Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales of the Right
Hon. B Disraeli. Vol. III., Sybil; Vol. IV., Tancred. (Longmans, 1871.)— These editions are excellently printed and everything that could be wished, if there were only anything whatever devised in the way of a table of contents or index to enable the reader to find a particular passage. As Mr. Disraeli has never adopted the practice of giving descriptive headings to his chapters, all this would have to be done for him ; but really it would very much have added to the convenience of the reader,—and in the case of political novels of repute, it is almost a duty to him to give him this help in turning to a favourite passage,—to have added a table of contents with some reference to the subject of each chapter. Thus the first chapter in " Sybil " might have been called Before the Derby,' the second ' Epsom,' the third 'The Egremonts and the Venetian Constitution,' and so on. In " Tancred " we might have had as separate headings, Leander's Embarrassment,' Leander's Despair' Mrs. Guy Flouncey does it at last,' The English Episcopacy,' The
Revelation on Mount Sinai,' and so forth. Such a table of contents would to real appreciators of Mr. Disraeli double the value of this otherwise clear, agreeable, and excellent edition.
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