he persuaded Blackie to
write about Burns."--_Pall Mall Gazette_.

LIFE OF VICTOR HUGO. By FRANK T. MARZIALS.

"Mr. Marzials's volume presents to us, in a more handy form
than any English or even French handbook gives, the summary of
what is known about the life of the great poet."--_Saturday
Review_.

LIFE OF EMERSON. By RICHARD GARNETT, LL.D.

"No record of Emerson's life could be more
desirable."--_Saturday Review_.

LIFE OF GOETHE. By JAMES SIME.

"Mr. James Sime's competence as a biographer of Goethe is
beyond question."--_Manchester Guardian_.

LIFE OF CONGREVE. By EDMUND GOSSE.

"Mr. Gosse has written an admirable biography."--_Academy_.

LIFE OF BUNYAN. By CANON VENABLES.

"A most intelligent, appreciative, and valuable
memoir."--_Scotsman_.

LIFE OF CRABBE. By T. E. KEBBEL.

"No English poet since Shakespeare has observed certain
aspects of nature and of human life more
closely."--_Athenaeum_.

LIFE OF HEINE. By WILLIAM SHARP.

"An admirable monograph ... more fully written up to the level
of recent knowledge and criticism than any other English
work."--_Scotsman_.

LIFE OF MILL. By W. L. COURTNEY.

"A most sympathetic and discriminating memoir."--_Glasgow
Herald_.

LIFE OF SCHILLER. By HENRY W. NEVINSON.

"Presents the poet's life in a neatly rounded
picture."--_Scotsman_.

LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARRYAT. By DAVID HANNAY.

"We have nothing but praise for the manner in which Mr. Hannay
has done justice to him."--_Saturday Review_.

LIFE OF LESSING. By T. W. ROLLESTON.

"One of the best books of the series."--_Manchester Guardian_.

LIFE OF MILTON. By RICHARD GARNETT, LL.D.

"Has never been more charmingly or adequately
told."--_Scottish Leader_.

LIFE OF BALZAC. By FREDERICK WEDMORE.

"Mr. Wedmore's monograph on the greatest of French writers of
fiction, whose greatness is to be measured by comparison with
his successors, is a piece of careful and critical
composition, neat and nice in style."--_Daily News_.

LIFE OF GEORGE ELIOT. By OSCAR BROWNING.

"A book of the character of Mr Browning's, to stand midway
between the bulky work of Mr. Cross and the very slight sketch
of Miss Blind, was much to be desired, and Mr. Browning has
done his work with vivacity, and not without
skill."--_Manchester Guardian_.