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In the series of "Oxford Poets" (Clarendon Press, 3s. 6&,

and 8s. on India paper), The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by Walter W. Skeet. Professor Skeet prefixes a "Life of Chaucer." (He inclines to believe that the Thomas Chaucer whose monument may be seen at Ewelme was the son of the poet, as Thomas Gascoigne, who died in 1458 and must have known Thomas, declares.) Accounts of the "Writings of , Chaucer" and "Editions of Chaucer" follow ; after these we bave "Grammatical Hints," and notes on metre, versification, and Pronunciation. An appendix contains variations and emendations; this, again, is followed by a full "Glossarial Index," extending to one hundred and thirty-two pages. This is an ideal edition, at a very moderate price.