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History Of The English Landed Interest. By Russell M....

B.A. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—In this volume, Mr. Gamier treats of the "Modern Period." He has collected, as he did in his earlier volume, a vast amount of information. This......

Labour - Saving Machinery. By James Samuelson. (kegan...

Samuelson has brought together in this little volume a number of significant facts. His purpose is to produce harmonious relations between employers and employed ; the means he......

Church Folk - Lore. By The Rev. J. Edward Vaux....

and Co.)—There is much that is curious, entertaining, and even instructive in this volume, which has for its sub-title "A Record of Some Post-Reformation Usages in the English......

The Monastery Of The Grande Chartreuse. By " A Carthusian

Monk." (Bums and Oates.)—Even the immutable Carthusian move. Can we imagine St. Bruno contemplating the publica- tion of a volume, written in France by a monk of his order,......

The Story Of Egil Skallagrimsson. Translated From The...

by the Rev. W. C. Green. (Elliot Stock.)—This is "An Icelandic Family History of the Ninth and Twelfth Centuries," probably written in the twelfth. The Saga has two heroes, the......

The Skeptics Of The French Eenaissance. By John Owen. (swan

Sonnenschein and Co.)—Mr. Owen follows up his work entitled "Evenings with the Skeptics," with this volume dealing fully with a special part of the subject. The plan that he......

Stories From Garshin. Translated By C. L. Voynich. (t....

Unwin.)—The reader probably knows what to expect from a Russian teller of tales, a realism which does not shrink from the most painful effects. If the condition of the country......

The Prince Of India. By Lew. Wallace. 2 Vols. (osgood,

Mcllvaine, and Co.)—" Why Constantinople Fell" is the sub- title of General Wallace's new story. This will indicate the scene and the time. The " Prince" is no less a personage......