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cession. With singular subtlety and insight he
pierces the obscurity of the dialectic and lays bare i
the heart of their meaning. He holds that Plato
developed a feature of mind (traceable, perhaps, to
the recei.t failu: e of liis master) which was peculiarly
detrimental to his work as a reformer. This was
" a dread of friction." Reason must be made
absolute, and all that contradicts it must be put
out of the way a Utopian dream which would work
more harm than good in a mixed world like ours.
We can recommend this excellent work to all who are interested in the growth of culture and the progress of humanity. They will find it as j attractive as it is learned and instructive. How j broad a substructure of erudition underlies the edifice is apparent from the copious appendix of notes. A separate index for these two volumes makes them complete in themselves. We congra- tulate the translator, Mr. G. G. Berry, on his idiomatical and readable presentment of his author, but we deprecate the Americanism " only a copy 1 and a false one at thai " (in. 103), when our native " to boot," " into the bargain," or even " moreover " would better befit a work so classical.
Charles Kinsley to James Thomson. Edited by
Alfred H. Miles. (Routledge & Sons.) WE have here one more volume of the reprint of Miles's ' Poets and Poetry of the Nineteenth Cen- tury,' consisting of poets born between 1819 and 1836. In addition to Charles Kingsley, Matthew Arnold, Rossetti, and Meredith, we have such less-known minstrels as Locker-Lampson, William Cory (author of 'lonica'), Wm. Brighty Rands (the inspired writer of 'Lilliput Levee'), Sydney Dobell, Alexander Smith, William Allingham, George Mac Donald, Woolner, Mortimer Collins (a delightful versifier), Robert Brough (the Radical author of 'Songs of the Governing Classes'), and Sebastian Evans (of Brother Fabian's Manuscript fame). A delightful selection is now for the first time brought within convenient reach.
Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith. Of the Imita- tion of Christ. A Revised Translation, by C- Bigg, D IX Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall. Vol. ILThe Poems of John Milton. Vol. I. The Works of Shakespeare. Vol.11. (Methuen &Co.)
WE have here further issues of the cheap and attractive " Standard Library " of Messrs. Methuen. The works given are all classics, and are ushered in by scholarly introductions by Dr. Sidney Lee, under whose admirably competent care the series is issued. To the marvellous cheapness and general trustworthiness of the Gibbon we drew attention on the appearance of the first volume. The first volume of Milton contains the 'Paradise Lost.' It is satisfactory to find that the original text that of 1667 is as a rule employed. It is an immeasurable advantage to the modern student to have the old orthography, which in Milton's case was never without significance. In its gay binding the Goldsmith is very attractive. A reprint of the
B'ays is especially welcome. We can but hope that r. Bigg's edition of A Kempis will commend or introduce the work to a fresh class of admirers. Reading it once more and reflecting upon it, we wonder if any publisher would have the spirit to reprint Baxter's 'Saints' Everlasting Rest.' Two generations have passed since, in our boyhood, we read a book acquaintance with which we should
like to renew. The second volume of Shakespeare-
contains five comedies, each with introductory
comment of Dr. Lee.
The Plays of Sheridan. The School for Scandal ;
The Rivals ; The Critic. With Introduction by
Edmund Gosse. (Heinemann.)
IN these three pretty volumes, issued like the- famous Shakespeare at 6(1. each, and with well- executed frontispiece, we have further instances of marvellous cheapness. Each play supplies the- original cast, and all are in a clear and very read- able text, and with the well-known cover in green, cloth which belongs to the series. The edition when, complete will be the cheapest and most readable- obtainable.
BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. JUNE. MR. THOMAS BAKER, of Newman Street, has a. list full of valuable theological books. We can only mention a few items. Under Bollandists we find ' Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto Orbe coluntur,' curante J. Carnandet, 1863-1902, 65 vols. folio, 140/~ This is beautifully bound in half-vellum. There is a set of the ' Library of the Fathers,' 42 vols., original edition, Oxford, 1838, 6V. 15-3'. A set of : the Bampton Lectures, 17SO to 1891, is priced 351. A copy of Dugdale's ' Monasticon Anglicanum ' is- 24J. There is a complete set of Migne's ' Patro- logia Grseco - Latina,' 185/. : also his ' Patrologia Latina Cursus Completus,' 120/. A copy of Helyot's- ' Histoire des Ordres Religieux et Militaires' is- 31. 15s 1 . This contains 800 plates of costumes. The- best edition of Baronius, 1738 46, 38 vols. folio, is- 301. Under Gallandus is a beautiful set of his 'Bibliotheca Gneco-Latina Veterum Patrum,' 42/.
Mr. F. C- Carter, of Hprnsey, has a list of modern-
- books at moderate prices, including * American.
Scenery,' 1840, 7*. Gd. ; Silk Buckingham's ' Travels,'
with autograph letter, Qs. ; and the first 16 vols. of"
j The Oriental Herald, 17$. 6d.
Messrs. Deighton, Bell& Co., of Cambridge, have- a catalogue of general literature. It also contains a number of the Early English Text Society's Pub- lications and works on Oriental and classical philology.
Mr. Bertram Dobell's June list includes a Collec- tion of Rare Old Plays of the Seventeenth Century. There are 138 items under this heading. Among these we find a Beaumont and Fletcher, first edi- tion, 36V. ; Ben Jonson's Works, 1640 31-40, 10/. 10-*. ;. the first separate edition of 'The Beggar's Bush,' 1661, 4/. 10.*. ; Carlell's plays, 31. 10* ; first editions, of Ford's 'Fancies,' 1638, 67. fe., and of Massingers 'Roman Actor.' 1629, 9/. 9s.; and Shirley's plays, 1653, 12/. 12-f. There are books from the library of the late John Scott ; also a good miscellaneous collection of ancient and modern books. Among first editions we find Browning's ' Men and Women,' 1855, '21. -*., and Byron's ' Hours of Idleness,' 31. 3s. : rare editions of Chatterton ; a collection of" plays in one volume from the library of David Garrick, &l. 4-s. ; and many other items of special interest.
Messrs. Heffer & Sons, of Cambridge, have Alciati's 'Omnia Emblemata,' Paris, 1608, 21. 10,<. (this is marked " excessively rare, only two other copies known") ; Andrews's 'Portraiture of the American Revolution,' New York, 1896, very rare, 51. 5>'. : a large-paper copy of ' Orlando Furioso,' Venice, 1772,.
