New EDITIONS.— History of Civilisation in England. By Henry Thomas Buckle.
3 vols. (Longmans & Co. 10s. 6d.)—These volumes belong to the publishers' " Silver Library." Buckle's book has not continued to hold the place in literature that might have been expected from the sensation made by its first appearance. We do not remember to have seen any recent reprint of it. Yet what a storehouse of learning it is! How absolutely amazing is the " List of Authors Quoted " 1 It extends over thirty-two pages, and contains, we should suppose, not far off a thousand volumes. Buckle's theory, which depreciated the individual man and magni- fied the "almighty average," prejudices the reader against him ; but his book nevertheless is a great work.—In the " World's Classics" (Grant Richards, Is. net) we have Robinson Crusoe, the first part, it should be understood.—A New English and French Vocabulary. By A. Ludwig and H. Lallemand. (Hirschfeld Brothers. 2s. 6d. net.)—Messrs. Macmillan have begun to issue in sixpenny parts their delightful illustrated edition—first published in 1892—of John Richard Green's " Short History of the English People." This venture merits, and doubtless will receive, success.
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