and Mr. Cumming Walters, deciding in favour of the former.
Briefly put, it is this : Edwin Drood is not dead ; Helena marries Crisparkle, and Rosa marries Tartar.
27es Forester. By John Nisbet, D.Aec. 2 vols. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 42s.)—The Forester is the title of a book written by Dr. James Brown, of which a sixth edition was brought out eleven years ago by Dr. Nisbet. The present work is, as the author explains, founded on this book, but is substantially new, some three chapters being all that remains of the original. The subject is one that lies outside the province of these columns, and we cannot do more than commend it to our readers. It is intended for landowners, agents, and foresters ; but any one who will dip into it for information about any tree that he may happen to be interested in will certainly find all that he wants.
Nsw EnrrioNs.—The Anatomy of Melancholy. By Democritns Junior (Robert Burton, 1576-1640). 8 vols. (Duckworth and Co. 30s. net.)—This is a sufficiently well printed book, in a more con- venient shape, and probably cheaper, than the somewhat rare folios in which we have been accustomed to see The Anatomy of Melancholy. We have no hesitation, therefore, in recommending it to our readers. Burton's learning was of a kind that is hardly to be found nowadays, though it is more than matched by learn- ing of another sort. But it seems a pity that the edition is given to the world without any explanation. Is the "advertisement" new ? If it is, the writer must be congratulated on his successful imitation of seventeenth-century English. From what edition has the reprint been made ? Why not an introduction ? It is not a book to be brought before the world without some ceremony.—More Queer Things about Japan. By Douglas Sladen and Norma Lorimer. (A. Treherne and Co. 7s. ad. net.) —This is the " Peace Edition:' and it contains a précis of the terms of peace, and a chronological table of the war, from its beginning on February 4th, 1904, to the signature of the Treaty of Peace on September 5th, 1905. The last event in the war itself was the surrender of three thousand two hundred men and seventy officers on August 81st.—Handbook of Metallurgy. By Dr. Carl SchnabeL Translated by Henry Lewis, M.A. Vol. L Macmillan and Go. 25s. net.)—This volume contains "copper, lead, silver, and gold."
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