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The Chandos Classics
(also known as: The Chandos Library)
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Country: United Kingdom. Date: c. 1868- .


Half Hours with Best Authors (Chandos Classics/Warne) (image)

Half Hours with the Best Authors by Charles Knight
Illustrated by William Harvey.
London, Frederick Warne & Co., no date (but circa1890).
(The Chandos Classics)

Hardback in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers. Gilt (gold) and black lettering and designs to spine and upper panel.

565 pages. 53 monochrome illustrations. Size: Octavo [71/2" x 51/4" ].


THE CHANDOS CLASSICS / CHANDOS LIBRARY (FREDERICK WARNE)
Series Note: This series was inaugurated by Frederick Warne (1825-1901) in 1868. According the National Dictionary of Biography (1912 Supplement), there were 154 volumes in the series and five million copies were sold. One particular success was the Shakespeare volume which sold 340,000 copies.

(A) Found in WorldCat.org following search for "Chandos Classics"

000-010

The Talmud; Selections from the contents of that ancient book, its
commentaries, teachings, poetry and legends. Also, brief sketches of the
men who made and commented upon it.
Author: H Polano
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne, 1876.

The poetical works of William Cowper.
Author: William Cowper
Publisher: London, F. Warne, [1872?]

The Koran, commonly called the Alkoran of Mohammed,
Author: George Sale
Publisher: London ; New York, F. Warne, 1887.

The poetical works of Wordsworth : with memoir, explanatory notes, etc.
Author: William Wordsworth
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [188-?]

The poetical works of Longfellow : including recent poems
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne and Co., [1867?]

The poetical works of John Keats.
Author: John Keats
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [1872?]

Lives of eminent novelists and dramatists.
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher: London, F. Warne [1887]

The vision : or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri
Author: Dante Alighieri; Henry Francis Cary
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [pref. 1814]

The rise of the Dutch republic : a history
Author: John Lothrop Motley
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [1920?]

Doctor Syntax, his three tours in search of the picturesque, of
consolation, of a wife.
Author: William Combe
Publisher: London, F. Warne & Co. [188-]

011-020

The life and letters of Edward Gibbon : with his History of the Crusades
Author: Edward Gibbon
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [1880]

The Spanish ballads.
Author: J G Lockhart; Robert Southey
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne and Co. [1823]

Reliques of ancient English poetry, consisting of old heroic ballads,
songs, etc.
Author: Thomas Percy; Edward Walford
Publisher: London, F. Warne [pref. 1880]

Hudibras,
Author: Samuel Butler; Zachary Grey
Publisher: London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co., 1887.

Calamities and quarrels of authors
Author: Isaac Disraeli; Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [1881?]

Life and remains of John Clare. Including letters from his friends and
contemporaries, extracts from his diary, prose fragments, old ballads
(collected by Clare.)
Author: John Clare
Publisher: London, F. Warne and Co.; New York, Scribner, Welford &
Armstrong; [etc.], [1873]

The diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F.R.S., from 1659 to 1669 : with memoir
Author: Samuel Pepys; Richard Griffin Braybrooke, Baron
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [1889?]

The Sháh námeh of the Persian poet Firdausí,
Author: Firdawsi¯.; James Atkinson; James Augustus Atkinson
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne, 1886.

The poetical works of Lord Byron.
Author: George Gordon Byron Byron, Baron
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [1889]

The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : including recent
poems.
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher: London : F. Warne and Co., 1868.

Horace: the Odes, Epodes, Satires, and Epistles.
Author: Horace.
Publisher: London and New York, F. Warne and Co., 1889.

The poetical works of Eliza Cook.
Author: Eliza Cook
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [18--?]

The poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley : reprinted from the early
editions, with memoir, explanatory notes, etc.
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [18--]

Half-hours with the best authors
Author: Charles Knight
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, 1890.

The book of French songs
Author: John Oxenford
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne and Company, [1877]

The poetical works of John Milton. With memoir, explanatory notes, &c.
Author: John Milton
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne, 1888.

The diary of John Evelyn, Esq., F.R.S. from 1641 to 1705-6, with memoir.
Author: John Evelyn; William Bray
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne [1879]

Representative actors : a collection of criticisms, anecdotes, personal
descriptions, etc., etc., referring to many celebrated British actors
from the sixteenth to the present century : with notes, memoirs, and a
short account of English acting
Author: William Clark Russell
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, 1888.

The complete angler
Author: Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; G Christopher Davies
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne and Co., 1888.

The natural history of Selborne : and the naturalist's calendar
Author: Gilbert White; G Christopher Davies
Publisher: London ; New York : Frederick Warne and Co., [1879]
Series: Chandos classics, 73.

