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A History of the Parishes of St. Ives, Lelant, Towednack, and Zennor.. By John Hobson Matthews. (Elliot Stock.)—This is a very elaborate work, reaching a magnitude which will......
Greek Classical Literature. By The Rev. J. P. Mahaffy, M.a.
Vol. I. (Macmillan.)—We have here the first volume, in two parts, of a " third edition, revised and enlarged." The first part deals with the Epic and Lyric poets, the second......
The Dissolution Of Monasteries In Somersetshire.*
IT has for some time been only too legitimate a cause of complaint against the Cambridge historical school that it is unproductive, and in this respect contrasts very unfavour-......
The First Part Of Goethe's Faust. Hayward's Translation....
Introduction by C. A. Buchheim, Ph.D. (Bell and Sons.)—Professor Buchheim has gone thoroughly into the trans- lation, now sixty years old, which the late Mr. Hayward published.......
Memorials Of The Episcopate Of Bishop Mackarness. By...
Mackarness. (J. Parker and Co.)—This is an interest- ing little book, a welcome memorial to a Bishop who excited respect perhaps more than enthusiasm, but could always be relied......
Rod And River. By Major A. T. Fisher. (bentley And
Son.)— Major Fisher deals only with the nobler fish,—salmon, trout, and grayling. Of the meaner sorts he takes no cognisance, but on the other he spends labour without stint.......
Books Condemned To Be Burnt. By James Anson Farrer. (elliot
Stock.)—The earliest burning that Mr. Farrer records is that of Porphyry's "Treatise Against the Christians," burnt by order of Theodosius the Great in A.D. 388. Some curious......
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