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Tomson. A SUMMER NIGHT, AND OTHER POEMS. By GRAHAM R. TOMSON. With Frontispiece by A. TOMSON. Fcap. 8vo. 35. 6d.

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An edition on hand-made paper, limited to 50 copies. 10s. 6d. net. 'Mrs. Tomson holds perhaps the very highest rank among poetesses of English birth. This selection will help her reputation.'-Black and White. Ibsen. BRAND. A Drama by HENRIK IBSEN. WILLIAM WILSON. Crown 8vo. Second Edition. 'The greatest world-poem of the nineteenth century next to "Faust." "Brand" will have an astonishing interest for Englishmen. It is in the same set with 'Agamemnon," with "Lear," with the literature that we now instinctively regard as high and holy.'-Daily Chronicle.

"Q." GREEN BAYS: Verses and Parodies.

By "Q.," Author of 'Dead Man's Rock,' etc. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. 'The verses display a rare and versatile gift of parody, great command of metre, and a very pretty turn of humour.'-Times.

"A. G." VERSES TO ORDER. By "A. G." Cr. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

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A small volume of verse by a writer whose initials are well known to Oxford men. 'A capital specimen of light academic poetry. These verses are very bright and engaging, easy and sufficiently witty.'-St. James's Gazette.

Hosken. VERSES BY THE WAY. BY J. D. HOSKEN. Crown 8vo.

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A small edition on hand-made paper. Price 12s. 6d. net.

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A Volume of Lyrics and Sonnets by J. D. Hosken, the Postman Poet. Author of The Splendid Spur,' writes a critical and biographical introduction.

Gale. CRICKET SONGS. By NORMAN GALE.

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'They are wrung out of the excitement of the moment, and palpitate with the spirit of the game.'-Star.

As healthy as they are spirited, and ought to have a great success.'-Times. 'Simple, manly, and humorous. Every cricketer should buy the book.'-Westminster 'Cricket has never known such a singer.'-Cricket.

Gazette.

Langbridge. BALLADS OF THE BRAVE: Poems of Chivalry, Enterprise, Courage, and Constancy, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edited, with Notes, by Rev. F. LANGBRIDGE. Crown 8vo. Buckram 3s. 6d. School Edition, 2s. 6d.

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'A very happy conception happily carried out. These "Ballads of the Brave' intended to suit the real tastes of boys, and will suit the taste of the great majority.' -Spectator. 'The book is full of splendid things.'-World.

English Classics

Edited by W. E. HENLEY.

Messrs. Methuen are publishing, under this title, a series of the masterpieces of the English tongue, which, while well within the reach of the average buyer, shall be at once an ornament to the shelf of him that owns, and a delight to the eye of him that reads.

The series, of which Mr. William Ernest Henley is the general editor, will confine itself to no single period or department of literature. Poetry, fiction, drama, biography, autobiography, letters, essays-in all these fields is the material of many goodly volumes.

The books, which are designed and printed by Messrs. Constable, are issued in two editions-(1) A small edition, on the finest Japanese vellum, demy 8vo, 215. a volume nett; (2) the popular edition on laid paper, crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. a volume. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY. By LAWRENCE STERNE. With an Introduction by CHARLES WHIBLEY, and a Portrait. 2 vols. 75.

60 copies on Japanese paper. 425.

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"The book is excellently printed by Messrs. Constable on good paper, and being divided into two volumes, is light and handy without lacking the dignity of a classic.'-Manchester Guardian.

'This new edition of a great classic might make an honourable appearance in any library in the world. Printed by Constable on laid paper, bound in most artistic and restful-looking fig-green buckram, with a frontispiece portrait and an introduction by Mr. Charles Whibley, the book might well be issued at three times its present price.'-Irish Independent.

'Cheap and comely; a very agreeable edition.'-Saturday Review. 'A real acquisition to the library.'—Birmingham Post.

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Flinders Petrie. A HISTORY OF EGYPT, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE HYKSos. By W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE, D.C.L., Professor of Egyptology at University College. Fully Illustrated. Crown 8vo.

