Introduction To The Middle Ager. By Ephraim Emerton....
Co., Boston, U.S.A.)—Mr. Emerton's introduction takes in European history from 375 to 815 A.D. He has given a sufficiently clear summary of the forces at work which led to the......
Longnians' New Atlas. Edited By G. G. Chisholm, M.a.,...
(Longmans.)—This is in many ways not an ordinary atlas, and we think that its original features will win for it a wide and lasting popularity, not only in schools, for which it......
Animals Of The Bible. By H. Chichester Hart. Vol. Ii.
(R.T.S.) —Though great pains have been taken to identify the animals mentioned in Scripture, and many have been identified, yet some seem still able to evade any classification......
Granites. By G. F. Harris, F.g.s. (crosby Lockwood.)—mr....
given us a very useful guide to the granite quarries of the United Kingdom. He tells us where and what the granites are, to whom the quarries belong, and some of the monuments......
Our Rarer Birds. By Charles Dixon. (bentley And Son.)—it Is
doubtless somewhat difficult to draw the line between our less common and our rarer birds. Mr. Dixon's ingenious title, at any rate, gives him great scope, of which he has not......
Babes Dalima ; Or, The Opines Fiend. By T. H.
Perelaer. Trans- lated from the Dutch by the Rev. E. J. Venning. (Vizetelly and Co.)—The scene of this somewhat bloodcurdling tale is laid in Java, and the characters are......
A New Geography. By 3. M. D. Meiklejohn. (j. M.
Holden, St. Andrews.)—Professor Meikkjohn has produced a very readable geography, likely to help the young student to remember the dry facts. Everywhere the comparative method......
Eclectic Physical Geography. By Russell Hinman. (sampson...
work, by an American author, and printed at the Eclectic Press, Cincinnati, appears to give a comprehensive and, in the main, clear account of the principal phenomena observed......
Physical Realism. By Thomas Case, M.a. (longmans And Co.)...
Case divides his Physical Realism into two parts,—" The General Proof of Physical Realism," and "Psychological Idealism." Both are interesting; the second part particularly so......