12 Messrs. Methuen's List
H. C. Beeching. A BOOK OF CHRISTMAS VERSE. Edited by H. C. Beeching, M.A., and Illustrated by Walter Crane. Crown Svo, gilt top. ^s. K collection of the best verse inspired by the birth of Christ from the Middle Ages to the present d.iy. A distinction of the book is the large number of poems it contains by modern authors, a few of which are here printed for the first time. 'An anthology which, from its unity of aim and high poetic excellence, has a better right to exist than most of its iAXo^s,.' —Guardian.
History
Gibbon. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE. By Edward Gibbon. A New Edition, Edited with
Notes, Appendices, and Maps, by J. B. Bury, M.A., Fellow of
Trinity College, Dublin. In Seven Volumes. Demy Svo, Gilt top.
85. (>d. each. Also crown Svo. 6s. each. Vol. I.
' The time has certainly arrived for a new edition of Gibbon's great work._ . . . Pro- fessor Bury is the right man to undertake this task. His learning is amazing, both in extent and accuracy. The book is issued in a handy form, and at a moderate price, and it is admirably printed.' — Times.
' The edition is edited as a classic should be edited, removing nothing, yet indicating the value of the text, and bringing it up to date. It promises to be of the utmost value, and will be a welcome addition to many libraries.' — Scotsman.
'This edition, so far as one may judge from the first instalment, is a marvel of erudition and critical skill, and it is the very minimum of praise to predict that the seven volumes of it will supersede Dean Milman's as the standard edition of our great historical classic' — Glasgow Herald.
' The beau-ideal Gibbon has arrived at last.' — Sketch.
' At last there is an adequate modern edition of Gibbon. . . . The best edition the nineteenth century could produce.' — Manchester Guardian.
Flinders Petrie. A HI STORY OF EGYPT, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie, D.C.L., LL.D., Professor of Egyptology at University College. Fully Illustrated, In Six Volumes. Crown %vo. (>s. each.
Vol. I. Prehistoric Times to XVI. Dynasty. W. M. F. Petrie. Second Edition. • A history written in the spirit of scientific precision so worthily represented by Dr. Petrie and his school cannot but promote sound and accurate study, and supply a vacant place in the English literature of Egyptology.' — Times.
Flinders Petrie. EGYPTIAN TALES. Edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie. Illustrated by Tristram Ellis. - In Two Volumes. Crown Svo. y. 6d. each. 'A valuable addition to the literature of comparative folk-lore. The drawings are
- really illustrations in the literal sense of the word.' —Glohe.
' It has a scientific value to the student of history and a.Tchso\ogy.'— Scotsman. 'Invaluable as a picture of life in Palestine and Esypt-'- -Ocrily A^euis.
