LANIER, SIDNEY (Editor). Knightly Legends of Wales, or The Boy's Mabinogion. Scribner. 2.00 The Mabinogion, or Welsh legends of King Arthur, belong to a much earlier period than Malory. In this edition the original text is scrupulously preserved, except for necessary excision, and occasional condensation which is always placed in brackets. WILSON, C.D. (p. 153) The Story of the Cid. Lothrop. 1.25 "Thus lived and died the great Cid Campeador of Spain, most wonderful of heroes, who was never defeated, and who became the ancestor of kings." This edition is founded upon the translation of Southey. POETRY, COLLECTIONS OF POETRY AND PROSE, AND STORIES ADAPTED FROM GREAT AUTHORS In the best books, great men talk to us, with us, and give us their most precious thoughts. Books are the voices of the distant and the dead.... They give to all who will faithfully use them the society and the presence of the best and greatest of our race. CHANNING. DARTON, F.J.H. Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims. Stokes. 1.50 Mr. Darton has so delightfully made real the times of Richard II, and has so well adapted the tales told by the immortal pilgrims, that we owe him a debt of thanks. I say we, for certainly we older people will enjoy them as much as our children. In retelling the tales in prose the editor has introduced material from Lydgate and others. Dr. Furnivall contributes an illuminating introduction, and Hugh Thomson's illustrations are, as usual, very satisfactory. He (Chaucer) carried his sunshine with him as he rode and (p. 154) walked about, observing with quick eye the varied life around him, and then reproducing it for us in words which enable us to recreate it, and to see the sun of his genius over the land we love. F.J. FURNIVALL. LAMB, CHARLES and MARY. Tales from Shakspeare. Illustrated by N.M. Price. Scribner. 2.50