"His taste as a judge of old poetry will be found, by all acquainted with the various readings of old English ballads, true enough to justify his undertaking so critical a task."—Saturday Review.
THE JEST BOOK.
The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings. Selected and arranged by Mark Lemon.
"The fullest and best jest book that has yet appeared."—Saturday Review.
BACON'S ESSAYS AND COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL.
With Notes and Glossarial Index. By W. Aldis Wright, M.A.
"The beautiful little edition of Bacon's Essays, now before us, does credit to the taste and scholarship of Mr. Aldis Wright.... It puts the reader in possession of all the essential literary facts and chronology necessary for reading the Essays in connexion with Bacon's life and times."—Spectator.
"By far the most complete as well as the most elegant edition we possess."—Westminster Review.