14 JANUARY 1882, Page 25

The Two Hemispheres: a Popular Account of the Countries and

Peoples of the World. By G. G. Chisholm, M.A. (Blackie and 'Sons.)—This handsome volume of nearly a thousand pages is, in fact, a sort of universal geography. It does not profess to give all the details supplied by the text-books, but it sketches the physical, the political, and the commercial geography of every country of the -globe. The compiler's object—and it seems to have been attained with fair success—seems to have been to make a book that should be readable, as well as full of trustworthy information. Even a superficial examination of the book shows that very creditable pains have been taken to employ the best and latest authorities, and to make the work one of real value.