Haw Mormons. Impressions of South Africa. By James Bryce. (Macmillan and
Co. 6s.)—This the third edition of Mr. Bryce's book has been revised throughout, a new prefatory chapter has been added, and the two Transvaal Conventions are given as appendices. Though we do not agree with all its con- clusions, we gladly admit that the prefatory chapter is a very fair and moderate statement of the position just before the war. Mr. Bryce no doubt thinks that the Government mismanaged matters and might have avoided war had they been more careful, but be has no illusions as to the nature of the Boer Government, and fully recognises its true character.
In ills " Eversley Series " edition of "The Works of Shake- speare," edited, with Introduction and Notes, by C. H. Rerford, Litt.D. (Macmillan and Co.), we have Vol. X. (5s.), con- taining Coridanur, Timon of Athens, and the Poems, among the ,latter being included that curious and enigmatical piece entitled "The Phoenix and the. Turtle." The edition is now complete, and we take the opportunity of expressing our general apprecia- tion of its merits, to which we have been hindered by exigencies of space from giving a due recognition.—To the same " Eversley Series " belongs The Conquest of England, by John Richard Green, MA., 2 vols. (same publishers, 10s.)—In " Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems " (G. Newnes), we have Vols. II.-III., containing ten of the comedies and the first of the histories, King John.—The " Illus- trated Library Edition" of The Life of William Shakespeare, by -Sidney Lee (Smith, Elder, and Co., 16s.). is a handsomely embel- lished reprint of Mr. Lee's admirable Life of Shakespeare.—The ring's Lyrics, selected and arranged by FitzRoy Carrington (Duck- worth and Co., 2s. 6d. net), contains "Lyrical Poems of the Reigns of James I. and Charles I." We have the familiar names of Campion, Wither, Carew, Herrick, George Herbert, Suckling, Lovelace, and Drayton (whose ballad of " Agincourt " is included), besides, of course, the Royal authors themselves.
rhe Bible in Spain. By George Borrow. With the Notes and Glossary of Thick Ralph Burke, M.A (John Murray. 6s.)— Letters from a Mourning City. By Axel Munthe. (Same pub- lisher. 6s.)—Written from Naples at the time of the outbreak If cholera in that city. The writer has written a new preface in .which he disclaims the credit of special courage. "In order to be courageous a man must begin by being afraid."—In the Author's Edition of Mark Twain's Works" (Chatto and Windus) we have The Innocents Abroad (2 vols., 12s. 6d. net per vol.) There are to be twenty-two volumes in all, nine of travel, the same number of fiction, and four of short sketches. A " Literary Criticism " by Mr. Brander Matthews is prefixed to the first volume. We do not wish to traverse the publishers' statement that this addition " will enhance the value of the Author's Edition," but we may remark that the circumstances are not such as to favour a thoroughly judicial spirit in the critic. For the edition generally, as to appearance, &c., we have nothing but praise.—Thoughts on Hunting. By Peter Beckford. With introduction and Notes by J. Otho Paget. (Methuen and Co. 1.0s. 6d.)—In the " Little Library " (same publishers), Vanity Fair (3 vols., 4s. 6d. net), by W. M. Thackeray, with an Intro- duction, Biographical and Critical, by Stephen Gwynn ; and Lord Tennyson's Princess (1s. 6d. net).
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