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"Nancy Noon' is perhaps the strongest book of the year, certainly by far the strongest book which has been published by any new writer... Mr. Swift contrives to keep his book from end to end real, passionate, even intense. . . . If Mr. Meredith had never written, one would have predicted, with the utmost confidence, a great future for Mr. Benjamin Swift, and even as it is I have hopes.”— Sketch. "Certainly a promising first effort."-Whitehall Review. "If 'Nancy Noon' be Mr. Swift's first book, it is a success of an uncommon kind."-Dundee Advertiser. "Nancy Noon' is one of the most remarkable novels of the year, and the author, avowedly a beginner, has succeeded in gaining a high position in the ranks of contemporary writers. . . . All his characters are delightful. 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With Photogravure Frontispiece and other Zustrations. Fcap. 8vo., cloth, 6s. Chapters I. to VIII.-Epilogue.-Appendix: The sions of Scotland-Journey of Æneas Sylvius to Scotland-Alain Chartier's Speech to James I. -Regnault Girard, at Sea-Regnault Girard leaves Scotland-A Farewell Banquet and an Exchange of Gifts-Death of Margaret, daughter of James I., Dauphiness of France-The "Bar-lass"-Death of James I. Æneas Sylvius Piccolomini, before James I. of Scotland, a fancy picture by Pinturicchio in the Library of the Sienna Cathedral. It makes part of a series of frescoes by the same, representing the principal events in the life of Æneas Sylvius, afterwards Pope II. It was painted by order of Francis Piccolomini, nephew of Pius II., afterwards Pope Pius III. A fifteenth-century representation of the stargoddess Venus; from MS. Harl., 4431, works of Christine de Pisan: "Vénus est planette ou ciel que les païens jadis appelérent déesse d'amours," fol. 102. 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PATERNOSTER Row.—The usual explanation of the name, and the one which most commends itsel is that here the stationers or text-writers, who says Stow, wrote and sold all sorts of books, rosaries, or absies (booklets containing the Paternoster, Ave, Creed, Graces, etc., the "A B C," or absy, of theological principles) were located here adjacent to the Cathedral. Another explanation, which at any rate has an air of plausibility and circumstantiality to recommend it, is that the Roman processions assembled at the Cheapside end of the street, and marching westward, commenced to chant the Paternoster, which occupied them the length of the Row, thence called Paternoster. Then they passed through what is now Ave Maria Lane, chanting the salutation to the Virgin, the Ave Maria, which continued till they reached Creed Lane, where they chanted the Credo, which ended when they arrived at the spot now known as Amen Corner, where they sang the concluding Amen Che non é vero é ben trovato, and so we will not quarrel with the ingenious tradition. The Row has seen a variety of inhabitants. At first entirely ecclesiastical in character, it afterwards became the abode of spurriers then of mercers and silkmen, who are even now in force in the adjacent neighbourhood. Then followed stationers and booksellers, succeeded by vendors of female head-gear, and finally dispensers of literature, with an intermixture of lighter kinds of business. RAMBLES IN GALLOWAY. By MALCOLM MC L. HARPER. New Edition, with a Map and upwards of 80 Illustrations. handsomely bound in art linen, blocked gold, gilt top, 6s, net. Demy Str. This volume will serve as a suitable companion to the works of Mr. S. R. Crockett, treating, as it does, of the country with which his writings are chiefly associated. Indeed, a reading of the "Rambles" tend to give a further zest to the writings of that distinguished novelist. The author has travelled every foot of the ground referred to in the 400, or thereby, closely-printed pages which constitute the book, noting on his way with the eye of an artist the many beauties of the scenery, of loch, hill, and valley, and few places of importance in this picturesque province have been passed unnoticed. The book will be equally welcome to the artist, the antiquary, and the archæologist, and by the many readers who would like to know more of Crockett's county it will be hailed as a boon. RICHARD COBDEN AND THE JUBILEE OF FREE TRADE. By P. LEROY-BEAULIEU, HENRY DUNCKLEY (“Verax"), DR. THEODOR BARTH, THE RIGHT HON. LEONARD COURTNEY, M.P., and THE RIGHT HON. CHARLES VILLIERS, M.P. 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An excellent book."-The Times. "A clear and very interesting account. “A luminous and fascinating narrative. Mr. Hume's masterly and impartial narrative."-Pall Mall Gazette. "QUEER PEOPLE." A Book about Brownies and others. By PALMER CON. Profusely Illustrated. Large quarto, cloth gill, 6s. BARDS OF THE GAEL AND GALL. Edited by DR. GEORGE SIGERSON. Small crown Svo, cloth, 6s. not. This will be a welcome book for those who have found little comfort in existing anthologies. A good deal of original matter has been included in this charming collection of Irish lyrics. A VILLAGE POLITICIAN : The Life Story of John Buckley. By J. C. BUCKMASTER. With an Introduction by A. J. MUNDELLA, About 350 pp. Crown 8vo, 6s. This is a volume containing the interesting reminiscences of a leading pioneer of the Free Trade movement. It brings once more to the mind of the reader the thrilling times when the repeal of the corn laws was still unaccomplished. WITHOUT PREJUDICE. By I. ZANGWILL, Author of The Master," "Children of the Ghetto," etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. AUTHOR'S NOTE. This book is a selection-slightly revised-from my miscellaneous work during the last four or five years, and the title is that under which the bulk of it has appeared month by month in the Pall Mall Magazine. In selecting, I have omitted those pieces which hang upon other people's books, plays, or pictures: a process of exclusion which, while giving unity to a possible collection of my critical writings in another volume, leaves this first selection exclusively egoistic.-I. Z. CONTENTS. 1. Gossips and Fantasies-A Vision of the 5s. net. -Glasgow-Haslemere-Paris-Sunnydale — Translated by A. G. FOSTER BARHAM. Twelve Illustrations by W. A. PHILLIPS. Oblong Svo, cloth, Schiller's exquisite Lied, or "Lay of the Bell," has a peculiar and appropriate fitness in these days of socialistic theories and tampering with family ties. A pure, tender note pervades the story, and no less is the blessing of honest faithful work and sympathy between men and masters brought prominently forward. No man can rise from reading the Lied without a glow of heart, which is the reflection of the beautiful soul of the poet. Childhood, youth, manhood, love, happiness, grief, are all there, and drawn by a master hand. Mr. W. Alison Phillips' illustrations have struck a new and rich veis. He has turned away from the too tempting delineations of Retsch, and in lieu of feathers and curled locks and moustachios, he gives us genuine peasant's life, with all its simple grace and beauty. While, over all, mingling with all, dominating all, yet, "heartless-without sympathy," the measured solemn tones of the Bell fall on the ear. |