031-040

The essays of Lord Bacon : including his moral and historical works ;
with memoir, notes and glossary.
Author: Francis Bacon
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [188-?]

Essays on chivalry, romance, and the drama
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne, 1887.

The poetical works of Alexander Pope : with memoir, explanatory notes,
&c.
Author: Alexander Pope
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [189-?]

The poetical works of Thomas Moore.
Author: Thomas Moore
Publisher: London, Warne, 1887.

The poetical works of Mrs. Hemans.
Author: Felicia Hemans, Mrs.
Publisher: London : Warne, [1884]

The works of Virgil
Author: Virgil.; John Dryden
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [189-?]

The decline and fall of the Roman empire.
Author: Edward Gibbon
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne and Co., 1894.

The poetical works of S.T. Coleridge : reprinted from the early
editions, with memoir, notes, etc.
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [1875?]

A century of anecdote from 1760 to 1860,
Author: John Timbs
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne and Co. [1873?]

The works of George Herbert : in prose and verse
Author: George Herbert; Izaak Walton
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [18--]
Series: Chandos classics, v. 59.

041-050

The fables of Pilpay.
Author: Joseph Harris; Gilbert Gaulmin; Alexander Anderson
Publisher: London, F. Warne [1886?]

... The Spanish novelists.
Author: Thomas Roscoe
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne and Co. [1880]

The Italian novelists
Author: Thomas Roscoe
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [19--?]

The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher: London : F. Warne and Co., [1890]

The romance of London : supernatural stories, sights and shows, strange
adventures, and remarkable persons
Author: John Timbs; Harry Houdini Collection (Library of
Congress)
Publisher: London ; New York : Frederick Warne and Co., [between
1869 and 1881]

Curiosities of literature
Author: Isaac Disraeli
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [pref. 1881]

The romance of history. England
Author: Henry Neele
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [1875]
Series: Chandos classics, no. 36.

... The constitutional history of England. : Edward I. to Henry VII
Author: Henry Hallam; Jean Louis de Lolme
Publisher: London and New York : F. Warne and Co., [1873]

051-060

The legendary ballads of England and Scotland
Author: John S Roberts
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne and Co. ; New York : Scribner,
Welford and Co., [1880?].

The Saracens : their history and the rise and fall of their empire
Author: Edward Gibbon; Simon Ockley
Publisher: London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford, and
Armstrong, [1873?]

Hans Andersen's Fairy tales
Author: H C Andersen
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, 1867.
Series: Chandos classics.; Nineteenth Century Collections
Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.

The every-day book of modern literature : a series of short readings
from the best authors
Author: George H Townsend
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne and Co., [188-?]
Series: Chandos classics, v. 69-70.

Poems and essays.
Author: Charles Lamb
Publisher: London, F. Warne [1879]

The poetical works of Charles Mackay. Now for the first time collected.
Complete in one volume.
Author: Charles Mackay
Publisher: London, F. Warne and Co.; New York, Scribner, Welford
and Armstrong [1876]

The poetical works of Robert Burns.
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher: London, F. Warne [1900?]

The poetical works : (including recent poems).
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [1878]

Amenities of literature : consisting of sketches and characters of
English literature
Author: Isaac Disraeli; Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [18--]

Lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on
their works;
Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne [187-?]

061-070

William Hazlitt, essayist and critic; selections from his writings with
a memoir, biographical and critical,
Author: William Hazlitt; Alexander Ireland
Publisher: London and New York, F. Warne and Co. [pref. 1889]

Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott, bart.
Author: J G Lockhart
Publisher: London ; New York : Warne, 1888.

Mosses from an old manse.
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher: London, F. Warne [1884]

The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith : with the addition of The Vicar
of Wakefield, Memoir, etc.
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [19--?]

Diary ... from 1659 to 1669, with memoir,
Author: Samuel Pepys; Richard Griffin Braybrooke, Baron
Publisher: London : F. Warne [1825]

Poetical works of Thomas Hood : with memoir, explanatory notes, etc.
Author: Thomas Hood
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [1883]

The Odyssey of Homer.
Author: Homer.; Alexander Pope; Theodore Alois Buckley; John
Flaxman
Publisher: London, F. Warne, [1875]

The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come
Author: John Bunyan; Ralph Fletcher Seymour; John Timothy Stone;
McCormick Theological Seminary,; McCormick Theological Seminary
Collection (Newberry Library)
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne and Co., [1878?]

The complete poetical works and essays on poetry
Author: Edgar Allan Poe; John H Ingram
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, 1888.

The romance of London : Historic sketches, remarkable duels, notorious
highwaymen, rogueries, crimes, and punishments, and love and marriage
Author: John Timbs
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [between 1868 and 1889]

071-080

The decline and fall of the Roman Empire / Vol.4.
Author: Edward Gibbon
Publisher: London [etc.] : Warne, [1872]

The poetical works of Thomas Campbell
Author: Thomas Campbell
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [1874?]

