17 MAY 1902, Page 24

NEW EntrioNs.—We have received from time to time, and should

have noticed earlier, a new edition of The Life and Works of Charles Kingsley (Macmillan and Co., 10s. 6d. net per • vol.) The latest that have reached us are VII. and VIII., containing "Alton Locke," with the very interesting Prefatory Memoir by Tom Hughes. The edition is handsome, well printed, and not un- worthy of the occasion. It is to extend to nineteen volumes.

The Life of Richard Cobden, by John Morley (T. Fisher Unwin, 6d.), is reprinted in what is called, with a businesslike opportune- ness, " The Free-trade Edition."—We have received the May edition of the Royal Blue Book (Kelly's Directories, 5s. net). It is corrected, it will be understood, up to the latest available date, so as to be as reliable as possible for the " season."