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Messrs. Methuen's Catalogue 



Belles Lettres, Anthologies, etc. 



K. L. Stevenson. VAILIMA LET- | 

 TERS. By Robert Louis Steven- ■ 

 SON. With an Etched Portrait by 

 William Strang. Third Edition. \ 

 Crown Zvo. Buckram. 6j. 



' A fascinating \ior^.* Standard. 



' Unique in Literature.'— iJajV)/ Chronicle. 



G.Wyndham. THE POEMS OF WIL- 

 LIAM SHAKESPEARE. Edited 

 with an Introduction and Notes by 

 George Wyndham, M.P. Demy 

 Svo. Buckram, gilt top. los. 6d. 

 Tiiis 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. 

 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 RUBAI- 

 YAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. 

 Translated by EDWARD FitzGer ALD. 

 With a Commentary by H. M. 

 Batson, and a Biography of Omar by 

 E, D. Ross, ds. Also an Edition 

 on large paper limited to 50 copies. 

 ' Both introduction and commentary are ex- 

 cellent.' — Review o/lVeek. 

 'One of the most desirable of the many re- 

 prints of Omar.' — Glasgow Herald. 



W. E. Henley. ENGLISH LYRICS. 



Selected and Edited by W. E. 



Henley. Crown &vo. Gilt top. 



IS. 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 Zvo. Buckram, 

 gilt lop. ds. 



H. C. Beeching. LYRA SACRA : An 1 

 Anthology of Sacred Verse. Edited I 

 by H. C. Beeching, M.A. Crown ' 

 Zvo. Buckram. 6s. 

 'A charming selection, which maintains a 

 lofty standard of excellence.' — Times. 



"Q." THE GOLDEN POMP. A Pro- 

 cession of English Lyrics. Arranged 

 by A. T. Quiller Couch. Crown 

 Zvo. Buckram. 6s, 



W. B. Yeats. AN ANTHOLOGY OF 



IRISH VERSE. Edited by W. B. 



Yeats, Revised and Enlarged 



Edition. Crown Zvo. 3J. 6d. 



'.^n attractive and catholic selection.' — 



Times. 



G. W. Steevens. MONOLOGUES OF 

 THE DEAD. By G. W. Steevens. 

 Foolscap Zvo. y. 6d. 

 W. M. Dixon. A PRIMER OF 

 TENNYSON. By W. M. DixON, 

 M.A. Cr. Zvo. 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 Zvo. 2J. 6d. 

 ' A valuable addition to the literature of the 

 poet.' — Times. 



L. Magnus. A PRIMER OF WORDS- 

 WORTH. By Laurie Magnus. 

 Crown Zvo. zs. 6d. 

 ' .\ valuable contribution to Wordsworthian 

 literature.' — Literature. 



Sterne. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS 

 OF TRISTRAM SHANDY. By 

 Lawrence Sterne. With an In- 

 troduction by Charles Whielev, 

 and a Portrait. 2 vols. yj. 



Congreve. THE COMEDIES OF 

 WILLIAM CONGREVE. With an 

 Introduction by G. S. STREET, and 

 a Portrait. 2 vols. js. 



Morier. THE ADVENTURES OF 

 HAJJI BABA OF ISPAHAN. By 

 James Moriek. With an Introduc- 

 tion by E. G. Browne, M.A. and a 

 Portrait. 2 vols. ys. 



Walton. THE LIVES OF DONNE, 

 WOTTON, HOOKER, HERBERT 

 and SANDERSON. By Izaak 

 Walton. With an Introduction by 

 Vernon Bt.ackbukn, and a Por- 

 Iriiit. 3J. td. 



