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The World of Romance. (Cassell and Co. 5s.)—This volume contains

a selection of more or less familiar stories of the romantic order. We notice among them "The Lady of the Guillotine," by Washington Irving ; "The Tapestried Chamber," by Sir Walter Scott; E. A. Poe's "Descent into the Maelstrom"; Count Tolstoy's "Ivan the Fool"; Zola's "Storming of the Mill"; and, most famous of all, "Aucassiu and Nicolette." This is a hand- some volume, with a well-made choice of the very best reading of its kind that was available.