Scnoot-Booxs.—Georgics of Virgil, Book I Edited by S. C. Winbolt,
M.A. (Blackie and Son. 1s. 6d.) —The illustrations are the noticeable things in this and its kindred volumes. It is not easy to be origind—and accurate—in commenting on Virgil. But much may be done by pictures. The agricultural instru- ments, for instance, of the First Georgic are best explained by the pencil. The edition has all the appearance of careful pre- paration.—To the same series belongs Livy, Book VI., edited by W. Cecil Laming, M.A.—From the same publishers we have also received A Brief Introduction to Commercial Geography, by - the Rev. Frederick Smith, "a handbook of the Commercial Relationships of Great Britain, the Colonies, and the United States."—Asinette. by Mrs. J. G.- Frazer (J. M. Dent and: Co, 3s. 6d.), described as a "French Story for English Children." Mrs. Frazer has had considerable experience 'in French read- ing-books for young children, and knows their tastes and• cwacities. — Le Coup de Pistolet. By Prosper Merim6e. Edited by J. E. Mitchell, M.A. (Blackie and Son. )s.)—. An Ingenious Method of Learning the French Conjugations, by Leopold Courtrai (the Author, 400 Glossop Road, Sheffield), a way of simplifying the conjugations of verbs, bringing them, in fact, into one.—German Without Tears, Part IL, by Mrs. Hugh Bell (E. Arnold, Is) ; and Exercises in German Composition, by Richard Kaiser (same publisher, Is. 6d.)—A German Commercial Reader, by S. E. Bally (Methuen and Co., 2s.), the object being to combine with material for translation "some practical hints on commerce, industry, commercial history and geography," which may be counted upon to excite the interest of the student.—In the "Dinglewood Shakespeare Manuals," King Henry V., with Questions and Notes by Stanley Wood (J. Heywood, is.)— Progressive Course of Chemistry for Junior Classes. By Telford Parley. (A. and C. Black 2s.)—With these may be mentioned Laudate : a Hymn and Tune Book for use in Secondary Day Schools (same publishers, 2s. 6d.) The editor has gone to many sources for his selections, drawing apart from the usual hymnals upon those specially intended for use in particular schools. The hymns are described as "undenominational," but the term must be taken with a limitation, as, among others, we have Bishop Cosin's para- phrase of the " Veni, Creator Spiritus," and the "Holy, Holy, Holy," so often used at the Trinity festival. We are unfeignedly glad to see them. Indeed, to banish the hymns which nine English Christians out of ten are accustomed to use would be a sad mistake.
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