Page:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire vol 6 (1897).djvu/605

 Messrs. Methuen's List 23 A Kempis. THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. By Thomas a Kempis. With an Introduction by Deax Farrar. Illustrated by C. M. Gere, and printed in black and red. Second Edition. Fcap. Svo. Buckram. 3^. 6t/. 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 tj-pe, with all the glory of red initials.' — Glasgovj Herald. J. Keble. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. ByJOHNKEBLE. With an Introduction and Notes by W. LOCK.D.D., Warden of Keble College, Ireland Professor at Oxford. Illustrated by R. Anning Bell. Second Edition. Fcap. %vo. Buckram. 3^. 6c Xibrarg ot H)crotioji. Potf&vo. 2s.; leather, 2s. 6d. net. 'This series is excellent.' — The Bishop of London. ' . 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 e.cellent.' — The Bishop of Peterbokough. ' Charming.' — Record. ' Delightful.'— C/2z<rc/£ Belh. 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.' — Birmingkaiii Post. ' Dr. Bigg has made a new and vigorous translation, and has enriched the te.xt wit'n 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 hound 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, e.xactly 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.