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JAMES'S GAZETTE 'Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole has prepared a volume which will meet with high approval by all those who desire to know what Egypt and the East are, how they are affected by the religion that prevails, and what are the means by which the people professing that religion may be brought into something like harmony with the civilisation of these times. All the chapters in the book are extremely interesting.'-SCOTSMAN. Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole has done well to republish in their present consecutive and highly interesting form the main body of Lane's notes to his translation of the "Thousand and One Nights." Lane's extensive acquaintance with Arabian literature (much of it in manuscript), and his long residence at Cairo, at a time when the society there was very much what Arabian society was in the Middle Ages, entitle his work to exceptional weight and importance. The editor has succeeded so well "in interweaving the shorter notes in the longer," that the reader, if unacquainted with the circumstances, would hardly imagine that the work was not in its original form. Many interesting anecdotes are interspersed throughout the various chapters illustrative of the subjects treated of. Mr. Lane-Poole has furnished an excellent index (in which the meaning of all Arabic words is given), as well as a list of the authorities quoted throughout the book, which is an entertaining and valuable one.' "The most complete picture in existence of Arabian society.'-TABLET. GLASGOW HERALD. 'To prevent loss, and to present the fruits of a lifetime in an harmonious whole, Mr. Lane-Poole has carefully thrown the very curious and valuable information originally attached by his grand-uncle to the “Thousand and One Nights" into a series of studies, each complete in itself. Additional value is given to the work by a very full index, in which every Arabic word employed is translated into English.'-LEEDS MERCURY. Mr. Stanley Lane Poole has done a wise thing in reprinting, under the title of "Arabian Society in the Middle Ages," the principal of Lane's notes to his translations of the "Arabian Nights." They form a highly entertaining volume, and supply an admirable picture of Oriental life.'—ATHENÆUM. 'Mr. Lane-Poole has done a distinct service in thus classifying and weaving together these valuable notes; they give a complete picture of the social condition under which the races, commonly included under the designation" Arabian," existed at the time the " Entertainments" assumed their present form.'-MORNING POST. 'Under the title of " Arabian Society in the Middle Ages," Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole has published a handsome little volume containing the notes appended by Lane to his classical translation of the “ Arabian Nights." Mr. Lane-Poole has added an elaborate and scholarly index (for even an index can be scholarly) and a list of the authorities quoted. The series of chapters form the most complete picture existing in any European language of the manners, beliefs and superstitions, social habits, and literature of the Mohammedans as they were in the days of the Mamluks, and as they are still to a great extent in Cairo and Damascus and Baghdad. The book is a sort of Moslem encyclopædia.'-ACADEMY. A publication of the highest possible value to everybody interested in the subject of Arab life and thought.” DERBY MERCURY. In 3 vols. domy 8vo. cloth extra, 7s. 6d. each. LANE'S ARABIAN NIGHTS. A New Translation from the Arabic, with Copious Notes, by EDWARD WILLIAM LANE. Illustrated by many Hundred Engravings on Wood, from Original Designs by WILLIAM HARVEY. With a Preface by STANLEY LANE-POOLE. 'Messrs. Chatto & Windus have just issued a reprint, in three handsome volumes. plentifully illustrated, of the masterly translation of the "Arabian Nights," by the great Arabic Scholar, Edward William Lane, which, for all who desire a faithful reproduction of the original, has superseded the trans'ations which have been made at various epochs from Ga'land's French Version.'-TIMES. A handsome new reprint of Lane's standard edition of that great storehouse of imaginative invention, "The Thousand and One Nights," is published in three volumes by Messrs. Chatto and Windus......The substantial value of Mr. Lane's authoritative translation and notes to the student, coupled with the intrinsic and undying interest of the stories, afford ground for congratulation over the appearance of this reprint.'-DAILY NEWS. 'There has reached na a reprint of Lane's Translation of the "Arabian Nights," as edited by his nephew, Mr. E. S. Poole, ani first published in this form in 1859. It has the original woodcuts from drawings by Harvey, andi a preface by the inheritor of the family traditions, Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole. It is published by Messrs. Chatto & Windus, in three volumes, at a very low price. This standard work needs no recommendation now.'-ACADEMY. Whatever changes of fashion there may be, the "Arabian Nights" holds its place as the best collection of stories in the world. The new and handsome edition of the late Edward William Lane's well-known translation from the Arabic needs no commendation. Its learning accuracy, and fidelity to the original place it facile princeps among the various versions of these favourite tales. Its place is in the library of the scholar, and there the new edition of this fine work will be warmly welcomed.'-STANDARD. CHATTO & WINDUS, Piccadilly, W. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE ADVERTISER. OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES. ESTABLISHED MARCH 1860.' Price ls. 6d. 9 EMBELLISHED EVERY MONTH WITH A STEEL PLATE ENGRAVING Among the Contributors to BAILY'S MAGAZINE are to be numbered the leading Sporting writers of the day, whose excellence of literary style has enabled the Magazine to attain its present popularity. 10 THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE ADVERTISER. NEW AND IMPORTANT NOVELS. OUIDA'S New Novel, WANDA, will be ready on May 2, in 3 vols. crown 8vo. at every Library. ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S New Novel, MR. SCARBOROUGH'S FAMILY, is now ready, in 3 vols. crown 8vo. at every Library. CHRISTIE MURRAY'S New Novel, HEARTS, will be ready on May 10, in 3 vols. crown 8vo. at every Library. ROBERT BUCHANAN'S New Novel, ANNAN WATER, will be ready shortly, in 3 vols. crown 8vo. at every Library. Two vols. crown 8vo. cloth extra, with Portraits, 24s.; and at every Library. