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special pleading, and that what was sauce for the goose was not sauce for the gander, arose in the mind, and in the end Mr. Beesly had all but driven us into the camp opposite to his own. The book, if not convincing, is very readable. It is well printed also, and has two or three illustrations, among which may be counted a portrait of Danton's powerful but repellent physiognomy.

The Poems of Thomas Carew. Edited by Arthur

Vincent. (Lawrence & Bullen.) CAREW'S poems find an appropriate place in the exquisite series of Messrs. Lawrence & Bullen, often praised by us, "The Muses' Library." Mr. Vincent supplies a biographical and critical intro- duction of much value, in which he is far from overpraising a poet to whom his contemporaries did scant justice. It is, of course, due to the species of arraignment by Suckling that Carew is still regarded as hidebound. Carew has not the lyrical grace and fervour of Herrick nor the rhap- sodical extravagance of George Wither, taking that poet at his best. His lyrics are, however, such as no lover of poetry would spare, and some of them notably "Give me more love or more disdain "- count among the best of the epoch. Never before have they appeared in an edition so elegant and tasteful, or one so fit to be read "by a fair queen in a summer bower" or to be taken by the student to the summer fields.

A Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College. By John Venn, Senior Fellow. Vol. II. (Cambridge, University Press.)

DR. VENN has now completed his laborious task of

Siblishing the Admission Lists of the College with ographical notes. The present volume, starting from the year 1713, carries the list down to last year. In some ways this space of time has not quite the romance or the difficulty of discovery of an earlier age, but many living members of the College will gladly glance over the records of their contemporaries, and possibly no memento mori could be of more pathetic perfection than such a list as this. Dr. Venn promises us presently the third volume, containing the general history of the Col- lege. Three illustrations are given : of the Gate of Humility in its original position (it now whether as an object lesson or not we are ignorant adorns the Master's garden), of Tree Court before 1868, and of the outside of that court, where now Mr. Water- house's Tourainesque edifice stands finely and boldly forth, its one and only defect being that it is utterly un-English,

We shall look forward with much interest to the third volume, and can, meanwhile, cordially com- mend the book to all who care for an ancient and learned foundation, as well as to lovers of genea- logies and of Cambridge itself. We have tested a goodly number of the biographical statements, and found them perfectly accurate.

The Clergy Director and Parish Guide for 1899.

Phillip's.

THE twenty-ninth annual issue of this, the most convenient as well as the best and most accurate of clerical guides, is before us, and once more fulfils every requirement. The delay in its appearance was due to the much-to-be-regretted death of the editor of previous volumes. No shortcoming has attended what was practically a change of horses in the middle of the stream, and the volume is to be re-

commended as heretofore to our readers. Not the least of its claims is the lowness of price, which in the case of a work so full of matter is remarkable.

AMONG other articles, Melusine for January- February presents its readers with a critical text of a popular complainte on 4 La Passion du Doux Jesus.' It also supplies a very useful bibliography of the Gorgon and the Gorgonion.

THE Intermediate continues to prove itself a veritable storehouse of information for antiquaries and genealogists. The later numbers deal with many subjects, including pedigrees, pulpits built outside churches, the preservation of corpses in the soil in which they are buried, curious feudal rights, and chained books and manuscripts. Forti- fied churches receive further notice, and under the date of 20 January there is a long article on French printing in 1490.

THE Giornale di Erudizione also treats of widely differing themes. Its bibliographical bulletin gives reviews of many literary, historical, and scientific books, while its questions and answers include subjects as far apart as an ancient antidote against the bite of a serpent and the ' Divine Comedy ' in its English forms.

OUR friend and contributor H. E. M. has sent us from St. Petersburg a list of seventeenth and eighteenth century tracts on which he has been fortunate enough to light. Many of them seem curious.

MR. ARTHUR HUSSEY, a member of the Kent Archaeological Society, of Wingham, near Dover, proposes to publish by subscription the ' History of Preston, Elmstone, and Stourmouth.'

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