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 408 iv. DEC. M>, 1905, NOTES AND QUERIES, terms of Mr. F. E. Clements, published in Engler' ' Botanische Jahrbiicher.' It is, of course, not the fault of Mr. Jackson that so many of the terms are we may not say barbarous, but monstrous, the responsibility for them resting on the various coiners of the words. Concerning the utility of th< volume there can be no doubt, and further addi tions will in time be necessary, since of increase in scientific phraseology and definition there is no end. Southward Cathedral ami See. By George Worley (Bell & Sons.) ONE more volume, nowise inferior to its prede cessors, has been added to the admirable and almosi exhaustive "Cathedral Series" of Messrs. Bell. It is dedicated to Southwark Cathedral, concern- ing which, in its former name of St. Marie Overie, our own pages overflow. Historically and descrip- tively the work is all that can be desired, and a series of illustrations from prints, drawings, and photographs adds wonderfully to its attractions. To this most interesting of fanes a better handbook is not to be desired. Photograms of the Year 19(15. (Dawbarn & Ward.] ' PHOTOGRAMS,' the eleventh annual issue of which appears, is delightful as ever. Jt is admirably illustrated, and shows once more a marked advance. The right of photography to rank as art is incon- testably proved. Weakness is occasionally, though rarely, shown in composition, but the effects pro- duced in land and sea scapes, figures, and the like are marvellous. So much is there to commend that we know not where to begin or to leave off praise. Absolutely wonderful effects are produced. Apart from the value of the work for trade purposes, it is a beautiful thing for the drawing-room table, and may be turned over with ever-renewed gratification. We claim no technical knowledge, but the effect of the finest engravings is obtained and, we sometimes think, surpassed. The Young Duke. By the Earl of Beaconsfield. (De La More Press.) A CENTENARY EDITION of the early novels of Lord Beaconatield. from the De La More Press, begins with ' The Young Duke.' Appearing in 1831, this remarkable novel is four or five years later in date than ' Vivian Grey,' which will doubtless follow in the series. The edition is prettily got up, its red cover bearing on the back a gold primrose. A striking portrait is supplied of Disraeli, now at Hughenden, by Chalon (Alfred Edward, it is to be presumed). The reprint is judicious, and will doubtless be popular. The Diner Out. By Cuyler Reynolds. (Routledge & Sons.) Who Wrote That:1 (Prose Authors.) By H. Swan. (Same publishers.) Two further volumes are added to the rapidly augmenting " Miniature Reference Library." ' The Diner Out,' which contains many gastronomic utter- ances, English and foreign, is adapted from ' The Banquet Book.' In the other volume there is a curious collection of writers, including many belong- ing to the youngest school. On p. 18, from G. H. Lewes, appears the following, which might have been written of Sir H. Irving: "The greatest artist is he who is greatest in the highest reaches of his art, even though lie may lack the qualities necessary for the adequate execution of some minor details." The Little Black Princess. By Jeannie Gunn. (De La More Press.) THIS volume is a novelty in works designed as gift- books. It claims, no doubt justly, to be a true tale of life in the Never-Never Land. Its chief object is amusement, and this it attains. Incidentally, however, it casts a certain amount of light upon Australian customs, including even matters such as the rites of initiation and remote questions of con- sanguinity and kinship, with the scientific study of which anthropologists are deeply occupied. The heroine is a little lubra with a mongrel cur, but we have a sad history of a dusky monarch accepting at the hands of the English the title of "Goggle Eyes," who is sung to death by magic. A rough map showing the site on the Roper River of the Homestead is furnished, and there are numerous well-executed illustrations of characters, scenes, and objects. Gammer Grethel's Fairy Tales. Illustrated. With Introduction by Laurence Housman. (De La More Press.) AMONG Mr. Moring's contributions to Christmas enjoyment is a reprint, in a cheaper, but still thoroughly attractive and artistic shape, of this delightful collection of fairy tales, with the no lew delightful illustrations of Cruikshank, warmly praised by Ruskin. and of others. An ideal gift- book, this edition differs only in external respects from that issued three years ago. Mr. Ufibledfjub and the Howe Fairies. By A. Thorburn. (David Nutt.) WE have here one of the best collections of Christ- mas stories for children issued in most attractive form. With its handsome cover, superb coloured frontispiece, and numerous illustrations, full-page and other, by May Faraday and Dorothy Newill, it is an altogether ideal possession for the in- habitants of the nursery. Humjitij Dnmptii, and other Songs. By Joseib Moorat. Pictured by Paul Woodroffe. (De LA More Press.) WE have here such popular songs as ' Rub-a-Dub Dub,' ' Cock-a-Doodle-Doo,' ' Baa-Baa, Black Sheep,' &c., with musical notation and with superb elates. The whole constitutes one of the most AMONG Christmas novelties The Engaijfmtnf Calendar of Mr. Moring is warmly to be com- mended. THREE more of the De La More booklets h»ve >een issued in a pretty case befitting their delicate shapes. They consist of Keats's ftonuct*. Coleridge'i Rime, of the Ancient Mariner, and Shelley's Cloud, Skylark, and Ode to the West Wind, uniform with lis ' Adonais.' MRS. BARIIAULD'S eminently devotional ffi/mu' 'n Pro*e for Children have been reissued in large and beautiful type on excellent paper, and in a most dainty cover, from the De La More Prets. The lovely design on the cover is repeated within as the frontispiece. To the series of books in words of one »vIUble— ncludiug already 'Bible Stories,' 'The Pilgrim'*
 * orgeous gift-books of the season.