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An important contribution to scientific study.'-Scotsman.

'A history written in the spirit of scientific precision so worthily represented by Dr. Petrie and his school cannot but promote sound and accurate study, and supply a vacant place in the English literature of Egyptology.'-Times.

Flinders Petrie. TELL EL AMARNA. By W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE, D.C.L. With chapters by Professor A. H. SAYCE, D.D.; F. LL. GRIFFITH, F.S.A.; and F. C. J. SPURRELL, F.G.S. With numerous coloured illustrations. Royal 4to. 20s. net.

Clark. THE Colleges oF OXFORD: Their History and their Traditions. By Members of the University. Edited by A. CLARK, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln College. 8vo. 12s. 6d. 'Whether the reader approaches the book as a patriotic member of a college, as an antiquary, or as a student of the organic growth of college foundation, it will amply reward his attention.'-Times.

'A delightful book, learned and lively.'-Academy.

'A work which will certainly be appealed to for many years as the standard book on the Colleges of Oxford.'-Athenæum.

Perrens.

THE HISTORY OF FLORENCE FROM THE TIME OF THE MEDICIS TO THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC. By F. T. PERRENS. Translated by HANNAH LYNCH. In Three Volumes. Vol. I. 8vo. 12s. 6d.

This is a translation from the French of the best history of Florence in existence. This volume covers a period of profound interest-political and literary-and is written with great vivacity.

'This is a standard book by an honest and intelligent historian, who has deserved well of his countrymen, and of all who are interested in Italian history.'-Manchester Guardian.

Browning. GUELPHS AND GHIBELLINES: A Short History of Medieval Italy, A.D. 1250-1409. By OSCAR BROWNING, Fellow and Tutor of King's College, Cambridge. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s.

'A very able book.'-Westminster Gazette.

'A vivid picture of medieval Italy.'-Standard

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O'Grady. THE STORY OF IRELAND. By STANDISH O'GRADY, Author of 'Finn and his Companions.' Cr. 8vo. 'Novel and very fascinating history. Wonderfully alluring.'-Cork Examiner. 'Most delightful, most stimulating. Its racy humour, its original imaginings, its perfectly unique history, make it one of the freshest, breeziest volumes.'Methodist Times.

'A survey at once graphic, acute, and quaintly written.'-Times.

Malden. ENGLISH RECORDS.

A Companion to the

History of England. By H. E. MALDEN, M.A. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. A book which aims at concentrating information upon dates, genealogy, officials, constitutional documents, etc., which is usually found scattered in different volumes.

Biography

Collingwood. JOHN RUSKIN: His Life and Work. By W. G. COLLINGWOOD, M.A., Editor of Mr. Ruskin's Poems. 2 vols. 8vo. 325. Second Edition.

This important work is written by Mr. Collingwood, who has been for some years Mr. Ruskin's private secretary, and who has had unique advantages in obtaining

materials for this book from Mr. Ruskin himself and from his friends. It contains a large amount of new matter, and of letters which have never been published, and is, in fact, a fuil and authoritative biography of Mr. Ruskin. The book contains numerous portraits of Mr. Raskin, including a coloured one from a water-colour portrait by himself, and also 13 sketches, never before published, by Mr. Raskin and Mr. Arthur Severn. A bibliography is added.

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Mr. Ruskin could not well have been more fortunate in his biographer.'-Globe. 'A noble mocument of a nocle subject. One of the most beautiful books about one of the noblest lives of our century.'-Glasgow Herald.

Waldstein. JOHN RUSKIN: a Study. By CHARLES WALDSTEIN, M.A., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. With a Photogravure Portrait after Professor HERKOMER. Post 8vo. 5s.

Also 25 copies on Japanese paper. Demy 8vo. 215.

'Ruskinites will no doubt arise and join battle with Mr. Waldstein, who, all the same has produced a remarkably fine piece of criticism, which is well worth reading for its own sake.'-Glasgow Herald.

'A thoughtful, impartial, well-written criticism of Ruskin's teaching, intended to separate what the author regards as valuable and permanent from what is transient and erroneous in the great master's writing.'-Daily Chronicle.

