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Blackburn, Henry, 1830-1897

"Normandy Picturesque"

'_--Era.
_'This unpretending but practical volume is very
readable.'_--Standard.
_'Not only to be admired, but read.'_--Illustrated London News.
_'A lively and interesting sketch of a journey through
Spain.'_--Builder.
_'Very useful as well as entertaining.'_--Observer.
_'A most amusing book, profusely illustrated.'_--John Bull.
_'The dullest of books--a thing of shreds and patches.'_--Morning
Star.
_Royal 8vo._ (_cloth_ 18_s._, _or morocco_ 24_s._)

* * * * *

THE PYRENEES
_With One Hundred Illustrations by_ GUSTAVE DORE.

Opinions of the Press on "The Pyrenees."
_'This handsome volume will confirm the opinion of those who hold that
M. Dore's real strength lies in landscape. Mr. Blackburn's share in the
work is pleasant and readable, and is really what it pretends to be, a
description of summer life at French watering-places. It is a_ bona fide
_record of his own experiences, told without either that abominable
smartness, or that dismal book-making, which are the characteristics of
too many illustrated books.'_--Pall Mall Gazette.
_'The author of this volume has spared no pains in his endeavour to
present a work which shall be worthy of public approbation. He has
secured three elements favourable to a large success,--a popular and
fascinating subject, exquisite illustrative sketches from an artist of
celebrity, and letter-press dictated by an excellent judgment, neither
tedious by its prolixity, nor curtailed to the omission of any
circumstance worth recording.


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