NEW EurrioNs.—The Life of Charles Lamb. By E. V. Lucas.
(Methuen and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This is a cheaper edition of an admirable book, one that can scarcely fail to remain the standard book on its subject. It is substantially the same as the first edition, "save for the omission of several illustrations and four appendices "; while, on the other hand, it has received some revision and some additions. Mr. Lucas in• his new preface has something to say about the neglect of the commemorations with which we commonly honour great names. There is no public monu- ment to Lamb, beyond a tablet in Edmonton Church, which is shared by the names of Cowper and Keats. No tablet has been placed on his house at Edmonton, nor in the Temple. The London County Council named one of its steamers after him. Voila foist! —In the Modern Cyclopaedia, Edited by Charles Annandale, LL.D. (Gresham Publishing Company, 6s. net), we have Vol. VI., " Mona—Post-Captain."
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