OPINIONS OF NOTED SHAKESPEARIANS. Horace Howard Furness: A noble | tion takes its place beside the best edition, with happy mingle of illus- work of English Shakespeare stutration, explanation, and keen, sub-dents. tle, sympathetic criticism. E. P. Whipple: Hudson's is the most thoughtful and intelligent interpretative criticism which has, during the present century, been written, either in English or German. Professor Dowden: Hudson's edi Dr. A. P. Peabody: I regard the edition as unequaled in Shakespearian scholarship, and in its worth in the library and for current use. Professor C. T. Winchester: It seems to me, without question, the best edition now printed. Hudson's Three-Volume Shakespeare. For Schools, Families, and Clubs. With Introduction and Notes on each play. 12mo. Cloth. 636-678 pages per volume. By mail, per volume, $1.40; for introduction, $1.25. The plays included in the three volumes respectively are indicated by figures in the list given on page 19. Life, Art, and Characters of Shakespeare. By HENRY N. HUDSON, LL.D. In 2 vols. 12mo. 1003 pages. Uniform in size and binding with The Harvard Shakespeare. Retail prices: Cloth, $4.00; half calf, $8.00. EDWIN BOOTH, the great actor and eminent Shakespearian scholar, once said that he got more real good from the original criticisms and suggestive comments as given by Dr. Hudson in these two books, than from any other writer on Shakespeare. Hudson's Expurgated Shakespeare. For Schools, Clubs, and Families. Revised and enlarged Editions of twenty-three Plays. Carefully expurgated, with explanatory Notes at the bottom of the page, and Critical Notes at the end of each volume. By H. N. HUDSON, LL.D., Editor of The Harvard Shakespeare. One play in each volume. Square 16mo. Varying in size from 128-253 pages. Mailing Price of each: Cloth, 50 cents; Paper, 35 cents. Introduction Price: Cloth, 45 cents; Paper, 30 cents. Per set (in Box), $12.00. (To Teachers, $10.00.) For list see next page. SOME of the special features of this edition are the convenient size and shape of the volumes; the clear type, superior presswork, and attractive binding; the ample introductions; the explanatory notes, easily found at the foot of the page; the critical notes for special study; the judicious expurgation, never mangling either style or story; the acute and sympathetic criticism that has come to be associated with Dr. HUDSON'S name; and, finally, the reasonableness of the price. The list is as follows: *A Midsummer-Night's Dream.8 *The Merchant of Venice.1 *Much Ado About Nothing.8 *As You Like It.1 *The Tempest.2 King John. Richard Second. Richard Third.2 *Henry Fourth, Part First.1 Henry Fourth, Part Second.1 Henry the Fifth.2 *Henry the Eighth.8 *Romeo and Juliet.3 *King Lear.2 Antony and Cleopatra.2 *Othello.8 Cymbeline.8 *Coriolanus.3 Twelfth Night.1 The Winter's Tale.2 Old Edition, paper, plays starred above. By mail, 20 cents; for introduction, 15 cents. OPINIONS OF NOTED MEN AND EDUCATORS. Oliver Wendell Holmes: An edi- | very mind and heart of "the thoution of any play of Shakespeare's to sand-souled Shakespeare." which Mr. Hudson's name is affixed does not need a line from anybody to commend it. Cyrus Northrop, President University of Minnesota: They are convenient in form and edited by Hudson, -two good things which I can see at a glance. Hiram Corson, Prof. of Rhet. and Eng. Lit., Cornell University: I consider them altogether excellent. The notes give all the aid needed for an understanding of the text, without waste and distraction of the student's mind. The introductory matter to the several plays is especially worthy of approbation. C. F. P. Bancroft, Prin. of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.: Mr. Hudson's appreciation of Shakespeare amounted to genius. His editing, accordingly, exhibits more than learning and industry, it reveals insight, sympathy, and conviction. He leads the pupil into the Byron Groce, Master in Public Latin School, Boston: The amended text is satisfactory; the typography is excellent; the notes are brief, always helpful, not too numerous, and put where they will do the most good; the introductions are vigorous, inspiriting, keenly and soundly critical, and very attractive to boys, especially on account of their directness and warmth, for all boys like enthusiasm. C. T. Winchester, Prof. of English, Wesleyan University: The notes and comments in the school edition are admirably fitted to the need of the student, removing his difficulties by stimulating his interest and quickening his perception. George S. Hillard: His views, be they deemed right or wrong, sound or unsound, are unborrowed. They are coined in his own mint, and bear his image and superscription. Other Works by Dr. Hudson. See also English Literature Pamphlets below. Classical English Reader. Selections of the choicest prose and poetry from Spencer to Longfellow, with notes. 467 pages. Cloth. By mail, $1.10; for introduction, $1.00. F. J. Child, Prof. of English in Harvard University: A boy who are good for anything generally know their readers, might almost knew this book as well as boys who be said to be liberally educated. Essays on Education, English Studies, and Shakespeare. Text-Book of Poetry. Selections from Wordsworth, Coleridge, Burns, Beattie, Goldsmith, and Thomson. With Lives and Notes. Cloth. 704 pages. By mail, $1.40; for introduction, $1.25. Text-Book of Prose. Selections from Burke, Webster, and Bacon. With Lives and Notes. Cloth. 