Robbins.

THE EARLY LIFE OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE. By A. F. ROBBINS. With Portraits.

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'The earlier years of Mr. Gladstone's political life stand out all the more finely, and leave a more enduring impression, because of the absolute truthfulness and conscientiousness with which the record has been penned.'-Glasgow Herald. 'Considerable labour and much skill of presentation have not been unworthily expended on this interesting work.'-Times.

'By immense labour, guided by a competent knowledge of affairs, he has given us a book which will be of permanent value to the student of political history. It is exhaustively indexed, and accompanied by three portraits.—Yorkshire Post. 'Not only one of the most meritorious, but one of the most interesting, biographical works that have appeared on the subject of the ex-Premier. . . . It furnishes a picture from many points original and striking; it makes additions of value to the evidence on which we are entitled to estimate a great public character; and it gives the reader's judgment exactly that degree of guidance which is the function of a calm, restrained, and judicious historian.'-Birmingham Daily Post. 'A carefully-planned narrative, into which is woven a great deal of information. . . . It is pretty safe to predict that this volume will not only be read but retained on library bookshelves as a useful book of reference.'-Daily News.

Clark Russell. THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, Author of The Wreck of the Grosvenor.' With Illustrations by F. BRANGWYN. Second Edition.

Crown 8vo. 65.

A really good book.'-Saturday Review.

A most excellent and wholesome book, which we should like to see in the hands of every boy in the country.'-St. James's Gazette.

Gladstone.

General Literature

THE SPEECHES AND PUBLIC ADDRESSES OF THE RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. With Notes and Introductions. Edited by A. W. HUTTON, M.A. (Librarian of the Gladstone Library), and H. J. COHEN, M.A. With Portraits. 8vo. Vols. IX. and X. 12s. 6d. each.

Henley and Whibley.

A BOOK OF ENGLISH PROSE. Collected by W. E. HENLEY and CHARLES WHIBLEY. Cr. 8vo. 6s. Also 40 copies on Dutch paper.

Also 15 copies on Japanese paper.

21s. net.

425. net.

A unique volume of extracts-an art gallery of early prose.—Birmingham Post. 'The book is delightfully got up, being printed by Messrs. Constable, who have evidently bestowed most loving care upon it.'-Publishers' Circular.

'The anthology is one every lover of good writing and quaint English will enjoy.'Literary World.

'An admirable companion to Mr. Henley's "Lyra Heroica." -Saturday Review. 'Quite delightful. The choice made has been excellent, and the volume has been most admirably printed by Messrs. Constable. A greater treat for those not well acquainted with pre-Restoration prose could not be imagined.'-Athenæum. Wells. OXFORD AND OXFORD LIFE. By Members of the University. Edited by J. Wells, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Wadham College. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

This work contains an account of life at Oxford-intellectual, social, and religiousa careful estimate of necessary expenses, a review of recent changes, a statement of the present position of the University, and chapters on Women's Education, aids to study, and University Extension.

"We congratulate Mr. Wells on the production of a readable and intelligent account of Oxford as it is at the present time, written by persons who are, with hardly an exception, possessed of a close acquaintance with the system and life of the University.-Athenæum.

Chalmers Mitchell. OUTLINES OF BIOLOGY.

By P. CHALMERS MITCHELL, M.A., F.Z.S. Fully Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 6s.

A text-book designed to cover the new Schedule issued by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dixon. ENGLISH POETRY FROM BLAKE TO BROWNING. By W. M. DIXON, M.A. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

A Popular Account of the poetry of the Century.

Scholarly in conception, and full of sound and suggestive criticism.'-Times. 'The book is remarkable for freshness of thought expressed in graceful language.'— Manchester Examiner.

Bowden.

THE EXAMPLE OF BUDDHA: Being Quotations from Buddhist Literature for each Day in the Year. Compiled by E. M. BOWDEN. With Preface by Sir EDWIN ARNOLD. Third Edition.

16mo. 2s. 6d.

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