NEW Enrriotss.—The sixth volume of the "Haworth Edition" of "The
Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and her Sisters" (Smith, Elder, and Co., Os.) contains The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Bronti.i. Mrs. Ward prefixes a critical introduction. Of the tale itself she has little to say. It will probably continue to be printed because it is the work of a Bronfe, but we much doubt whether it will continue to be read. Has it, indeed, been read at all during the last thirty years ? It isnot less forbidding than " Wuthering Heights," and it is far weaker. Of Anne Broute herself we have an interesting account. In some ways Anne is the saddest figure in that sad family group. She had less power of resistance than the others. On the other hand, sh e had a more potent consolation.—Lessons in Elementary Physiology. By Thomas H. Huxley. (Macmillan and Co. 4s. 6d.)—Professor M. Foster and Dr. Lea have collaborated in bringing this volume up to date. When we say that it was first published thirty-four years ago, and that the latest edition appeared in 1885, all more recent volumes being reprints only, it will be seen that this was no easy task. But Professor Huxley had a singular gift of lucid exposi- tion, and we do not doubt that the editors have done well to retain as far as possible the form of the original —Tent-Boo); of Algebra. Part II. By G. Cbrystal. (A. and C. Black. 12s. 6d.) —The Concise English Dictionary. By Charles Annandale, LL.D. (Blackie and Son. 3s. 6d.)—This is certainly marvellously good value for the very moderate price. The pages, triple- columned, number close upon eight hundred and fifty. There are some hundred thousand entries, with literary appendices. —The Lyrical Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson (J. M. Dent and Co., 2% 6d. net.), a volume of the " Lyrical Poets Series."—In Memoriam. By Alfred Lord Tennyson. With an Analysis and Notes by the Rev. H. C. Beaching. (Methuen and Co. ls. 6d.) —Mr. Beeching furnishes a general introduction, a summary prefixed to the various poems, indicating the purpose and connection of each, and some footnotes. A better guide could hardly be found, not its least valuable quality being the severe compression which Mr. Beeching has exercised in his comments. What volumes might be written about In Memoriam!-- The Queen's Garland (Duckworth and Co., 2s. 6d. net) is a very pretty little volume containing " Chosen Lyrics of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth," selected and arranged by Fitzroy Carrington. They number between eighty and ninety, and make a very gay and fragrant nosegay.—The Larger Temple Shakespeare, edited by Israel Gollancz (Dent and Co., 4s. 6d. net), Vols. IX. and X., containing respectively "Titus Andronicns," " Romeo and Juliet," " Tiznon of Athens," "Julius Caesar " and " Macbeth," "Hamlet " and " King Lear."—An edition of " The Works of Tobias Smollett," Roderick Random, 2 vols. (A. Constable and Co., 15s. net), with an introduction, biographical and critical, by W. E. Henley, which says what has to be said very well. Doubtless much English literature has its foundation in what Smollett did, but foundations are often better out of sight. —The Romany Bye : a Sequel to Lavengro. By George Borrow. (John Murray. 68.)-1 frontis- piece gives the main street of East Dereham, and notes have been added by the "author of the Life of George Borrow." Of the notes none is more curious than that which describes the selling of wives in England. Possibly too much is made of what is commonly a brutal jest, but that there is a lurking belief that this sale is equivalent to divorce can hardly be denied. —The Life of Dante, by the late E. H. Plumptre, D.D. (Isbister and Co., 2s. 6d.), is reprinted with certain osnis• ginns..A very pretty little volume, both within and without.— Evils of Collective Bargaining in Trades' Unions, by T. S. Cree (Bell and Bain, Glasgow), and by the same author and publishers, Criticism of the Theory of Trades' Unions.—The Right to Bear Arms. By " X." (Elliot Stock.)—" X" is almost ludicrously in earnest. Is not the whole thing as obsolete as the shields on which the arms were once emblazoned and the helmets which were once crested ? The only touch of reality in the matter is the tax. If the State takes your money and gives the " license" to use these decorations, who shall say you nay ?—We have received a third edition of a work already mentioned in these columns, Boer War, 1899-1900, by Lieutenant-Colonel H. M. E. Bruncker (W. Clowes and Sons, 2s. 6d.), containing a"fall account of our forces in South Africa, of the incidents of the war, casual- ties, &c.—With this may be mentioned a "second edition" of Field.Marshal Lord Roberts, by Horace C. Groser (A. Melrose, Is. net).
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