Other volumes will be announced in due course.
WORKS BY S. BARING GOULD
OLD COUNTRY LIFE. With Sixty-seven Illustrations by W. PARKINSON, F.D. BEDFORD, and F. MASEY. Large Crown 8vo, cloth super extra, top edge gilt, 10s. 6d. Fifth and Cheaper Edition. 6s.
’"Old Country Life,” as healthy wholesome reading, full of breezy life and movement, full of quaint stories vigorously told, will not be excelled by any book to be published throughout the year. Sound, hearty, and English to the core.’—World.
HISTORIC ODDITIES AND STRANGE EVENTS. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
’A collection of exciting and entertaining chapters. The whole volume is delightful reading.’—Times.
FREAKS OF FANATICISM. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
’Mr. Baring Gould has a keen eye for colour and effect, and the subjects he has chosen give ample scope to his descriptive and analytic faculties. A perfectly fascinating book.’—Scottish Leader.
A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG: English Folk Songs with their traditional melodies. Collected and arranged by S. BARING GOULD and H. FLEETWOOD SHEPPARD. Demy 4to. 6s.
SONGS OF THE WEST: Traditional Ballads and Songs of the West of England, with their Traditional Melodies. Collected by S. BARING GOULD, M.A., and H. FLEETWOOD SHEPPARD, M.A. Arranged for Voice and Piano. In 4 Parts (containing 25 Songs each), Parts I., II., III., 3s. each. Part IV., 5s. In one Vol., French morocco, 15s.
’A rich collection of humour, pathos, grace, and poetic fancy.’—Saturday Review.
A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES retold by S. BARING GOULD. With numerous illustrations and initial letters by ARTHUR J. GASKIN. Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s.
’Mr. Baring Gould has done a good deed, and is deserving of gratitude, in re-writing in honest, simple style the old stories that delighted the childhood of “our fathers and grandfathers.” We do not think he has omitted any of our favourite stories, the stories that are commonly regarded as merely “old fashioned.” As to the form of the book, and the printing, which is by Messrs. Constable, it were difficult to commend overmuch.’—Saturday Review.
YORKSHIRE ODDITIES AND STRANGE EVENTS Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
STRANGE SURVIVALS AND SUPERSTITIONS. With Illustrations. By S. BARING GOULD. Crown 8vo. Second Edition. 6s.
We have read Mr. Baring Gould’s book from beginning to end. It is full Of quaint and various information, and there is not a dull page in it.’—Notes and Queries.
THE TRAGEDY OF THE CAESARS: The Emperors of the Julian and Claudian Lines. With numerous Illustrations from Busts, Gems, Cameos, etc. By S. BARING GOULD, Author of ‘Mehalah,’ etc. Third Edition. Royal 8vo. 15s.