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is the story of an Artist's encampments and adventures. The headings of a few chapters may serve to convey a notion of the character of the book: A Walk on the Lancashire Moors; the Author his own Housekeeper and Cook; Tents and Boats for the Highlands; The Author encamps on an uninhabited Island; A Lake Voyage; A Gipsy Journey to Glen Coe; Concerning Moonlight and Old Castles; A little French City: A Farm in the Autunois, &c., &c._

"_His pages sparkle with happy turns of expression, not a few well-told anecdotes, and many observations, which are the fruit of attentive study and wise reflection on the complicated phenomena of human life, as well as of unconscious nature_."--_Westminster Review_.

Helps -----

REALMAH. By _Arthur Helps_. Two Vols. Crown 8vo. 16_s_.

_Of this work, by the Author of "Friends in Council," the_ Saturday Review _says: "Underneath the form (that of dialogue) is so much shrewdness, fancy, and above all, so much wise kindliness, that we should think all the better of a man or woman who likes the book_."

Herschel --------

THE ILIAD OF HOMER. Translated into English Hexameters. By Sir _John Herschel_, Bart. 8vo. 18_s_.

_A version of the Iliad in English Hexameters. The question of Homeric translation is fully discussed in the Preface_.

"_It is admirable, not only for many intrinsic merits, but as a great man's tribute to Genius_."--_Illustrated London News_.

HIATUS: the Void in Modern Education. Its Cause and Antidote. By _Outis_. 8vo. 8_s_. 6_d_.

_The main object of this Essay is to point out how the emotional element which underlies the Fine Arts is disregarded and undeveloped at this time so far as (despite a pretence at filling it up) to constitute an Educational Hiatus_.

HYMNI ECCLESIAE. _See_ "_Theological Section_."

Kennedy -------

LEGENDARY FICTIONS OF THE IRISH CELTS. Collected and Narrated by _Patrick Kennedy_. Crown 8vo. 7_s_. 6_d_.

"_A very admirable popular selection of the Irish fairy stories and legends, in which those who are familiar with Mr. Croker's, and other selections of the same kind, will find much that is fresh, and full of the peculiar vivacity and humour, and sometimes even of the ideal beauty, of the true Celtic Legend_."--_Spectator_.

Kingsley (Canon). -----------------

--_See also_ "_Historic Section_," "_Works Of Fiction_," _and_ "_Philosophy_;" _also_ "_Juvenile Books_," _and_ "_Theology_."

THE SAINTS' TRAGEDY: or, The True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary. By the Rev. _Charles Kingsley_. With a Preface by the Rev. _F.D. Maurice_. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5_s_.

ANDROMEDA, AND OTHER POEMS. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5_s_.

PHAETHON; or, Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 2_s_.

Kingsley (Henry). -----------------

--_See_ "WORKS OF FICTION."

Lowell. -------

--UNDER THE WILLOWS, AND OTHER POEMS By _James Russell Lowell_. Fcap. 8vo. 6_s_.

"Under the Willows _is one of the most admirable bits of idyllic work, short as it is, or perhaps because it is short, that have been done in our generation_."--_Saturday Review_.

Masson (Professor). -------------------

--ESSAYS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL. Chiefly on the British Poets. By _David Masson_, LL.D., Professor of Rhetoric in the University of Edinburgh. 8vo. 12_s_. 6_d_.

"_Distinguished by a remarkable power of analysis, a clear statement of the actual facts on which speculation is based, and an appropriate beauty of Language. These essays should be popular with serious men_."-- _Athenæum_.

BRITISH NOVELISTS AND THEIR STYLES. Being a Critical Sketch of the History of British Prose Fiction. Crown 8vo. 7_s_. 6_d_.

"_Valuable for its lucid analysis of fundamental principles, its breadth of view, and sustained animation of style_."--_Spectator_.

Mistral (F.). -------------

--MIRELLE: a Pastoral Epic of Provence. Translated by _H. Crichton_. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s_.

"_This is a capital translation of the elegant and richly-coloured pastoral epic poem of M. Mistral which, in_ 1859, _he dedicated in enthusiastic terms to Lamartine... It would be hard to overpraise the sweetness and pleasing freshness of this charming epic_."--_Athenæum_.

Myers (Ernest). ---------------

--THE PURITANS. By _Ernest Myers_. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth. 2_s_. 6_d_.

"_It is not too much to call it a really grand poem, stately and dignified, and showing not only a high poetic mind, but also great power over poetic expression_."--_Literary Churchman_.

Myers (F.W.H.) --------------

--ST. PAUL. A Poem. By _F.W.H. Myers_. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 2_s_. 6_d_.

"_It breathes throughout the spirit of St. Paul, and with a singular stately melody of verse_."--_Fortnightly Review_.

Nettleship ----------

ESSAYS ON ROBERT BROWNING'S POETRY. By _John T. Nettleship_. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s_. 6_d_.

Noel ----

BEATRICE, AND OTHER POEMS. By the Hon. _Roden Noel_. Fcap. 8vo. 6_s_.

"Beatrice _is in many respects a noble poem; it displays a splendour of landscape painting, a strong definite precision of highly-coloured description, which has not often been surpassed_."--_Pall Mall Gazette_.

Norton ------

THE LADY OF LA GARAYE. By the _Hon. Mrs Norton_. With Vignette and Frontispiece. Sixth Edition Fcap. 8vo. 4_s_. 6_d_.

"_There is no lack of vigour, no faltering of power, plenty of passion, much bright description, much musical verse... Full of thoughts well-expressed, and may be classed among her best works_."--_Times_.

Orwell ------

--THE BISHOP'S WALK AND THE BISHOP'S TIMES. Poems on the days of Archbishop Leighton and the Scottish Covenant. By _Orwell_. Fcap. 8vo. 5_s_.

"_Pure taste and faultless precision of language, the fruits of deep thought, insight into human nature, and lively sympathy_."--_Nonconformist_.

Palgrave (Francis T.). ----------------------

--ESSAYS ON ART. By _Francis Turner Palgrave_, M.A., late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s_.

_Mulready_--_Dyce_--_Holman Hunt_--_Herbert_--_Poetry, Prose, and Sensationalism in Art_--_Sculpture in England_--_The Albert Cross, &c_.

SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS AND SONGS. Edited by _F.T. Palgrave_. Gem Edition. With Vignette Title by _Jeens_. 3_s_. 6_d_.

"_For minute elegance no volume could possibly excel the 'Gem Edition.'"_--_Scotsman_.

Patmore -------

Works by COVENTRY PATMORE:

THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE.