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 MESSRS. METHUEN'S LIST 23 A Kempis. THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. By THOMAS A KEMPIS. With an Introduction by DEAN FARRAR. Illustrated by C. M. GERE, and printed in black and red. Second Edition. Fcap. Sv0. Buckram. $s. 6d. Padded morocco, $s. 'Amongst all the innumerable English editions of the " Imitation," there can have been few which were prettier than this one, printed in strong and handsome type, with all the glory of red initials.' Glasgow Herald. J. Keble. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. ByJOHNKEBLE. Withan Introduction and Notes by W. LOCK, D. D., Warden of Keble College, Ireland Professor at Oxford. Illustrated by R. ANNING BELL. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. Buckram. %s. 6d. Padded morocco, $s. ' The present edition is annotated with all the care and insight to be expected from Mr. Lock. The progress and circumstances of its composition are detailed in the Introduction. There is an interesting Appendix on the MSS. of the " Christian Year," and another giving the order in which the poems were written. A "Short Analysis of the Thought " is prefixed to each, and any difficulty in the text is ex- plained in a note.' Guardian. Lfbrar of Devotion. Pott 8vo. zs.; leather, 2s. 6d. net. 'This series is excellent.' THE BISHOP OF LONDON. ' A very delightful edition." THE BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS. ' Well worth the attention of the Clergy.' THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD. ' The new " Library of Devotion " is excellent.' THE BISHOP op PETERBOROUGH. ' Charming.' Record. 'Delightful.' Church Bells. THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE. Newly Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by C. BIGG, D.D., late Student of Christ Church. ' The translation is an excellent piece of English, and the introduction is a masterly exposition. We augur well of a series which begins so satisfactorily.' Times. ' No translation has appeared in so convenient a form, and none, we think, evidenc- ing so true, so delicate, so feeling a touch.' Birmingliam Post. ' Dr. Bigg has made a new and vigorous translation, and has enriched the text with a luminous introduction and pithy notes.' Speaker. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. By JOHN KEBLE. With Intro- duction and Notes by WALTER LOCK, D.D., Warden of Keble College, Ireland Professor at Oxford. 'No prettier book could be desired.' Manchester Guardian. 'The volume is very prettily bound and printed, and may fairly claim to be an advance on any previous editions.' Guardian. ' The introduction is admirable, and admirers of Keble will be greatly interested in the chronological list of the poems.' Bookman.' THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. A Revised Translation, with an Introduction, by C. BIGG, D.D., late Student of Christ Church. Dr. Bigg has made a practically new translation of this book, which the reader will have, almost for the first time, exactly in the shape in which it left the hands of the author. 'The text is at once scholarly in its faithful reproduction in English of the sonorous Church Latin in which the original is composed, and popular in the sense of being simple and intelligible.' Scotsman.