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Names and their Histories. By Isaac Taylor, M.A. (Rivington, Percival,

and Co.)—A considerable portion of the information given in this volume is to be found in the author's " Words and Places ;" but this is supplemented by new matter, and the whole is conveniently arranged in dictionary form. The plan is to give the origin of each name and a history of its use, with an account of changes in application. The volume will be found a most use- ful book of reference by the student of history.