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great stories. It is a veritable tour de force, for in it the reader follows with consuming interest the vicissitudes of a tulip, and the human element in the story is quite subsidiary. Nevertheless, it contains such strongly-drawn characters as Cornelius van Baerle, the guardian of the tulip, and Rosa, the jailer's daughter. Tom Cringle's Log. Michael Scott. A brilliant story of West Indian life by an author who combined abundant personal experience with keen observation, sprightly temper, and delightful humour. "Tom Cringle's Log" has been many times reprinted, and has lost nothing of its popularity and power to please. Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. Tens of thousands of readers have been led to Shakespeare by the charmingly told stories which Charles and Mary Lamb, about a hundred years ago, extracted from the plays of the greatest dramatist of all time. Though produced by Lamb at the very outset of his literary career, these stories betray that unique and finished art, that delightful freshness and rare sympathy, which are the characteristics of his mature work. The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne. This is one of the most powerful and affecting stories ever conceived. On its first appearance, in 1850, it immediately leaped high into public favour, and attained the distinction of an unmistakable classic. The tragedy of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale is wrought out in the midst of an austere Puritan community, which exacts the bitterest expiation for sin.
[Pg VIII] THE NELSON CLASSICS.

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CONDENSED LIST. 1. A Tale of Two Cities. 44. Great Expectations. 2. Tom Brown's Schooldays. 45. Guy Mannering. 3. The Deerslayer. 46. Modern Painters (Selections. 4. Henry Esmond. 47. Les Misérables—I. 5. Hypatia. 48. Les Misérables—II. 6. The Mill on the Floss. 49. The Monastery. 7. Uncle Tom's Cabin. 50. Romola. 8. The Last of the Mohicans. 51. The Vicar of Wakefield. 9. Adam Bede. 52. Emma. 10. The Old Curiosity Shop. 53. Lavengro. 11. Oliver Twist. 54. Emerson's Essays. 12. Kenilworth. 55. The Bride of Lammermoor. 13. Robinson Crusoe. 56. The Abbot. 14. The Last Days of Pompeii. 57. Tom Cringle's Log. 15. Cloister and the Hearth. 58. Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. 16. Ivanhoe. 59. The Scarlet Letter. 17. East Lynne. 60. Old Mortality. 18. Cranford. 61. The Romany Rye. 19. John Halifax, Gentleman. 62. Hans Andersen. 20. The Pathfinder. 63. The Black Tulip. 21. Westward Ho. 64. Little Women. 22. The Three Musketeers. 65. The Talisman. 23. The Channings. 66. Scottish Life and Character. 24. The Pilgrim's Progress. 67. The Woman in White. 25. Pride and Prejudice. 68. Tales of Mystery. 26. Quentin Durward. 69. Fair Maid of Perth. 27. Villette. 70. Parables from Nature. 28. Hard Times. 71. Peg Woffington. 29. Child's History of England. 72. Windsor Castle. 30. The Bible in Spain. 73. Edmund Burke. 31. Gulliver's Travels. 74. Ingoldsby Legends. 32. Sense and Sensibility. 75. Pickwick Papers.—I. 33. Kate Coventry. 76. Pickwick Papers.—II. 34. Silas Marner. 77. Verdant Green. 35. Notre Dame. 78. The Heir of Redclyffe. 36. Old St. Paul's. 79. Wild Wales. 37. Waverley. 80. Two Years Before the Mast. 38. 'Ninety-Three. 81. Jane Eyre. 39. Eothen. 82. David Copperfield.—I. 40. Toilers of the Sea. 83. David Copperfield.—II. 41. Children of the New Forest. 84. Hereward the Wake. 42. The Laughing Man. 85. Wide Wide World. 43. A Book of Golden Deeds. 86. Michael Strogoff. THOMAS NELSON AND SONS.
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Variations in hyphenated words have been retained as they appear in the original publication. Changes to the original have been made as follows:

Page   30 with some inpatience changed to with some impatience

Page   48 very bravely mantained changed to very bravely maintained

Page 120 Sudgen, his staff; and Sudgen arrest him changed to Sugden, his staff; and Sugden arrest him

Page 166 The old atticed changed to The old latticed

Page 175 Let as have changed to Let us have

Page 185 Mrs. Gill, my houskeeper changed to Mrs. Gill, my housekeeper

Page 224 by a downward gave changed to by a downward gaze

Page 242 gently invired him changed to gently invited him

Page 245 a smiling Melancthon changed to a smiling Melanchthon

Page 255 Sentinels of Nunwood changed to Sentinels of Nunnwood

Page 260 only the profiters changed to only the profiteers

Page 274 dark gray irids changed to dark gray irides

Page 297 alight and alow changed to alight and aglow

Page 380 my old accupation changed to my old occupation

Page 492 not without approbrium changed to not without opprobrium

Punctuation has been changed as follows:

Page 119 Mr Moore, we lived changed to Mr. Moore, we lived

Page 145 stones on the road? changed to stones on the road.

Page 393 "Shirley, my woman changed to 'Shirley, my woman

Page 540 reward her!" changed to reward her!'"

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