NEIN , EDITIONS.—The Dictionary of National Biography. Edited by Sidney Lee.
Vol. X. (Smith, Elder. and Co. 25s. net.)— This volume corresponds to XXVIII.-XXX. of the original edition (the earliest of the portion which appeared under the sole editorship of Mr. Sidney Lee). It takes in the names " Howard " (sixty-one items covering seventy-three pages, of which four are given to John Howard, prison philanthropist) to "Kenneth." Among the items are the Stuart Kings of Scotland, showing an average life of thirty-five years and seven months.— Lady Nairne and her Songs. By the Rev. George Henderson. (Alex. Gardner, Paisley. 2s. net.)-12,007 Words Often Mis- pronounced. By W. H. P. Phyfe. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. Os.)— An enlarged edition, the number of corrections being increased from ten to twelve thousand.—With these may be mentioned some volumes of "English Literature for Schools" (Cambridge University Press). These are Travels of Captain John Smith, Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by E. A. Bonians, MA.; IVilliain Cobbett's Rural Rides, Selected and Edited by J. H. Lobban, MA.; William Hazlitt's Characters of Shakespeare's Plays, Edited by the same ; and Defoe's Memoirs of a Cavalier, Edited by Elizabeth O'Neill. The price of the volumes is is. 4d. each.
We may also mention, in Messrs. Sisley's series of " Pixoy Books" some well-known tales retold for children. These are Sindbacl the Sailor, by Dudley Vivian ; Robinson Crusoe,by the same ; The Story of Ivanhoe, by Edith Roberts; and The Basket of Flowers, by the
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