On Chloroform. By Charles Kidd, M.d. (renshaw.)—dr. Kidd...
have had a large experience of chloroform, and wo need hardly say that many of the cases he cites are curious to the last degree. The case of the lady who had ten teeth......
Ahdallah; Or, The Four-leaved Shamrock. By Edward Rend...
Translated by Mary L. Booth. (Low, Son, and Marston.) —M. Laboulaye's story is the realization of the legend contained in it. It is the four-leaved shamrock of literature. What......
Far Away ; Or, Sketches Of Scenery And Society An
Mauritius. By Charles John Boyle. (Chapman and Hall.)—The first piece of informa- tion we gain from Mr. Boyle is that we are wrong is speaking of the Mauritius. But we learn......
The Wonders Of Optics. By F. Marion. Translated From The
French, and edited by Charles W. Quin. (Low, Son, and Marston.)—This is a companion work to the one on " Thunder and Lightning" which we noticed the other day, but though there......
Letters Home From Spain, Algeria, And Brazil. By The Rev.
Hamlet Clark. (Van Voorst.)—These are the private letters of an entomologist, and their value will be best appreciated by students of natural history. Mr. Hamlet Clark found......
Black And White : A Journal Of A Three Months'
Tour in the United States. By Henry Latham. (Macmillan.)—We can hardly expect much information from a book of this kind. Mr. Latham did not attempt to dive below the surface of......
King's College Chapel: Notes On Its History And Present...
By Thomas John Proctor Carter. (Macmillan.)—We do not suppose that Mr. Carter's elaborate and exhaustive account of the chapel of his college will travel far beyond its walls.......
Man : Where, Whence, And Whither ? By David Page.
(Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas.)—Cautiously and temperately written, this little book of Dr. Page's touches upon some of those questions which the orthodox would have us......
The Layman's Breviary ; Or, Meditations For Every Day In
the Year. From the German of Leopold Schafer. By C. T. Brooks. (Triibner and Co.)—We learn from the translator that the original work has gone through twelve editions in......
St. Louis, King Of France. By The Sire De Joinville.
Translated by James Hutton. (Low, Son, and Marston.)—A charmingly quaint little book, not telling us very much about the subject, but throwing consider- able light on the......
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