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THE CAMPAIGN OF TRAFALGAR.

VITÆ SANCTORUM HIBERNIÆ.

THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE,
CHRONICLES OF THEBERTON, A SUFFOLK VILLAGE.

NEW NOVELS : -THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR; THE CHEERFUL KNAVE; VERA
OF THE STRONG HEART; LYING LIPS; THE RAJAH'S PEOPLE; LA GLOIRE
DE DON RAMIRE.

SCHOOL BOOKS:-A STUDENT'S EDITION OF THE ODES OF HORACE; LATIN OF THE EMPIRE; SELECT LETTERS OF SENECA; ELEMENTARY LATIN EXERCISES ; FIRST AND SECOND LATIN UNSEEN BOOKS; GRAMMAR OF THE GOTHIC LANGUAGE; LES MAITRES SONNEURS; HISTORICAL TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE; THE PLAIN TEXT POETS; OXFORD PLAIN TEXTS; JUNIOR HISTORY OF ROME; COLLECTION OF EASTERN STORIES AND LEGENDS; DE QUINCEY; SPANISH MILITARY NUN; REVOLT OF THE TARTARS; CHAMBERS'S EFFECTIVE READERS; HANDY SCRIPTURE ATLAS

OUR LIBRARY TABLE.

LITERARY GOSSIP.

LIST OF NEW BOOKS.
SCIENCE:-PUBLIC SCHOOL ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRY; CONCURRENT PRACTICAL

AND THEORETICAL GEOMETRY; PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM;
LESSONS IN APPLIED MECHANICS; HYGIENE OF SCHOOL LIFE; BATTERSEA
PARK AS A CENTRE OF NATURE STUDY.

SOCIETIES.

FINE ARTS :- VAN DYCK'S EARL AND COUNTESS OF DERBY AND CHILD.
MUSIC.

DRAMA.

LAST WEEK'S ATHENÆUM contains Articles on

THE FASCINATING DUC DE RICHELIEU.

THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD.

THRENODIES, SKETCHES, AND OTHER POEMS.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HILDEBRAND.

A HISTORY OF SUMER AND AKKAD.

ENGLISH HISTORY:-A Constitutional History of England; Chambers's Student's History; Longmans' Historical Illustrations; Original Illustrations of English Constitutional History.

OUR LIBRARY TABLE: -A Vagabond Journey around the World; La Crise anglaise; The
Edinburgh University Library; Selections from Stefan George.

OXFORD NOTES; LETTERS OF WALTER SCOTT; SALE.
LIST OF NEW BOOKS.

LITERARY GOSSIP.

SCIENCE :-The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole; Handbook of Polar Discoveries; Theories of Parallelism; The Annual Visitation of Greenwich Observatory; Societies; Meetings Next Week; Gossip.

FINE ARTS: - Oriental Art; Alpine Club Gallery; Archæological Notes; Mr. Arthur Symons's 'D. G. Rossetti'; The Mappin Pictures; Gossip; Exhibitions.

MUSIC:-Lakmé; Mr. Beecham's Mozart Festival; Gossip; Performances Next Week.
DRAMA:-Thomas Muskerry; Mr. Henry Neville; Irish Drama; The London Shakespeares.

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