ALBEMARLE'S (EARL OF) FIFTY YEARS OF MY LIFE. By George Thomas Earl of Albemarle. With a Portrait by Jeens. Large 12mo. $2.50.
"Lord Albemarle has done wisely to publish his Recollections for there are few men who have had the opportunities of seeing so much of life and character as he has, and still fewer who at an advanced age could write an Autobiography in which we have opinions without twaddle, gossip without malice, and stories not marred in the telling"—London Academy.
HOUGHTON'S (LORD) MONOGRAPHS, PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. By Lord Houghton (Richard Monckton Milnes). With Portraits of Walter Savage Landor, Charles Buller, Harriet Lady Ashburton, and Suleiman Pasha. 12mo. $2.00.
"An extremely agreeable volume . . . . . He writes so as to adorn everything which he touches."—London Athenæum.
"He has something new to tell of every one of his subjects. His book is a choice olio of fine fruits."—London Saturday Review.
JOHNSON'S (ROSSITER) COLLECTIONS OF POEMS. Single Famous Poems. Collected and Edited by Rossiter Johnson. Square 12mo, gilt. $2.00.
A pretty volume fit for presentation, made up of celebrated English poems that have hitherto been printed only in periodicals and other fugitive places, or are in only such works as are not generally at hand.
The lover of poetry who is trying to find some English poem that he can get no trace of except from vague memory, would be quite apt to meet it in this volume.
Play-day Poems. Collected and Edited by Rossiter Johnson. 16mo. (Leisure Hour Series.) $1.00.
This volume contains the best of the humorous poetry published since Parton's collection in 1856, and also many of the old favorites.
"Singularly free from anything to offend the taste, or to injure the health by unsuccessful attempts to produce a laugh. You are not obliged to throw away a multitude of worthless, or mediocre specimens, before you light upon a poem which you can truly enjoy."—N. Y. Tribune.
"The most complete and judicious collection of humorous poetry ever seen in this country."—Chicago Journal.
"The collection is a capital one, and will be of peculiar value to professional and amateur readers."—Boston Transcript.
SAINTE-BEUVE'S (C. A.) ENGLISH PORTRAITS. By C. A. Saite-Beuve. Selected and Translated from the "Causeries du Lundi." With an Introductory Chapter on Sante-Beuve's Life and Writings. 12mo. $2.00.
Contents:—Sainte-Beuve's Life—His Writings—General Comments—Mary Queen of Scots—Lord Chesterfield—Benjamin Franklin—Edward Gibbons—William Cowper—English Literature by H. Taine—Pope as a Poet.
"Probably no one who in our days has written criticism had a surer power to perceive and discover what is true and beautiful. He makes us admire more the authors we admired before, and gives new reasons for our admiration. It is a charming volume, and one that may be made a companion, in the confident assurance that the better we know it the better we shall enjoy it."—Boston Advertiser.
