MEDEA OF EURIPIDES. Literally translated into English Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._
"_Mrs. Webster's translation surpasses our utmost expectations. It is a photograph of the original without any of that harshness which so often accompanies a photograph._"--WESTMINSTER REVIEW.
THE AUSPICIOUS DAY. A Dramatic Poem. Extra fcap. 8vo. 5_s._
"_The 'Auspicious Day' shows a marked advance, not only in art, but, in what is of far more importance, in breadth of thought and intellectual grasp._"--WESTMINSTER REVIEW. "_This drama is a manifestation of high dramatic power on the part of the gifted writer, and entitled to our warmest admiration, as a worthy piece of work._"--STANDARD.
YU-PE-YA'S LUTE. A Chinese Tale in English Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._
"_A very charming tale, charmingly told in dainty verse, with occasional lyrics of tender beauty._"--STANDARD. "_We close the book with the renewed conviction that in Mrs. Webster we have a profound and original poet. The book is marked not by mere sweetness of melody--rare as that gift is--but by the infinitely rarer gifts of dramatic power, of passion, and sympathetic insight._"--WESTMINSTER REVIEW.
=When I was a Little Girl.= STORIES FOR CHILDREN. By the Author of "St. Olave's." Fourth Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 4_s._ 6_d._ With Eight Illustrations by L. FRÖLICH.
"_At the head, and a long way ahead, of all books for girls, we place 'When I was a Little Girl.'_"--TIMES. "_It is one of the choicest morsels of child-biography which we have met with._"--NONCONFORMIST.
=White.=--RHYMES BY WALTER WHITE. 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._
=Whittier.=--JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETICAL WORKS. Complete Edition, with Portrait engraved by C. H. JEENS. 18mo. 4_s._ 6_d._
"_Mr. Whittier has all the smooth melody and the pathos of the author of 'Hiawatha,' with a greater nicety of description and a quainter fancy._"--GRAPHIC.
=Wolf.=--THE LIFE AND HABITS OF WILD ANIMALS. Twenty Illustrations by JOSEPH WOLF, engraved by J. W. and E. WHYMPER. With descriptive Letter-press, by D. G. ELLIOT, F.L.S. Super royal 4to, cloth extra, gilt edges. 21_s._
_This is the last series of drawings which will be made by Mr. Wolf, either upon wood or stone. The_ PALL MALL GAZETTE _says_: "_The fierce, untameable side of brute nature has never received a more robust and vigorous interpretation, and the various incidents in which particular character is shown are set forth with rare dramatic power. For excellence that will endure, we incline to place this very near the top of the list of Christmas books._" _And the_ ART JOURNAL _observes_, "_Rarely, if ever, have we seen animal life more forcibly and beautifully depicted than in this really splendid volume._"