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 NOTES AND QUERIES. [ys.iv.Nov.i.w. DAVID N U T T, 270, Strand. A SELECTION FROM MR. NUTT'S LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS. SCOTTISH VERNACULAR LITERATURE: a Succinct Bistory. By T. F. HENDERSON. Crown 8vo. x-464 pp. Printed at the Constable Pre». Buckram, top gilt, fti. Contents.—The Scottish Vernacular—Minstrelsy and Romance— Historical Poetry—The Scottish Fabliau and the Decay of Romance—The Early Chaucerians—Dunbar and Walter Kennedy— Gavin Douglns and Sir David Lj ml say- Minor and Later Poets of the Sixteenth Century — Anonymous Poetry of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuriea — Vernacular Prose—Traditional Ballads and Songs—Before Ramsay— Ramsay to Burns—Burns afterwards. "NORTBBRN LIBRARY."—Vol. IV. SVEBRISSAGA. The Saga of King Sverri of Norway. Translated by J. SBPHTON, M. A., Reader in Icelandic in University College, Liverpool. With Introduction, 2 Appendices : I.' The Flatey-Book Prologue. II. Anecdoton Bverreri: a Defence of the Klsgiigainet the Bishops and Clergy, out of the Canon Law, and 8 Maps illustrative of Korweglan History in the Twelfth Century. 4to. xxx-2£8 pp., half-buckram, 16». net. ECCLESIASTES. An Introduction to the Book, an Exegetical Analysis, and a Translation, with Notes. By THOMAS TYLKIt, M.A. A New Edition. Demy 8vo. xti-108 pp. 6s. net. Contents.— The Character, Authorship, and Date of Bccle&lastes—Its Belation to Job, the Pcalms, the Prophets, and the Book of Wisdom—The Design and the Book and its Connexion with Jewish History—Manifest Influence of Greek Philosophy—Style, Diction, Integrity of Text, Reception into Canon, Ac. STUDIES ON BIBLICAL SUBJECTS.—No. 2. JACOB at BETHEL. The Vision—The Stone—The Anointing. An Essay in Comparative Religion. By A. SMYTHE PALMER, D.D. Crov n 8vo. 187 pp. cloth, 2*. M net. No. 1. BABYLONIAN INFLUENCE on the BIBLE, was published in 1897, and costs 2s. «d. net. EAGLEHAWK and GROW. A Study of the Australian Aborigines, including an Inquiry into their Origin, and a Survey of Australian Languages. By JOHN MATHRW, M.A. B D. Demy 8vo. xvi-288 pp. With Linguistic Map of Australia and Illustrations. Cloth, uncut, 18i. net » » Upwards of 70 pp. are occupied by the Comparative Tables in which some Fifty Dialects, drawn from all part-s of the Continent, are represented. The material thus accumulated is graphically set forth on the Linguistic Map. P0P0LAR STUDIES in MYTHOLOGY, ROMANCE, and FOLK-LOBE. 16mo. stiff wrapper, each ed. net j post free, Id. %* This Series, issued under the general direction of Mr. Alfred Nutt, is intet ded to impart in a concise and accurate, but thoroughly popular manner, Information concerning the subjects of which it treats. Bach study gives a bioad survey of the theme, unembarrassed by Notes or References. Full Bibliographical Appendices are provided for those who wish to carry the study of the subject further. The following Numbers will be Issued this year :— 1. The INFLUENCE of CELTIC upon MEDIAEVAL ROMANCE. By ALFRED NUTT. [lieady. 2. FOLK-LORE: What it Is and what is the good of it. By B. S. HARTLAND, F.S.A., President of the Folk-lore Society. [Ready. a The FABLES of MSOV : How they were brought together. By JOSEPH JACOB8. 4. OSSIAN and the LITERATURE CONNECTED with HIS NAME. By ALFRED NUTT. [Ready Nivember. 5. A SURVEY of ARTHURIAN ROMANCE. By JBSSIE L. WB8TON. [Ready Xm'tmber. Further Numbers will be devoted to: Cuchulinn, the Irish Achilles; The Eddas and their Origin; Wagner and Northern Mythology ; The Legend of the Swan Maid ; The Fairy Mythology of Shakespeare; The Legend of the Holy Grail, Ac. A CHEAP REISSUE OF MR. TYLER'S EDITION OF THE SONNETS. SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS. Edited, with Notes and Introduction, by TH. TYLBR. M.A. With Appendix: The Herbert Fit ton Theory of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Square demy 8vo. xx-315-22 pp. With the following Illustrations : Portraits of William Herbert, Barl of Pembroke, of his Mother, Mary, Countess of Pembroke, of Mrs. Mary Fitton, and of the Fit ton Tomb at Gawsworth. Cloth, uncut, 6s. net. %* Mr. Tyler's edition of the Sonnets, originally issued at 12s., won immediate recognition as one of the Standard Works upon the obscure and delicate questions Involved in the interpretation of the Sonnet*. Whilst Mr. Tyler's Intro- duction, extending to 150 pages, is mainly concerned with the exposition of his theory of the relations between Pembroke, Shakespeare, and Mrs. Fitton, the running commentary Is devoted to the general elucidation of the Sonnets. In the Appendix (the Herbert Fitton Theory), which may be had separately for W. net, Mr. Tyler defends his position against the criticism of Mr. Sidney Lee. ARADIA; or, the GOSPEL of the WITCHES of ITALY. Dkcovered, partly Edited, and Translated by CHARLES Q. LBLAND (Hans Breltmann). Crown 8vo. xvi-134 pp. Printed on Hand- made Paper, cloth, top gilt, 3». Brf. net. Contents.—How Diana gave Birth to Aradia—The Sabbat, Treguenda, or Witch-Meeting—How Diana made the Stars Rain—The Charm of the Stone consecrated to Diana—The Conjuration of the Lemon—Spells to win Love, to find or buy anything, to have a good Vintage and very good Wine—Tana and Endamone, or Diana and Bndymion—Madonna Diana— The House of the Wind—Tana the Moon Goddess—Diana and the Children—The Goblin Messengers of Diana and Mercury —Laverna.