ritics,
and any one who ventures to disagree with him incurs a very heavy
responsibility."

WILLIAM HAZLITT. By AUGUSTINE BIRRELL.

_ACADEMY_.--"We have read this book through in a single sitting,
delighted by its easy yet careful narrative, its sane and kindly
comment, and last, not least, by its wealth of quotation."

_DAILY NEWS_.--"Mr. Birrell has made judicious use of the mass of
materials at his disposal, and with the aid of his acute and
thoughtful running commentary, has enabled his readers to form a
tolerably accurate and complete conception of the brilliant essays and
critic with no greater expenditure of time and pains than is needed
for the perusal of this slender volume."

MATTHEW ARNOLD. By HERBERT PAUL.

Canon AINGER in the _PILOT_.--"A most interesting and admirably
written estimate of Matthew Arnold. This estimate, so far as regards
Mr, Arnold's poetry and his prose critical essays, seems to me so
nearly faultless as hardly to justify any counter criticism."

_WESTMINSTER GAZETTE_.--"An exceedingly effective essay in
criticism."

_SPECTATOR_.--"This monograph is valuable as a succinct
statement, set out in an appreciative, interesting, skilful, and
sometimes sparkling fashion, of the labours and pursuits that make up
the tireless life of the great poet and essayist."

JOHN RUSKIN. By FREDERIC HARRISON.

_TIMES_.--"Mr. Harrison knew Ruskin at his best; lectured with
him at the Working Men's College; visited him at Denmark Hill; and in
later years often saw and corresponded with him. The result is a study
of the writer marked in equal measure by discrimination and sympathy;
and a picture of the man, vivid and arresting."

_GLOBE_.--"The best account of Ruskin and his work which has yet
been given to the world. The writer is sure of his facts, and is able
to illuminate them by means not only of a close personal acquaintance
with his subject, but also of a wide and deep knowledge of many other
men and things."

TENNYSON. By Sir ALFRED LYALL, K.C.B,

_TIMES_.--"The criticism is always sane, and sometimes brilliant;
it never errs on the side of exuberance; and it is expressed in
excellent English, moulded into dignified paragraphs."

_DAILY TELEGRAPH_.--"The memoir is admirably carried out, telling
the reader precisely what he wants to know, giving an