Now Publishing, in Monthly Parts, price 1s. each.
Commenced March, 1880.
COMPLETE AND ORIGINAL WORK,
PUGILISTICA;
OR, THE
Complete History of British Boxing from 1719 to 1863.
Splendidly Illustrated, with 100 Portraits of Celebrities, after Original Pictures and Engravings, containing
LIVES OF THE MOST CELEBRATED BOXERS; FULL REPORTS OF THEIR BATTLES;
AUTHENTIC PORTRAITS,
After Original Engravings and Pictures, by Sir James Thornhill, Hogarth, Hayter, &c.
Biographical Details and Anecdotes of the Principal Patrons of the P.R.;
FORMING THE ONLY
COMPLETE AND CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE RING
Ever Published, comprising in all about 2,000 pages, and 100 Full-page Portraits.
To be complete in TWENTY MONTHLY PARTS, price 1s. each.
Forming three handsome demy 8vo. volumes.
Volume I. will contain 30 full-page Portraits of Celebrities.

Period I.—1719 to 1791.—From the Championship of Fig to the first appearance of Daniel Mendoza.

Period II.—1784 to 1798.—From Daniel Mendoza to the first battle of James Belcher.

Period III.—1798 to 1809.—From the Championship of Belcher to the appearance of Tom Cribb.

Period IV.—1805 to 1820.—From Cribb’s first battle to the Championship of Tom Spring.

Volume II. will contain Authentic Portraits after Original Engravings.

Period V.—1820 to 1824.—From the Championship of Spring to his retirement from the Ring.

Period VI.—1825 to 1835.—From the Championship of Jem Ward to the appearance of Bendigo (William Thompson), of Nottingham.

Volume III. will contain Authentic Portraits, &c.

Period VII.—1835 to 1845.—From the appearance of Bendigo to his last battle with Caunt.

Period VIII.—1845 to 1857.—The interregnum. Bill Perry (the Tipton Slasher), Harry Broome, Tom Paddock, &c.

Period IX.—1856 to 1863.—From the appearance of Tom Sayers to the last Championship battle of King and Heenan, December, 1863.

⁂ To each period there is an Appendix containing notices and sketches of the minor professors of the ars pugnandi, and of the light-weight boxers of the day.
Each Volume will be complete in itself, price 10s. 6d. each, handsomely bound in cloth gilt.
VOLS. I. & II. NOW READY.
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AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.
Handsomely bound in cloth, gilt, price 21s., containing 24 superb coloured plates (18 in. by 11 in.), or in three Volumes, containing eight plates, price 7s. 6d. each.
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A detailed list of the Characters forwarded on receipt of stamped envelope.
ENGLISH EDITION OF GEORGE SAND’S WORKS.
Crown 8vo., in fancy boards, price 2s. each, or handsomely bound in cloth, gilt, bevelled edges, price 3s. each.

1. CONSUELO. By George Sand.

“... We cannot be too grateful to Messrs. Weldon & Co. for having placed in the hands of the English reading public this excellent translation of the most characteristic romance of the world-famous George Sand.”—Weekly Budget.

2. COUNTESS OF RUDOLSTADT. By George Sand.

“... We read the whole with pleasure and amusement, and cannot help lamenting that there are none who can succeed to George Sand’s place as a sound, clever, and witty novel writer. The translation is very good in this novel, and may be pointed to as an example.”—Public Opinion.

3. THE MILLER OF ANGIBAULT. By George Sand.

4. MAUPRAT. By George Sand.

5. LITTLE FADETTE. By George Sand.

(Others in preparation.)