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MESSRS. METHUEN'S LIST 13 Johnson. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS. By S AMUEL J OHNSON, LL.D. With an Introduction by J. H. M ILLAR, and a Portrait. 3 vols. 105. 6d. Burns. THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS. Edited by A NDREW L ANG and W. A.C RAIGIE. With Portrait. Demy Zvo, gilt top. 6s. This edition contains a carefully collated Text, numerous Notes, critical and textual, a critical and biographical Introduction, and a Glossary. ' Among the editions in one volume, Mr. Andrew Lang's will take the place of authority.'— Times. F. Langbridge. BALLADS OF THE BRAVE : Poems of Chivalry, Enterprise, Courage, and Constancy. Edited, with Notes, by Rev. F. L ANGBRIDGE. Crown Zvo. Buckram. 35. (xi. School Edition. 2s. 6d. 'A very happy conception happily carried out. These "Ballads of the Brave "are intended to suit the real tastes of hoys, and will suit the taste of the great majority.' —Spectator. 'The book is full of splendidthings.'— World. Illustrated Books Jane Barlow. THE BATTLE OF THE FR GS AND MICE, translated by J ANE B ARLOW, Author of ' Irish Idylls,' and pictured by F. D.B EDFORD. Small\to. 6s. net. S. Baring Gould. A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES retold by S. B ARING G OULD. With numerous ill trations and initial letters by A RTHUR J. G ASKIN. Second Edition. Crown Zvo. Buckram. 6s. 'Mr. Baring Gould is deserving of gratitude, in re-writing in honest, simple style the old stories that delightedthe childhood of "our fathers and grandfathers." _ As to the form of the book, and the printing, which is by Messrs. Constable, it were difficult to commend overmuch. — Saturday Review. S. Baring Gould. OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES. Col­ lected and edited by S. B ARING G OULD. With Numerous Ill tra­ tions by F. D. B EDFORD. Second Edition.Crown Svo.Buckram. 6s. 'A charming volume, which children will be sure to appreciate. The stories have been selected with great ingenuity fromvarious old ballads and folk-tales, and, having been somewhat altered and readjusted, now standforth, clothed in Mr. Baring Gould's delightful English, to enchant youthful readers.'—Gwarrf/aw. S. Baring Gould. A BOOK OF NURSERY SONGS AND RHYMES. Edited by S. B ARING G OULD, and Illustrated by the Birmingham Art School. Buckratn, gilt top. Crown Svo. 6s. ' The volume is very complete in its way, as it contains nursery songs to the number of 77, game-rhymes, andjingles. To the student we commend the sensible intro­ duction, and the explanatory notes. The volume is superbly printed on soft, thick paper, which it is a pleasure to touch ; and the borders and pictures are among the very best specimens we have seen of the Gaskin school.'— Birming­ ham Gazette.