MESSRS, METHUEN’S LIST II §. Baring Gould. OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES. Collected and edited by S. BARING GouULD. With Numerous Illustrations by F. D. BEDFORD. Second Edition. Crown 8v0. Buckram. 6s. ‘A charming volume. The stories have been selected with great ingenuity from various old ballads and folk-tales, and now stand forth, clothed in Mr. ing Gould’s delightful English, to enchant youthful readers.’—Guardian. 8. Baring Gould. A BOOK OF NURSERY SONGS AND RHYMES. Edited by S. BARING GOULD, and Illustrated by the Birmingham Art School. Suckram, gilt top. Crown 8vo. 6s.

* The volume is very complete in its way, as it contains nursery songs to the number of 77, game-rhymes, and jingles, To the student we commend the sensible introduction, and the explanatory notes.’—Sirmingham Gazette. H. 0. Beeching. A BOOK OF CHRISTMAS VERSE, Edited by H. C. BEECHING, M.A., and Illustrated by WALTER CRANE.

Crown 8vo, gilt top. 55. An anthology which, from its unity of aim and high poetic excellence, has a better right to exist than most of its fellows.'—Guardian.

History Gibbon. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. By Epwarp G1BBon. A New Edition, Edited with Notes, Appendices, and Maps, by J. B. Bury, LL.D., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. Jn Seven Volumes. Demy 8vo, Gilt top. 8s. 6d. each. Also crown 8vo. 6s. each. Vols. I, [l., 111., IV., and V.

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‘ A history written in the spirit of scientific precision so worthily represented by Dr.

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* The lectures will afford a fund of valuable information for students of ancient ethics. — Manchester Guardian.