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cities or thoughts? What is the meaning of Dæmon? Does line 80 mean that we are helpless to choose our own way ? Who is the "viceroy"? What Spirit, then, does Emerson think rules the world? Is his belief pessimistic or optimistic? In lines 89-92, what is the work of Love? Does line 91 mean that Love destroys the wrongdoer, or the wrong? Give the outline of the poem. Give its main thought. How does this thought compare with Tennyson's:

"O yet we trust that somehow good

Will be the final goal of ill." — In Memoriam, 54

De Quincey's Essays on Style, Rhetoric, and

Language

Edited by Professor FRED N. SCOTT, University of Michigan. 12mo, 275 pages. Price, 60 cents.

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HE essays selected are those which deal directly with the theory of literature. The appendix contains such passages from De Quincey's other writings as will be of most assistance to the student.

Principles of Success in Literature

By GEORGE HENRY LEWES. Edited with Introduction and Notes by
Professor FRED N. SCOTT. 12mo, 163 pages. Price, 50 cents.

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THE of reprinting able for classes in rhetoric and literary

criticism. Scarcely any other work will be found so thoroughly sound in principles, and so suggestive and inspiring.

The value of the present edition is greatly increased by the excellent introduction by Professor Scott, and by a full index.

Spencer's Philosophy of Style and Wright's Essay on Style

Edited by Professor FRED N. SCOTT, of the University of Michigan. 12m0, 92 pages. Price, 45 cents.

'HE plan has been followed of providing a biographical and critical introduction, an index, and a few notes. In the belief that the Philosophy of Style can best be understood in connection with the Spencerian philosophy as a whole, the Introduction has been made largely bibliographical. There are Appendices giving a criticism of Spencer's theory of the effect of rhythmical structure from Gurney's Power of Sound, and an extract from Spencer's First Principles touching the evolution of literature.

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Sohrab and Rustum. Edited by George A. Watrous. (In Three Nar rative Poems. Cloth, 30 cents.)

Burke. Conciliation with the Colonies. Edited by C. B. Bradley. Cloth, 30 cents.

Burns. Selections. Edited by Lois G. Hufford. Cloth, 35 cents.

Byron. The Prisoner of Chillon. Edited by L. D. Syle. (In Four Eng lish Poems. Cloth, 25 cents.)

Carlyle. Essay on Burns. Edited by H. W. Boynton. Cloth, 25 cents. Essay on Boswell's Johnson. Edited by H. W. Boynton. Boards, 20

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Coleridge. The Ancient Mariner.
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Select Essays of Macaulay

Edited by SAMUEL THURBER, of the Girls' High School, Boston. 12mo, cloth, 219 pages. Price, 70 cents.

HIS selection comprises the essays on Milton, Bunyan, John

tions both of Macaulay's earlier and of his later style.

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Historical Essays of Macaulay

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'HE editor has aimed to bring together such papers from the Spectator, the Tatler, the Guardian, and the Freeholder as will prove most readable to youth of high school age, and at the same time give something like an adequate idea of the richness of Addison's vein. The De Coverley Papers are of course included. There are seventy selections in all. They have to do with the Spectator Club, the Stage, Manners, Politics, Morals, and Religion. There are selections from Addison's Stories and his Hymns. The book contains also Macaulay's Essay on Addison.

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