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS CARLYLE AND RALPH WALDO EMERSON. Edited by CHARLES ELIOT NORTON. In some important respects these volumes are the most valuable contribution that has yet been made to the study of Emerson and Carlyle. Both writers evidently took pains to make their letters as good as possible. A more interesting and suggestive collection of letters has not been given to the world since the appearance of the correspondence of Goethe and Schiller; and the friendship of Carlyle and Emerson is likely to be as famous in the history of English and American literature as that of the Weimar poets in the history of the literature of Germany. Mr. Norton has done his work as the writers must have wished it to be done when they committed to him the trust he has now discharged.'-ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE. It would be difficult to name any contemporary romance of more profound, or at times thrilling interest than is contained in these letters..... Besides the great intrinsic value of these letters-both as literary productions and as illustrating literary history during the period covered by them-they possess considerable importance as regards persons....Such notes as these, carefully distributed by Professor Norton, a near friend of both men, greatly add to the interest of volumes which must be regarded as among the most opportune and important of our time.' DAILY NEWS. We do not risk much by saying that these volumes contain the finest collection of literary correspondence in the language. Not a word is to be found in them which can fairly be called unworthy of the writers.'ABERDEEN FREE PRESS. This correspondence is a very brilliant one, and full of interest to all lovers of literature.'-TABLET. 'The correspondence between Carlyle and Emerson contained in these volumes is certain to take a permanent place among the records of literary friendship. The writers were two of the most notable men of letters and spiritual forces of their time, differing from each other entirely in their views of most of the great problems of life as well as in their modes of thought, but yet retaining a mutual regard which is never absent throughout the whole correspondence. This gives to their utterances a peculiar and unique interest, both literary and biographical. . . . There are in these volumes some brief but wonderfully vivid descriptions by Carlyle of celebrated men and women of the day. It is a pleasure to record that the volumes have been edited with loving ⚫ care, sound judgment, and unfailing good taste by Mr. Charles Eliot Norton.'-ACADEMY. Apart from its literary interest, which is very considerable, this correspondence cannot but tend to correct some of those harsher impressions of Carlyle's character which the public have derived from some other labours of his supposed friends. Professor Eliot Norton, who has edited these two volumes, though bis name does not appear on the title-page, has discharged his duty with a discretion and good taste which are at once an example and a rebuke to all Carlyle editors.'-WHITEHALL REVIEW. These letters abound in passages of rare beauty, and there are pages of experience not surpassed in interest in the writings of either author. . . . . The task of an editor, has rarely been more happily performed than by Professor Norton; his loving care is felt throughout the book in such notes as are needed to explain allusions to persons, events, and books.'-ATHENEUM. CHATTO & WINDUS, Piccadilly, W. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE ADVERTISER. Square 8vo. cloth extra, 10s. 6d. 11 ABOUT ENGLAND WITH DICKENS. By ALFRED RIMMER. With 57 Illustrations by C. A. VANDERHOOF, Alfred RIMMER, and others. Mr. Rimmer has published many very beautiful books, interesting to all lovers of the picturesque and beautiful in England. He has now added to these a book which he calls " About England with Dickens." In this work he takes up the characters of Dickens and the scenes which are described in Dickens's books, and he identifies them with places where it is pretty certain Dickens had been, and from which, it is almost equally certain, Dickens drew his inspiration. On this plan he has written several gossipy papers, and he has illustrated them by admirable drawings of the scenes to which they relate. It would be difficult to overpraise the excellence of the sketches which he has made, or to speak too highly of the general beauty of the volume which he has produced. It is in all respects admirable, and will certainly enhance Mr. Rimmer's reputation.' SCOTSMAN. 'To many readers of Dickens Mr. Rimmer's book will not be unwelcome. It is gossiping and eminently readable. Mr. Rimmer goes through Dickens's stories one by one, and tries to identify the localities of the writer's pictures. The inn at Rochester where Jingle distinguished himself, Mr. Tulkinghorn's chambers, Dotheboys Hall, and other places, are all described as they now are. No stone, near or far, has Mr. Rimmer left untouched that has any connection with places peopled by Dickens with the creations of his fancy; and that his book will be welcome to very many students of "the Inimitable" is certain.'-ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE. A holiday among the scenes, to which Mr. Rimmer guides his readers, will owe to him a keener relish, for he writes in an easy conversational style, and is never dull.'-LEEDS MERCURY. To the bulk of readers this book will come as a surprise and revelation. The letterpress is done with knowledge and a keen appreciation of Dickens's realistic touch in painting localities, as well as of his humour.' BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. 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The one half of Mr. Robinson's book may be set against the other; and an anthology which contains poems like Shelley's "Skylark" and a hundred touches, at once truthful and imaginative, from Keats and Byron and Burns, and many a lesser poet of the country like Grahame or Leyden, more than compensates for a certain want of variety in the allusions to greenfinches and crakes, and a too great tendency to describe all the less important song-birds as "twittering." But either half is very pleasant reading, and more especially to those who combine with a love of poetry some knowledge of the woods and fields.'-ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE. 'Mr. Phil Robinson has hit upon a happy idea. . . . Throughout the book one is struck both by the author's exceptional knowledge of bird-nature and by his not less exceptional industry in the accumulation of material. ... We can hardly be too hearty in our praise. The work is not only of great interest but of solid usefulness.' DERBY MERCURY. 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