Mr. Charles Knight's Autobiography.*
Ma. Kstones two volumes of autobiography remind us of the story told by Charles Lamb about Coleridge. Charles Lamb had paid a visit to the philosopher at Highgate, and, as......
The Infant Bridal, And Other Poems. By Aubrey De Vera.
(Macmillan and Co.)—Almost all these poems have been published before, and any prolonged notice of them is therefore unnecessary. Mr. De Vera has taken his place among the poets......
Current Literature.
The Quarterly Review for July has a very able party article on the House of Commons, which, however, like party speeches, has neither basis nor programme. There is a fair......
Fanning In India. By Lieut.-colonel Greenway. (smith,...
very clear and interesting essay on this subject, but dealing almost exclusively with the southern Presidency, to which Colonel Greenway belongs. Ho seems to think that tho......
Substance And Shadow; Or, Morality And Religion In Their...
to L. An Essay upon the Physics of Creation. By Henry James. (Triibner and Co.)--By morality the author explains that he means not what is commonly understood by that word, but......
History Of The Intellectual Development Of Europe. By...
Draper, M.D., LL.D., Professor of Chemistry and Physiology in the University of New York. Two vols. (Bell and Daldy.)—The object of this book, says the author, is to assert the......
On Shakespeare's Knowledge And Use Of The Bible. By Charles
Words- worth, Bishop of St. Andrew's. (Smith, Elder, and 00.)--Shakespeare Weighed in an Even Balance. By the Rev. Alfred Pownall, M.A. (Saunders, Otley, and Co.)—It is amusing......
Clu•istian Responsibility. By Dean Ramsay....
practical character, in which " all Christian ditties and virtues are referred to the one simple law of human responsibility." The style is polished, but rather cold. As the......
Old Bones ; Or, Notes For Young Naturalists On Vertebrate
Animals. By the Rev. W. S. Symonds, F.G.S. Second Edition. (Robert Hard- wicke.)—An excellent popular manual, of which the chief feature is the constant reference to animals......
The Nortlanan's Magazine, July, 1864. Edited By James...
I.—This little publication is intended to diffuse information in an agreeable form among the people of the North of Scotland, and the article on " Glimpses of History " is a......
Nature And Grace. Sermons Preached In The Chapel Royal,...
hall By the Rev. W. M. Campion, B.D., Fellow and Tutor of Queen's. College, Cambridge, &c. (Deighton, Bell, and Co.)—Mr. Campion's abilities and the position which they have......
Elements Of Modern Geography For The Use Of Junior Classes.
By the Rev. Alexander Mackay. (W. Blackwood and Sons.)—The best geo- graphy we have ever met with. In describing a country it takes each river-basin separately and describes its......
Letters From Italy And Switzerland. Third Edition. By...
sohn Bartholdy. — Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847. New Edition. Translated by Lady Wallace. (Longman and Co.)— The substance of these volumes needs no......
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