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A Guide to the Best Fiction in English. By Ernest

A. Baker. (G. Routledge and Sons. 21s. net.)—This new edition of a most useful work of reference has been so much revised and enlarged as to be almost a fresh compilation. The most notable extension deals with Celtic fiction, the Greek and Latin romances and Icelandic sagas, and other early works chiefly interesting to the student. Besides this, of course, the output of new work since 1903 has been consider- able, especially in the way of translation, and Dr. Baker, who aims at including all accessible translations of foreign works, has had to make large additions in this respect. The book contains brief explanatory, bibliographical, and critical notes on each important work, and an elaborate index of authors, titles, and subjects.