Galileo

The Private Life of galileo. Compiled principally from his Correspondence and that of his eldest daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, Nun in the Franciscan Convent of S. Matthew in Arcetri. With Portrait. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Geddes

The Problem Of The Homeric Poems.

By W. D. Geddes, LL. D., Professor of Greek in the University of Aberdeen. 8vo. 14s.

Gladstone

Works by the Right Hon.W. E. Gladstone, M.P.:- JUVENTUS MUND1. The Gods and Men of the Heroic Age. Crown 8vo. cloth. With Map. 10s. 6d. Second Edition.

"Seldom," says the Athenaeum, "out of the great poems themselves, have these Divinities looked so majestic and respectable. To read these brilliant details is like standing on the Olympian threshold and gazing at the ineffable brightness within."

HOMERIC SYNCHRONISM. An inquiry into the Time and Place of Homer. Crown 8vo. 6s.

"It is impossible not to admire the immense range of thought and inquiry which the author has displayed." - BRITISH QUARTERLY Review.

Goethe and Mendelssohn (1821-1831). Translated from the German of Dr. Karl Mendelssohn, Son of the Composer, by M. E. Von Glehn. From the Private Diaries and Home Letters of Mendelssohn, with Poems and Letters of Goethe never before printed. Also with two New and Original Portraits, Facsimiles, and Appendix of Twenty Letters hitherto unpublished. Crown 8vo. 5s. Second Edition, enlarged.

"... Every page is full of interest, not merely to the musician, but to the general reader. The book is a very charming one, on a topic of deep and lasting interest." - Standard.

Goldsmid

TELEGRAPH AND TRAVEL. A Narrative of the Formation and Development of Telegraphic Communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental Notices of the Countries traversed by the Lines. By Colonel Sir Frederic Goldsmid, C.B., K.C.S.I., late Director of the Government Indo-European Telegraph. With numerous Illustrations and Maps. 8vo. 21s. "The merit of the work is a total absence of exaggeration, which does not, however, preclude a vividness and vigour of style not always characteristic of similar narratives." - STANDARD. •

Gordon

LAST LETTERS FROM EGYPT, to which are added

Letters from the Cape. By Lady Duff Gordon. With a Memoir by her Daughter, Mrs. Ross, and Portrait engraved by Jeens. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 9s.

"The intending tourist who wishes to acquaint himself with the country he is about to visit, stands embarrassed amidst the riches presented for his choice, and in the end probably rests contented with the sober usefulness of Murray. He will not, however, if he is well advised, grudge a place in his portmanteau to this book." - Times.

Gray

CHINA. A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People. By the Venerable John Henry Gray. LL.D., Archdeacon of Hong Kong, formerly H. B.M. Consular Chaplain at Canton. Edited by W. Gow Gregor. With 150 Full-page Illustrations, being Facsimiles of Drawings by a Chinese Artist. 2 Vols. Demy 8vo. 32s. "Its pages contain the most truthful and vivid picture of Chinese life which has ever been published." - Athenaeum.

"The only elaborate and valuable book we have had for many years treating generally of the people of the Celestial Empire" - ACADEMY.