Imitation Morocco. 6s.
“The style of Mr. Shorthouse’s dainty little preface is, we should say, nearly perfect in its kind. . . From the delicate bit of word-painting with which it opens to the closing paragraph there is one clear thought running through the whole.”—Spectator.
“This charming reprint has a fresh value added to it by the Introductory Essay of the Author of ‘John Inglesant.’”—Academy.
TALES OF MODERN OXFORD. By the Author of “Lays of Modern Oxford.” Crown 8vo., cloth extra. 6s.
POEMS AND HYMNS. By the Rev. G. T. Coster, of Whitby. Fcap. 8vo., cloth extra, gilt edges. 5s.
“The descriptive poems are very fine, especially ‘The Village’ ‘Early Days,’ and ‘The Children.’ These suggest Crabbe in truthfulness of portrayal and purity of expression. The hymns are also possessed of more than average merit.”—Leeds Mercury.
MEDITATIONS & DISQUISITIONS ON THE FIRST PSALM: On the Penitential and the Consolatory Psalms. By Sir Richard Baker, Knight, Author of “The Chronicle of England.” &c. &c. A verbatim reprint in modern spelling. With Introduction by Rev. A. B. Grosart, LL.D., F.S.A. Portrait and Autograph. Crown 8vo., cloth. 6s. 6d.
“We have long known the comments of Sir Richard Baker, and we have often wondered how they escaped reprinting. . . . He turns his text over and over, and sets it in new lights, and makes it sparkle and flash in the sunlight after a manner little known among the blind critics of the midnight school. Deep experience, remarkable shrewdness, and great spirituality are combined in Sir Richard. It is hard to quote from him, for he is always good alike, and yet he has more memorable sentences than almost any other writer.”—The Sword and Trowel.
THOMAS CARLYLE, The Man and His Books. Illustrated by Personal Reminiscences, Table Talk, and Anecdotes of Himself and his Friends. By Wm. Howie Wylie. Third edition, revised and corrected. Crown 8vo., cloth extra. 7s. 6d.
Reviewing the latest volumes on Carlyle, the Spectator of November 12, 1881, says:—
“The best specimen is that by Mr. Howie Wylie, previously reviewed in these columns, a work which we know to have been read with pleasure by at least one warm and intimate friend of Carlyle, and to which, after perusing others of its kin, we return with a somewhat heightened estimate, from the point of view of the critic.”
“One of the most masterly biographies—a bit of work, indeed, which it would be hard to surpass for sympathy, delicacy, liberality of view, and wealth of friendly insight.”—Contemporary Review.