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Rabies And Hydrophobia: Their History, Nature, Causes,...

By George Fleming. (Chapman and Hall.)—Mr. Fleming, who is an authority of the greatest weight in all veterinary matters, has done excellent service to the community by......

The Liberator: His Life And Times, Political, Social, And...

By M. F. Cusack. (Longman.)—Here is a "Christmas book" for Home Rulers. We have read Miss Cusack's preface attentively, and though it seems to us slightly incoherent—probably......

The Round Robin: A Gathering Of Fact, Fiction, Incident, And

Adven- ture. Edited by "Old Merry." (F. Warne and Co.)—Boys will not speculate too curiously on the meaning of the title of this book, nor will they be very apt to question its......

Messrs. Rontledge Sends Us A Variety Of Picture-books, To...

we cannot devote the space which some of them, at least, deserve. There is Walter Crane's Picture - Book, with its "sixty-four pages of drawings," done in a very artistic style.......

Recent Pastimes Of Merrie England. Interpreted From...

annotated by F. 0. Barnand ; with illustrations drawn from ye quick. by J. E. Rogers, Author of "Ridicule Rediviva." (Cassell and Co.)—Mr. Rogers' illustrations have all the......

Reports On The Discovery Of Peru. Edited By - Clements R.

Markham, C.B. (The Haklnyt Society.)—The materials here supplied have to a certain extent been made use of by Prescott and others; this does not, however, prevent the originals......

The Panelled House. By M. Branaston. (society For...

Knowledge.)—There is a great deal of quiet beauty in this story. It is a tale of still life ; but still waters proverbially run deep_ The little legend told by "Nest " (one of......

Meridiana : The Adventures Of Three Englishmen And Three...

in South Africa. By Jules Verne. (Sampson Low and Co.)—The " Three. Englishmen and three Russians " are the members of a joint commission appointed by the English and Russian......