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Battle - Pieces in Prose and Verse from Sir Walter Scott. By

J. Higham. (A. and C. Black. ls.)—This is a volume of extracts from Sir Walter Scott illustrating warfare. The encounter of Sir Kenneth with the Saracen in the "Talisman," the tournament in "Ivanhoe," the battle of the Clans in the " Fair Maid of Perth," the taking of Liege in "Quentin Durward," are the pieces chosen from the novels. The poems are laid under contribution for Flodden Field, Bannockburn, and the great mountain-side scene between FitzJames and Roderick Dhu. The book is intended for school use, and accordingly it is supplied with explanatory introductions and glossaries.