Part 7

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THE OEDIPUS TYRANNUS; A RECORD BY L. SPEED AND F. R. PRYOR of the Performance in November 1887. The text with illustrations on each page, and a heliogravure by Dujardin, after a water colour by J. O’CONNOR. Paper covers, 9_s._ 6_d._ net; cloth, 12_s._ 6_d._ net.

BOWES, ROBERT, A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED AT OR RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY, TOWN AND COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE, FROM 1521 TO 1893. With Bibliographical and Biographical Notes, and 98 illustrations. With Index 2 Vols. 18_s._ net, Dutch paper 24_s._ net.

PLAYTIME WITH A PEN. A Dramatic idyll, a Tragic Fragment, and other pieces in Prose and Verse. By G. H. POWELL. 8vo. pp. 32. 1891. 1_s._ 6_d._

_OXFORD MAGAZINE._—“Any one who is prepared to part with what Mr Tigg once called ‘the ridiculously small amount of eighteenpence’ will be well advised to expend that sum in purchasing this little book.”

WORKS BY THE LATE MR J. K. STEPHEN.

_Complete collected edition._

LAPSUS CALAMI AND OTHER VERSES. By the late J. K. STEPHEN. With a Biographical Introduction and Photogravure Portrait after a Chalk drawing of Mr F. MILLER. Foolscap 8vo. Cloth. 5_s._ net. _Just ready._

The editor says of this volume: “I have made this edition practically complete, omitting only a few short pieces for more or less special reasons.” Besides the contents of the third edition of _Lapsus Calami_ and the whole of _Quo Musa Tendis?_ it has several pieces from the first and second editions of _Lapsus Calami_ that were omitted from the third, and two pieces not before printed.

QUO MUSA TENDIS? Foolscap 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._ net; also 150 Copies on large paper, Dutch hand-made. 12_s._ 6_d._ net.

_TIMES._—“His verse is musical and various, and his themes are touched with a happy knack of originality.”

_SCOTSMAN._—“Poetry or not, his verse is of the kind that invariably inspires a friendly feeling to the writer; and every one who reads either this book or _Lapsus Calami_ will keep a kindly eye open for Mr Stephen’s next appearance, and share the pleasures of its success.”

_DAILY CHRONICLE._—“The whole of the _Lapsus Ultimi_ are very clever, and show keen analysis of character as well as effective dramatic handling.”

_CAMBRIDGE REVIEW._—“Mr J. K. Stephen’s new book, _Quo Musa Tendis?_ fully maintains the reputation which its predecessor earned, and will be warmly welcomed by Mr Stephen’s numerous admirers.”

_FREEMAN’S JOURNAL._—“On the whole the neat little volume is full of genuine and original merit, thoughts and fancies brightly expressed, and bearing evidences of the refined culture one associates with the best traditions of University life. We can only trust that ‘J. K. S.’s’ prose will not be unworthy of the promise of the muse of his student days.”

LAPSUS CALAMI. Fifth Edition (Fourth Thousand). With considerable omissions and additions. Foolscap 8vo. 2_s._ 6_d._ net. Also 150 on large paper, Dutch hand-made.

_SPECTATOR._—“Parodies of moderate merit are so easy, that we seldom enjoy parodies, but J. K. S.’s parodies are of more than moderate merit. They do not merely make one smile, and then regret that one has smiled from the sense of emptiness which follows; they make one almost think that the parody must have been written by the poet parodied in a moment of amused self-ridicule.... Take it all in all, the Lapsus Calami will be a favourite wherever it is read.”

_HERALD_ (Boston U.S.).—“_Lapsus Calami_ was first published in the April of 1891. In May a second edition was called for, and in June a third was issued, an edition with various omissions and additions. I am glad that the stanzas I am about to copy were not omitted, for I think them delightfully wicked.... If the Boston Browning Club were not so grave and serious a body, I should like to read _The Last Ride together_ to them when I come home.” LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON.

THE LIVING LANGUAGES. A Defence of the Compulsory Study of Greek at Cambridge. Crown 8vo. 1_s._

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