NEw Eurnows.—In the "Flowers of Parnassus" (John Lane, ls.), Wordsworth's
Grave, by William Watson.—In the " World's Classics" (Grant Richards, ls. net), Aylwin, by Theodore Watts-Dunton. It may be, perhaps, a little soon to make this supremely important choice, but in any case a neat little edition of Ay/win for a shilling is distinctly a bargain. —The Stage Shakespeare. (W. Collins. ls. per vol.)—Six Plays, with Illustrations, Introductions, Stage History, and Glossary, neatly bound and clearly printed, a most desirable possession. —Coridon's Song, and other Verses. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. (Macmillan and Co. 2s.)—A pretty little volume, with abundance of excellent illustrations.—In the " Red Letter Library" (Blackie and Son, 2s. 6d. net), Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, by Thomas de Quincey, with Intro- duction by Charles Whibley. The introduction is admir- able, but we observe that Mr. Whibley leaves the question of de Quincey's veracity untouched. Some people say that the opium habit was, in his hands, the occasion, and not the cause, of these lurid imaginings, that he invented these things in cold blood, so to speak, as a man for a purpose may feign drunkenness. Tennyson's Poems, 1830-1859 (G. Newnes, 3s. 6d. net), in the series of " Thin-Paper Classics."—Life and Times of Savonarola. By Professor Villari. (T. Fisher Ifnwin. 2s. 6d. net.)—We may repeat, while pointing to the very low price at which this "com- plete popular edition" is sold, what we said of the book some time ago,—"the most interesting religious biography that we know of in modern times."
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