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The Ship Of Ice : A Strange Story Of The

Polar Seas. By S. Whitechnrch Sadler, R.N. (Marcus Ward and Co.)—This is a children's romance, and a very good one too, the interest being chiefly one of adventure, but also,......

Current Literature.

CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Etchings on the Loire and in the South of France, with Descriptive Lettmpress. By Ernest George. (Murray.) Etching seems to grow more and more into favour, both......

Shakespeare Lexicon. By Dr. Alexander Schmidt. (williams...

and more appreciative compliment can be paid to the genius of our great dramatist than lies in the fact that a foreigner should, with much labour and research, deem his time and......

Hymns And Sacred Lyrics. By Godfrey Thring, Ba. (henry S.

King and Co.)—The hymns in this little volume are real hymns, as no one who enjoys reading hymns will hesitate to sty; and many of them have, moreover, stood the test of having......