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Coleridge's Literary Criticism. With an Introduc- tion by J. W. Mackail. (Frowde.) WE are not much in favour of selections and snippets, such as this volume provides from the 'Biographia Literaria,' 'Table Talk,' 'Literary Remains,' and ' Anima Poetse ' of Coleridge. When we have said this, however, we are bound to add that the selection is made with the fastidious and delicate taste which marks the Oxford Professor of Poetry, and gives a good idea of Coleridge's wonder- ful powers as a critic. The Professor warns us that many of the extracts may not be expressed in Coleridge's own words, being scraps from note- books, diaries, and reported lectures. The expert will further remark that some of the ideas which here figure as Coleridge's were ingeniously con- veyed oy that indefatigable talker and reader from other writers. What is undoubtedly his own is sufficient to establish the reputation of any critic. This the Introduction explains, adding a passage on Coleridge's poetry which awards praise that would have startled an earlier genera- tion, but with which we are entirely in accord. The best of Coleridge, alike in prose and verse, is inimitable, and the reader will find here much of the first order on Wordsworth and Shakespeare.

The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. Edward Hayes Plumptre to Selvn/n Image. Edited by A. H. Miles. (Routledge & Sons.) THIS is a reissue of a collection first published in 1891, in which the biographical and bibliographical matter is brought up to date, and various revisions have been made as the result of criticism. At the end of the little book is a list of the twelve volumes of the "Poets and Poetry of the Nineteenth Cen tury," the last two being devoted to * Sacred Poetry.' The volume now before us is the last of the series. Mr. Miles is painstaking, and his col- lection presents a good deal of excellent verse in a convenient form, though we cannot say that he shows any particular talent for literary criticism. Under a general heading at the end, somewhat strangely entitled 'Ac Etiam,' are gathered a number of authors whose work " calls for less extended representation."

Evesham and the Neighbourhood, by the late William Smith Vol. XXV. of the "Homeland Handbooks" (Homeland Association) has reached a second edition, and has been revised by Mr E. A. B. Barnard. It now forms a very capable guide to a district of exceptional interest. We are pleased to see a map on the scale of half an inch to the mile, which covers a large tract of country, from Worcester and Great Malvern in the west to Strat- ford, Shipston, and the Chipping Norton district in the east. This map will be a real aid to cyclists who have tours here suggested for them. We note further that geology and botany are not neglected, and that the inform ationori early history has been strengthened. Mr. E. H. New's illustra tions in themselves are enough to attract th ordinary tourist, and the photographs supplied are well chosen.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. AUGUST.

MESSRS. BROWNE & BROWNE'S Newcastle Cata- ogue 92 contains the fist edition of ' Gulliver/

2 vols., with the separate pagination to each part,.

very scarce, Benj. Motte, 1726, 20/.; the first folio- English edition of 'Don Quixote,' 1652, 4/. 4s.; a arge-paper set of "Books about Books," 6 vols., lalf -vellum, 11. 10s.; Cruikshank's ' Comic Almanac,!

1835-53, 10/.; De Morgan's 'Budget of Paradoxes,'

with the author's additions from The Athenaeum,.

21. 10s.; Dibdin's 'Decameron' and other works,.

1 vols., full russia, 1817-22, 211. ; Mrs. Jameson's 'Social and Legendary Art,' 'Legends of the

Monastic Orders and 01 the Madonna, first editions,, 4 vols., 4to, half blue calf by Riviere, 61.; the third' edition of Montaigne, 1632, 8/. ; and a copy of

Bruce's ' Roman Wall,' half-morocco, uncut, third and best edition, 1867, 51. There are items under Newcastle and Naval.

Mr. Walter V. Daniell sends Part VII. of his valuable Catalogue of Topographical Literature. This completes Stafford, and reaches to the begin- ning of Yorkshire. The catalogue now numbers over nine thousand items.

Mr. Henry Davey's Catalogue 10 con tains - numerous American items. Under Dickens is ' The Christmas Carol,' with coloured plates, 1844,. for the low price of 3s. Other works include - Granger's 'Biographical History,' 7 vols., 1806, 8s. 6d.; Hazlitt's 'Eloquence of the British Senate,"

2 vols.. 1812, 4.9. 6d.; Hobbes of Malmesbury's 'Tracts,' 1681, 5s. 6d.; and first edition of Hood's

' Up the Rhine,' 1840, 3s. Items under London, > include Evelyn's ' Fumif ugium ' and Grant's ' Ob- servations,' bound in one volume, 1661-1701, If. 15s. Mr. Francis Edwards sends Part V. of his valu- able Military Catalogue. This takes in campaigns in India and the East. We find Ferishta's ' Ma- homedan Power in India to 1612,' 4 vols., 1829,. scarce, 4/. 10s.; Price's 'Retrospect,' 4 vols., 4to,. 1811-21, 31. 5s.; Elliot's 'History,' 8 vols., 41.; and 'Memoirs of the Emperor Baber,' 4to, 1826, 51. Then we have Portuguese conquests in Asia, followed by the French and English struggle for India ; the'Rohilla War, 1773-4; the first Mahratta War, 1778-81; the three Mysore Wars, 1780-99; and the British conquest of Ceylon. Among the- works in the last-named section is Daniell's ' Scenery,' oblong folio, 1808, 61. 10s. The Goorka War : Nepal, 1814-16, includes Eraser's magnificent work, ' views in the Himala Mountains,' 1820, 51. By stages we come to the Mutiny, with a host of well-known books; then various expeditions, bringing us to the Chitral campaign of 1895. A section is devoted to Russian conquests in Asia,, another to English wars with China, and a third to- the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5.

Mr. Edwards has also a short list of New Re- mainders. We note Ingle by 's ' Shakespeare's Cen- tury of Prayse, 1591-1693,' and the Supplement edited by Dr. Furnivall, 18s.; Harrison's 'England in Shakespere's Youth,' 11. (also edited by Dr. Furnivall) ; and Stubbes's ' Anatomy of the Abuses in England in Shakespere's Youth,' 15s.

Mr. John Hitchman's Birmingham List 469 con-

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