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The Philosopher In Slippers Zigzag Views Of Life And...

By the Author of "Three-Cornered Essays." (Spencer Blackett.) —This volume contains twenty essays, written with considerable ability and in a healthy tone. There is not one of......

Elementary History Of England. By Cyril Ransom°....

Ransom° has shown by several of his works, such as his "Short History of England," how very well qualified he is to write a little work of this kind, which is expressly intended......

Practical Household Cooken, By E. Duret. (11warne And Co.) ,

—This gives more than a thousand recipes, besides a great num- ber of useful hints and directions. We observe that Mr. Duret asserts emphatically that New Zealand mutton and......

Foundry, Forge, And Factory. By W. J. Gordon. (mackie And

Son.)—Mr. Gordon begins his volume with an account of " Arm- strong's," the great gun-factory at Newcastle-on-Tyne, a large establishment which gives employment to ten thousand......

Religion, Anti Other Essays. By Arthur Schopenhauor....

B. Saunders. (Swan Sonnonschein.)—There is no doubt eithsr is to the public interest taken in Schopenbauer or as to the services rendered to his memory by Mr. Saunders.......

The Historical Geography Of Asia Minor. By Professor W. M.

Ramsay. (John Murray.)—This is the fourth volume of the "Royal Geographical Society's Supplementary Papers." The author relates, in his "Prolegomena," a misfortune which will......

Guillotine The Great, And Her Successors. By Graham...

and Downey.)—This book is, in some respects, an excellent one ; certainly Mr. Everitt can treat a most gruesome subject lightly and almost pleasantly. But there is more than a......

Friend Olivia. By Amelia E. Barr. (james Clarke.)—this Is A

decidedly ambitions story, belonging to the order of historical fiction, and, happily, it is as readable as it is ambitious. In it a fair Quakeress, who is, of course, "friend......

Courtship And Marriage ; With A Few Plain Words About

some other Great Matters. By the Rev. Harry Jones, M.A. (Nisbet and Co.) —This wise and. useful little volume may be commended as a gift- book. It consists of lectures given by......