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A CATALOGUE OF

MESSRS. METHUEN'S

PUBLICATIONS

Poetry

Rudyard Kipling. BARRACK-ROOM | H. Ibsen.

BRAND. A Drama by Translated by Third Edition.

BALLADS. BY RUDYARD Kipling. HENRIK IBSEN.
68th Thousand. Crown 8vo.
Leather, 6s. net.

6s.

'Mr. Kipling's verse is strong, vivid, full of character. ... Unmistakeable genius rings in every line.'-Times. 'The ballads teem with imagination, they palpitate with emotion. We read them with laughter and tears; the metres throb in our pulses, the cunningly ordered words tingle with life; and if this be not poetry, what is?'-Pall Mall Gazette.

Rudyard Kipling. THE SEVEN SEAS. By RUDYARD KIPLING. 57th Thousand. Cr. 8vo. Buckram, gilt top. 6s. Leather, 6s. net. 'The Empire has found a singer; it is no depreciation of the songs to say that statesmen may have, one way or other, to take account of them.'-Manchester Guardian.

'Animated through and through with indubitable genius.'-Daily Telegraph.

"Q." POEMS AND BALLADS. By "Q." Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

"Q." GREEN BAYS: Verses and
Parodies. By "Q." Second Edition.
Crown 8vo.
35. 6d.

E. Mackay. A SONG OF THE SEA.
BY ERIC MACKAY. Second Edition.
Fcap. 8vo.
55.

WILLIAM WILSON. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d.

Third

A. D. Godley. LYRA FRIVOLA. By A. D. GODLEY, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Edition. Pott 8vo. 2s. 6d. 'Combines a pretty wit with remarkably neat versification. Every one will

wish there was more of it.'-Times.

A. D. Godley. VERSES TO ORDER. By A. D. GODLEY. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.

'A capital specimen of light academic poetry.'-St. James's Gazette.

J. G. Cordery. THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. A Translation by J. G. CORDERY. Crown 8vo. 75. 6d. Herbert Trench. DEIRDRE WED: and Other Poems. By HERBERT TRENCH. Crown 8vo. 55. 'A notable poem.

"Deirdre Wed" will secure for Mr. Trench an acknowledged place and a high place-among contemporary poets.'-St. James's Gazette. Edgar Wallace. WRIT IN BARRACKS. By EDGAR WALLACE. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

'As good as soldier songs can be.'-Daily Chronicle.

'Soldier rhymes with much humour and pathos.Outlook.

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Belles Lettres, Anthologies, etc.

R. L. Stevenson. VAILIMA LET-
TERS. By Robert Louis STEVEN-
SON. With an Etched Portrait by
WILLIAM STRANG. Third Edition.
Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s.
A fascinating book.'-Standard.
'Unique in Literature.'-Daily Chronicle.

G. Wyndham. THE POEMS OF WIL-
LIAM SHAKESPEARE. Edited

with an Introduction and Notes by
GEORGE WYNDHAM, M.P. Demy
8vo. Buckram, gilt top.
10s. 6d.
This edition contains the 'Venus,' 'Lucrece,'
and Sonnets, and is prefaced with an
elaborate introduction of over 140 pp.
'We have no hesitation in describing Mr.

"Q." THE GOLDEN POMP. A Pro-
cession of English Lyrics. Arranged
by A. T. QUILLER COUCH. Crown
8vo. Buckram. 65.

W. B. Yeats. AN ANTHOLOGY OF
IRISH VERSE. Edited by W. B.
Revised and Enlarged

YEATS.

Edition. Crown 8vo.

35. 6d. 'An attractive and catholic selection.'

Times.

G. W. Steevens. MONOLOGUES OF
THE DEAD. By G. W. STEEVENS.
Foolscap 8vo. 35. 6d.

W. M. Dixon. A PRIMER OF
TENNYSON. By W. M. Dixon,
M.A. Cr. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

'Much sound and well-expressed criticism.
The bibliography is a boon.'-Speaker.
W. A. Craigie. A PRIMER OF
BURNS. By W. A. CRAIGIE.
Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.

'A valuable addition to the literature of the poet.'-Times.

