5 AUGUST 1905, Page 27

The Poets and the Poetry of the Nineteenth Century :

William Morris to Robert Buchanan. Edited by Alfred H. Miles. (Rout. ledgeand Sons.)—This is the third edition of a selection published some twelve years ago ; certain changes have been made, but the book is substantially the same. The poets repre- sented besides the two named are Roden Noel, Alfred Austin, R. Garnett, Lord de Tabley, Thomas Ashe, T. Watts-Dunton, A. C. Swinburne, David Gray, H. C. Merivale, Austin Dobson, W. S. Blunt, Cosmo Monkhouse, and J. A. Symonds.

(For Publications of the Week, ch., see page 200.)