The Middle Kingdom. By S. Wells Williams, Ll.d. 2 Vols.
(W. H. Allen and Co. 42s.)—This book was originally published in 1848; the preface to the second edition bears date 1883. This represents, we presume, the latest revision. It......
Four Books Dealing With Country Matters May Be Mentioned...
:—The Principles of Agriculture. Edited by L. H. Bailey. (Macmillan and Co. 4s. 6d. net.)—Written in the first place t9 meet American requirements, and to be applied, therefore,......
A History Of British India. By Sir William Wilson Hunter.
Vol. I. (Longmans and Co. 18s.)—We simply mention the appearance of the first volume of this important work, intending to give a full notice of it when it shall have further......
The Municipal Parks, Gardens, And Open Spaces Of London. By
Lieutenant-Colonel Sexby. (Elliot Stock. 16s. to subscribers.)—A few years ago a very small volume would have sufficed for this subject (the Royal parks, it should be noted, are......
The Khartoum Campaign, 1898. By Bennet Burleigh. (chap-...
Hall. 12s.)—Mr. Burleigh, whose letters to the Daily Telegraph put him in the front rank of war-correspondents, carries on the story of the campaign down to the evacuation of......
Through Boyhood To Manhood. By Ennis Richmond. (long-...
Co. 38. 6d.)—This "Plea for Ideals" is a plain-spoken criticism on the religious and ethical methods adopted in our public-school education. The author is only too near the......
Mysore. By B. Lewis Rice. 2 Vols. (a. Constable And
Co. SOs. net.)—This is a new edition of a work published twenty years ago as "a gazetteer compiled for Government." It has been brought up to date, not without considerable......
Both Of The Volumes Published For The Chetham Society For
the year 1898-99 are continuations. The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey, transcribed and edited by William Ferrer, Vol. II, Part 1, carries on the succession of documents from......
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