George Wyndham's introduction as a masterly piece of criticism, and all who love our Elizabethan literature will find a very garden of delight in it.'-Spectator. Edward FitzGerald. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. Translated by EDWARD FITZGERALD. With a Commentary by H. M. L. Magnus. A PRIMER OF WORDSBATSON, and a Biography of Omar by E. D. Ross. 6s. Also an Edition on large paper limited to 50 copies. 'Both introduction and commentary are ex. cellent.'-Review of Week. 'One of the most desirable of the many reprints of Omar.'-Glasgow Herald.

W. E. Henley. ENGLISH LYRICS.
Selected and Edited by W. E.
HENLEY. Crown 8vo. Gilt top.
35. 6d.

'It is a body of choice and lovely poetry.'-
Birmingham Gazette.

Henley and Whibley. A BOOK OF
ENGLISH PROSE. Collected by
W. E. HENLEY and CHARLES
WHIBLEY. Crown 8vo. Buckram,
gilt top. 6s.

H. C. Beeching. LYRA SACRA: An
Anthology of Sacred Verse. Edited
by H. C. BEECHING, M.A. Crown
8vo. Buckram. 6s.

'A charming selection, which maintains a lofty standard of excellence.'-Times.

WORTH. By LAURIE MAGNUS.
Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.

A valuable contribution to Wordsworthian
literature.'-Literature.

Sterne. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS
OF TRISTRAM SHANDY. By
LAWRENCE STERNE. With an In-
troduction by CHARLES WHIBLEY,
and a Portrait. 2 vols. 75.

Congreve. THE COMEDIES OF
WILLIAM CONGREVE. With an
Introduction by G. S. STREET, and
a Portrait. 2 vols. 75.
Morier. THE ADVENTURES OF
HAJJI BABA OF ISPAHAN. By
JAMES MORIER. With an Introduc-
tion by E. G. BROWNE, M.A. and a
Portrait. 2 vols. 75.

Walton. THE LIVES OF DONNE,
WOTTON, HOOKER, HERBERT
AND SANDERSON. By IZAAK
WALTON. With an Introduction by
VERNON BLACKBURN, and a Por-
trait. 35. 6d.

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Johnson. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS. By SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. With an Introduction by J. H. MILLAR, and a Portrait. 3 vols. 10s. 6d. Burns.

THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS. Edited by ANDREW LANG and W. A. CRAIGIE. With Portrait. Second Edition. Demy 8vo, gilt top. 65.

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'Among editions in one volume, this will take the place of authority.'-Times. F. Langbridge. BALLADS OF THE BRAVE; Poems of Chivalry, Enterprise, Courage, and Constancy. Edited by Rev. F. LANGBRIDGE. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 35. 6d. School Edition. 2s. 6d. 'The book is full of splendid things.'World.

Metbuen's Standard Library

Gibbon. MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE!
AND WRITINGS. By EDWARD
GIBBON. Edited, with an Introduc-
tion and Notes, by G. BIRKBECK
HILL, LL.D. Crown 8vo. 6s.
'An admirable edition of one of the most
interesting personal records of a literary
life. Its notes and its numerous appen-
dices are a repertory of almost all that
can be known about Gibbon.'-Man

chester Guardian.

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, LL.D., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. In Seven Volumes. Demy 8vo. Gilt top. 8s. 6d. each. Also Cr. 8vo. 6s. each.

'At last there is an adequate modern edition

of Gibbon. . . The best edition the nineteenth century could produce.Manchester Guardian.

A great piece of editing.'-Academy. 'The greatest of English, perhaps of all, historians has never been presented to the public in a more convenient and attractive form. No higher praise can be bestowed upon Professor Bury than

to say, as may be said with truth, that he is worthy of being ranked with Guizot and Milman.'-Daily News. Dante. LA COMMEDIA DI DANTE ALIGHIERI. The Italian Text edited by PAGET TOYNBEE, M.A. Crown 8vo. 65.

C.

'A carefully-revised text, printed with beautiful clearness.'-Glasgow Herald. G. Crump. THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF THOMAS ELLWOOD. Edited by C. G. CRUMP, M.A. Crown 8vo. 6s.

This edition is the only one which contains the complete book as originally pub lished. It contains a long Introduction and many Footnotes.

Tennyson. THE EARLY POEMS OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, Edited, with Notes and an Introduction by J. CHURTON COLLINS, M.A. Crown 8vo. 6s.

