NEW EDITIONS AND REPRINTS.—In the "Stratford-on-Avon Shakespeare" (G. Newnes), we
have Vol. XII., containing Pericles, Prince of Tyre, and the Poems.—The Lyric Poems of Robert Herrick. Edited by Ernest Rhys. (J. M. Dent and Co.)—" In all English lyric poetry," writes Mr. Rhys, "there are very few to compare with him. You may begin with Tennyson, and count only a score of names backwards, and then reduce the score to a scant half- dozen, and still Herrick's note is heard, clear, distinct above all."
— Undine : a Tale. By Friedrich, Baron De la Motte Fouque. Translated by Edmund Gosse. (Lawrence and Bullen.)—A. Paradise of English Poetry. Arranged by H. C. Beechiug. (Rivington, Percival, and Co.)--In Mr. Augustine Birrell's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson (A. Constable), Vols. IV.-VI.
— Poems by Robert Browning. With Introduction by Oscar Browning. (Routledge and Sons.)—This volume includes some of the poems that have passed out of copyright, " Paracelsns," "Pippa Passes," " Colombe's Birthday," "A Blot in the 'Scutcheon," "The Return of the Druses," "Luria," "A Soul's Tragedy," and "Dramatic Romances and Lyrics."—Bells and Pomegranates, edited by Thomas J. Wise (Ward, Lock, and Co.), contains a part of the pieces mentioned above.—In the "King's Own" Edition of Captain Marryat's Novels (Routledge and Sons), The Pirate and The Three Cutters.—Hans Brinker ; or, The Silver Skates. By Mary Mapes Dodge. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co.)—Maids in a Market Garden. By Clo. Graves. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—Every Boy's Book of Sport and Pastime. Edited by Professor Hoffman. (Routledge and Sons )—All the articles are contributed by experts.—A Treatise on Ore Deposits. By J. Arthur Phillips. "Second Edition, Rewritten and greatly Enlarged," by Henry Louis, M.A. (Macmillan and Co.)—The Standard of Value. By William Leighton Jordan. (Longmans and Co.)
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