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14 Messrs. Methuen's List Biography S. Baring Gould. THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONA- PARTE. By S. Baring Gould. With over 450 Illustrations in the Text and 12 Photogravure Plates. Large quarto. Gilt top. 365. 'The best biography of Napoleon in our tongue, nor have the French as good a biographer of their hero. A book very nearly as good as Southey's " Life of Nelson." ' — Ma>ichcster Guardian. 'The main feature of this gorgeous volume is its great wealth of beautiful photo- gravures and finely-executed wood engravings, constituting a complete pictorial chronicle of Napoleon I.'s personal history from the days of his early childhood at Ajaccio to the date of his second interment under the dome of the Invalides in Paris.' — Daily Telegraph. ' Particular notice is due to the vast collection of contemporary illustrations.' — Guardian. ' Nearly all the illustrations are real contributions lohXsiory .' — U'estminsier Gazette. Morris Fuller. THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JOHN DAVENANT, D.D. (1571-1641), Bishop of Salisbury. By Morris Fuller, B.D. Deniy^vo. 10s. 6d. ' A valuable contribution to ecclesiastical history.' — Birvtinghani Gazette. J. M. Rigg. ST. ANSELM OF CANTERBURY : A Chapter IN THE History of Religion. By J. M. Rigg. Demy^vo. "js. 6d. 'Mr. Rigg has told the story of the great Primate's life with scholarly ability, and has thereby contributed an interesting chapter to the history of the Norman period.' — Daily Chronicle. F. W. Joyce. THE LIFE OF SIR FREDERICK GORE OUSELEY. By F. W. Joyce, M.A. With Portraits and Illustra- tions. Crown 8vo. "js. 6d. ' This book has been undertaken in quite the right spirit, and written with sympathy, insight, and considerable literary skill.' — Times. W. G. Collingwood. THE LIFE OF JOHN RUSKIN. By W. G. Collingwood, M.A. With Portraits, and 13 Drawings by Mr. Ruskin. Second Edition. 2 vols. Svo. 32.?. ' No more magnificent volumes have been published for a long time.' — Times. ' It is long since we had a biography with such delights of substance and of form. Such a book is a pleasure for the day, and a joy for ever." — Daily Chronicle. C. Waldstein. JOHN RUSKIN : a Study. By Charles Waldstein, M.A., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. With a Photogravure Portrait after Professor Herkomer. Post 8vo. 55. A thoughtful, impartial, well-written criticism of Ruskin's teaching, intended to separate what the author regards as valuable and permanent from what is transient and erroneous in the great master's writing.' — Daily Chronicle.