“Good Books are the precious life-blood of Master-Spirits.”—Milton.

These are some of the author’s lighter and more generally interesting Essays on literary topics of permanent interest. His other prose contributions, critical and philosophical, to our literature are included in the collected editions of his works.

THEOLOGY IN THE ENGLISH POETS. Being Lectures delivered by the Rev. Stopford A. Brooke, Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.

MOUNTAIN, MEADOW, AND MERE; a Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History. By G. Christopher Davies. With 16 Illustrations by W. Harcourt. Crown 8vo, price 6s.

HOW TO AMUSE AND EMPLOY OUR INVALIDS. By Harriet Power. Fcap. 8vo. Price 2s. 6d.

The question, so often put by invalids, “Can you not find me something to do?” is answered at some length in this little book, which takes up a subject but little touched upon in the many manuals for nurses. [Just out.

STUDIES AND ROMANCES. By H. Schutz Wilson. 1 vol. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.