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The Select Chaucer. Edited and elucidated by J. Logie Robert-

son. (Blackwood and Sons. 3s.)—Mr. Robertson's prolegomena to this useful volume are (1) chronological notes, to illustrate the life and circumstances of Chaucer, going back to the forerunners, French and Italian, of the English poet; (2) a Life, with refer- ences to the history of the times ; (3) Chaucer's grammar and diction; (4) versification ; (5) pronunciation. Part I. gives us sAections from the "Canterbury Tales," Part II. some of the minor poems, among them extracts from "The Book of the Duchess," "The House of Fame," &c.