Rain : How, When, Where, Why It Is Measured ?
By G. J. Symons, F.M.S. (Stanford.)—Each of the questions put on the title- page of this book is answered clearly and conclusively by the book itself. Mr. Symons describes the......
The Voyage Alone In The Yawl Rob Roy. By John
Macgregor, M.A. (Low, Son, and Marston.)—The second cruise of the Rob Roy canoe was not equal in interest to the first. Mr. Macgregor has done well to com- mission a new craft......
Spiritual Wives.* The Publication Of This Book Is, We Think,
a decided, if not a grave, literary mistake. Mr. Hepworth Dixon has tried to per- form a task forbidden by his own self-imposed conditions. He has been induced by the great......
Home Sundays; Or, Help And Consolation From The...
the Rev. George Everard. (W. Hunt and Co.)—The professed object of this book is to provide meditations for those who cannot come to church. We presume that if they went to......
Dyer's Early Roman History.*
THE genius of the last hundred years has been inconsistent, variable, and destructive, corresponding to that period in the life of the individual when a man, agitated by a......
Guide To The Cricket Ground. By George.h. Selkirk....
every way good and complete, whether as elucidating the rules of cricket, interpreting its terms, or teaching its method. The only sen- tence that tempts us to express......
Current Literature.
Thunder and Lightning. By W. do Fonvielle. Translated from the French, and edited by T. L. Phipson. (Lo v, Son, and Maraton.)—We have often heard of popularizing science, but in......
Glimpses Of Abyssinia : Extracts From Letters By The Late
Major Douglas C. Graham. Edited by his sister Anna, Lady Erskine. (Longman.)—In the years 1841, 1842, and 1843 Major Graham, of the Bombay Army, was sent on a mission to the......
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