Boulton (William B.) Thomas Gainsborough, his life, work, friends, and sitters. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1907. xi, 336 p., 15 pl., 25 port. 8°. Cole (Timothy). Old Spanish masters. Engraved by Timothy Cole, with historical notes by Charles H. Caffin and comments by the engraver. New York: Century Co., 1907. ix, 175 p., 25 pl., 6 port. 4°. Ellis (Edwin John). The real Blake. A portrait biography. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1907. xix, 443 p., 2 fac-sim., II pl. 8°. Gensel (Walther). Constantin Meunier. Bielefeld: Velhagen & Klasing, 1905. I p.l., 61 p., I l., 3 pl, 3 port. illus. 4°. (Künstler-Monographien, no. 79.) Morgan (John Pierpont). Catalogue of the Guttmann collection of plate now the property of J. Pierpont Morgan. Esq, by E. Alfred Jones. London: Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., 1907. xxiii, 521., 53 pl. 4°. Robert (Karl), pseud. of G. MEUSNIER. Traité pratique du modelage et de la sculpture, contenant des renseignements sur l'exécution en terre ... etc. Leçons écrites d'après les maîtres. Paris: H. Laurens, 1907. 144 p. 3. ed. 4°. (Bibliothèque d'enseignement pratique des beaux-arts. no. II.) Wilson (David Henry). George Morland. London: The Walter Scott Pub. Co., 1907. xvi, 206 p., I l., 20 pl., 1 port. 12. (Makers of British art.) MUSIC Beaurepaire-Froment ( de). Bibliographie des chants populaires français. Paris: La Revue du Traditionnisme, 1906. 40 p., 1 l. 12°. Curtis (Natalie). The Indians' book. An offering by the American Indians of Indian lore, musical and narrative, to form a record of the songs and legends of their race. Recorded and edited by Natalie Curtis. Illustrations... by Indians. New York: Harper & Bros., 1907. 6 p.l., ix-xxx, 2 l., 3-572 p., 11., 23 pl. 4°. Davidson (Gladys). Stories from the operas. With short biographies of the composers. [Ser. Ser. 2. pub. in Philadelphia. Golther (Wolfgang). Richard Wagner as poet ...translated by Jessie Haynes. [New York:] McClure, Phillips & Co., 1907. 92 p., I l., I facsim., 14 pl., I port. 16°. (Illustrated cameos of literature.) Pfordten (Hermann Ludwig von der), Freiherr. Beethoven. Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, 1907. viii, 143 p., I port. 12°. (Wissenschaft und Bildung. 17.) AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE. Bailey (Elmer James). The novels of George Meredith: a study. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1907. 4 p.l., 226 p., I port. 12°. Contains alphabetical list of characters in the novels, with chapters in which they appear. Chandler (Frank Wadleigh). The literature of roguery. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1907. 2 v. 12°. (The types of English literature.) Gayley (Charles Mills). Plays of our forefathers, and some of the traditions upon which they were founded. New York: Duffield & Co., 1907. xi, 2 l., 349 p., 29 pl. 8°. Gunsaulus (Frank Wakeley). The higher ministries of recent English poetry. New York: F. H. Revell Co. [1907] 233 p., I fac-sim. 12°. Joachimi-Dege (Marie). Deutsche Shakespeare Probleme im xviii. Jahrhundert und im Zeitalter der Romantik. Leipzig: H. Haessel, 1907. 5 p.l., 296 p. 8°. (Untersuchungen zur neueren Sprach- und Literaturgeschichte. Heft 12.) Matthews (Brander). Inquiries and opinions. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1907. vii, 305 p. 12°. Nason (Arthur Huntington). Heralds and heraldry in Ben Jonson's plays, masques and entertainments. New York, 1907. 3 p.l., (1) x-viii, 164 P. Nicoll (William Robertson), and T. SECCOMBE. A history of English literature. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1907. 3 v. illus. 8°. Woodberry (George Edward). The appreciation of literature. New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1907. 5 p.l., 195 p., 4 pl., 4 port. 8°. FOREIGN LITERATURE. Arnold (Robert Franz). Das moderne Drama. Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, 1908. x, 388 p. 12°. Becker (Philipp August). Grundriss der altfranzösischen Literatur. Teil 1. Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1907. 8°. 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