as to defy the most wholesale depredation.”—The Times.
Nearly 100 most curious illustrations on wood are given, showing the signs which were formerly hung from taverns, &c.*
HANDBOOK OF COLLOQUIALISMS.
The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal. An Entirely New Edition, revised throughout, and considerably Enlarged, containing upwards of a thousand more words than the last edition. Crown 8vo, with Curious Illustrations, cloth extra, 6s. 6d.
“Peculiarly a book which ‘no gentleman’s library should be without,’ while to costermongers and thieves it is absolutely indispensable.”—Dispatch.
“Interesting and curious. Contains as many as it was possible to collect of all the