From "The Bells" to "King Arthur"
By CLEMENT SCOTT. Fully illustrated, with portraits of Mr. Irving incharacter, scenes from several plays, and copies of the play-bills.Demy 8vo, $3.50.
From the memorable, never-to-be-forgotten evening when Irving startledall London with his Mathias, in "The Bells," down to his latest play,"King Arthur." A critical record of the first-night productions at theLyceum Theatre, London. Not the least interesting feature of this bookis the superb frontispiece--a photograph of Mr. Irving, with autographin fac-simile.
Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist
By the late WILLIAM CRAWFORD WILLIAMSON, LL.D., F.R.S., Professor ofBotany in Owens College, Manchester. Edited by his Wife. Crown 8vo.Cloth, gilt top, $2.25 net.
This autobiography gives us an epitome of the advance of scientificthought during the present century, with the added charm and freshnessof a personal history of the almost ideal scientific career of agenuine naturalist.--Nature (London).