In the same way every man in France is now Monsieur, _i.e._, my feudal lord; and every man in Germany Mein Herr; and every man in England Mr., _i.e._, Master. The titles date from feudal times, and originally implied feudal subjection. It does so no longer. So also the title of Esquire implies a right to bear arms. The Squire in the parish was the only man in it who had his shield and crest. The Laird in a Scottish country place is the Lord, the man to whom all looked for their bread. So words and usages change their meaning, and yet are retained by habit, ages after their signification is lost. THE END. A LIST OF NEW BOOKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF METHUEN AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS: LONDON 18 BURY STREET W.C. CONTENTS PAGE FORTHCOMING BOOKS, 2 POETRY, 6 HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, 7 GENERAL LITERATURE, 8 WORKS BY S. BARING GOULD, 9 FICTION, 10 NOVEL SERIES, 11 BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, 12 ENGLISH LEADERS OF RELIGION, 13 UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERIES, 14 SOCIAL QUESTIONS OF TO-DAY, 15 OCTOBER 1892 OCTOBER 1892. MESSRS. METHUEN’S AUTUMN ANNOUNCEMENTS GENERAL LITERATURE ~Rudyard Kipling.~ BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS; And Other Verses. By RUDYARD KIPLING. _Extra Post 8vo, pp. 208. Laid paper, rough edges, buckram, gilt top._ 6_s._ A special Presentation Edition, _bound in white buckram, with extra gilt ornament._ 7_s._ 6_d._ _The First Edition was sold on publication, and two further large Editions have been exhausted. The Fourth Edition is Now Ready._ ~Gladstone.~ THE SPEECHES AND PUBLIC ADDRESSES OF THE RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. With Notes. Edited by A. W. HUTTON, M.A. (Librarian of the Gladstone Library), and H. J. COHEN, M.A. With Portraits. 8_vo._ _Vol. IX._ 12_s._ 6_d._ MESSRS. METHUEN beg to announce that they are about to issue, in ten volumes 8vo, an authorised collection of Mr. Gladstone’s Speeches, the work being undertaken with his sanction and under his superintendence. Notes and Introductions will be added. _In view of the interest in the Home Rule Question, it is proposed to issue Vols. IX. and X., which will include the speeches of the last seven or eight years, immediately, and then to proceed with the earlier volumes. Volume X. is already published._ ~Collingwood.~ JOHN RUSKIN: His Life and Work. By W. G. COLLINGWOOD, M.A., late Scholar of University College, Oxford, Author of the ‘Art Teaching of John Ruskin,’ Editor of Mr. Ruskin’s Poems. 2 _vols._ 8_vo._ 32_s._ Also a limited edition on hand-made paper, with the Illustrations on India paper. £3, 3_s._ _net_. Also a small edition on Japanese paper. £5, 5_s._ _net_.