ties. For the initial chapter he has substituted another; and he has furnished a long supplementary chapter treating of those writers who have died since 1875. He has also verified and in part re-written the different Appendices; that entitled 'Dictionary of Minor Authors'—always regarded as a valuable feature has indeed been completely remodelled, and has received such material additions that it now contains nearly five hundred names. In all this the existing scheme of the book has been closely adhered to; and the original Introduction,' which, as before, correctly describes its scope and purpose, is therefore, with a few verbal alterations, still retained.