SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Chiswick Shakespeare.—We have to record the completion of the very convenient and elegant edition known as The Chiswick Shakespeare, 39 vols. (George Bell and Sons, 2s. net per vol., bound in leather), a very good equivalent, we need hardly say, for the moderate price imposed. We may explain that the plays occupy thirty-seven volumes, two being given to the two parts of Henry IV., and three to the three of Henry VI. Thus we have one for the poems, and another for the sonnets. Each volume has an illustration by Mr. Byam Shaw, and a preface by Mr. John Dennis, and each is furnished with a glossary and notes. The text used is that known as the " Cam- bridge," taken, by consent of the publishers, from the "Globe Shakespeare." We have noticed separate volumes on their appear- ance from time to time, and we may now express our satisfaction with the edition as a whole. One of its many recommendations is the portability of the volumes. What a convenience to have them at hand when a book is wanted to beguile the tedium of a journey! There are editions of Shakespeare without number, many of them valuable for various readers, but we know of none better suited to the purse and the tastes of the average reader.
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