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By JOHN MASEFIELD. ”The book is a joy. We have had half-a-dozen more learned books on Shakespeare in the last few years, but not one so wise.”--_Manchester Guardian._
27. _ENGLISH LITERATURE: MODERN_
By G. H. MAIR, M.A. ”Altogether a fresh and individual book.”--_Observer._
35. _LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE_
By G. L. STRACHEY. ”Short handbooks on great subjects are among the most difficult tasks that a man of letters can undertake, and Mr Strachey is to be congratulated on his courage and success. It is difficult to imagine how a better account of French Literature could be given in two hundred and fifty small pages than he has given here.”--_The Times._
39. _ARCHITECTURE_
By Prof. W. R. LETHABY. (Over forty Ill.u.s.trations.) ”Popular guide-books to architecture are, as a rule, not worth much. This volume is a welcome exception.”--_Building News._ ”Delightfully bright reading.”--_Christian World._
43. _ENGLISH LITERATURE: MEDIaeVAL._
By Prof. W. P. KER, M.A.
45. _THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE_
By L. PEARSALL SMITH, M.A.
IN PREPARATION
_ANCIENT ART AND RITUAL._ By Miss JANE HARRISON, LL.D., D.Litt.
_THE RENAISSANCE._ By Mrs R. A. TAYLOR.
_ITALIAN ART OF THE RENAISSANCE._ By ROGER E. FRY, M.A.
_ENGLISH COMPOSITION._ By Prof. WM. T. BREWSTER.
_GREAT WRITERS OF AMERICA._ By Prof. W. P. TRENT and Prof. J. ERSKINE.
_GREAT WRITERS OF RUSSIA._ By C. T. HAGBERG WRIGHT, LL.D.
_THE LITERATURE OF GERMANY._ By Prof. J. G. ROBERTSON, M.A., Ph.D.
_Science_
7. _MODERN GEOGRAPHY_
By Dr MARION NEWBIGIN. (Ill.u.s.trated.) ”Geography, again: what a dull, tedious study that was wont to be!... But Miss Marion Newbigin invests its dry bones with the flesh and blood of romantic interest, taking stock of geography as a fairy-book of science.”--_Daily Telegraph._
9. _THE EVOLUTION OF PLANTS_
By Dr D. H. SCOTT, M.A., F.R.S., late Hon. Keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory, Kew. (Fully ill.u.s.trated.) ”The information which the book provides is as trustworthy as first-hand knowledge can make it.... Dr Scott's candid and familiar style makes the difficult subject both fascinating and easy.”--_Gardeners' Chronicle._