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 SHERBATT & HUGHES MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS ENGUSH SERIES. No, 11. BEOWULF : Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Glossary, by W. J. Sedqefield, Litt.D., Lectnrer in English Language. Demy 8vo, pp. xii. 300. 9s. net. (Publication No. 55, 1910.) " It is his oarefulnoss in this matter of the text that will win' Mr. Sedgefield the chief thanks of students. This record of variants is full and accurate, and the fuller notes which follow the text itself should be very helpful both to the pupil and the expert. In the glossarial index Mr. Sedgefield has accomplished a task hitherto unattempted in England. . . . Mr. Sedgefield's edition of "Beowulf "maintains admirably the standard of seholarliness which Miss Sheavyn's recent volume set her followers in the new English series of Manchester University studies, and we need no longer reproach ourselves with the necessity of going to Germany for a fully edited text of the greatest monument of our early literature. All scholars must be grateful." — Manchester Guardian. " Too often, the philologist and the man of letters find themselves at variance, and it is rare indeed to find the two combined in one personality, but, brief as Mr. Sedgefield's introductory essays necessarily are, they suffice to show that the poem appeals to him in its literary as well as in its linguistic aspect. His criticisms are admirably sugges- tive, and his notes on the metre, origin, authorship and date are models of clearness and condensation. The Bibliography and Glossary are admirably full." — Ouardtan. "... His hope that it will find acceptance with a larger public, if not already fulfilled, certainly will be, for the edition is incomparably better than any yet produced in England, and so complete in glossary, bibliography, and other explanatory matter as to stand in no fear of a rival." — Journal of Education. "It is a scholarly piece of work, embodying the results of the latest researches and containing an excellent bibliography. The introduction provides an admirable analysis of the composition and structure of the poem. It is the best English edition available of ths oldest extant epic of the English tongue." — ScoUmcm. "Mr. W. J. Sedgefield's new edition of "Beowulf" is a great step forward in the study of Beowulf in particular and the general popularisa- tion of the study of Anglo-Saxon in general. It may be said that in each of its various sections the introduction, the notes, the glossary, and the appendices, this work is much more complete than any other English edition which has hitherto been published, and it should prove the greatest help to students of this grand old epic poem-. . . a work which essentially conforms to the spirit of modern science." — Corrumen tator. "The notes handle all the chief difficulties frankly." — Edueationait Times. "The Bibliography deserves high praise." — The Athenceum. No. III. PATIENCE : A West Midland Poem of the Fourteenth Century. With an Introduction, Notes, and Glossary, by Hartley Bateson, M.A. [In the Press. 84, Crosa Street, Manchester