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I u . « -h 1 . 1886 The Publishers' Circular 2 «
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TZHHEJ CAMELOT CLASSICS . 1 gUtu ^ xrmprcjmtsib * ( gftriiians of tbc CfaBiit | | g rjm IKriters * . I Edited by ERNEST RHYS . In Shilling Monthly Volumes , crown 8 vo . ; each Volume containing about 400 pages , clearly printed on good paper , and strongly bound in cloth . U ffgbS ^ " ^ ma * i ^ i Q instituting this Edition is to provide the general reader with a compre-3 Xg g § lj j [ gSJn fijnl the hensive reproach Prose which Library cheapness after his usuall own y imp heart lies — , an comprising Edition , volumes that is to of say shapel , cheap y form , without , well [ ineffectuall broadly KyI £ 2 = rjfjfl SSl human y the p time rinted critical rather . , Placed wel suffrage than l bound thus an s upon of , academic and the a democrat thoroug popular one , hl the y basis shilling representative Edition , making . will the , of the princi the Publisher leading ple of Prose literary hopes - \ rriters , contest selection of not all a An outline of the programme for the first year will show clearly the scope and direction of the scheme . The first conditions of the choice of any book for the Edition will be inherent life and great contemporary leading orders interest of , literature but within . these The volumes lines it will is hoped be arranged to make accordin the seri gly es adequatel to exhibi y t representative typical of the examples of prose , native and translated , from the past , as in History , Philosophy , Homance , and so on , making the arrangement as coherent and suggestive as possible , at the same time alternating it for the sake of variety and contrast with authors who have rendered the modern spirit at its best , as Life and Emerson other , on all and subjects its Mazzini sides of , for in current all instance its interests varied . The , interests will aim , throughou therefore ; and volumes , t be will found te treating indeed side b before of y sid Music e every with > Art thing the y Li more to ght represent conven Letters - , tionally accepted Classics . And the series will fitly begin with , as it takes title from , The History of King Arthur and the Quest of 3 the Holy Gmil- ^ -SiT ' Thomas Malory ' s Morte If Arthur % which Lord beg Tennyson innings ' s of 'Id so y much lls of that the King has given has g Eng iven lish familiar Literatur presti e power ge to , and and distinction in-which are in to the be world found . the first panion As series in the , the Canterbury Editing of Poets the volumes , issued will from be the a special same feature press , . to which This will this be aims entrusted at being to writers a comauthor who will which each will , in freshl enable y treated the significance , suggestive of both Introductions in life and , give literature just that , and account their of relation the book to modern and its thought to he readily grasped . And where , for the successful rescue of old-time books for modern reading , revision and selection are necessary , the editing will be done with careful zeal and with revereoee always for the true spirit of the book . In the first volume a General Introduction by the will Editor form will appear , explaining more fully the bearing of the series which , in course of time , it is hoped , A COMPLETE PROSE LIBRARY FOR THE PEOPLE . Vol . I . wilt be ready on 26 th February , 1886 . THE HISTORY OF KING ARTHUR AND THE By Sir , TTEST THOMAS OF THE MAL HOLT ORY . GB . AIL . Edited , with General Introduction to * The Camelot Classics / bj * Ernest Rhys . To be followed on 25 th March by CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER . Including ' LEVAITA , ' and ' BOSrCBTTCIAlTS . ' By THOMAS DE QTJINCEY . AVith Introductory Note by William Sharp . uncut The edges Series . Either -will be sty issued le , price in Onk two Shilling styles of . Binding . — Red cloth , cut edges , and dark blue cloth , The March Volume , price One Shilling , of THE CANTERBURY POETS WILL BE POEMS OF WALT WHITMAN ( Selected ) . Published by Special Arrangement with tho Author . Cloth , red edges , Is . ; cloth , Edited uncut , ed with ges , an Is . Introduction ; red roan , g , ilt by ed Ern gea , es 2 t s . Rhys 6 d . ; . silk plush , gilt edges , 4 s . 6 d . London : WALTER SCOTT , 24 Warwick JLane , Paternoster Row . I
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1886, page 233, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031886/page/39/
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