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Clough (Arthur Hugh), (continued) —

THE POEMS OF ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH, sometime Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. With a Memoir by F. T. PALGRAVE. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 65.

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From the higher mind of cultivated, all-questioning, but still conservative England, in this our puzzled generation, we do not know of any utterance in literature so characteristic as the poems of Arthur Hugh Clough."-FRASER'S MAGAZINE.

Dante.-DANTE'S COMEDY, THE HELL.

W. M. ROSSETTI. Fcap. 8vo. cloth. 5s.

Translated by

"The aim of this translation of Dante may be summed up in one word -Literality.. To follow Dante sentence for sentence, line for line, word for word neither more nor less-has been my strenuous endeavour." -AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

De Vere.-THE INFANT BRIDAL, and other Poems.
AUBREY DE VERE. Fcap. 8vo.
7s. 6d.

By

"Mr. De Vere has taken his place among the poets of the day. Pure and tender feeling, and that polished restraint of style which is called classical, are the charms of the volume."-SPECTATOR,

Doyle (Sir F. H.).—Works by Sir FRANCIS HASTINgs Doyle, Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford :

THE RETURN OF THE GUARDS, AND OTHER POEMS. Fcap. 8vo. 75.

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"Good wine needs no bush, nor good verse a preface; and Sir Francis Doyle's verses run bright and clear, and smack of a classic vintage. His chief characteristic, as it is his greatest charm, is the simple manliness which gives force to all he writes. It is a characteristic in these days rare enough."-EXAMINER.

Doyle (Sir F. H.), (continued)—

LECTURES ON POETRY, delivered before the University of Oxford in 1868. Extra crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

THREE LECTURES :—(1) Inaugural; (2) Provincial Poetry; (3) Dr. Newman's "Dream of Gerontius."

"Full of thoughtful discrimination and fine insight: the lecture on 'Provincial Poetry' seems to us singularly true, eloquent, and instructive.” SPECTATOR.

Evans.- BROTHER

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OTHER POEMS. By SEBASTIAN EVANS. Fcap. 8vo. cloth. 6s.

In this volume we have full assurance that he has the vision and the faculty divine.. Clever and full of kindly humour." — GLOBE.

Furnivall.-LE MORTE D'ARTHUR. Edited from the Harleian M.S. 2252, in the British Museum. By F. J. FURNIVALL, M.A. With Essay by the late HERBERT COLERIDGE. Fcap. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Looking to the interest shown by so many thousands in Mr. Tennyson's Arthurian poems, the editor and publishers have thought that the old version would possess considerable interest. It is a reprint of the celebrated Harleian copy; and is accompanied by index and glossary.

Garnett.-IDYLLS AND EPIGRAMS. Chiefly from the Greek Anthology. By RICHARD GARNETT. Fcap. 8vo.

2s. 6d. "A charming little book. For English readers, Mr. Garnett's translalations will open a new world of thought."-WESTMINSTER REVIEW.

GUESSES AT TRUTH. By Two BROTHERS. With Vignette,

Title, and Frontispiece. New Edition, with Memoir. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.

"The following year was memorable for the commencement of the 'Guesses at Truth.' He and his Oxford brother, living as they did in constant and free interchange of thought on questions of philosophy and

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literature and art; delighting, each of them, in the epigrammatic terseness which is the charm of the 'Pensées' of Pascal, and the Caractères' of La Bruyère-agreed to utter themselves in this form, and the book appeared, anonymously, in two volumes, in 1827.”—MEMOIR.

Hamerton.-A PAINTER'S CAMP.

HAMERTON.

By PHILIP GILBERT

Second Edition, revised. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.

Book I. In England; Book II. In Scotland; Book III. In France. This is the story of an Artist's encampments and adventures. The headings of a few chapters may serve to convey a notion of the character of the book: A Walk on the Lancashire Moors; the Author his own Housekeeper and Cook; Tents and Boats for the Highlands; The Author encamps on an uninhabited Island; A Lake Voyage; A Gipsy Journey to Glen Coe; Concerning Moonlight and Old Castles; A little French City; A Farm in the Autunois, &c. &c.

