NEW EDITIONS AND REPRINTS. — France. By J. E. C.
Bodley. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. net.)—In this new edition Mr. Bodley has made some changes in the chapter on Liberty, and in the discussion of the Group System, a feature of the French form of the Parliamentary system to which it is not impossible we may ourselves become accustomed before very long. He gives us also a new preface, the most important part of which is the estimate of M. Waldeck-Rousseau. He has, it is manifest, a great respect for that clear-headed, resolute statesman, but he does not believe that he has solved the problem of the future of France. "In the case of a European war, in which France was involved, the life of the Parliamentary Republic would not be worth many weeks' purchase." The French put up with it as they have been in the habit of putting up with what exists; but they do not respect, much less love it.—Of Gardens: an Essay. By Francis Bacon. (John Lane. 2s. Gd. net.)—Mrs. Caldwell Crofton (Helen Milman), who writes an introduction to this reprint, very truly says that "Bacon wrote an ideal garden sketch." Neverthe- less we believe that any one who cares to take the trouble will find that he had a particular place in mind. There was such a place, the garden of his own Inn (Gray's Inn), to which he gave much time and thought, and which still bears, it may be said, some impress of his hand.—In the "Scott Library" (Walter Scott Publishing Company) Kalidasa's Sakuntala ; or, The Fatal Bing, edited, with an Introduction, by T. Holme (1s. 6d.), a reprint of the translation by Charles Wilkins (1785) ; Meghadula ; or, The Cloud Messenger and The Bhagava-Gita have been adcled.—The Mabinogion. Translated by Lady Charlotte Guest. With Notes by Alfred Nutt. (D. Nutt. 2s. 6d. net.)—In fiction we have new editions of Gladys Pane, by Wemyss Reid (Cassell and Co., 6s.); Other People's Lives, by Rosa Nouchette Carey (Macmillan and Co., 3s. Gd.); and An Old Maid's Love, by Maarten Maartens (same publishers, 3s. 6d.)
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