The Nineteenth Century , No 182, Apr 1892 [‎114v] (233/244)

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[April 1892.
SAMPSON LOW, MARS TON
CRITICISM.
How to Write a Good Play. By Frank Archer,
crown 8vo. buckram, gilt top, 6s.
The Race Horse. How to Buy, Train, and
Eun Him. By Lieut.-Col. W aeburton, R.E. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. cloth.
Our English Homer. Shakespeare Historically
Considered. By T homas W. W hite, M .A. Crown 8vo. buckram, gilt
top, 6s.
A calm, closely reasoned, and vigorous attempt to refute the claims of Shakespeare to the
authorship of the Plays which bear his name.
Mr. Saintsbury's Essays of Edmond Scherer
ON ENGLISH LITERATURE. Crown 8vo. buckram gilt, 6s.
' This admirably translated volume. Mr. Saintsbury, himself a vigorous critic with strong
and well-maintained judgments, never writes what is not worth reading, and his comments on
M. Scherer supply a luminous and agreeable introduction to the twelve essays selected for
translation.'— Spectator.
How to Tie Salmon Flies. By Captain J. H.
H ale. With about 70 Wood Engravings from Photographs by Mr. 0.
O'Meara, and Engravings of Salmon Flies. Demy 8vo. cloth, 12s.
Short History of German Literature. By
J ames K. H osmee, Professor of English and German Literature in Washing
ton University. Revised Edition. 870. cloth, 612 pp., 7s.
' One of the handiest and most satisfactory manuals of the kind.' — G lobe.
Theory and Analysis of Ornament, applied
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partment, Royal Polytechnic, Regent Street. With numerous Illustrations.
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THE FOLLOWING IS A COMPLETE LIST OF THE VOLUMES;
1. A Daughter of Heth.
2. The Strange Adven
tures of a Phseton.
3. A Princess of Thule.
4. In Silk Attire.
5. Kilmeny. [May.
6. Madcap Violet.
7. Three Feathers.
8. The Maid of Killeena.
9. Green Pastures and
Pieeadilly.
10. Maeleod of Dare.
11. Lady Silverdale's
Sweetheart.
12. White Wings.
13. Sunrise.
14. The Beautiful Wretch,
is. Shandon Bells.
16. Adventures in Thule.
17. Yolande.
18. Judith Shakespeare.
19. The Wise Women of
Inverness.
20. White Heather.
21. Sabina Zembra.
22. The Strange Adven
tures of a House
Boat.
23. In Far Lochaber.
24. The Penance of John
Logan.
25. Prince Fortunatus.