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NEW EDITION8.—In the "St. Martin's Illustrated Library of Standard Authors"

(Chatto and Windus) we have the first in- stalment of a projected edition of "The Works of Jane Austen," to be completed in ten volumes (3s. 6d. net per vol.) Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, each in two volumes, have now appeared. The type is admirably clear, and the illustra- tions truly Georgian. The text, however, has not always been carefully read by the artist. Marianne in Sense and Sensibility (ii. 8) is lying dressed upon her bed, and the words underneath are "Elinor saw her lay her aching head on the pillow," but this is said when the girl had been persuaded to go to bed. The drawing is curiously unequal to others in the series.—The Book-Hunter. By John Hill Barton. Edited by J. Herbert Slater. (G. Routledge and Sons. 2s. 6d. net.)—The editor has furnished the book with a number of instructive notes.—Railway Map of the British Isles. (G. Philip and Son. ls.net.)—The Extra Pharmacopceia of Martindale and Westcott. Revised by Harrison Martindale and W. Wynn Westeott. (H. K. Lewis. 10s. 6d. net.)