the more interesting
parallels suggested by those old stories in the ‘Gesta Romanorum,’
the ‘Decameron,’ the ‘Thousand and One Nights,’ the ‘Mabinogion,’
and other treasures of old-world fable. In short, Mr. Gibb has
considerately done everything to help the reader to an intelligent
appreciation of this charming book.”--_Saturday Review._
“In my opinion the version is definite and final. The style is light
and pleasant, with the absolutely necessary flavour of quaintness;
and the notes, though short and few, are sufficient and satisfactory.
Mr. Gibb does not write only _ad clerum_; and thus he has been
obliged to ‘leave in the obscurity of an Eastern language’ three
whole tales (pp. 353, 366, and 399), No. 2 being exceedingly witty
and fescennine. He has the good sense, when he supplants a broad
joke by a _banal_ English phrase, to subjoin in a note the original
Turkish (pp. 109, 140, 199, 215, and 382). Yet some of the _novelle_
are highly spiced enough: see the amorous princess in the Eleventh
Wazir’s story (pp. 381-3); and the truly Turkish and unspeakable
version of modest Æsop’s ‘Countryman and his Son.’ Of the less
Milesian I would especially commend the story of the Venus-star and
the magical angels, Harut and Marut (p. 167); the explanation of the
proverb, ‘Take counsel of the cap that is on thy head’ (p. 362),
and the Thirty-seventh Wazir’s tale, showing why ‘men have beaten
their wives since the days of Saint Adam’ (p. 349).”--Sir RICHARD F.
BURTON, in the _Academy_.
_Large post 8vo., cloth, uncut, price 7s. 6d._
THE BLOOD COVENANT:
A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture, by H. CLAY TRUMBULL,
D.D.
“An admirable study of a primitive belief and custom. One of the
utmost importance in considering the growth of civilization.”
“A profound interest will be aroused by the keenness and clearness
of vision, no less than by the wealth of learning, by means of
which he follows a line of research, tracing through this one rite
the cannibalism of savages to a religious impulse not essentially
different in its symbolical aspect from one of the most vital
principles of Christianity. In the details of the work will be found
much to attract the attention of the curious. Its fundamental and
essential value, however, is for the student of religions; and all
such will be grateful to Dr. Trumbull for this solid, instructive,
and enlightening work.”--_Scotsman._
_Demy 8vo., cloth, price 10s. 6d._
SERPENT-WORSHIP AND OTHER ESSAYS,
With a Chapter on Totemism, by C. STANILAND WAKE, Member of the
Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
Contents:--Rivers of Life--Phallism in Ancient Religions--The Origin
of Serpent-Worship--The Adamites--The Descendants of Cain--Sacred
Prostitution--Marriage among Primitive Peoples--Marriage by
Capture--Development of the Family--The Social Position of Woman as
affected by “Civilisation”--Spiritism and Modern Spiritualism--Totems
and Totemism--Man and the Ape.
_In demy 8vo., choicely printed, cloth, or Japanese parchment, price
7s. 6d._
PRIMITIVE SYMBOLISM
As illustrated in Phallic Worship; or, The Reproductive Principle, by
the late HODDER M. WESTROPP. With an Introduction by MAJOR-GENERAL
FORLONG, author of “Rivers of Life.”
“This work is a _multum in parvo_ of the growth and spread of
Phallicism, as we commonly call the worship of nature or fertilizing
powers. I felt, when solicited to enlarge and illustrate it on the
sudden death of the lamented author, that it would be desecration
to touch so complete a compendium by one of the most competent and
soundest thinkers who have written on this world-wide faith. None
knew better or saw more clearly than Mr. Westropp that in this oldest
symbolism and worship lay the foundations of all the goodly systems
we call Religions.”--J. G. R. FORLONG.
“A well-selected repertory of facts illustrating this subject, which
should be read by all who are interested in the study of the growth
of religions.”--_Westminster Review._
_In crown 8vo., 676 pages, cloth, price 10s. 6d._
MYTHS, SCENES, AND WORTHIES OF SOMERSET.
By MRS. E. BOGER.
The author has somewhat departed from her original intention of making
a collection of the myths and legends of Somerset. Unwittingly fiction
glided into fact, and the story developed into history, and it was
found difficult, if not impossible, to define their respective limits.
For instance, though Arthur is an impalpable and shadowy personage,
while Alfred is a most real and substantial one, yet the mingling of
truth and fable in the story of each--as connected with Somerset--is
only one of degree; and even in later times, myth is so intertwined
with the lives of St. Dunstan, of Sir John de Courcy, of Roger Bacon,
&c., that, if one tries rudely to tear away the accretions of myth and
fable, a maimed and distorted picture is all that is left.
Among the legends of Saints are some of rare beauty, full of earnest
thought and quaint suggestiveness. It has been endeavoured to show
that, instead of being, as they are generally and conveniently
classed--with a charming simplicity--as the “lying inventions of the
monks,” they are in most cases but the loving exaggerations of a simple
age, to which every unexplained wonder was a miracle.
