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Shakespeare.—THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Edited by W.G. Clark and W. Aldis Wright.

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Scott.—THE POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. With Biographical Essay by F.T. Palgrave. New Edition.

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Burns.—THE POETICAL WORKS AND LETTERS OF ROBERT BURNS. Edited, with Life, by Alexander Smith. New Edition.

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Pope.—THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE. Edited, with Memoir and Notes, by Professor Ward.

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Spenser.—THE COMPLETE WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER. Edited from the Original Editions and Manuscripts, by R. Morris, Member of the Council of the Philological Society. With a Memoir by J.W. Hales, M.A., late Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge, Member of the Council of the Philological Society.

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Cowper.—THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM COWPER. Edited, with Biographical Introduction and Notes, by W. Benham.

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Virgil.—THE WORKS OF VIRGIL RENDERED INTO ENGLISH PROSE, with Introductions, Running Analysis, and an Index, by James Lonsdale, M.A., and Samuel Lee, M.A. Globe 8vo.

The preface of this new volume informs us that “the original has been faithfully rendered, and paraphrase altogether avoided. At the same time, the translators have endeavoured to adapt the book to the use of the English reader. Some amount of rhythm in the structure of the sentence has been generally maintained; and, when in the Latin the sound of the words is an echo to the sense (as so frequently happens in Virgil), an attempt has been made to produce the same result in English.”

The general introduction gives us whatever is known of the poet’s life, an estimate of his genius, an account of the principal editions and translations of his works, and a brief view of the influence he has had on modern poets; special introductory essays are prefixed to the Eclogues, Georgics, and Æneid. The text is divided into sections, each of which is headed by a concise analysis of the subject; the index contains references to all the characters and events of any importance.

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