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All these poems are also included in the Edition (two vols.) above-mentioned. Arnold (Matthew), (continued)— ESSAYS IN CRITICISM. New Edition, with Additions. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s. CONTENTS :-Preface; The Function of Criticism at the present time; The Literary Influence of Academies; Maurice de Guerin; Eugenie de Guerin; Heinrich Heine; Pagan and Mediaval Religious Sentiment; Joubert; Spinoza and the Bible; Marcus Aurelius. · ASPROMONTE, AND OTHER POEMS. extra. 4s. 6d. Fcap. 8vo. cloth CONTENTS :-Poems for Italy; Dramatic Lyrics; Miscellaneous. Barnes (Rev. W.). MON ENGLISH. POEMS OF RURAL LIFE IN COM By the REV. W. BARNES, Author of "Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect." Fcap. 8vo. 6s. “In a high degree pleasant and novel. The book is by no means one which the lovers of descriptive poetry can afford to lose."-ATHENÆUM. Bell. ROMANCES AND MINOR POEMS. GLASSFORD BELL. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. "Full of life and genius.”—Court Circular. By HENRY Besant.-STUDIES IN EARLY FRENCH POETRY. 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