NEW Eurrioss.—The Complete Angler. By Izaak Walton. (Elliott Stock.)—This is
an exact reprint and fec-simile of the original edition of The Complete Angler, published in 1653, a date which is a curious com- ment on the blessing which, by way of conclusion, the author invokes " upon all that hate contentions, and love quietnesse, and venue, and Angling." This editio princeps is now very rare, the copies having, as the editor of this volume suggests, been lost out-of-doors by practical disciples of the master, and worn out through constant use by stay-at- home followers. Hero we have an exact reproduction,—tho type, the binding, even the blue and red sprinkling on the leaf-edges being given, as well as the curious arrangement of the "Angler's Song," where the basso part is printed on a leaf turned upside down,—an instance of the author's practical mind, which contemplated two actual persons stand- ing face to face and singing his duet. The volume is a most interest- ing curiosity.—The Works of Charles Lamb are collected in one volume, in what is called "The Popular Centenary Edition," and as part of the "Standard Library" of Messrs. Routledge. A brief memoir by Mr. Charles Kent is prefixed.—Other now editions to be mentioned are, Lectures on our Israelitish Origin, by the late John Wilson (Nisbet) ; Short Allegorical Sermons, by Walter A. Gray and R. Kerr Pearse (James Parker) ; Henry Perreyve, by A. Gratry (Riving- tons); Essays on Criticism, by Matthew Arnold (Macmillan) (a third edition, revised and enlarged); Harry Lorrequer, by Charles Lever (Routledge); and The Gaol Cradle, who Rocks it ? a Plea for the Abolition of Juvenile Imprivonment, by " A Member of the School Board for London" (Leidy and Isbister.)---We have also to notice a now edition of the Handbook for Travellers in Rmssia, Poland, Finland (Murray.) Seven years have passed since the last edition was published, and much revision has consequently been needed. The Caucasus now attracts so many travellers, that it should be mentioned that this region, together with the Crimea, Siberia, and Central Asia, come within the scope of the volume.—We have also to acknowledge the third volume of The History of Christianity, by E. A. Bouzique, translated by John R. Beard (Williams and Norgate); and Re-echoes, by Frances Power Cobbe (Williams and Norgato), a volume of papers contributed by Miss Cobbe to tho Echo newspaper.
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