The book contains a thrilling account by Dr. T. G. Longstaff, M.B., F.R.G.S., of an attempt to climb Gurla Mandhata, the highest mountain in Western Tibet, with two Swiss guides. * * * * * LETTERS OF GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L., LL.D., Hon. Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. Arranged by his Daughter, LUCY CRUMP. _Demy 8vo. With Portraits._ =12s. 6d. net.= Dr. Birkbeck Hill’s ‘Letters’ form, with a few connecting links written by his daughter, an autobiography whose charm lies in its intimate portrayal of a character which was, in its curious intensity, at once learned, tender, and humorous. He wrote as he talked, and his talk was famous for its fund of anecdote, of humour, of deep poetic feeling, of vigorous literary criticism, and no less vigorous political sentiment. As an Oxford undergraduate, he was one of the founders, together with Mr. Swinburne, Prof. A. V. Dicey, and Mr. James Bryce, of the Old Mortality Club. He was intimately connected also with the Pre-Raphaelites. At college, at home, on the Continent, or in America, everywhere he writes with the pen of one who observes everything, and who could fit all he saw that was new into his vast knowledge of the past. His editions of ‘Boswell’s Johnson,’ of ‘Johnson’s Letters,’ and ‘The Lives of the Poets’ have passed into classical works. But that his writings were not exclusively Johnsonian is abundantly shown by such books as the Letters of Hume, Swift, General Gordon, and Rossetti, as well as by his ‘Life of Sir Rowland Hill,’ his ‘History of Harvard University,’ and various collections of essays. * * * * * LETTERS TO A GODCHILD ON THE CATECHISM AND CONFIRMATION. By ALICE GARDNER, ASSOCIATE AND LECTURER OF NEWNHAM COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; AUTHOR OF ‘FRIENDS OF THE OLDEN TIME,’ ‘THEODORE OF STUDIUM,’ ETC. _Foolscap 8vo._ =2s. 6d. net.= This series of actual Letters written to an actual Godchild on the subject of Confirmation is intended for parents and teachers who either feel that some of the instruction to be derived from the Catechism is obscured by archaism of style and thought, or who desire something in the way of a supplement to the Catechism. It is not intended to take the place of works of formal religious instruction. * * * * * TRANSLATIONS INTO LATIN AND GREEK VERSE. By H. A. J. MUNRO, SOMETIME FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PROFESSOR OF LATIN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. With a Prefatory Note by J. D. DUFF, FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. _Medium 8vo. With a Portrait._ =6s. net.=