Nxw EDITIONS AND REPRINTS.—In the " Temple Classics " (J.
M. Dent and Co., ls. 6d. net per vol.), The Romaunt of the Rose, Englished by F. S. Ellis ; Vasari's Lives of the Painters, translated by A. B. Hinds, Vols. IV., V., VI.; Caxton's Golden Legend, edited by F. S. Ellis, Vol. VII.—In the " Temple Classics for Young People" (same publishers, Is. 6d. net per vol.), Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott, 2 vols.; Sintram and his Companions, and Aslauga's Knight, by La Motte Fouqu6.—The Complete Works of John Keats. Edited by H. Buxton Forman. Vol. I., Poems of 1817 and "Endyruion." (Gowans and Gray, Glasgow. ls.)- The Pathfinder. By Charles Fenimore Cooper. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. (Macmillan and Co. 2s. 6d.)— Bleak House. By Charles Dickens. 2 vols. Illustrated by Beatrice Alcock. (Methuen and Co. Cs. net.)—The Parliamentary Poll Book from .1832 to 1900 (E. Stanford, 7s. 6d.) is a fifth edition, brought up to date by the inclusion of the last Parliamentary Election.— Shakespeare's Life and Work, by Sidney Lee (Smith, Elder, and Co., 2s. 6d.), is " a reprint, with some additions and abbreviations," of the " Life of William Shakespeare," and is described as being " chiefly for the use of students." Mr. Lee's original work— based, it will be remembered, on his article in the " Dictionary of National Biography "—took its place at once in the very highest rank of Shakespearian literature. That it has settled all con- troversies cannot be pretended. Probably the Baconians will go on in their fantastic belief for ages to come. Others, more sane than these, will hold opinions adverse to some of the conclusions to which Mr. Lee has come. But there is no Life of Shakespeare which can be said to rival this.
[V' The author of the edition of the Merle Arthure noticed in our last issue was inadvertently described as Miss McLeod, instead of Mrs. Mary Macleod Banks.]
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