The Citizen Of India. By W. Lee-warner. (macmillan And -co.)
— This is no ordinary handbook, as the reader soon sees. Let any one study paragraphs 5-7 in chap. 1, "The Village," dealing respectively with the good and bad of the old......
The Works Of Horace Rendered Into English Prose. By William
Coutts, M.A. (Longmans and Co.)—Mr. Coutts is certainly com- petent to translate Horace. This does not imply that his book was wanted. If he could have solved the insoluble,......
Stories From Dante. By Morley Chester. (frederick Warne...
we have fresh testimony to the influence of Dante in, a volume which is intended to make him known to children. "The aim of the following pages," says their author," has been to......
The Story Of The Potter. By Charles F. Sinus. (g.
Newnes.) —Mr. Binns tells the "story of the Potter" in something less than two hundred and fifty pages, with which he contrives to cover nearly fifty centuries. He begins with......
The Adventures Of A Siberian Cub. Translated From The...
by Leon Golschmann. (Jarrold and Sons.)—This is a very lively story of bear-life in Siberia. Mishook ' and his sister are twin bear cubs. Their father has been killed while......
Untold Tales Of The Past. By Beatrice Harraden. (w. Black-
wood and Sons.)—Miss Harraden chooses some time in the past, and, taking some name, generally one about which little or nothing is known, weaves a romance round it. There is a......
Notes On Political Economy. By A New Zealand Colonist....
and Co.)—We are not concerned to discuss the questions which the " Colonist " treats in this volume. What he says about them has the special interest of being said from his own......
Niccolina Nicco/ini. By The Author Of "madlle Mori." (gard-
ner, Darton, and Co.)—We are not prepared to affirm or to deny that marriages between persons of different nationalities tend to happiness ; but it is certainly a fact that they......
The Prince's Diamond. By Emeric Hulme-beaman. (hutchin-...
book, by the author of " Ozmar the Mystic," is a thoroughly attractive romance. George Travers, who tells the story, picks up a diamond ring which is well known, and said to......
Pictures Of Southern China. By The Rev. J. Macgowan. (r.t.s.
10s. 6d.)—Mr. Macgowan devotes chapters to Shanghai, Foochow, Kushan, Amoy, Swatow, Hong-kong, and Canton. And he certainly succeeds by the help of some admirable photographs in......
Osmanli Proverbs And Quaint Sayings. By The Rev. E. J.
Davis. (Sampson Low and Co. 12s. 6d.)—Some twenty years ago, one Ahmed Midhat Effendi published at Constantinople a collection of Turkish proverbs. This Mr. Davis has here......
The Stolen Fiddle. By Walter H. Mayson. (f. Warne And
Co.)—We cannot say that this book is a success. There is throughout a series of forced situations which grate on the reader. John Sinclair, one of the chief characters, has a......
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