By DAVID HANNAY. The author traces the growth of naval power from early times, and discusses its principles and effects upon the history of the Western world. In Preparation _ANCIENT GREECE._ By Prof. Gilbert Murray, D.Litt., LL.D., F.B.A. _ANCIENT EGYPT._ By F. Ll. Griffith, M.A. _THE ANCIENT EAST._ By D. G. Hogarth, M.A., F.B.A. _A SHORT HISTORY OF EUROPE._ By Herbert Fisher, M.A., F.B.A. _PREHISTORIC BRITAIN._ By Robert Munro, M.A., M.D., LL.D. _THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE._ By Norman H. Baynes. _THE REFORMATION._ By Principal Lindsay, LL.D. _A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSIA._ By Prof. Milyoukov. _MODERN TURKEY._ By D. G. Hogarth, M.A. _FRANCE OF TO-DAY._ By Albert Thomas. _GERMANY OF TO-DAY._ By Charles Tower. _HISTORY OF SCOTLAND._ By R. S. Rait, M.A. _SOUTH AMERICA._ By Prof. W. R. Shepherd. _LONDON._ By Sir Laurence Gomme, F.S.A. _HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF SPAIN._ By J. Fitzmaurice-Kelly, F.B.A., Litt.D. _Literature and Art_ 2. _SHAKESPEARE_ By JOHN MASEFIELD. "The book is a joy. We have had half-a-dozen more learned books on Shakespeare in the last few years, but not one so wise."--_Manchester Guardian._ 27. _ENGLISH LITERATURE: MODERN_ By G. H. MAIR, M.A. "Altogether a fresh and individual book."--_Observer._ 35. _LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE_ By G. L. STRACHEY. "It is difficult to imagine how a better account of French Literature could be given in 250 small pages."--_The Times._ 39. _ARCHITECTURE_ By Prof. W. R. LETHABY. (Over forty Illustrations.) "Popular guide-books to architecture are, as a rule, not worth much. This volume is a welcome exception."--_Building News._ "Delightfully bright reading."--_Christian World._ 43. _ENGLISH LITERATURE: MEDIÆVAL_ By Prof. W. P. KER, M.A. "Prof. Ker, one of the soundest scholars in English we have, is the very man to put an outline of English Mediæval Literature before the uninstructed public. His knowledge and taste are unimpeachable, and his style is effective, simple, yet never dry."--_The Athenæum._ 45. _THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE_ By L. PEARSALL SMITH, M.A. "A wholly fascinating study of the different streams that went to the making of the great river of the English speech."--_Daily News._ 52. _GREAT WRITERS OF AMERICA_ By Prof. J. ERSKINE and Prof. W. P. TRENT. "An admirable summary from Franklin to Mark Twain, enlivened by a dry humour."--_Athenæum._ 63. _PAINTERS AND PAINTING_ By Sir FREDERICK WEDMORE. (With 16 half-tone illustrations.) From the Primitives to the Impressionists. 64. _DR JOHNSON AND HIS CIRCLE_ By JOHN BAILEY, M.A. 65. _THE LITERATURE OF GERMANY_ By Professor J. G. ROBERTSON, M.A., Ph.D. A review of one of the greatest literatures of the world by a high authority. 70. _THE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE_ By G. K. CHESTERTON. "The Victorian Compromise and its Enemies"--"The Great Victorian Novelists"--"The Great Victorian Poets"--"The Break-up of the Compromise." In Preparation