23 NOVEMBER 1889, page 24

There Is No Lack Of Variety In The Issue Of

the Universal Review for November 15th. Lucas Malet's " Wages of Sin " is con- tinued ; a characteristic " Reminiscence of De Quincey " is recorded by Mr. Rae-Brown ; Professor......

Days With Industrials. By A. H. Japp. (trubner And Co.)—

Most people are never tired of hearing the story of some great industry; the actual figures often possess a decided charm. Mr. Japp discusses industries which are sure to......

The History Of Wool And Woolcombing. By James Burnley....

Low and Co.)—An ancient trade like wool is sure to have romance in some of its stages of growth, and Mr. Burnley has made the most of the inventors and the inventions which com-......

Half - A - Century Of Australasian Progress. By W....

Co.)—The light which Mr. Westgarth's retro- spect of Australasian progress throws on the prosperity of Australia and New Zealand is both bright and searching. He went out to......

Darell Blake. By Lady Colin Campbell. (trischler And...

Colin Campbell has a considerable amount of literary ability, and she has the advantage of being acquainted with the society of which she writes; but though her one-volume novel......

Heat. By H. G. Madan. (rivingtons.)—the Aim Of This Treatise

is rather to show the general principles and laws of heat than to attempt a too mathematical demonstration of them. This, the true aim of an elementary manual, is often lost......

A Trust Betrayed. By John Tipton. 3 Vols. (ward And

Downey.)—Mr. John Tipton has produced a novel of the old- fashioned melodramatic type. There is a beautiful heroine who is abducted so often that she must have become quite......

A Treatise On Manures. By A. B. Griffiths. (whittaker And

Co.) —Dr. Griffiths has made up a very interesting volume on the manures of the present day, as well as a useful text-book for intending specialists. And the numerous analyses......

Two Kings Of Uganda. By R. P. Ashe. (sampson Low

and Co.) —Mr. Ashe gives us a somewhat gloomy account of life on the Victoria Nyanza, which seems on the whole to have been one of unremitting watchfulness and suspense. The......

Cremation And Urn - Burial. By W. Robinson. (cassell And...

question of "Cremation versus Burial" will have to be decided soon, no reasonable being doubts. Mr. Robinson's brochure is a vigorous plea for urn-burial, likely, we should say,......