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was eulogy better deserved.... Mr. Burt's host of friends will be grateful to Mr. Aaron Watson for his excellent work."--_Daily News._ The Automobilist Abroad. By FRANCIS MILTOUN. Author of "Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine," "Cathedrals of Northern France," &c. With Illustrations and Decorations by BLANCHE McMANUS, a number being in full colour. 8vo. boxed. 10s. 6d. net. Mr. Miltoun's new book of travel "_en automobile_" is the record of hundreds of miles of motoring through regions rich in beautiful views, in strange costumes, and quaint peoples, whose pictured and narrated charms form a volume of exceptional attractiveness. The trip is across seven frontiers, through the British Isles, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, and contains much of historical sentiment and romance that could only have been gleaned by leisurely travellers. England and America, 1763 to 1783. The History of a Reaction. By MARY A. M. MARKS. 2 vols. Demy 8vo, gilt top. L1 10s. net. An important historical work dealing with the War of Independence. Letters of Christina Rossetti. With Memoir and Introduction. By W. M. ROSSETTI. Many interesting Portraits and Facsimiles. 8vo. 15s. net. _Shortly._ Miss Rossetti had many correspondents among the distinguished artists and literary personages of the day. Diary of Dr. Polidori. Edited, with Introduction and Notes by his nephew, W. M. ROSSETTI. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 6s. net. _Shortly._ Dr. Polidori was travelling physician to Lord Byron during his tour in Europe in 1816. His diary gives an account of this tour, in which Shelley and many other interesting personages appear. SECOND EDITION. Some Reminiscences. By W. M. ROSSETTI. 2 Vols. 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top. 42s. net. This important work contains a full account of the early days of the Rossetti family, with most interesting side-lights of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and the literary and artistic career of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The volumes are illustrated with numerous reproductions, very few of which have been published before. Mr. Rossetti's "Reminiscences" are very complete, dating from his birth in London, 1829, down to the present day. Most of the great names in the art and literature of this epoch are to be met with in his pages. The Western Avernus. By MORLEY ROBERTS. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. Price 3s. 6d.
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