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NEW EDITIONS.—The Works of Shakespeare, Vol. IIL, edited, with Introduction

and Notes, by C. H. Herford (Macmillan and Co., Gs.), belongs to the Eversley Series." This, the third of the ten vol- umes contemplated, contains "Much Ado about Nothing," "All's Well that Ends Well," "Measure for Measure," and "Troilus and Cres- sida." "Strangely mingled of splendour and foulness, of rhetorical strength and dramatic perversity," is Dr. Herfonrs characterisation of the last of the four in an introduction which will be found particularly worth studying.—Myth, Ritual, and Religion, by Andrew Lang, 2 vols. (Longmans and Co., 7s.), revised, and in parts rewritten to-suit the development of the author's opinion, for Mr. Lang is not one of those who resent the idea that they din tiroVi wiser. The preface to this new edition, Which belongs to the Silver Library," is very interesting.—The Guildhall of the City or London. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 2s. 6d.)-014 Melbounse Memories. By Rolf Boldrewood. (Macmillan and Co. 38. 6d.)— Under King Oflutantine. By Katrina Trask. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.)—A Manual of Optics. By the late Rev. Samuel Haughton. Revised and rewritten by the Rey. Isaac Warm, M.A. (Caesell_and Co. 2s. 6d.)—Zmvood's Tables ofInterest and .ilfo•rtality. Revised and extended by William Schooling. (Crosby Lockwood and Son. 8s. net.)—.Dry-fly Fishing in Theory and Practice. By Frederic M. Halford. (Vinton and Co. 16s.)