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 14 Messrs. Methuen's List Biography S. Baring Gould. THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONA- PARTE. By S. Baring Gould. With over 450 Illustrations in the Text and 12 Photogravure Plates. Large quarto. Gilt top. 365'. ' The best biography of Napoleon in our tongue, nor have the French as good a biographer of their hero. A book very nearly as good as Southey's " Life of Nelson." ' — Manchester Guardian. 'The main feature of this gorgeous volume is its great wealth of beautiful photo- gra-ures and finely-executed wood engravings, constituting a complete pictorial chronicle of Napoleon I.'s personal history from the days of his early childhood at A accio to the date of his second interment.' — Daily Telegraph. ' Nearly all the illustrations are real contributions to history.' — Westminster Gazette. Morris Fuller. THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JOHN DAVENANT, D.D. (1571-1641), Bishop of Salisbury. By Morris Fuller, B.D. Dany %vo. 10s. 6d. J. M. Rigg. ST. ANSELM OF CANTERBURY : A Chapter IN THE History of Religion. By J. M. Rigg. Demy%vo. Ts, 6d. Mr. Rigg has told the story of the life with scholarly ability, and has contributed an interesting chapter to the history of the Norman period.' — Daily Chronicle. F. W. Joyce. THE LIFE OF SIR FREDERICK GORE OUSELEY. By F. W. Joyce, M.A. 7^. 6d. ' This book has been undertaken in quite the right spirit, and written with sjTnpathy, insight, and considerable literary skill.' — Times. W. G. Collingwood. THE LIFE OF JOHN RUSKIN. By W. G. Collingwood, M.A. With Portraits, and 13 Diawings by Mr. Ruskin. Secofid Edition. 2 vols. 8vo, 32^'. ' No more magnificent volumes have been published for a long time.' — Times. ' It is long since we had a biography with such delights of substance and of form. Such a book is a pleasure for the day, and a joy for ever.' — Daily Chronicle. C. Waldstein, JOHN RUSKIN. By Charles Waldstein, M.A. With a Photogravure Portrait. Post Zvo. 55. 'A thoughtful and well-written criticism of Ruskin's teaching.' — Daily Chronicle. A. M. F. Darriesteter. THE LIFE OF ERNEST RENAN. By Madame Darmesteter. With Portrait. Second Edition. Cr. Zvo. 6j-. ' A polished gem of biography, superior in its kind to anj' attempt that has been made of recent years in England. Madame Darmesteter has indeed written for English readers " The Life of Ernest Renan."' — Athenceum. 'It is a fascinating and biographical and critical study, and an admirably finished work of literary art.' — Scotsfnan. ' It is interpenetrated with the dignity and charm, the mild, bright, classical grace of form and treatment that Renan himself so loved ; and it fulfils to ihe uttermost the delicate and diiBcult achievement it sets out to accomplish.' — Academy. W. H. Hutton. THE LIFE OF SIR THOMAS MORE. By W. II. IIUTTON, M.A. With Portraits. Crown Svo. S^- ' The book lays good claim to high rank among our biographies. It is excellently, even lovingly, written.' — Scotsman, ' An excellent monograph.' — Times.