“One of the monuments of English historical scholarship that needs no commendation.”—_Manchester Guardian._ POETRY Selected Poems By GEORGE MEREDITH _Crown 8vo. 6s._ “A volume which abounds in imaginative vision as well as intellectual strength.”—_Standard._ “His poems are achievements of the intellect ... there is wit in them and genius.”—_Scotsman._ “We hope that a large public will wake up to the high and serious beauties and the real genius of Mr. Meredith’s finest poetry.”—_St. James’s Gazette._ “These Selected Poems are a literary store.”—_Scotsman._ * * * * * Songs of Love and Empire By E. NESBIT _Now Ready. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt._ * * * * * New Poems By FRANCIS THOMPSON _Fcap 8vo, 6s. net._ “There is in these new Poems a wider outlook, a greater breadth of sympathy than were discovered in their predecessors.”—_Globe._ “A true poet.... At any rate here unquestionably is a new poet, a wielder of beautiful words, a lover of beautiful things.”—I. ZANGWILL, in the _Cosmopolitan_, Sept., 1895. “At least one book of poetry has been published this year that we can hand on confidently to other generations. It is not incautious to prophesy that Mr. Francis Thompson’s poems will last.”—_Sketch._ “Mr. Thompson’s new volume will be welcomed by all students and lovers of the more ambitious forms of poetry.”—_Glasgow Herald._ * * * * * Whitman. A Study By JOHN BURROUGHS _12mo. Cloth gilt, 6s. net._ “Altogether the most complete, the most sympathetic, and the most penetrating estimate of Walt Whitman that has yet been written.”—_Daily Mail._ * * * * * Fidelis and Other Poems By C. M. GEMMER _Foolscap 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. net._ “It has undeniable beauty, and it would have been a pity if this and some of the shorter poems included in the same collection had not seen the light. Distinction of tone, careful craftsmanship, and a rich vocabulary characterise most of them.”—_Manchester Guardian._ “Touched with a dainty grace is “Baby-Land.” ... “A Reverie” in whose tender pathos and stately movement we find an abiding charm.”—_Literature._ * * * * * A Tale of Boccaccio and Other Poems By ARTHUR COLES ARMSTRONG. _Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s. net._ * * * * * The Cyclists’ Pocket Book For the year 1898. FULL OF INFORMATION. _Cloth boards, 1s. Leather, 1s. 6d._ A special feature of the 1898 edition of “THE CYCLISTS’ POCKET BOOK” is a list of Hotels offering advantages to Cyclists in town and country, also the “CYCLISTS’ TELEGRAPH CODE” (enlarged and improved). “A very handy little volume ... in size and shape most convenient ... an excellent little work. Can highly recommend it to our readers.”—_The Irish Cyclist._ “The most useful pocket book for cyclists we have yet seen.”—_Westminster Gazette._