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respective reigns. Most of the incidents depicted are from ancient plates, though some, such as the representation oy Delaroche of the execution of Lady Jane Grey, are modern. Many of the full- page plates, such as the picture of Henry VIII., Princess Mary, and Will Somers, from Lord Spen- cer's collection, and the very characteristic portrait of Philip II. of Spain, by Alonzo Sanchez-Coello, from the Berlin Museum, are of singular interest. In no respect, indeed, is the volume inferior to its predecessors, and it is written throughout in Sir Walter's brightest and most attractive style.

The Works of Shakespeare. The Lamentable Tra- gedy of Titus Andronicus. Edited by H. Bellyse Baildon. ( Methuen & Co. ) THAT this volume is, as half of its title seems to imply, the first of a new edition of Shakespeare, we are disposed to doubt. It is unlikely that a new edition would begin with a play such as ' Titus Andronicus,' and it is little probable that the most sanguine of men would dream of issuing in his life- time forty plays edited so thoroughly as that before us. So fully convinced is the latest editor that

has apparently been principally influenced in his self-imposed task by the desire to establish his thesis. His views are propounded with much moderation, and will in the main meet with little opposition. That the greater part of the play is by Shakespeare admits of no doubt, except on the part of those who judge the dramatist only from an ethical standpoint. That a not inconsiderable por- tion is by another hand is no less clear. No very difficult task would, indeed, be imposed upon one who should undertake, on internal evidence, to determine which parts are wholly Shakespeare, which are furbished up by him, and which show no trace of his handiwork. Against the views of M alone and Mr. Fleay Mr. Baildon is outspoken. He is more timid, however, when he finds himself opposed by Hallam or Mr. Sidney Lee. What he says about the difficulties in the way of ascribing 'Titus Andronicus' to Greene carries conviction, and he is pardonably severe upon Dr. Grosart for saying the Aaron in ' Titus Andronicus ' is a Jew. On the subject of verse generally he does not carry us with him. Such feminine endings as occur in
 * Titus Andronicus ' is by Shakespeare, that- he

A few unimportant errors are encountered in read- ing a volume trustworthy in the main. "Hay- wood's " * Apology for Actors ' should be Heywood s.
 * Henry VIII.' are conclusive proofs of authorship.

A Selection of Cases illustrative of the English Law of Tort. By Courtney Stanhope Kenny, LL.D. (Cambridge, University Press.) THIS work, specially designed for the Cambridge Law Tripos, is by Dr. Kenny, University Reader in English Law in Cambridge and Lecturer on Law and Moral Science at Downing, to whom are also due many legal works, including ' Outlines of Criminal Law ' and ' Select Criminal Cases.' It is specially intended for the use of those who have not immediate access to a law library, and must be of highest utility to all who follow the professor's lectures. Two hundred leading cases, some of them abridged, are given. They are arranged under three chief heads, of which the first deals with the liability for tort, general exceptions, and forensic remedies ; the second with the various kinds of torts ; and the third with the relations between tort and contract. The student will find some-

thing more than a summary of the leading cases up to date, with useful and lucid editorial comments. We need not dwell upon the gain that attends the possession of a compact body of cases. Familiarity with the authoritative writings on the subject of Sir Frederick Pollock is presupposed in the reader. The task of summarizing has been admirably accomplished. How much use has been made of American decisions will be seen by any one turning for instance, to Roberson v. the Rochester Folding Box Company and others, pp. 364 et seq., from which also the reader will learn how far beyond the mere professional student extend the interest and value of the work.

EIGHT more plays have been added to the pretty edition of Shakespeare included by Mr Heinemann in his "Favourite Classics." These consist of Cymbeline, Macbeth, Coriolanus, Romeo and Juliet As You Like It, Titus Andronicus, Jroilus and Cressida, and Lore's Labour's Lost. Each of these has a helpful introduction, taken from the great work of Dr. Brandes, and each has like the opening volumes, a reproduction of some existing picture of an actor or actress celebrated in the play. In some cases these are easily enoueh supplied. Smith, who in 'Cymbeline' stands for lachimo, first presented the part at Covent Garden 28 December, 1767. * Macbeth ' exhibits Miss Terry as Lady Macbeth, after the well-known portrait by Mr. Sergent, in which the crown does indeed "light the brows." Kemble's Coriolanus is emi- nently characteristic. Miss Ada Rehan is Rosalind to the Orlando of Mr. John Drew. 'Romeo and Juliet has a quaint reproduction altered some- what, we fancy- from a well-known plate of Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in the mausoleum scene in which both were seen at their best. With other plays more difficulty presents itself. No one alive has, presumably, seen 'Troilus and Cressida' or 4 Titus Andronicus.' We have, accordingly, an old picture of Brereton as Troilus, and one of Mrs. Wells as Lavmia. In * Love's Labour 's Lost ' we have Mrs. Bulkeley as the Princess of France.

To the very attractive series known as the " York Library " Messrs. G. Bell & Sons have added Fannv Barney's Cecilia, in 2 vols edited by Annie Raine Ellis, and Emerson s Works, Vol. II., containing 'English Tracts,' 'The Conduct of Life,' and Nature.' A comparison of these dainty editions with their predecessors shows what an advance recent years have made in the production of books, at once cheap, artistic, and convenient.

MR. HENRY FROWDE is issuing a series of diminu- tive reprints of Dickens's Christmas books, two of which, The Cricket on the Hearth and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain have appeared. They are handsomely printed on Oxford India paper, well bound and illustrated, and are gems. They are called the " Bijou Edition," and are issued in various bindings at prices risinc from Is. each.

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M. Maurice Maeterlinck on 'Rome.' This is at least as much concerned with Greece as with Rome, and laments that we have not the instinct that enabled the Greek to find in his own body the faxed standard of beauty that the Egyptian* the

yr w n ',i ? er xl an ' ^ )l ft hfc vain ty elsewhere. The Warden of New College, Oxford, accom-