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Catalogue of Recent Publications.

for 1879 in the Univ. of Oxford, &c. Sixth and Cheaper Edition. 1878, crown 8vo. 6s.

"Mr, Wace's book is one of the very few of its kind which have in them not only intellectual, but also spiritual force."—Spectator.

"Mr. Wace seems to us to have made by far the most important and valuable contribution to English theological literature that has been made for many years."—Congregationalist.

—— The Foundations of Faith; being the Bampton Lectures for the year 1879. Second Edition. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

"True and good and seasonable."—Spectator.

"To this work, as a whole, we give a cordial welcome."—Church Quarterly Review.

"Mr. Wace has done noble service in this suggestive volume."—Evangelical Magazine.

WALTONIANA. Inedited Remains in Verse and Prose of Izaak Walton, author of the "Complete Angler." With Notes and a Preface by R. H. Shepherd. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

"This dainty little volume distinctly belongs to the class of literary luxuries, and not to the loaves and fishes of sturdy bibliomania. A hearty reader or a gluttonous collector will disdain its brevity and the miscellaneous character of its comtents, but to the critic and literary historian it is not without interest and even value."—Athenaum.

"As this charming little volume, with its curiously old-fashioned typography, attests, Walton was for the best part of his life a writer of verses, if not a poet, and in all his verses the simplicity and serenity of his cheerful and affectionate nature shine out with a pleasant force."—Daily News.

WARBURTON, R. E. EGERTON. Hunting Songs. Sixth Edition. 12mo. with vignette title, 5s.

—— Songs and Verses on Sporting Subjects. 12mo. 2s. 6d.

"All who remember—and who has forgollen it?—the 'Tantivy Trot' will eagerly take up 'Songs and Verses on Sporting Subjects,' by R. E. Egerton-Warburton (Pickering), and they will not be disappointed. There is much that deserves remembrance in the unpretending little book."—Graphic.

"'Songs and Verses on Sporting Subjects,' by R. E. Egerton-Warburton (Pickering), comprises another addition to the poetry of the chase by that admirable writer whose