The Shakespeare Phrase Book. By John Bartlett. (Macmillan
and Co.)—The author intends this book to serve as an index to the phraseology of Shakespeare,—a concordance of phrases rather than of words. As stated in the preface, its plan is to take every sentence
from Shakespeare's Dramatic Works which contains an important thought, with so much of the context as preserves the sense, and to
put each sentence under its principal words, arranged in alphabetical order. In an appendix, comparative readings are given from the texts of Dyce, Knight, Singer, Staunton, and Richard Grant White.
Messrs. De la Rue and Co. have sent us a parcel of their Christmas Cards, which are very various, not a few of the groups showing some humour as well as delicacy. The landscapes are very pretty, and the children's faces, though too ornate, are conceived with a good deal of taste.
Messrs. De la Rue have also sent us their Pocket-books, Almanacks, Diaries, and Calendars for 1882, which are, in every way, as hand-
some, convenient, compact, and neat as usual. The little ulmanacks and engagement-books for the waistcoat-pocket are especially well- adapted for their purpose, and the calendars for the chimney-piece. or desk are pretty as well as perfectly clear.
We have received Bemrcse's Calendars for 1882. They include the "Scriptural," "Daily," and "Proverbial" calendars, and the monthly diaries. The designs of the tablets are new.
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