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The Natural History Of Man. Vol. I., Africa ; Vol.

II., Asia and America. By the Rev. J. G. Wood. (Routledge.)—This is one of the works which a man, himself not unaccustomed to labour, regards with astonishment. There is the......

The Bottom Of The Sea. By L. Sourel. Translated And

edited by Elihu Rich. (Sampson Low, Son, and Marston.)—This is one of the books about nature, partly scientific, partly popular, and not without a dash of romance, which French......

Specimens Of The Drawings Of Ten Masters....

volume contains twenty reproductions of drawings contained in the Royal collection at Windsor, executed by the photographic pro- cess invented by Mr. Ernest Edwards, a process......

Life Problems Answered In Christ. By Leigh Mann. (hodder And

Stoughton.)—We quite agree with Mr. Maclaren, a good judge of work of which he is himself a master, when he says in the preface which he writes for these sermons that " they are......

Thomas Chalmers : A Biographical Study. By James Dodds....

phant.)—Mr. Dodd's idea in writing this book is good, though 'some exception may be taken to his way of working it out. It is to give the essence of a biography,—what may be......

Current Literature.

The Contemporary Review, September. (Strahan.)—We specially recommend to our readers Miss Florence Hill's article on "The Family System for Workhouse Children." To give a child......