Camping Sketches. By George R. Lowndes. (bentley And...
Lowndes describes with much graphic effect, and without the incessant effort to be funny which often makes such books almost unbearable, various " open-air " experiences. How......
Elements Of Agriculture. By W. Frean, Ll.d. (john...
have here a text-book "prepared under the authority of the Royal Agricultural Society of England," and published at a. price so moderate as ought to ensure the very widest......
Water-colour Painting In England. By Gilbert R. Redgrave....
Marston, and Co.)—This is a volume in the series of "Illustrated Handbooks of Art," and, taking up the history of water-colour painting at the earliest times, which, however,......
Suffering London. By B . Egmont Hake. (scientific...
an able plea—commended and seconded by Mr. Walter Besant, who writes an artroduction—for the London hospitals. Mr. Egmont Hake briefly sketch - s the history of these great in-......
Diaries Of Sir Daniel Gooch. With Introductory Notice By Sir
Theodore Martin. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—At twenty- one, Daniel Gooch was appointed Superintendent of the Locomo- tive Department of the Great Western Railway. It was at......
Selections From Plato. Edited By T. W. Rolleston. (w....
—Mr. Rolleston includes portions of the "Phaedrus," the " Re- public," the " Hippias Major," and the " Symposium," together with the whole of the "Apology," "Crito," and "......
The Cause Of An Ice-age. By Sir Robert Ball, Ll.
D. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—The " cause " Sir Robert Ball finds in astronomical facts. The attraction of the planets deflects the earth from its normal orbit. The most......
Insurance And Saving. (swan Sonnenschein And Co.)—this Is...
made by a Committee of the Charity Organisation Society on "The Existing Opportunities for Working-Class Thrift," while an introduction discusses the " Poor-Law as an Obstacle......
A Winter In North China. By The Rev. T. M.
Morris. (Religions Tract Society.)—Mr. Morris and Dr. Fuller (who writes a brief introduction to the book) were commissioned by the Baptist Mis- sionary Society to inspect the......
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