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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...to Mr. Blackburn for his very carefully executed review of the Academy pictures, illustrated by some 100 woodcut snemoranda of the principal pictures, almost half of them from the pencils of the painters themselves. A cheaper, prettier, or more convenient souvenir of the Exhibition it would be difficult to conceive and unreasonable to expect."--Times. Pictorial Notes in the National Gallery. The British School. With upwards of 100 Illustrations of the principal Pictures at Trafalgar Square, and Plans of the Galleries; forming a complete Catalogue of the British Section. The Old Masters at Trafalgar Square. With numerous Illustrations. Pictures at South Kensington. With 80 Illustrations of the Raphael Cartoons, th: Sheepshanks Collection, &c. Demy 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, I8j. Baker's Clouds in the East: Travels and Adventures on the Perso-Turlioman Frontier. By Valentine Bakes. With Maps and Illustrations, coloured and plain, from Original Sketches. Second Edition, revised and corrected. "A man who not only thinksfor himself, but who has risked his life in order to gain information A most graphic and lively narrative of travels and adventures which have nothing of the commonplace about them."--Leeds Mercury. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with Illustrations, 's. 6d. Boccaccio's Decameron; or, Ten Days' Entertainment. Translated into English, with an Introduction by Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A. With Portrait, and Stothard's beautiful Copperplates. Price One Shilling Monthly, with Four Illustrations. Belgravia Magazine. 'T'HA T the purpose with which "BELGRA VIA" was originated has been, fulfilled, is shown by the popularity that has attended it since its first appearance. Aiming, as may be inferred from its name, at...