"His pages sparkle with happy turns of expression, not a few well-told anecdotes, and many observations which are the fruit of attentive study and wise reflection on the complicated phenomena of human life, as well as of unconscious nature."-WESTMINSTER REVIEW.

ETCHING AND ETCHERS. A Treatise Critical and Practical. By P. G. HAMERTON. With Original Plates by REMBRANDT, CALLOT, DUJARDIN, PAUL POTTER, &c. Royal 8vo. Half morocco. 31s. 6d.

"It is a work of which author, printer, and publisher may alike feel proud. It is a work, too, of which none but a genuine artist could by possibility have been the author."-SATURDAY REVIEW.

Helps.-REALMAH.

By ARTHUR HELPS.

Cheap Edition.

Crown 8vo. 6s.

Of this work, by the Author of "Friends in Council," the Saturday Review says: "Underneath the form (that of dialogue) is so much shrewdness, fancy, and above all, so much wise kindliness, that we should thirk all the better of a man or woman who likes the book."

Herschel.-THE ILIAD OF HOMER. Translated into English Hexameters. By Sir JOHN HERSCHEL, Bart. 8vo. 18s.

A version of the Iliad in English Hexameters. The question of Homeric translation is fully discussed in the Preface.

"It is admirable, not only for many intrinsic merits, but as a great man's tribute to Genius."-ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.

HIATUS: the Void in Modern Education. Its Cause and Antidote. By OUTIS. 8vo. 8s. 6d.

The main object of this Essay is to point out how the emotional element which underlies the Fine Arts is disregarded and undeveloped at this time so far as (despite a pretence at filling it up) to constitute an Educational

Hiatus.

HYMNI ECCLESIÆ. See "THEOLOGICAL SECTION."

Kennedy. -- LEGENDARY FICTIONS OF THE IRISH CELTS. Collected and Narrated by PATRICK KENNEDY. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

"A very admirable popular selection of the Irish fairy stories and legends, in which those who are familiar with Mr. Croker's, and other selections of the same kind, will find much that is fresh, and full of the peculiar vivacity and humour, and sometimes even of the ideal beauty, of the true Celtic Legend."-SPECTATOR.

Kingsley (Canon).—See also "HISTORIC SECTION,” “WORKS OF FICTION," and "PHILOSOPHY;" also "JUVENILE BOOKS," and "THEOLOGY."

THE SAINTS' TRAGEDY: or, The True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary. By the Rev. CHARLES KINGSLEY. With a Preface by the Rev. F. D. MAURICE. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 55.

ANDROMEDA, AND OTHER POEMS. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.

Kingsley (Canon), (continued)

PHAETHON; or, Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 25.

Kingsley (Henry).-See "WORKS OF FICTION."

Lowell.-UNDER THE WILLOWS, AND OTHER POEMS. By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.

"Under the Willows is one of the most admirable bits of idyllic work, short as it is, or perhaps because it is short, that have been done in our generation."-SATURDAY REVIEW.

Masson (Professor).—ESSAYS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL. Chiefly on the British Poets. By DAVID MASSON, LL.D., Professor of Rhetoric in the University of Edinburgh. 8vo. 12s. 6d.

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Distinguished by a remarkable power of analysis, a clear statement of the actual facts on which speculation is based, and an appropriate beauty of Language. should be popular with serious men.” ATHENÆUM.

These essays.

BRITISH NOVELISTS AND THEIR STYLES. Being a Critical Sketch of the History of British Prose Fiction. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

"Valuable for its lucid analysis of fundamental principles, its breadth of view, and sustained animation of style."-SPECTATOR.

MRS. JERNINGHAM'S JOURNAL. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. A Poem of the boudoir or domestic class, purporting to be the journal of a newly-married lady.

"One quality in the piece, sufficient of itself to claim a moment's attention, is that it is unique—original, indeed, is not too strong a word--in the manner of its conception and execution."-PALL MALL GAZETTE.

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