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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. 7s. 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.

HAMERTON. Second Edition, revised.

By PHILIP GILBERT Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.

The

BOOK I. In England; Book II. In Scotland; Book III. In France. This is the story of an Artist's encampments and adventures. 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.

"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

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GENERAL CATALOGUE.

wise reflection on the complicated phenomena of human life, as well as of unconscious nature."-WESTMINSTER REVIEW.

Helps. REALMAH. BY ARThur Helps. Two Vols. Crown

8vo. 16s.

Of this work, by the Author of "Friends in Council," the Saturday Review says: "Underneath the form (that of dialogue) is so much shrewdness, fancy, and above all, so much wise kindliness, that we should thirk all the better of a man or woman who likes the book."

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 nan'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."

Kennedy.- LEGENDARY FICTIONS OF THE IRISH CELTS. Collected and Narrated by PATRICK KENNEDY. Crown 8vo. 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.

POETRY & BELLES LETTRES.

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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.

Kingsley (Henry).-See "WORKS OF FICTION."

Lowell.-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.

CRITICAL.

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

66 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." ATHENÆUM.

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.

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GENERAL CATALOGUE.

Mistral (F.).—MIRELLE: a Pastoral Epic of Provence. Translated by H. CRICHTON. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.

"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.)-ST. PAUL. A Poem. By F. W. H. MYERS. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo.

2s. 6d. "It breathes throughout the spirit of St. Paul, and with a singular stately melody of verse."-FORTnightly ReviEW.

Nettleship. ESSAYS

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ON ROBERT BROWNING'S POETRY. By John T. NettlESHIP. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s. 6d.

Noel.-BEATRICE, AND OTHER POEMS.

RODEN NOEL. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.

By the Hon.

“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. ба.

"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.

POETRY & BELLES LETTRES.

Smith.-Works by ALEXANDER SMITH :-

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A LIFE DRAMA, AND OTHER POEMS. Fcap. 8vo.

2s. 6d.

CITY POEMS. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.

EDWIN OF DEIRA. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.

"A poem which is marked by the strength, sustained sweetness, and compact texture of real life."-NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.

Smith.-POEMS. BY CATHERINE BARNARD SMITH.

8vo. 5s.

Fcap.

Wealthy in feeling, meaning, finish, and grace; not without passion, which is suppressed, but the keener for that."-ATHENÆUM.

Smith (Rev. Walter).-HYMNS OF CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. By the Rev. WALTER C. SMITH, M. A. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.

"These are among the sweetest sacred poems we have read for a long time. With no profuse imagery, expressing a range of feeling and expression by no means uncommon, they are true and elevated, and their pathos is profound and simple."-NONCONFORMIST.

Stratford de Redcliffe (Viscount).-SHADOWS OF

THE PAST, in Verse. By VISCOUNT STRATFORD DE RED-
CLIFFE. Crown 8vo. IOS. 6d.

"The vigorous words of one who has acted vigorously. They combine the fervour of politician and poet. -GUARDIAN.

Trench.-Works by R. CHENEVIX TRENCH, D.D., Archbishop

of Dublin. See also Sections "PHILOSOPHY," "THEOLOGY," &c. POEMS. Collected and arranged anew. Fcap. 8vo. 7s. 6d ELEGIAC POEMS. Fcap. 8vo.

2s. 6d.

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