Blind Guides.*
' THERE is something to be said against the practice of setting par- ticular books as subjects for Classical examinations, or, indeed, for any examinations in language. Where,......
• Descartes ; His Life And Meditations. By Richard Lowndos.
(Frederic Norgate.)—Descartes' life, though quite that of a philosopher, is by no means devoid of interest for the general reader. His speculations on the whole tend to......
A Matter - Of - Fact Girl. By Theo. Gift. 3 Vols....
—This tale is described on the title-page as " a story of Lake-Lan- cashire ;" and there are some pictures of scenery and conversations in dialect which go some way towards......
Current Literature.
Great Orators. By Henry James Nicoll. (Maeniven and Wallace.) —The "great orators" whose life and work Mr. Nicoll sketches for us in this volume are Burke, Fox, Sheridan, and......
Liaroun, Al Itaschid. "now Plutarch Series." By Professor...
Palmer. (Marcus Ward.)—We have already told our readers some- thing of the merits of this little volume, but may fitly record its literary value here also. Professor Palmer......