One For Another. By Emma C. Wait. (samuel Tinsley.)—this...
begins with a sort of application of the famous casuistical question, "Whether it is lawful to give false information to a murderer pursuing an innocent victim?" The......
Original Plays. By W. S. Gilbert. (chatto And...
play in the volume is "The Wicked World," it had a certain fame of its own, and got more, perhaps, from a burlesqne which the Censor's inter- ference made celebrated. Reading it......
Reboisement In France. Compiled By J. C. Brown, Ll.d. (henry
S. King and Co.)—The second title of this book is "Records of the Re- planting of the Alps, the Cevennes, and the Pyrenees, with Trees," 4fre. Dr. Brown's object is to induce......
The Poems Of Sir Walter Scott. " Handy-volume " Edition.
(Bradbury, Agnew, and Co.)—This edition, besides being prettily bound and cheap, has in our eyes but one merit, but that is a great one. It is the easiest and pleasantest to......
Sisjer Louise; Or, The Story Of A Woman's Repentance. By
C. J. Whyte-Melville. (Chapman and Hall.)—Mr. Whyte-Melville, looking about for a scene for a new story, chooses the Court of Louis XIV. The choice is, in one sense, a discreet......
Erasmus In Praise Of Folly. (reeves And Turner.).-.-a...
edition of Erasmus's famous Encomium, printed in type that it is a pleasure to read, and on paper which it is a delight to touch. And then we have tbe original illustrations,......
East And West London. By The Rev. Harry Jones. (smith
and Elder.)—This is a book to be read by parsons and laymen. Mr. Jones was an energetic parish priest in the West of London. He is now an energetic parish priest in the East.......
Beauchamp's Career. By George Meredith. 8 Vols. (chapman...
Beauchamp was a young gentleman of family, who re- volted from the politics of his order to become a Man of the People. But his career has much more to do with the three women......
.the Life Of Hebich. By Two Of His Fellow-labourers....
from the German by Colonel J. G. Halliday. (Seeloys).—Here is the marvel of what reads like a perfectly candid biography. Samuel Hebich laboured for many years as a missionary......
Little Minnie's Troubles. By N. D'anvers. (henry S....
a prettily told little story, meant to teach little girl's to be thoughtful and obedient, even if they have a stern governess with the ugly name of Miss Brown. It can hardly......
Bandy-book Of Ornamental Conifers. By Hugh Fraser....
who take a pride in ornamental shrubberies, and wish to know the best method of growing, and the geographical habitats of the shrubs and trees in them, should peruse this......
A History Of Eton College, 1410-1875. By H. C. Maxwell
Lyte. (Macmillan.)—The history of the foundation of Eton is sufficiently well known ; the vicissitudes of its subsequent fortunes are familiar to but few. Mr. Lyte has chosen a......
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