28 JUNE 1890, Page 45

Evenings with Shakespeare. By L. M. Griffiths. (J. W. Arrow-

smith : Bristol.)—There is much curious matter iu this volume, and a number of very elaborate tables, relating not only to Shake- speare's dramas, but to a number of plays in which he is supposed to have had a hand. Mr. Griffiths has invented another metre text, the number of lines divided between two speakers. The later the play, the more there are of such lines. This text suits very well the commonly-given chronological order, bringing out Henry VIII., The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, and Antony and Cleopatra as the last five in point of time.