Nzw EnrrIoNs.—First of right must be named that book, quite
incomparable of its kind, The Book of Nonsense. By Edward Lear. (Warne and Co.)—This is the twenty-fifth edition, and contains all the original pictures and verses, the pictures numbering one hundred and ten in all.—In " Bohn's Select Library" (G. Bell and Sons), we have Reineke Fox. Translated in Hexameters from the German of J. W. Goethe, with an Introduction by Alex. Rogers.—The Schoolmaster's Calendar and Handbook of Examina- tions (G. Bell and Sons), appears in its second year of issue. The editor claims to have improved it ; but it admits of further amend- ment. Why does he admit, under the head of one school, and one only, in the list of "Public School Open Scholarships and Exhibi- tions," this statement,—" Only twelve boys are assigned, on an average, to each class" It is absolutely irrelevant. An omis- sion which was pointed out in these columns last year is again made. But, doubtless, the book will be found useful.—In cheap reprints of fiction we have :—The Wizard's Son, A Country Gentleman and his Family, and Sir Tont,nill by Mrs. Oliphant (Macmillan), and Stronbuy, by the Author of " Tobersnorey " (Macniven and Wallace, Edinburgh).
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