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Contents of the Eight VoLUMES.-Volume I.: Poems Lyrical and Narrative. Volumes II., III. and IV.: Plays. Volume V.: The Celtic Twilight, and Stories of Red Hanrahan. Volume VI. : Ideas of Good and Evil. Volume VII.: The Secret Rose; John Sherman; and Dhoya. Volume VIII.: Miscellanies. This volume contains (1) a series of papers bearing the Jonsonian title "Discoveries "; (2) various critical Essays. At the end is a Bibliography of W. B. Yeats' writings by Allan Wade.

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Mr. Yeats' first prose work, "John Sherman," a novel issued anonymously in 1891, is not merely a clever study of the artistic temperament; it is something far more subtle, more elusive, and of more lasting value. "The Celtic Twilight,' 1893 (revised and enlarged 1902), dealing with Irish lore and legend, is consummately written. In "The Secret Rose" (1897) we find that the author's mysticism has deepened; and the diction occasionally shows traces of overelaboration, as though Pater's (and Flaubert's) influence were dominant. "Ideas of Good and Evil" (1903) embraces a wide variety of subjects. Mysticism is the prevailing note, and in the paper on Magic" Mr. Yeats seriously assures us that he believes in the evocation of spirits." But mystics are often men of strong common-sense and ripe judgment, and Mr. Yeats contrives to keep himself well acquainted with what is happening in the work-a-day world of men and women. His comments on contemporary literature and art are admirably sane and profoundly suggestive.

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In his latest (and, some may think, his greatest) play shows that the lyric fire burns in him as bright as ever.

"Deirdre" (1907) he

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The Pickwick Papers. With 43 Illustrations by PHIZ. 2 vols. Oliver Twist. With 24 Illustrations by GEO. CRUIKSHANK.

Nicholas Nickleby. With 39 Illustrations by PHIZ, and a Portrait after D. MACLISE, R.A., of Charles Dickens. 2 vols.

Martin Chuzzlewit. With 40 Illustrations by PHIZ.

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The Old Curiosity Shop.

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Barnaby Rudge.

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Little Dorrit. With 40 Illustrations by PHIZ.

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A Tale of Two Cities. With 16 Illustrations by PHIZ.

Great Expectations. With 10 new Illustrations in Photogravure by CHARLES GREEN.

Our Mutual Friend. 2 vols.

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Hard Times, Hunted Down, Holiday Romance, and George Silverman's Explanation. With 7 Illustrations by F. WALKER and MAURICE GREIFFENHAGEN.

Sketches by Boz, including Young Couples and Young Gentlemen, Mudfog Papers, etc. With 43 Illustrations by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK and PHIZ. 2 vols.

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Reprinted Pieces, The Lamplighter, Sunday under Three Heads, and To Be Read at Dusk. With 3 Illustrations by F. WALKER, a Portrait of Charles Dickens, and a General Essay on the Works of Charles Dickens by ANDREW LANG.

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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With 43 Illustrations by PHIZ.

The Adventures of Oliver Twist. With 24 Illustrations by

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.

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