An elaborate edition of the celebrated volume which was published in its final and definitive form in 1853. This edition contains a long Introduction and copious Notes, textual and explanatory. It also contains in an Appendix all the Poems which Tennyson afterwards omitted.

The Works of Sbakespeare

General Editor, EDWARD DOWDEN, Litt. D.

Messrs. METHUEN have in preparation an Edition of Shakespeare in single Plays. Each play will be edited with a full Introduction, Textual Notes, and a Commentary at the foot of the page.

The first volume is :

HAMLET. Edited by EDWARD DoWDEN. Demy 8vo. 3s, 62.

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volume, admirably printed and produced, and containing all that a student of "Hamlet" need require.'-Speaker. 'Fully up to the level of recent scholarship, both English and German.'-Academy.

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ROMEO AND JULIET. Edited by EDWARD DOWDEN, Litt. D. Demy 8vo. 35. 6d.

'The edition promises to be one of the best extant.'-Glasgow Herald.

'No edition of Shakespeare is likely to prove more attractive and satisfactory than this It is beautifully printed and paged and handsomely and simply bound.'St. James's Gazette.

one.

The Novels of Charles Dickens

Crown 8vo. Each Volume, cloth 3s. net; leather 4s. 6d. net.

Messrs. METHUEN have in preparation an edition of those novels of Charles Dickens which have now passed out of copyright. Mr. George Gissing, whose critical study of Dickens is both sympathetic and acute, has written an Introduction to each of the books, and a very attractive feature of this edition will be the illustrations of the old houses, inns, and buildings, which Dickens described, and which have now in many instances disappeared under the touch of modern civilisation. Another valuable feature will be a series of topographical and general notes to each book by Mr. F. G. Kitton. The books will be produced with the greatest care as to printing, paper and binding. The first volumes are:

THE PICKWICK PAPERS. With

Illustrations by E. H. NEW. Two
Volumes.

'As pleasant a copy as any one could desire.
The notes add much to the value of the
edition, and Mr. New's illustrations are
also historical. The volumes promise well
for the success of the edition.'-Scotsman.

NICHOLAS

NICKLEBY. With Illustrations by R. J. WILLIAMS. Two Volumes.

BLEAK HOUSE. With Illustrations by BEATRICE ALCOCK. Two volumes. OLIVER TWIST. With Illustrations by G. H. NEW.

Little Biographies

Fcap. 8vo. Each volume, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Messrs. METHUEN are publishing a new series bearing the above title. Each book will contain the biography of a character famous in war, art, literature or science, and will be written by an acknowledged expert. The books will be charmingly produced and will be well illustrated. They will make delightful gift books.

THE LIFE OF DANTE ALIGHIERI. By PAGET TOYNBEE.

Illustrations.

With 12

'This excellent little volume is a clear, compact, and convenient summary of the whole subject.'-Academy.

The Little Library

With Introductions, Notes, and Photogravure Frontispieces.

Pott 8vo. Each Volume, cloth 1s. 6d. net, leather 2s. 6d. net.

'Altogether good to look upon, and to handle.'-Outlook.

'In printing, binding, lightness, etc., this is a perfect series.'-Pilot.

'It is difficult to conceive more attractive volumes.'-St. James's Gazette. 'Very delicious little books.'-Literature.

'Delightful editions.'-Record.

'Exceedingly tastefully produced.'-Morning Leader.

VANITY FAIR. By W. M. THACKERAY. With an Introduction by S. GWYNN.

Three Volumes.

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OXFORD AND ITS COLLEGES. By J. WELLS, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Wadham College. Illustrated by E. H. NEW. Fourth Edition. 'An admirable and accurate little treatise, attractively illustrated.'-World.

CAMBRIDGE AND ITS COL

LEGES. By A. HAMILTON THOMPSON. Illustrated by E. H. NEW. 'It is brightly written and learned, and is just such a book as a cultured visitor needs.'-Scotsman.

SHAKESPEARE'S COUNTRY. By B. C. WINDLE, F. R.S., M.A. Illustrated by E. H. NEW. Second Edition. 'One of the most charming guide books. Both for the library and as a travelling companion the book is equally choice and serviceable.'-Academy.

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