volume of selections will be vindicated by the appreciation of
the public, for it is distinguished both by the discrimination which has governed the selections and by the taste with which they are arranged.
The " Old English Gardens" are the poets from about 1550 to 1700,
from Surrey to Prior, and there is no specimen which we could wish had been omitted, while at the same time no reader can complain that his favourite poet has not had duo space awarded him. The poems
chosen from each author are always beautiful, and generally also repre- sentative of the individual poet. The book is divided into three parts-
"L'Allegro," " Il Penseroso," and "11 Divoto "—so that the reader can turn at once to the selections suitable to his humour, this alone giving it a superiority over other collections of the same kind. It is also very nicely printed and bound, and makes a beautiful book for the drawing- room table.
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