648 pages. By mail, $1.40; for introduction, $1.25. Shakespeare and Chaucer Examinations. Edited, with some remarks on the "Class-Room Study of Shakespeare," by WILLIAM TAYLOR THOM, M.A., recently Professor of English in Hollins Institute, Va. Square 16mo. Cloth. 346 pages. Mailing price, $1.10; for introduction, $1.00. THIS volume contains, beside other interesting and valuable matter, examinations on Hamlet (two), Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, and the Merchant of Venice, with a Chaucer examination set chiefly by Professor Child of Harvard University, and based upon The Prologue, The Knight's Tale, and The Nun's Priest's Tale. W. M. Baskervill, Prof. in Van- | teachers. They are full of suggesderbilt University: We heartily tive information. They will serve recommend these examinations to as admirable models. Introduction to the Poetry of Robert Browning. By WILLIAM J. ALEXANDER, Ph.D., Professor of the English Language and Literature, University of Toronto, and formerly Fellow of Johns Hopkins University. 12mo. Cloth. v +212 pages. Mailing price, $1.10; for introduction, $1.00. F. J. Furnivall, Founder of the | analysis of his limitations and their original Browning Society: I think causes, are the best and truest yet your estimate of Browning and your made. (From a letter to the author.) English Literature Pamphlets. ALL of these are printed in good type, on good paper, and have been judiciously annotated for the use of students. All are of 12mo size. The first of the prices given below is the mailing price, and the second the introductory. The name of the editor is in brackets. Burke. [Hudson.] I. Five Speeches and Ten Papers. 20 cents; 15 cents. II. Life. A letter to a Noble Lord, and eleven Extracts. 20 cents; 15 cents. Webster. [Hudson.] I. Reply to Hayne, and six Extracts. 20 cents; 15 cents. II. Life, and Extracts from twenty-five Speeches. 20 cents; 15 cents. Webster. [Montgomery.] First Bunker Hill Address, with Life. 12 cents; 10 cents. Bacon. [Hudson.] Life, and Extracts from thirty Essays. 20 cents; 15 cents. Wordsworth. [Hudson.] I. Life. The Prelude, and thirty-three Poems. 20 cents; 15 cents. II. Sixty Poems and Sonnets. 20 cents; 15 cents. Coleridge and Burns. [Hudson.] Lives and forty-five Poems. 20 cents; 15 cents. Coleridge. [Hudson.] The Ancient Mariner. 6 cents; 5 cents. 4ddison and Goldsmith. [Hudson.] Lives, fifteen papers from Addison, eleven Prose Selections from Goldsmith, with The Deserted Village. 20 cents; 15 cents. Macaulay. [Montgomery.] Essay on Clive, with Life. 20 cents; 15 cents. Macaulay. [Montgomery.] Second Essay on the Earl of Chatham, with Life. 20 cents; 15 cents. Craik's English of Shakespeare. Illustrated in a Philological Commentary on Julius Cæsar. By GEORGE L. CRAIK, Queen's College, Belfast. Edited, from the third revised London edition, by W. J. ROLFE, Cambridge, Mass. 12mo. Cloth. 400 pages. Mailing Price, $1.00; Introduction, 90 cents. AN exposition in regard both to the language or style of Shake speare, and to the English Language generally. Shakspere's Versification. Notes on Shakspere's Versification, with Appendix on the Verse Tests and a short Descriptive Bibliography. By GEORGE H. BROWNE, A.M. 12mo. Paper. 34 pages. Price, interleaved, 25 cents. The Classic Myths in English Literature. Based chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable." Accompanied by an interpretative and illustrative commentary. Edited by CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY, Professor of the English Language and Literature, University of California. 12mo. Half leather. xlv+540 pages. Mailing price, $1.65; for introduction, $1.50. New Edition, with 16 full-page illustrations. THIS work is recommended both as the best manual of mythology and as indispensable to the student of English literature. Some special features are: 1. An introduction on the indebtedness of English poetry to the literature of fable, and on methods of teaching mythology. 2. An elementary account of myth-making and of the principal poets of mythology, and of the beginnings of the world, of gods and of men among the Greeks. 3. A thorough revision and systematization of Bulfinch's Stories of Gods and Heroes: with additional stories, and with selections from English poems based upon the myths. 4. Illustrative cuts from Baumeister, Roscher, and other standard authorities on mythology. 5. The requisite maps. 6. Certain necessary modifications in Bulfinch's treatment of the mythology of nations other than the Greeks and Romans. 7. Notes, following the text (as in the school editions of Latin and Greek authors), containing an historical and interpretative commentary upon certain myths, supplementary poetical citations, a list of the better known allusions to mythological fiction, references to works of art, and hints to teachers and students. Albert S. Cook, Professor of the English Language and Literature, Yale University: I can cordially recommend it to colleges and schools. It is scholarly, attractive, stimulating, and refining. C. K. Adams, President University of Wisconsin: An admirable volume. It is just what hundreds of thousands of students need. William T. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education: It is the most satisfactory book yet pub- Katharine Lee Bates, Professor of English Literature, Wellesley College: It is well worth doing and well done. F. J. Miller, Professor of Latin, University of Chicago: I am more than charmed with it. |