A Memoir Of The Services Of Lieutenant-general Sir Samuel...
Whittinghant, K.C.B. Edited by Major-General Ferdinand Whiffing- ham, C.B. (Longmans.)—Our first impulse was to protest against reading an octavo of the very largest size about......
Our Schools And Colleges, By Herbert Fry (ilardwicke), Is A
use- ful publication, apparently intended to be annual. The information given is of a serviceable kind, recent, and accurate. We notice one or two omissions which the report of......
The Rise And Fall Of The Emperor Maximilian. By Count
Emile de Keratry. (Sampson, Low, and .Marston.)—This is a political history of the Mexican Empire, written from the point of view of the Opposi- tion in the French Chamber. The......
Was St. John The Author Of The Fourth Gospel ?'
By a Layman, (Longmans.)—" A Layman " states, in a temperate tone, which deserves all praise, the objections to the authenticity of the Fourth Gospel. We observe little or......
Reminiscences Of Cheltenham Colleye. By An Old...
Old Cheltonian does not write well enough to interest those who are not connected with the school which he describes. And how tan we trust his accuracy, when he tells us that......
Abyssinia And Its Apostle. By Lady Herbert. (burns And...
—Our readers should bo informed that the Apostle of Abyssinia was one Justin do Jacobis, an Italian, of the Lazarist mission, who died about seven years ago. So Lady Herbert, or......
The Darwins. A Tale. By A. M. D. L. (saunders,
Otley, and Co.) —We cannot think for whom this tale is intended. Girls and oven boys might have road it in the old times on a Sunday afternoon, when nothing better was......
Collision Diagram, Illustrating The Rule Of The Road At Sea.
By W. A. Oliver. (Foster.)—Much has been written of late, notably by the Economist, on the rule of the road at sea. Mr. Oliver has clearly illus- trated the Board of Trade......