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readers for whom the work is intended. We select a few at random : Life of 
Theseus, Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Demosthenes, Cicero, Alcibiades, 
Quintus Fabius Maximus, Cato, Alexander the Great, Caesar, etc.; also compar- 
isons of the lives of Theseus and Romulus, Demosthenes and Cicero, Alcibiades 
and Coriolanus; also descriptions of the Engines of Archimedes, the noble char- 
acter of Caius Fabricius, the Death of Caesar; with tables of weights and measures 
mentioned by Plutarch, a chronological table, and aa index for reference as to 
the pronunciation of proper names, etc. There are forty-five illustrations, well 
selected and handsomely executed. 
We know or no book more likely than this to be fully appreciated by boys 
and girls. 
English Verse : Edited by W. J. Linton and R. H. Stoddard. Five volumes, 
i6mo. , pp. 300 each. Chas. Scribner's Sons, New York, 1883. For sale 
by M. H. Dickinson, $1.00 per volume. 
The volumes referred to above are : I. Chaucer to Burns; II. Lyrics of 
the 19th Century; III. Ballads and Romances ; IV. Dramatic Selections; V. 
Translations. Of these but the first two have been published; the others are, 
however, to follow in rapid succession and all are promised by December ist. 
Each volume contains as an introduction an essay by Mr. Stoddard on the period 
or class of English poetry which it covers. The poems of each author are grouped 
together, and at the end of each volume are brief biographical and bibliographi- 
cal notes by the editors upon the poets represented in it. 
The advantage of this collection over the many that have preceded it is that 
it covers more completely than any other, the whole field of English poetical 
literature. At the same time its division into five moderate sized volumes is a 
far more convenient arrangement than that of a single massive tome as is fre- 
quently the practice. The arrangement of clearly distinct subjects or classes by 
volumes and giving the poets chronologically in these volumes is an admirable 
one. All of the old familiar masterpieces are found, and many notable omissions 
of previous collections supplied, so that in comprehensiveness this will be un- 
equaled, while the work of the editors, at home and abroad, in verifying the 
texts of the several authors has resulted in giving us an absolutely perfect and 
reliable edition. The notes added to many of the pieces will surprise the 
reader who has been accustomed to regard the ordinary versions as correct, by 
showing him numerous inaccuracies and abridgements in some of the most familiar 
poems. 
Each volume is supplied with careful indexes of authors, poems and first 
lines. The paper, type, press-work and binding are good, and the price is un- 
usually low. 
