’A very happy conception happily carried out.  These “Ballads of the Brave” are intended to suit the real tastes of boys, and will suit the taste of the great majority.—­Spectator.

’The book is full of splendid things.’—­World.

ENGLISH CLASSICS

Edited by W.E.  HENLEY.

Messrs. Methuen are publishing, under this title, a series of the masterpieces of the English tongue, which, while well within the reach of the average buyer, shall be at once an ornament to the shelf of him that owns, and a delight to the eye of him that reads.

The series, of which Mr. William Ernest Henley is the general editor, will confine itself to no single period or department of literature.  Poetry, fiction, drama, biography, autobiography, letters, essays—­in all these fields is the material of many goodly volumes.

The books, which are designed and printed by Messrs. Constable, are issued in two editions—­(1) A small edition, on the finest Japanese vellum, demy 8vo, 21_s_. a volume net; (2) the popular edition on laid paper, crown 8vo, buckram, 3_s. 6d_. a volume.

THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY.  By LAWRENCE STERNE.  With an Introduction by CHARLES WHIBLEY, and a Portrait. 2_vols. 7s_.

60 copies on Japanese paper. 42_s. net_.

’Very dainty volumes are these; the paper, type and light green binding are all very agreeable to the eye.  “Simplex munditiis” is the phrase that might be applied to them.  So far as we know, Sterne’s famous work has never appeared in a guise more attractive to the connoisseur than this.’—­Globe.

’The book is excellently printed by Messrs. Constable on good paper, and being divided into two volumes, is light and handy without lacking the dignity of a classic.’—­Manchester Guardian.

’This new edition of a great classic might make an honourable appearance in any library in the world.  Printed by Constable on laid paper, bound in most artistic and restful-looking fig-green buckram, with a frontispiece portrait and an introduction by Mr. Charles Whibley, the book might well be issued at three times its present price.’—­Irish Independent.

’Cheap and comely; a very agreeable edition.’—­Saturday Review.

’A real acquisition to the library.’—­Birmingham Post.

THE COMEDIES OF WILLIAM CONGREVE.  With an Introduction by G.S.  STREET, and a Portrait. 2 vols. 7s.

25 copies on Japanese paper. 42s. net.

’The comedies are reprinted in a good text and on a page delightful to look upon.  The pieces are rich reading.’—­Scotsman.

’So long as literature thrives, Congreve must be read with growing zest, in virtue of qualities which were always rare, and which were never rarer than at this moment.  All that is best and most representative of Congreve’s genius is included in this latest edition, wherein for the first time the chaotic punctuation of its forerunners is reduced to order—­a necessary, thankless task on which Mr. Street has manifestly spent much pains.  Of his introduction it remains to say that it is an excellent appreciation, notable for catholicity, discretion, and finesse:  an admirable piece of work.’—­Pall Mall Gazette.