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Ibsen. BRAND. A Drama by Henrik Ibsen. Translated by William Wilson. Second Edition. Crown %vo. 3^. 6</. 'The greatest world-poem of the nineteenth century next to "Faust." It is in the same set with "Agamemnon," with " Lear," with the literature that we now instinctively regard as high and holy.' — Daily Chronicle.

"A. G." VERSES TO ORDER. By "A. G." Cr.Zvo. zs.bd.

net.

A small volume of verse by a writer whose initials are well known to Oxford men. ' A capital specimen of lifrht academic poetry. These verses are very bright and engaging, easy and sufficiently witty. — St. James's Gazette.

F. Langbridge. BALLADS OF THE BRAVE: Poems of Chivalry, Enterprise, Courage, and Constancy, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edited, with Notes, by Rev. F. Lang- bridge. Crown 8vo. Buckram, y. 6d. School Edition. 2s. 6d.

' A very happy conception happily carried out. These "Ballads of the Brave" are intended to suit the real tastes of boys, and will suit the taste of the great majority.' — Spectator. ' The book is full of splendid things.' — World-

Lang and Craigie. THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS. Edited by Andrew Lang and W. A. Craigie. With Portrait. Demy 8vo, gilt top. bs.

This edition contains a carefully collated Text, numerous Notes critical and textual, a critical and biographical Introduction, and a Glossary.

'Among the editions in one volume, Mr. Andrew Lang's will take the place of authority.' — Times.

' To the general public the beauty of its type, and the fair proportions of its pages, as well as the excellent chronological arrangement of the poems, should make it acceptable enough. Mr. Lang and his publishers have certainly succeeded in producing an attractive popular edition of the poet, in which the brightly written biographical introduction is not the least notable feature.' — Glasgow Herald.

English Classics

Edited by W. E. Henley.

'Very dainty volumes are these; the paper, type, and light-green binding are all very agreeable to the eye. Simplex munditiis is the phrase that might be applied to them.' — Globe.

' The volumes are strongly bound in green buckram, are of a convenient size, and pleasant to look upon, so that whether on the shelf, or on the table, or in the hand the possessor is thoroughly content with them.' — Guardian.

'The paper, type, and binding of this edition are in excellent taste, and leave nothing to be desired by lovers of literature.' — Standard.

THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY. By Lawrence Sterne. With an Introduction by Charles Whibley, and a Portrait. 2 vols. "js.

THE COMEDIES OF WILLIAM CONGREVE With an Introduction by G. S. Street, and a Portrait. 2 vols. "js.