Some of the articles may be thought to be of undue length; but St.
Dunstan is a character so strangely misrepresented in most histories,
that the author was anxious to prove incontestably his claim to be one
of the worthiest of the worthies of Somerset; again, as to the unhappy
Duke of Monmouth, though the story of his rebellion is of necessity
taken chiefly from Macaulay, the story of his quasi-royal progress is
little known, and Macaulay studiously omits any palliating or softening
circumstance in the terrible record of the battle of Sedgmoor and the
Bloody Assize.
_In Preparation._
HOW TO TRACE A PEDIGREE;
OR, THE SCIENCE OF HERALDRY EXPLAINED.
By CHARLES WORTHY, Esq., late of the College of Arms.
Introductory.--Science of Heraldry, Coats of Arms, Varieties
of Arms, Partition Lines, Tinctures, Furs, Ordinaries, &c.,
&c.--Common Charges, Lions and other Beasts, Heraldic Monsters, &c.,
&c.--Miscellaneous Objects Alphabetically arranged.--Technical Terms
used in Heraldry.--The Rules of Blazon.--The Marshalling of Arms,
Hatchments, &c., &c.--Crests, Mottoes, Helmets, Mantlings, Supporters,
and Coronets.--The Rules of Precedence.--Peers, Baronets, Knights,
Esquires, Gentlemen.--Advice to Pedigree Hunters, How to Trace a
Pedigree, Parochial Registers, Public Documents, Probate Court, Fees,
&c., &c.--The College of Arms, Officers of Arms, Heraldic Records,
Heraldic Fees, Grants of Arms, Change of Name.--Liveries, with some
Remarks upon Cockades, and those who are entitled to use them.--General
Remarks, Drawing and Illuminating, Taxes in respect of Arms.
_Handsomely printed on antique paper, and tastefully bound, price 2s.
6d._
POPE JOAN
(THE FEMALE POPE).
A Historical Study. Translated from the Greek of Emmanuel Rhoïdis. With
Preface by CHARLES HASTINGS COLLETTE.
“When Dr. Döllinger wrote to the effect that ‘the subject of Pope
Joan has not yet lost interest,’ he said no more than the truth.
The probability is that the topic will always have its attractions
for the lovers of the curiosities of history. Mr. Baring-Gould has
declared that ‘the whole story of Pope Joan is fabulous, and rests
on not a single historical foundation;’ but others are not so firmly
convinced in the matter, and at all times there are those who are
anxious to investigate singular traditions.... Rhoïdis discusses
the topic with much learning and ingenuity, and Mr. Collette’s
introduction is full of information.”--_Globe._
“It is interesting enough, and is accompanied by curious
illustrations.”--_Notes and Queries._
_In crown 8vo., about 450 pages, with illustrations, and
historico-symbolical binding, price 7s. 6d._
THE REAL HISTORY OF THE ROSICRUCIANS.
Founded on their own Manifestoes, and on Facts and Documents collected
from the Writings of Initiated Members, by ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE, author
of “The Mysteries of Magic: a Digest of the Writings of Eliphas Levi.”
Influence of the Secret Societies.--Derivations of the name
Rosicrucian.--On the State of Mystical Philosophy in Germany at the
close of the Sixteenth Century.--The Prophecy of Paracelsus.--The
Fama Fraternitatis of the Meritorious Order of the Rosy Cross.--The
Confession of the Rosicrucian Fraternity.--The Chymical Marriage of
Christian Rosencreutz.--The Connection of the Rosicrucian Claims with
those of Alchemy and Magic.--On the Antiquity of the Rosicrucian
Fraternity.--Theories as to the Authorship of the Rosicrucian
Manifestoes.--Progress of Rosicrucianism in Germany.--Rosicrucian
Apologists: Michael Maier, Robert Fludd, Thomas Vaughan,
&c.--Rosicrucianism in France.--Connection between the Rosicrucians and
Freemasons.--Modern Rosicrucian Societies, &c., &c.
In the present work every important and available fact has been
carefully collected, and the manifestoes and other documents of the
Fraternity are republished in revised versions. The Rosicrucians as
represented by themselves are, therefore, offered to English readers
for the first time in the literature of the subject. The task has
been performed by a sympathetic but impartial writer, purged from the
bias of any particular theory, and above all uncontaminated by the
pretension to superior knowledge, which claimants have never been able
to substantiate.
_A few copies only remain of the following important work, by the
author of “The Rosicrucians.”_
PHALLICISM:
Its connection with the Rosicrucians and the Gnostics, and its
Foundation in Buddhism, by HARGRAVE JENNINGS, author of “The
Rosicrucians.”
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THE DANCE OF DEATH
In Painting and in Print, by T. TINDALL WILDRIDGE. With Woodcuts.
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