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g, their typographical excellence, their compendious form, and their cheapness." The BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW says: "In compendiousness, elegance, and scholarliness the Globe Editions of Messrs. Macmillan surpass any popular series of our classics hitherto given to the public. As near an approach to miniature perfection as has ever been made._" Shakespeare's Complete Works. Edited by W. G. CLARK, M.A., and W. ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A., Editors of the "Cambridge Shakespeare." With Glossary, pp. 1075. _The ATHENAEUM says this edition is "a marvel of beauty, cheapness, and compactness.... For the busy man, above all for the working student, this is the best of all existing Shakespeares."_ Spenser's Complete Works. Edited from the Original Editions and Manuscripts, by R. MORRIS, with a Memoir by J. W. HALES, M.A. With Glossary. pp. lv., 736. "_Worthy--and higher praise it needs not--of the beautiful 'Globe Series.'_"--DAILY NEWS. Sir Walter Scott's Poetical Works. Edited, with a Biographical and Critical Memoir, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE, and copious Notes. pp. xliii., 559. "_We can almost sympathize with a middle-aged grumbler, who, after reading Mr. Palgrave's memoir and introduction, should exclaim, 'Why was there not such an edition of Scott when I was a school-boy?'_"--GUARDIAN. Complete Works of Robert Burns. Edited from the best Printed and Manuscript authorities, with Glossarial Index, Notes, and a Biographical Memoir by ALEXANDER SMITH. pp. lxii., 636. "_Admirable in all respects._"--SPECTATOR. Robinson Crusoe. Edited after the Original Editions, with a Biographical Introduction by HENRY KINGSLEY. pp. xxxi., 607. "_A most excellent and in every way desirable edition._"--COURT CIRCULAR. Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Work. Edited, with Biographical Introduction, by Professor MASSON. pp. lx., 695. "_Such an admirable compendium of the facts of Goldsmith's life, and so careful and minute a delineation of the mixed traits of his peculiar character as to be a very model of a literary biography in little._"--SCOTSMAN. Pope's Poetical Works. Edited, with Notes, and Introductory Memoir by A. W. WARD, M.A., Professor of History in Owens College, Manchester. pp. lii., 508. _The LITERARY CHURCHMAN remarks: "The Editor's own notes and introductory memoir are excellent, the memoir alone would be cheap and well worth buying at the price of the whole volume._" Dryden's Poetical Works. Edi
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