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An Epitome Of History, Ancient, Medimval, And Modern. By...

Ploetz. Translated by W. H. Tillinghast, Harvard College. (Blackie and Son.)—This has already run through several editions in Germaq, and is now translated, and some part of the......

On Leithay's Banks. By Rosa Mackenzie Kettle. (james...

is a pretty, sentimental story ; a little old-fashioned, but of an acceptable old fashion. There is something of a "keepsake "and " forget-me-not " flavour about it ; it is very......

The Author, "i Have Seen With My Own Eyes, Or

heard with my own ears." There is a preliminary description of the House and its way of doing business, by which we mean its etiquette, rather than its formal method a......

Point Blank : A Korel. By The Author Of "jack

ITrquhart's Daughter." (Bentley.)—The meaning of the title of this novel is obscure ; but if, as we suppose, it indicates the unadorned downrightness with which very ugly facts......

Studies And Exercises In Formal Logic. By J. T. N.

Keynes, MA. (Macmillan.)—This book will be found a most valuable aid towards the comprehension of a difficult and most important branch of the Science of Thought. The exercises......

Letters From Bombay. By D. Aubrey. (remington And Co.)—...

letters—all written from Bombay during one month, and describing not only the buildings, scenery, climate, and surroundings of the town, but also the social life of the various......

In The Tennessee Mountains. By C. E. Craddock. (longmans,...

and Co.)—Some, if not all, of the stories which compose this volume have already appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. They will interest American more than British readers,......