The Public School Speaker. Compiled by F. Warre Cornish. (John
Murray. 7s. (id.)—Mr. Cornish has made a large selection from many quarters. He begins with the Iliad, giving the great debate in Assembly in I., the OaptcrrUs of Andromache and Hector in VI., Andromache's lament over her husband in XXII., and the dialogue between Priam and Hector in XXIV. The Greek tragedians follow. The passages from Latin authors occupy more space. After these come English dramatists, tragic and comic ; and after these, again," Political and Miscellaneous," the authors being arranged in alphabetical order. We are glad to see Walt Whitman represented, for his saner utterances are well worthy of honour. "Orations" occupy the next place. Finally, we have represented on a smaller scale the French and German literatures. A few pages are also given to the Italian. It, is not easy to judge quickly a work so extensive, but at first sight Mr. Cornish's book seems well adapted for its purpose.— The Troubadour, edited by Philip Gibbs (Cassell and Co., 1s. 6d.), is the name, not very happily devised, for *` selections from English verse." The selection itself appears to be reasonable and good.
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