The Sporting .rifle And Its Projectiles. By Lieutenant...
M.A., Assistant Conservator of Forests, Central India. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—The writer contends that the rifles ordinarily con- structed are nearly useless for sporting......
The Boy's Own Volwne, Christmas, 1868. (s. 0....
of this serial, which shows no falling off in the character or variety of its articles. In it Mr. Edgar finishes his tale of Cressy and Poitiers, in which the earlier part of......
Barbara's History. By Amelia B. Edwards. Three Volumes....
Blackett.)—It is not easy to convoy to our readers why this is really a very good noveL There is not a spark of novelty about a single incident in the story ; indeed, the......
Songs Of God And Nature. Edited By David Page, F.r.s.e.,
F.G.S. (W. P. Nimmo.)—The object of the compiler was, as he tells us, "to inculcate through the medium of poetry that deep and reverential love towards God and nature which lies......
The Royal Fire And Life Insurance Company Have Sent Us
their illustrated almanack, which gives us, first, pictures of the Queen, the late Prince Consort, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, then of its own branch establishments......
England's Workshops. By Dr. G. L. M. Strauss, C. W.
Qain, F.C.S., John C. Brough, Thomas Archer, W. B. Tegetmeier, and W. J. Prowse. (Groombridge and Sons.)—A collection of papers describing some of the great manufactories of......
Functional Diseases Of Women —cases Illustrative Of A New...
of treating them through the agency of the nervous system, by means of cold and heat, with an appendix containing cases illustrative of a new method of treating epilepsy,......
Sir Goodwin's Folly; A Story Of The Year 1795. By
Arthur Locker. Three volumes. (Chapman and Hall.)—This is a tale of a kind not very common in the present day. Regarded as a historical novel, it is a failure, for it gives no......
Modern Civilization In Relation To Christianity. A Series...
By William M'Combie. (Blackwood and Sons.)—The editor of the Aberdeen Free Press is so much enamoured of the articles which he has contributed to his paper during the last two......
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