... The Percy anecdotes,
Author: Thomas Byerly; Joseph Clinton Robertson
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne and Co. [1887]

Tales from Shakespeare
Author: Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb; William Shakespeare
Publisher: London ; New York : Frederick Warne, [1878?]

Diary, from 1641 to 1705-6 : with memoir
Author: John Evelyn; William Bray
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [1818]

The German novelists; translated from the originals with critical and
biographical notices.
Author: Thomas Roscoe
Publisher: London, F. Warne [1880?]

The diary of Samuel Pepys ... from 1659 to 1669, with memoir,
Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher: London, F. Warne and Co. [1870]

The Talmud; selections from the contents of that ancient book, its
commentaries, teachings, poetry and legends also brief sketches of the
men who made and commented upon it.
Author: TALMUD. English. Selections.
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne, [1877]

081-090

The Iliad of Homer
Author: Homer.; Alexander Pope; Theodore Alois Buckley; John
Flaxman
Publisher: London ; New York : Frederick Warne, [1874]

The poetical works of Thomas Campbell : reprinted from the early
editions, with memoir, explanatory notes, &c.
Author: Thomas Campbell
Publisher: London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford and
Armstrong, [1874?]

Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Peter Anthony Motteux
Publisher: London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co. [c. 1877?]

Selected essays : With introduction and notes
Author: Alex Charles Ewald
Publisher: London and New York : Frederick Warne, 1888.

Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane
Author: Alain Rene´ Le Sage
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [19--?]

... Leigh Hunt as poet and essayist, being the choicest passages from
his works selected and ed., with a biographical introduction,
Author: Leigh Hunt; Charles Kent
Publisher: London and New York, F. Warne and Co., 1891.
Series: Chandos classics, 143.

The Talmud : selections from the contents of that ancient book, its
commentaries, teachings, poetry and legends
Author: H Polano
Publisher: London : Warne, 1875.

The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighicri.
Author: Dante Alighieri; Henry Francis Cary
Publisher: London : F. Warne and Co., [1889?]

The poetical works of Gray, Beattie and Collins. Reprinted from the best
authorities, with memoirs and notes.
Author: Thomas Gray; James Beattie; William Collins
Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and Co. ; New York, [19--?]

The poetical works of Lord Byron : reprinted from the original editions
: with explanatory notes, &c.
Author: George Gordon Byron Byron, Baron
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne & Co. ... ; New York :
Scribner, Welford and Co., [1869]

091-100

Half hours of English history
Author: Charles Knight
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [18--]

The poetical works of James Montgomery.
Author: James Montgomery
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [18--?]

The Percy anecdotes,
Author: Reuben Percy; Sholto Percy
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne and Co. [1868?]

The poetical works of John Dryden : containing the original poems,
tales, and translations, and additional lyrics from the plays, with
memoir, notes, index, &c.
Author: John Dryden
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, 1893.

The Koran : commonly called the Alcoran of Mohommed
Author: George Sale
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [18--]

Twice-told tales
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [1851?]

Bacon's essays : including his moral and historical works.
Author: Francis Bacon
Publisher: London ; New York : F. Warne, [1889]

The romance of history : England
Author: Henry Neele
Publisher: London ; New York : Frederick Warne, 1889.


(B) Found in WorldCat.org following search for "Chandos Library"

The book of authors a collection of criticisms, ana, môts, personal
descriptions, etc., etc., etc. wholly referring to English men of
letters in every age of English literature.
by William Clark Russell
Publisher: London, Warne [date of publication not identified]

The Percy anecdotes
by Reuben Percy; Sholto Percy
Publisher: London ; New York : Frederick Warne and Co. : Scribner,
Welford and Co., [date of publication not identified]

The Percy anecdotes by Thomas Byerley
The Percy anecdotes
by Thomas Byerley; John Timbs; Sholto Percy;
Publisher: London, New York : Scribner, Welford and Co., pref. 1870.

The Percy anecdotes : a verbatim reprint of the original edition
by Thomas Byerly; John Clinton Robertson
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne and Co., [1868]

Memoirs of John Evelyn, comprising his diary from... by John Evelyn
Memoirs of John Evelyn, comprising his diary from 1641 to 1705-6 and a
selection of his familiar letters;
by John Evelyn
Publisher: London, Warne [date of publication not identified]

Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq., F.R.S : comprising his diary, from 1641
to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters
by John Evelyn; William Bray
Publisher: London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford and
Armstrong, [1871]

Lives of eminent novelists and dramatists.
by Walter Scott
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne and Co., date of publication not
identified

The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer,
by Homer.; Alexander Pope
Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and Co.; New York, Scribner, Welford
and Armstrong, date of publication not identified

The poetical works of Edmund Spenser.
by Edmund Spenser
Publisher: New York, Crowell & Co. [date of publication not identified]

The decline and fall of the Roman Empire, in three volumes
by Edward Gibbon
Publisher: London F. Warne, 1869

The Koran : commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammad
by George Sale
Publisher: London : F. Warne and Co., [18--?]

The decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
by Edward Gibbon
Publisher: London F. Warne [18--]

The Spanish novelists.
by Thomas Roscoe
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne and Co. [18--]

The Spanish ballads ; and the Chronicle of the Cid, by Robert Southey.
by Robert Southey
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [1823]

The Spanish ballads / The Chronicle of the Cid / by Robert Southey.
by J G Lockhart; Robert Southey
Publisher: London [etc.] : Frederick Warne & Co., [ca. 1873]

Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F.R.S. : comprising his diary from 1659
to 1669 and a selection from his private correspondence
by Samuel Pepys; Richard Braybrooke, Lord.
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne, 1825.

Memoirs of Samuel Pepys ... comprising his diary, from 1659 to 1669. And
a selection from his private correspondence.
by Samuel Pepys; Richard Griffin Braybrooke, Baron
Publisher: London, New York, F. Warne and Co. [187-]

The modern elocutionist and reciter: a selection of prose and verse,
from standard authors; classified and arranged for the use of public
schools. With full instructions in the art of elocution.
by J E Carpenter
Publisher: London, F. Warne and Co. [186-?]

The romance of London : strange stories, scenes and remarkable persons
of the great town.
by John Timbs
Publisher: London F. Warne [1869]

Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair
by Henry Morley
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne, [1870?]

Lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on
their works. To which are added the "Preface to Shakespeare," and the
review of "The origin of evil."
by Samuel Johnson
Publisher: London, F. Warne & Co.; New York, Scribner, Welford, &
Armstrong [187-]

Representative actors : a collection of criticisms, anecdotes, personal
descriptions, etc. etc., referring to many celebrated British actors
from the sixteenth to the present century : with notes, memoirs, and a
short account of English acting
by William Clark Russell
Publisher: London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford, [187-?]

The life of William Hutton, and the history of the Hutton family,
by William Hutton; Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt
Publisher: London, F. Warne; New York, Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
[1872]

The life and letters of Edward Gibbon: with his History of the crusades.
: With copious index by W.J. Day.
by Edward Gibbon
Publisher: London, [1872?]

The life and letters of Edward Gibbon : with his History of the Crusades
; verbatim reprint, with copius index by W.J. Day.
by Edward Gibbon
Publisher: London : F. Warne, [1880]

Merrie England in the olden time
by George Daniel
Publisher: London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford and
Armstrong, [1873]

[Merrie England in the Olden Time. [With plates.]].
by George DANIEL, of Islington.; Robert Cruikshank
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1873]

Abbeys, castles and ancient halls of England and Wales
by John Timbs; Alex Gunn
Publisher: London, 1873.

A century of anecdote : from 1760 to 1860
by John Timbs
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne and Co. ; New York : Scribner,
Welford, and Armstrong, [1873?]

Fugitive poetry, 1600-1878.
by J C Hutchieson
Publisher: London, F. Warne and Co. [1878?]

The war in the peninsula, and Wellington's campaigns in France and
Belgium.
by Herbert R Clinton
Publisher: London, F. Warne & Co. [1878?]

The natural history of Selborne : and the naturalist's calendar
by Gilbert White; G Christopher Davies
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne and Co., [1879?]

Poems and essays of Charles Lamb.
by Charles Lamb
Publisher: London, [1879]

Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Peter Anthony Motteux
Publisher: London ; New York Frederick Warne and Co. [1880?]

The complete angler
by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; Christopher G Davies
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne, [ca 1880]

Poetical works ... Edited from the best editions. With memoir, notes,
glossary, and steel portrait.
by Edmund Spenser
Publisher: London, [1880]

The German novelists; translated from the originals with critical and
biographical notices. By Thomas Roscoe.
by Thomas Roscoe
Publisher: London, F. Warne and Co. [1880?]

The essays of Lord Bacon, including his moral and historical works :
With memoir, notes, and glossary.
by Francis Bacon of Verulam
Publisher: London : Warne, [1883]

Bacon's essays including his moral and historical works ; with memoir,
notes, and glossary
by Francis Bacon
Publisher: London [u.a.] Warne 1892

Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
by John G Lockhart
Publisher: London : Frederick Warne 1886?

Essays on chivalry, romance and the drama
by Walter Scott
Publisher: London Warne [1888]



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