The Private Secretary.* Tnis Is A Book In Which Merits
and defects are so mixed as almost to baffle any reviewer who, being by nature conscientious, wishes in utterance to be just. Were we to judge from its strong passages alone, we......
American Nervousness. By George M. Beard, A.m., M.d. (g. P.
Patnam's Sons, New York.)—Nervousness, thinks Dr. Beard, is the product of modern civilisation. America had the honour of invent. ing it, but no longer possesses the monopoly.......
Records Of The Fast. Vol. Ix. (bagster.)—our Readers, No...
have already seen some of the translations of Assyrian texts which are collected in this volume, under the direction of the Society of Biblical Archteology. The name of the late......
Catalogue Of The Manuscripts And Muniments Of Dulwich...
George F. Warner, M.A. (Longmans.)—Edward Alleys], the founder of the " College of God's Gift," left a great mass of papers in the possession of the College. Among them were......
Current Literature.
A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam.' By Lady Brassey. New edition. Longmans.)—Messrs. Longman have issued Lady Brassey's pleasant and picturesque, though rather thin, description of her......
In Spite Of Fate. By Katherine Clivd. (tinsley...
is an utterly reckless and unlifelike young woman, with "the dark, luscious eyes of a Provençal." She is the daughter of an English farmer ; studies Victor Hugo, Lamartine,......
The Little Masters. By W. B. Scott. (sampson Low And
Co.) —We are taken into one of the by-paths of the history of art. The "Little Masters " were artist-engravers belonging to the city of Niirnberg. It was under the influence of......
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