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12 MESSRS. METHUEN'S LIST Victor Hugo. THE LETTERS OF VICTOR HUGO. Translated from the French by F. C LARKE ,M.A. In TwoVolumes. Demy 8vo. ios.6d.eack. Vol.1. 1815-35. This is the first volume of one of the most interesting andimportant collection of letters ever published inFrance. The correspondence dates from Victor Hugo's boyhood to his death, and noneof the letters have been_published before. The arrangement is chiefly chronological, but where there is an interesting setof letters to one person these are arranged together. The first volume contains, among others, (i) Letters to his father; (2) to his young wife ; (2) to his confessor, Lamennais; avery important set of about fifty letters to Sainte-Beauve; (5) letters about his early books and plays. 'A charming and vivid picture of a man whose egotism never marred his natural kindness, and whose vanitydid not impair his greatness.'— Standard. C. H. Pearson. ESSAYS AND CRITICAL REVIEWS. By C. H. P EARSON, M.A., Author of ' National Life and Character.' Edited, with a Biographical Sketch, by H. A. S TRONG, M.A., LL.D. With a Portrait. Deviy %vo. 105. (id. 'Remarkable for careful handling, breadth of view, and knowledge."— Scotsman. 'Charming essays.'— Spectator, W. M. Dixon. A PRIMER OF TENNYSON. By W. M. D IXON, M.A., Professor of English Literature at Mason College. Crown Svo. 2s. 6d. ' Much sound and well-expressed criticism and acute literary judgments. The biblio- graphy is a boon.'— Speaker. W. A. Craigie. A PRIMEROF BURNS.By W. A. C RAIGIE. Crown Svo. 2s, 6d. This book is planned on a method similar to the 'Primer ofTennyson.' It has also a glossary. ' A valuable addition to the literature of the poet.'— Times. ' An excellent short account.'— Pa/I Mall Gazette. 'An admirable introduction.'— Globe. Sterne. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY. By L AWRENCE S TERNE. With an Introduction by C HARLES W HIBLEY, anda Portrait. 2 vols. 'js. ' Very dainty volumes are these ; thepaper, type, and light-green binding are all very agreeable to the eye. Simplex viunditiis is the phrase that might be applied to them.'— Globe. Congreve. THE COMEDIES OF WILLIAM CONGREVE. With an Introduction by G. S. S TREET, and a Portrait. 2 vols. Js. 'The volumes are strongly bound ingreen buckram, are of a convenient size, and pleasant to look upon,so that whether on the shelf, or on the table,or in the hand the possessor is thoroughly contentwith them.'— Guardian. Morier. THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA OF ISPAHAN. By J AMES M ORIER. With anIntroduction by E. G. B ROWNE , M. A., and a Portrait. 2 vols. 7s. Walton. THE LIVES OF DONNE, WOTTON, HOOKER, HERBERT, AND SANDERSON. By I ZAAK W ALTON. With an Introduction by V ERNON BLACKBURN, and aPortrait, y. 6d.