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"In this volume we have full assurance that he has the vision and the faculty divine.' Clever and full of kindly humour.”—Globe.

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Furnivall.-LE MORTE D'ARTHUR. Edited from the Harleian M.S. 2252, in the British Museum. By F. J. FURNIVALL, M. A. With Essay by the late HERBERT COLERIDGE. Fcap. 8vo. 75. 6d. Looking to the interest shown by so many thousands in Mr. Tennyson's Arthurian poems, the editor and publishers have thought that the old version would possess considerable interest. It is a reprint of the celebrated Harleian copy; and is accompanied by index and glossary.

Garnett.-IDYLLS AND EPIGRAMS. Chiefly from the Greek Anthology. By RICHARD GARNETT. Fcap. 8vo.

2s. 6d. "A charming little book. For English readers, Mr. Garnett's translalations will open a new world of thought."-WESTminster Review.

GUESSES AT TRUTH. By Two BROTHERS. With Vignette, Title, and Frontispiece. New Edition, with Memoir. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.

"The following year was memorable for the commencement of the 'Guesses at Truth.' He and his Oxford brother, living as they did in constant and free interchange of thought on questions of philosophy and literature and art; delighting, each of them, in the epigrammatic terseness which is the charm of the 'Pensées' of Pascal, and the 'Caractères' of La Bruyère-agreed to utter themselves in this form, and the book appeared, anonymously, in two volumes, in 1827.”—MEMOIR.

Hamerton.-A PAINTER'S CAMP. By PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON. Second Edition, revised. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.

BOOK I. In England; Book II. In Scotland; Book III. In France. This is the story of an Artist's encampments and adventures. The headings of a few chapters may serve to convey a notion of the character of the book: A Walk on the Lancashire Moors; the Author his own Housekeeper and Cook; Tents and Boats for the Highlands; The Author encamps on an uninhabited Island; A Lake Voyage; A Gipsy Journey to Glen Coe; Concerning Moonlight and Old Castles; A little French City; A Farm in the Autunois, &c. &c.

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“His pages sparkle with happy turns of expression, not a few well-told anecdotes, and many observations which are the fruit of attentive study and wise reflection on the complicated phenomena of human life, as well as of unconscious nature."-WESTMINSTER Review.

ETCHING AND ETCHERS. A Treatise Critical and Practical. By P. G. HAMERTON. With Original Plates by REMBRANDT, CALLOT, DUJARDIN, PAUL POTTER, &c. Royal 8vo.

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"It is a work of which author, printer, and publisher may alike feel proud. It is a work, too, of which none but a genuine artist could by possibility have been the author."-SATURDAY REVIEW.

Herschel.-THE ILIAD OF HOMER. Translated into English Hexameters. By Sir JOHN HERSCHEL, Bart. 8vo. 18s.

A version of the Iliad in English Hexameters. The question of Homeric translation is fully discussed in the Preface.

"It is admirable, not only for many intrinsic merits, but as a great man's tribute to Genius."-ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.

HIATUS: the Void in Modern Education. Its Cause and Antidote. By OUTIS. 8vo. 8s. 6d.

The main object of this Essay is to point out how the emotional element which underlies the Fine Arts is disregarded and undeveloped at this time so far as (despite a pretence at filling it up) to constitute an Educational Hiatus.

HYMNI ECCLESIÆ. See "THEOLOGICAL SECTION."

Huxley (Professor).-LAY SERMONS, ADDRESSES, AND REVIEWS. By T. H. HUXLEY, LL.D., F.R.S. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Fourteen discourses on the following subjects :-On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge; Emancipation-Black and White; A Liberal Education, and where to find it; Scientific Education; on the Educational Value of the Natural History Sciences; on the Study of Zoology; on the Physical Basis of Life; the Scientific Aspects of Positivism; on a Piece of Chalk; Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life; Geological Reform; the Origin of Species; Criticisms on the "Origin of Species;" on Descartes' "Discourse touching the Method of using one's Reason rightly and of seeking Scientific Truth.'

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Kennedy.- LEGENDARY FICTIONS OF THE IRISH CELTS. Collected and Narrated by PATRICK KENNEDY. Crown 8vo. With Two Illustrations. 7s. 6d.

"A very admirable popular selection of the Irish fairy stories and legends, in which those who are familiar with Mr. Croker's, and other selections of the same kind, will find much that is fresh, and full of the peculiar vivacity and humour, and sometimes even of the ideal beauty, of the true Celtic Legend."-SPECTATOR.

Kingsley (Canon).—See also "HISTORIC SECTION,” “WORKS OF FICTION," and "PHILOSOPHY;" also "JUVENILE BOOKS," and "THEOLOGY."

