NEw EDITIONS. —Social England. Edited by H. D. Trail, D.C.L., and
J. S. Mann, M.A. Illustrated Edition, Vol. IV. (Cassell and Co. 14s. net.)—The value of illustrations, when they accord with the meaning of the word, cannot be better seen than in this volume. We can see how useful they may be. They number in this volume between four and five hundred, ten being full-page coloured plates. About a hundred of these are portraits, including almost every person of eminence in the period (which begins with the accession of James I. in 1603 and ends with the death of Anne in 1714). Arta—architecture being, of course, prominent among them—letters, matters military and naval, and many other things are well represented. An excellent series of " Notes " sets forth the sources and subjects of the pictures.—Mr. Henry Harland republishes (John i Lane, 35. 6d.) Mademoiselle Miss, and other Stories, yielding to the anxiety, he says, of the "admiring pub- lisher." The publisher was quite right ; Mr. Harland, too, has been right in leaving the stories unaltered. "It is ill tampering," he thinks, "with another man's work." The two men are, how- ever, nearly related. The author of Madensoiselle Miss was cer- tainly father, to apply a well-known proverb, of the author of "The Cardinal's Snuffbox."—Auoassin and Nicolette. By F. W. Bourdillon. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. is. 6d. and 28. net.) —A revision of the translation published some time since along with the French text.
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