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                     MR. JAMES'S RECENT FICTIONS.
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                              NOW READY,

THE LAST OF THE FAIRIES: a Christmas Tale for 1848. By G. P. R. James,
Esq. Foolscap 8vo, 5_s_.

MARGARET GRAHAM: a Tale founded on Fact. In 2 vols. post 8vo, £l 1_s_.

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_The Sixteenth Volume of the New and Illustrated Edition of_
                  THE WORKS OF G. P. R. JAMES, ESQ.
             Will be published on the 1st of April, 1848.
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This new and attractive Series of Mr. James's Works is published
Quarterly. It commenced on the 1st of July, 1844, and the following
Volumes have already appeared:--

     Vol. I. containing  THE GIPSY                July 1st, 1844.
     Vol. II.     --     MARY OF BURGUNDY         Oct. 1st, 1844.
     Vol. III.    --     THE HUGUENOT             Jan. 1st, 1845.
     Vol. IV.     --     ONE IN A THOUSAND        April 1st, 1845.
     Vol. V.      --     PHILIP AUGUSTUS          July 1st, 1845.
     Vol. VI.     --     HENRY OF GUISE           Oct. 1st, 1845.
     Vol. VII.    --     MORLEY ERNSTEIN          Jan. 1st, 1846.
     Vol. VIII.   --     THE ROBBER               April 1st, 1846.
     Vol. IX.     --     DARNLEY                  July 1st, 1846.
     Vol. X.      --     THE BRIGAND; OR CORSE
                           DE LEON                Oct. 1st, 1846.
     Vol. XI.     --     THE KING'S HIGHWAY       Jan. 1st, 1847.
     Vol. XII.    --     THE GENTLEMAN OF THE
                           OLD SCHOOL             April 1st, 1847.
     Vol. XIII.   --     HENRY MASTERTON          July 1st, 1847.
     Vol. XIV.    --     FOREST DAYS              Oct. lst, 1847.
     Vol. XV.     --     THE LITTLE BALL O' FIRE  Jan. 1st, 1848.
*** The Third Volume, in addition to the usual Illustration, contains
a new and highly-finished Portrait of the Author.

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The following are Extracts from a few of the favourable Reviews which
have appeared of this Series:

"The writings of James are so well known to the readers of fiction,
that it is unnecessary to call their attention to them. This edition
is well got up, the type is clear, sharp, and legible, and the size
convenient for the reader, and appropriate for the shelves of a
bookcase. The book, as it is, will form a pleasing addition to the
collections of literature of the class to which it belongs.--_Times_.

"This is a most admirable edition of the works of this popular author,
convenient in size, and handsome in appearance. It, moreover,
possesses the advantage of being revised and corrected by the author,
--no small recommendations, since the generality of Mr. James's works
being connected with history, a careful perusal of his productions
increases their value."--_Atlas_.

"Mr. James is a writer whose vraisemblance is always so perfect, and
even what he invents so like truth, that we can never fancy we are
reading fiction, nor indeed are we, in the historical portions of his
publications,--and these form the far greater division,--which are all
drawn from deep study and elaborate comparison."--_Literary Gazette_.

"Mr. James is a pure and pleasing writer, and we are glad to see that
his Works are now to be thrown into a handy, handsome, and accessible
shape."--_Scotsman_.

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