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We have received :—A new edition, revised and enlarged, of

Homer's Walks in Florence and its Environs. (Smith, Elder, and Co.) The two volumes are exceedingly well printed, and neatly bound.—The Railwa y Companies' Directory for 1884. (123 Fleet Street.) This book is in the main based upon material contributed by British Railway Companies, and the information given may be accepted as official.—A fourth edition of The "J. E. M." Guide to Switzerland, by J. E. Maddock (Wyman and Sons).-4. third edition of the "J. E. M." Guide to Davos-Platz, by J. E. 'Maddock and P. Holland (Wyman and Sons, London ; the Galignani Library, Paris).— Holiday Haunts, by B. H. Becker (Remington and Co.)—Hamilton's Mexican Handbook (Sampson Low and Co.)—The Official Directory and Year-book of Australia for 1884 (G. Street and Co.)—Thoughts and Characters, selections from the writings of "The Schonberg-Cotta Family," by "A Friend" (S.P.C.K.)—John de Wycliffe, and what he did for England, by Emily S. Holt (J. F. Shaw and Co.)—A second and revised edition of Sidgwick and Morice's Greek Verse Composition (Rivingtona).—A second edition of F. G. G. Stephens's essay on English Children as Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Remington and Co.)—The Admission Registers of St. Paul's School, from 1718 to 1876, edited by the Rev. R. B. Gardiner, M.A. (G. Bell and Sons).—The First Principles of the Faith, a handbook of Christian doctrine, by the Rev. E. Walters, M.A. (Alexander and Shepheard).—A new edition, revised and enlarged, of Sir Travers Twiss's Law of Nations (Clarendon Press, Oxford).— Wharton's Commentaries on American Law (Kay and Brother, Philadolphia).—Volume III. (the conclusion) of A Religious Encyc!opiedia, edited by Professor P. Schaff, the Rev. S. M. Jackson, M.A., and the Rev. D. S. Schaff (T. and T. Clark, Edin- burgh).—Volumes I. and II. of The Pulpii Commentary "The Acts of the Apostles" (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Luther's Primary Works, edited by Prebendary Waco and Professor Buchheim (John Murray). —Goebel's Parables of Jesus, translated by Professor Banks; Volume III. of Weiss's Life of Christ, translated by M. G. Hope; Sartorius's Doctrine of Divine Lore, translated by Sophia Taylor,—being Volumes XV., XVII., and XVIII. of the " Foreign Theological Library" issued by Messrs. T. and T. Clark, of Edinburgh.—Christian Discipline of the Society of Friends (Clarris and Co.) —John Wiclif : his Life, Times, and Teaching, by the Rev. A. R. Pennington, M.A. (S.P.C.K.)— Stories of Roman History from Cicero, by G. E. Jeans, M.A., and A. V. Jones, M.A., an addition to the "Elementary Classics" issued by Macmillan and Co.—Porches of the Temple, by T. Green, M.A. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.), a book intended for the use and in- struction of Sunday-school teachers and scholars.—Folk-Lore of Modern Greece, edited by the Rev. E. M. Geldart, M.A. (W. S. Sonnenschein and Co.)—Volume III. of a translation of Schmidt and Holzendorff's Commentary on the New Testament, by F. H. Jones, BA. (Williams and Norgate).—The Works of John Dryden, with Sir Walter Scott's Notes, revised and corrected by G. Saintsbury, Vols. VII. and VIII., "Dramatic Works" (W. Pater- son, Edinburgh).—Life of Luther, by Julius Kfistlin, translated from the German, with illustrations from authentic sources (Longmans, Green, and Co.)— A seventh and Cheaper edition of Dr. J. Young's Christ of History (T. F. Unwin).—Volume II. of The Gospel History for the Young. by W. F. Skene, D.C.L., LL.D. (D. Douglas, Edinburgh).—John Wicklif, by the Rev. W. L. Watkinson (T. Woolmer).—Hints on Catalogue Titles and on Index Entries, by C. F. Blackburn (Sampson Low and Co.)—Dr. Kolbe's Text-Book of Inorganic Chemistry, translated and edited by Professor T. S. Ham- pidge (Longmans, Graen, and Co.)—A Text-Book of Deductive Logic, by P. K. Ray (Meeker and Co., London and Calcutta). —The Sci mtific Papers of J. P. Joule, D.C.L., issued by the Physical Society of Leaden (Taylor and Francis).—Volume II. of Mathematical and Physical Papers, by G. G. Stokes, N.A., reprinted from the original Journals and Transactions of the Cambridge University, with additional Notes by the author (Cam- bridge University Press).—The nineteenth edition of Tate's Modern Carnbist, edited by H. Schmidt (Effingham Wilson).—A Method of English Composition, by T. W. Bancroft (Ginn, Heath, and Co., Boston, U.S.).—Alackay's Elements of Euclid, Books I. to VI. (W. and R. Chambers).—An Italian Conversation Grammar, by N. FerMi, F.R.A.S. (Hachette and Co.) — Nos. I. to VII. of Blackie's Geographical Readers, edited by W. G. Baker (Blackie and Son). These readers are copiously illustrated with capital woodcuts and clearly printed coloured maps.—Descsiptive Mineralogy, by Hilary Bauerman, F.G.S., an addition to the "Text-Books of Science" series issued by Messrs. Longmans, Green, and Co.—Seventh edition, revised and enlarged, of West's Diseases of Infancy and Childhood (Longmans, Green, and Co.). The author (the founder of the first children's hospital established in England) has based the present edition on 2,250 recorded observations, and 050 post-mortem examinations made either in hospital or in private practice.— A new and cheaper edition of Work Among the London Poor, com- prising the letters and other writings of the late Mr. E. Denison, M.P. for Newark, edited by Sir B. Leighton, Bart. (W. Isbister.)— A. second edition of Browne's Practical Taxidermy (L. U. Gill).— A Booke of Fishing with Hooke and Line, reprinted from the black- letter edition of Leonard Mascall (1590), with preface and glossary by T. Satchell (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.).—How to Apply for a British Patent, a manual of the amended Patent Law, by T. Wilkins, C.E. (C. Gilbert).—Coleridge's Table-Talk, with an introduction by Henry Morley, being an addition to the " Morley's Universal Library" series issued by Messrs. Routledge and Sons.—Thrift and Independence, by the Rev. W. L. Blackley, M.A., an addition to the "People's Library" series issued by the S.P.C.K.—A new illustrated edition of No New Thing, by W. E. Norris (Smith, Elder, and Co.)— The Leamington Waters, chemically, therapeutically, and clinically considered, by F. W. Smith, M.D. (H. K. Lewis).