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Collected and Arranged by John Dennis. Small crown 8vo. Elegantly bound, price 3s. 6d. "An exquisite selection, a selection which every lover of poetry will consult again and again with delight. The notes are very useful.... The volume is one for which English literature owes Mr. Dennis the heartiest thanks."-Spectator. "Mr. Dennis has shown great judgment in this selection."-Saturday Review. HOME-SONGS FOR QUIET HOURS. By the Rev. Canon R. H. Baynes, Editor of "English Lyrics” and “Lyra Anglicana.' Handsomely printed and bound, price 3s. 6d. THE DISCIPLES. A New Poem. By Harriet Eleanor Hamilton King. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. ASPROMONTE, AND OTHER POEMS. Second Edition, cloth, 4s. 6d. "The volume is anonymous, but there is no reason for the author to be ashamed of it. The Poems of Italy' are evidently inspired by genuine enthusiasm in the cause espoused; and one of them, 'The Execution of Felice Orsini,' has much SONGS FOR MUSIC. By Four Friends. Square crown 8vo, price 5s. "A charming gift-book, which will be very popular with lovers of poetry."-John Bull. ROBERT BUCHANAN, THE POETICAL AND PROSE WORKS OF. Collected Edition, in 5 Vols. Vol. I. contains.-"Ballads and Romances;" "Ballads and Poems of Life," and a Portrait of the Author. [Is now ready. Vol. II-"Ballads and Poems of Life;" "Allegories and Sonnets." " Vol III-"Cruiskeen Sonnets;""Book of Orm;" Political Mystics." The Contents of the remaining Volumes will be duly announced. 65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London. POETRY-continued. HOLY FO TSTEPS. A VOLUME OF SACRED HYMNS AND POEMS. [Shortly. Crown 8vo. THOUGHTS IN VERSE. Small crown 8vo. Price is. 6d. This is a Collection of Verses expressive of religious feeling, written from a Theistic stand-point. COSMOS. A Poem. Small crown 8vo. Price 38. 6d. SUBJECT.-Nature in the Past and in the Present.-Man in the Past and in the Present. The Future. NARCISSUS AND OTHER POEMS. By E. Carpenter. Small crown 8vo. Price 55. "Displays considerable poetic force."Queen. A TALE OF THE SEA, SONNETS, AND OTHER POEMS. By James Howell. Crown 8vo, cloth, 5s. "Mr. Howell has a keen perception of the beauties of nature, and a just appreciation of the charities of life. ... Mr. Howell's book deserves, and will probably receive, a warm reception."-Pall Mall Gazette. næum. "We were hardly prepared for the touches of genuine beauty which adorn so many of these little poems."-Spectator. "As a writer of Vers de Société Mr. Dobson is almost, if not quite, unrivalled." --Examiner. "Lively, innocent, elegant in expression, and graceful in fancy."-Morning Post. ON VIOL AND FLUTE. A New Volume of Poems, by Edmund W. Gosse. With a Frontispiece by W. B. Scott. Crown 8vo. Price 5s. "A careful perusal of his verses will show that he is a poet. . . . His song has the grateful, murmuring sound which reminds one of the softness and deliciousness of summer time.... There is much that is good in the volume."-Spectator. 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It is not the least merit of these pages that they are everywhere illumined with moral and religious sentiment suggested, not paraded, of the brightest, purest character." Standard. 65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London. A NEW VOLUME OF SONNETS. By the Rev. C. Tennyson Turner. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. "Mr. Turner is a genuine poet; his song is sweet and pure, beautiful in expression, and often subtle in thought."-Pall Mall Gazette. "The dominant charm of all these sonnets is the pervading presence of the writer's personality, never obtruded but always impalpably diffused. The light of a devout, gentle, and kindly spirit, a delicate and graceful fancy, a keen intelligence irradiates these thoughts."-Contemporary Review. GOETHE'S FAUST. A New Translation in Rime. By the Rev. C. Kegan Paul. Crown 8vo. 6s. 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