MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, Etc. 15 WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. A Biography by Lewis Melville. With 2 Photogravures and numerous other Illustrations. Demy 8vo (9 x 5^ inches). 25/. net.
- »* In cofupiling this biography of Thackeray Mr. Lewis Melville, who is admittedly
the authority on the subject, has been assisted by numerous Thackeray experts. Mr. Melville's name has long been associated with Thackeray, not only as founder of the Titniarsh Club, but also as the author of The Thackeray County" and the editor of the standard edition of Thackeray's works and " Thackeray s Stray Papers." For tnany vears Mr. Melville has devoted himself to the collection of material relating to the life and work of his subject. He has had access to many new letters, and much information has come to hand since the pjihlication of " The Life of Thackeray." Now that everything about the novelist is kno^<n, it seems that an appropriate moment has arrived for a neiu biography. Mr. Melville has also compiled a bibliography of Thackeray that runs to upwards 1,300 itevis, by many hundreds more than contained in any hitherto issued. This section "will be invaluable to the collector. Thackeray s speeches, including several nez'er before republished, have also been collected. There is a list of portraits of the novelist, and a separate index to the Bibliography. A LATER PEPYS. The Correspondence of Sir William Weller Pepys, Bart., Master in Chancery, 1 758-1825, with Mrs, Chapone, Mrs. Hartley, Mrs. Montague, Hannah More, William Franks, Sir James Macdonald, Major Rennell, Sir Nathaniel Wraxall, and others. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Alice C. C. Gaussen. With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. In Two Volumes. 32/. net. Douglas Sladen in the Queen. — "This is indisputably a most valuable contribution to the literature of the eighteenth century. It is a veritable storehouse of society gossip, the art criticism, and the }nots of famous people." ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, AN ELEGY; AND OTHER POEMS, MAINLY PERSONAL. By Richard Le Gallienne. Crown 8vo. s. bd. net. Globe. — "The opening Elegy on R. L. Stevenson includes some tender and touching passages, and has throughout the merits of sincerity and clearness." RUDYARD KIPLING : a Criticism. By Richard Le Gallienne. With a Bibliography by John Lane. Crown 8vo. 3J-. dd. net. Scotsman — " It shows a keen insight into the essential qualities of literature, and analyses Mr. Kipling's product with the skill of a craftsman . . . the positive and outstanding merits of Mr. Kipling's contribution to the literature of his time are marshalled by his critic with quite uncommon skill." APOLOGIA DIFFIDENTIS. By W. Compton Leith. Demy 8vo. 7/. (>d. net.
- ,j* The book, which is largely autobiographical, describes the effect of diffidence upon
an individual life, and contains, with a consideration of the nature of shyness, a plea for a kindlier judgment of the inveterate case. Daily Mail. — "Mr. Leith has written a very beautiful book, and perhaps the publisher's claim that this will be a new classic is not too bold."
