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 NOTES AND QUERIES. [ios.i. APRILS,

MR. MURRAY'S NEW BOOKS.

Completion of the Definitive Edition of the

THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON.

A New Text, collated with the Original MSS. and Revised Proofs, which are still in existence, with many hitherto Unpublished Additions. Edited by ERNEST H. COLERIDGE and ROWLAND E. PROTHERO, M.V.O. With Portrait and Illustrations. 13 vols. (6 vols. LETTERS, 7 vols. POETRY). Crown 8vo, 6s. each.

" It is our pleasure as well as our duty to record that Mr. Prothero's six goodly volumes form an edition of Byron's prose writings which adds enormously to our intimate knowledge of one of the most remarkable figures in the literature of the past century, and that the editor's work has been performed with skill and judgment." Athenaeum.

" Editor and publisher alike may be proud of the edition, which is now complete. Jaded reviewers have welcomed

each successive volume The more we see of Byron's letters the greater is our astonishment, not only at his originality,

but at the breadth of his literary knowledge Their brilliancy is conspicuous, and they range over a very wide field of

human emotion." Morning Pott.

ELEANOR ANNE ORMEROD, LL.D,,

FIRST EDITION ALREADY EXHAUSTED. SECOND EDITION IN THE PRESS.

THE GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

J'rom its Commencement in 1899 to the Capture of General Cronje's Force at Paardeberg. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Great General Staff, Berlin. Translated by Col. W. H. H. WATERS, R.A. C.V.O., late Military Attache H.B.M. Embassy, Berlin. With Maps and Plans. Demy 8vo, 15s. net.

"The most valuable work in which, since its close, the war has been discussed. It stands alone because it is the only work in which the war has been surveyed by trained and competent students of war, the only one of which the judgments are based on a familiarity with the modern

theory of war The best work that has appeared on the

South African War." Morning Post.

"Col. Waters has set the work out into lucid and vivid English, and the maps, illustrations, and general equipment

of the work are masterly A most valuable book."

Pall Mall Gazette.

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

By GEOFFREY DRAGS, Author of ' The Labour Problem,' ' The Problem of the Aged Poor,' &c. With Maps. Medium 8vo, 21s. net.

A NEW EDITION.

JOURNEY TO LHASA AND CENTRAL TIBET.

By SARAT CHANDRA DAS, C.I.E., of the Bengal Educa- tional Service, Member of the Asiatic Society, Bengal, &c. With Map and Illustrations. Demy 8vo, 10s. 6d. net.

" A thoroughly admirable piece of work, indispensable to all students of the history and social polity of Tibet."

Guardian.

LORD CARDWELL AT THE WAR OFFICE.

Being a History of his Administration, 1863-1874. By General Sir ROBERT BIDDULPH, G.C.B. G.C.M.G.

With Portrait. Demy 8vo, 9s. net.

LUCRETIA BORGIA.

According to Original Documents and Correspondence of her Day. By FERDINAND GREGOROVIUS. Translated by JOHN LESLIE GARNER. With Illustrations. Large crown 8vo, 10s. 6rf. net.

Economic Entomologist : Autobiography and Corre- spondence. Edited by ROBERT WALLACE, Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy in the University of Edin- burgh. With Portrait and numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo, 21s. net. [Keady next week.

MODERN POETS OF FAITH, DOUBT, AND PAGANISM,

and other Essays. By the Hon. ARTHUR TEMPLE LYTTELTON, late Bishop of Southampton, Author of ' The Place of Miracles in Religion.' With a Memoir, of the Author by the LORD BISHOP of ROCHESTER. Portrait. Demy 8vo, 9s. net.

" A positive and valuable addition to the library of

modern literary criticism The essays themselves are an

eloquent tribute to the beauty and virility of the character

which inspired them In tone, in expression, and in

insight its qualities are unimpeachable." Daily Chronicle.

ADRIA : a Tale of Venice.

By the Hon. ALEXANDER NELSON HOOD. Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 10s. 6rf. net.

With

FOUNTAINS ABBEY.

The Story of a Mediseval Monastery. By the Very Rev. DEAN HODGES, Principal of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. With Illustrations and Plans. Square demy 8vo, 10s. 6d. net.

" It is pleasant to have at one's command so simple and handy an account of the abbey's history. Particularly in- teresting is the story of its foundation." Globe.

" Charmingly written Amodel of what a brief monastic

history should be." Scotsman.

THE PATHWAY TO REALITY.

The Gifford Lectures, delivered in the University of St. Andrews, in the Sesion 1903-1904. Second Series. By the- Right Hon. R. B. HALDANE, M.P. LL.D. K.C., Author of 1 Education and Empire,' &c. Large crown 8vo, 10s. 6rf. net.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street, W.

Published Weekly by JOHN C. FRANCIS, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, B.C. ; and Printed by JOHN EDWARD FRANCIS, Athenrcum Press, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, B.C. Saturday, April 9, 1901.