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In English literature, we have a very careful edition of

Scott's Rokeby, by Michael Macmillan We do not think quite as highly of the poem as does Mr. Macmillan, but we recognise the justice of much of his criticism, while there can be no doubt of the educational value of the work,—in this it exceeds any other of Scott's poems. Three editions of plays of Shakespeare may be mentioned as belonging to a series that has been already men- tioned with praise in these columns. These are the Winter's Tale, by K. Deighton, Henry V., by the same editor, and Richard III., by C. H. Tawney. All these are published by Messrs. Macmillan.

We have also received Elementary Political Economy, by Edwin Carman, MA. (H. Frowde.)