CHANNING.
DARTON, F.J.H.
Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims.
Stokes. 1.50
Mr. Darton has so delightfully made real the times of Richard II, and
has so well adapted the tales told by the immortal pilgrims, that we
owe him a debt of thanks. I say we, for certainly we older people will
enjoy them as much as our children. In retelling the tales in prose
the editor has introduced material from Lydgate and others. Dr.
Furnivall contributes an illuminating introduction, and Hugh Thomson's
illustrations are, as usual, very satisfactory.
He (Chaucer) carried his sunshine with him as he rode and (p. 154)
walked about, observing with quick eye the varied life around
him, and then reproducing it for us in words which enable us to
recreate it, and to see the sun of his genius over the land we
love.
F.J. FURNIVALL.
LAMB, CHARLES and MARY.
Tales from Shakspeare.
Illustrated by N.M. Price.
Scribner. 2.50
The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader
as an introduction to the study of Shakspeare, for which purpose
his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in;
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