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Grace Bevan ; or, the Mystery of Embden Vale. By "J. R." (City of London Publishing Company.)—The author concludes this book by saying, " Would you know whether the tendency of......
An. Epitome Of English Grammar, For The Use Of Students.
Adapted to the London Matriculation Course and similar examinations. By W. H. H. Kelke, M.A. (Kegan Paal and Co.) —We have no doubt, from our examination of the book, that the......
The "j. E. M." Guile To Switzerland: "the Alps—how To
See Them." Edited by J. E. Maddock, F.R.G.S. (Wyman and Sons.)— The month of July usually witnesses the publication of a perfect multitude of guide-books, and they almost disarm......
Uncle Herman. By 1.7,mile Eshard. Translated By M. Tyson....
Stock.)—This is a humorous story, which might, we think, be easily turned into a moderately successful farce. A determined old bachelor meets on the railway a lady no longer......
A French Writer On The Tonquin Campaign. 10 The French...
in Tonquin and Formosa of 1883 8 , 70. afforded the first practical evidence as to the reality of the mili- tary progress of China since the allied forces of England and France......
A Mortal Antipathy. First Opening Of The New Portfolio. By
Oliver Wendell Holmes. (Sampson Low.)—As a novelist, or as an essayist, the author of "Elsie Venner " and "The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" is always sure of a welcome. He......
The Thin Red Line. By Arthur Griffiths. 2 Vols. (chapman
and Hall.)—By help, as we suppose, of Mr. Kinglake's "History of the Crimean War," Mr. Griffiths makes a pleasant and interesting story out of the fortunes of a certain......
Australian Essays. By Francis W. L. Adams. (griffith,...
Co.)—This book is, to a great extent, free from the defects to which we felt bound to call attention when noticing Mr. Adams's novel, "Leicester," in three volumes. It does not,......
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