Poetry
WRIT IN BARRACKS.
By Edgar Wallace. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Mr. Edgar Wallace, a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps, is a follower of Mr. Kipling, and his ballads of soldier life and sufferings are well-known in South Africa. They are spirited, pathetic, and true, and at the present time they should enjoy a considerable popularity.
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
Translated by Edward FitzGerald, with a Commentary by H. M. Batson, and a Biography of Omar by E. D. Ross. 6s.
This edition of the famous book, the text of which is printed by permission of Messrs. Macmillan, is the most complete in existence. It contains FitzGerald's last text, and a very full commentary on each stanza. Professor Ross, who is an admirable Persian scholar, contributes a biography, containing many new, valuable, and interesting facts.