THE SAINTS' TRAGEDY: or, The True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary. By the Rev. CHARLES KINGSLEY. With a Preface by the Rev. F. D. MAURICE. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5s. ANDROMEDA, AND OTHER POEMS. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.

PHAETHON; or, Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 25.

Lowell (Professor).—AMONG MY BOOKS. Six Essays. By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, M. A., Professor of Belles Lettres in Harvard College. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Six Essays: Dryden; Witchcraft; Shakespeare Once More; New England Two Centuries ago; Lessing; Rousseau and the Sentimentalists.

UNDER THE WILLOWS, AND OTHER POEMS. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.

"Under the Willows is one of the most admirable bits of idyllic work, short as it is, or perhaps because it is short, that have been done in our generation."-SATURDAY REVIEW.

Masson (Professor).—ESSAYS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL. Chiefly on the British Poets. By DAVID MASSON, LL.D., Professor of Rhetoric in the University of Edinburgh. 8vo. 12s. 6d.

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'Distinguished by a remarkable power of analysis, a clear statement of the actual facts on which speculation is based, and an appropriate beauty of language. These essays should be popular with serious men.”ATHENAEUM.

BRITISH NOVELISTS AND THEIR STYLES. Being a Critical Sketch of the History of British Prose Fiction. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. "Valuable for its lucid analysis of fundamental principles, its breadth of view, and sustained animation of style."-SPECTATOR.

MRS. JERNINGHAM'S JOURNAL. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 35. 6d. A Poem of the boudoir or domestic class, purporting to be the journal of a newly-married lady.

"One quality in the piece, sufficient of itself to claim a moment's attention, is that it is unique-original, indeed, is not too strong a word--in the manner of its conception and execution."-PALL MALL GAZETTE.

Mistral (F.).-MIRELLE: a Pastoral Epic of Provence. Translated by H. CRICHTON. Extra fcap. 8vo. 65.

"This is a capital translation of the elegant and richly-coloured pastoral epic poem of M. Mistral which, in 1859, he dedicated in enthusiastic terms to Lamartine. . . . . It would be hard to overpraise the sweetness and pleasing freshness of this charming epic."-ATHENÆUM.

Myers (Ernest). THE PURITANS. By ERNEST MYERS. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth. 2s. 6d.

"It is not too much to call it a really grand poem, stately and dignified, and showing not only a high poetic mind, but also great power over poetic expression."-LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

Myers (F. W. H.).—Poems. By F. W. H. MYERS. Extra fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. Containing "ST. PAUL," "St. JOHN," and other Poems.

Nettleship. ESSAYS ON ROBERT BROWNING'S POETRY. By JOHN T. NETTLESHIP. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s. 6d.

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GENERAL CATALOGUE.

Noel.-BEATRICE, AND OTHER POEMS. By the Hon. RODEN NOEL. Fcap. 8vo. 65.

"Beatrice is in many respects a noble poem; it displays a splendour of landscape painting, a strong definite precision of highly-coloured description, which has not often been surpassed."-PALL MALL GAZETTE.

Norton.-THE LADY OF LA GARAYE. By the HON. MRS. NORTON. With Vignette and Frontispiece. Sixth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 45. 6d.

"There is no lack of vigour, no faltering of power, plenty of passion, much bright description, much musical verse. . . . Full of thoughts wellexpressed, and may be classed among her best works.”—TIMES.

Orwell.-THE BISHOP'S WALK AND THE BISHOP'S TIMES. Poems on the days of Archbishop Leighton and the Scottish Covenant. By ORWELL. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.

"Pure taste and faultless precision of language, the fruits of deep thought, insight into human nature, and lively sympathy."-NONCONFORMIST.

Palgrave (Francis T.).-ESSAYS ON ART. By FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE, M.A., late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Extra fcap. 8vo. 65.

Mulready-Dyce-Holman Hunt-Herbert-Poetry, Prose, and Sensationalism in Art-Sculpture in England-The Albert Cross, &c. SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS AND SONGS. Edited by F. T.

PALGRAVE. Gem Edition. With Vignette Title by JEENS. 35. 6d. "For minute elegance no volume could possibly excel the 'Gem Edition."-SCOTSMAN.

Patmore. Works by COVENTRY PATMORE :

THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE.

BOOK I. The Betrothal; Book II. The Espousals; Book III. Faithful for Ever. With Tamerton Church Tower. Two vols. Fcap.

8vo.

125.

*** A New and Cheap Edition in one vol. 18mo., beautifully printed on toned paper, price 2s. 6d.

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