Pictures From Punch. Vols. R.-ii. (bradbury, Agnew, And...
is a book which happily needs no criticism. It is sufficient to mention it. Two volumes, it will be seen, are bound in one, the first being headed with a portrait of the present......
The Vault Of Heaven. By Richard A. Gregory. (methuen.)— This
"Elementary Text-Book of Modern Physical Astronomy" is one of the "University Extension Series." The larger part of the volume is naturally devoted to a description of the Solar......
We Have Received The Last Half-yearly Volume Of Work :
the Illustrated Weekly Journal for Mechanics (Cassell and Co.) It contains the usual variety, quite beyond any power of description or enumeration, of instructions for all kinds......
Before He Is Twenty. (ward, Lock, And Bowden.)—this...
five essays by different authors on "five perplexing phases of the boy question." Mr. R. J. Bardette considers the question of parental management and discipline ; Mrs. F. Hodg-......
Handbook For Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, And...
we are informed, a composite work. The late editor contributed the greater portion of the account of Bedfordshire. The present editor has compiled the account of Hertfordshire......
A New Edition Is Published Of A Very Interesting Book,
The Seine and the Loire, illustrated after Drawings by J. M. W. Turner, R.A., with Introductions and Descriptions by M. B. Huish, Ph.B. (J. S. Virtue and Co.) The drawings are......
Romances Of The Old Seraglio. By H. N. Crellin. (chatto
and Windus.)—These eleven stories are, for the most part, of a some- what grim kind. The scimitar, the bow-string, the poisoned sherbet, and other familiar properties of Eastern......
The New Testament And Its Writers. By The Rev. J.
A. M'Clymont. (A. and C. Black.)—This is a republication of a work which first appeared in a series of "Guild and Bible-Class Text-Books," issued by a Committee of the General......
The Antiquary. Vol. Xxx. (elliot Stock.)—this Is A Par-...
interesting volume of a periodical which always contains much that is curious and valuable. We may mention "Further Particulars from the Tissington Manuscripts," contributed by......
Scarabs. By Isaac Myer, Ll.b. (d. Nutt.)—this Little Book Is
the work of a specialist. "The History, Manufactures, and Religious Symbolism of the Scarabaeus in Ancient Egypt, Phcenicia, Sardinia, 8:c.," is the sub-title. Mr. Myer has......
Philip And His Wife. By Margaret Deland. (longmans.)—miss...
may remind our readers, is the author of "John Ward, Preacher." Knowing this, they will know what to expect. The author feels herself called upon to deal with certain social and......
A Romance Of Dijon. By M. Betham-edwards. (a. And C.
Black.)—This is a story of the French Revolution. But the writer regards that event from a point of view not often taken by the novelist. The Terror is, so to speak, kept out of......
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