The Second Book Of Kings, By F. W. Farrar, D.d.
(Hodder and Stoughton), is one of the volumes in the "Expositor's Bible." It is characterised by the editor's various excellencies, which never show themselves to greater......
Current Literature.
The Story of James Gilmour and the Mongol Mission. By Mrs. Bryson, of Tientsin. (Religious Tract Society.)—This is a subject which well deserves inclusion in a "Splendid Lives'"......
Miss Parson's Adventure, And Other Stories. By W. Clark...
and other Writers. (Chapman and Hall.)—Mr. Clark Russell's story is very much like what we have often had before from his pen. Only, instead of occupying three volumes, it......
The Prisoner Of Zenda. By Anthony Hope. (arrowsmith,...
Hope" has taken a new departure in this novel. We do not know that we like him better in this new style than we did in the old ; on the whole, we are inclined to think that we......
The Duties Of The County Councils Under The Local Government
Act, 1894. By F. Rowley Parker. (Knight and Co.)—It shows how large and complicated the new legislation on Local Govern- ment is, that a volume has to be devoted, not to the new......
Memorable Edinburgh.*
THE love of men—not of Scotchmen merely—for Edinburgh, which almost passes the love of women for Florence, is inex- haustible. Certainly, and as these two delightful books show,......