THE HUMOUR OF SPAIN. Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by S. Taylor. With numerous Illustrations. THE HUMOUR OF AMERICA. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by J. Barr (of the _Detroit Free Press_). With numerous Illustrations by C. E. Brock. To be followed by volumes representative of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, JAPAN, etc. The Series will be complete in about twelve volumes. LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, LTD., 24 WARWICK LANE. SPECIMEN ILLUSTRATION. [Illustration: DOCTOR DECHAR: “AND YET YOU DECLARED THE OPERATION MUST BE DONE?” DOCTOR RAPPASS: “OF COURSE. YOU MUST ALWAYS OPERATE.”] LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, LTD., 24 WARWICK LANE. _AUTHORIZED VERSION._ _Crown 8vo, Cloth, Price 6s._ PEER GYNT: A Dramatic Poem. BY HENRIK IBSEN. TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM AND CHARLES ARCHER. _This Translation, though unrhymed, preserves throughout the various rhythms of the original._ “In _Brand_ the hero is an embodied protest against the poverty of spirit and half-heartedness that Ibsen rebelled against in his countrymen. In _Peer Gynt_ the hero is himself the embodiment of that spirit. In _Brand_ the fundamental antithesis, upon which, as its central theme, the drama is constructed, is the contrast between the spirit of compromise on the one hand, and the motto ‘everything or nothing’ on the other. And _Peer Gynt_ is the very incarnation of a compromising dread of decisive committal to any one course. In _Brand_ the problem of self-realisation and the relation of the individual to his surroundings is obscurely struggling for recognition, and in _Peer Gynt_ it becomes the formal theme upon which all the fantastic variations of the drama are built up. In both plays alike the problems of heredity and the influence of early surroundings are more than touched upon; and both alike culminate in the doctrine that the only redeeming power on earth or in heaven is the power of love.”--Mr. P. H. WICKSTEED. London: WALTER SCOTT, LIMITED, 24 Warwick Lane. _Foolscap 8vo, Cloth, Price 3s. 6d._ THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL (Or “REVIZÓR.”) A RUSSIAN COMEDY. BY NIKOLAI VASILIYEVICH GOGOL. Translated from the original Russian, with Introduction and Notes, by A. A. SYKES, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Though one of the most brilliant and characteristic of Gogol’s works, and well-known on the Continent, the present is the first translation of his _Revizór_, or Inspector-General, which has appeared in English. A satire on Russian administrative functionaries, the _Revizór_ is a comedy marked by continuous gaiety and invention, full of “situation,” each development of the story accentuating the satire and emphasising the characterisation, the whole play being instinct with life and interest. Every here and there occurs the note of caprice, of naïveté, of unexpected fancy, characteristically Russian. The present translation will be found to be admirably fluent, idiomatic, and effective. London: WALTER SCOTT, LIMITED, 24 Warwick Lane.