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Heroes Of South-african Discovery, By N. D'auvers (marcus...

a companion volume to "Heroes of North-African Discovery," which we noticed some four months ago. "South Africa" means, we are told, all the country south of the Equator, and......

Hard To Win; Or, A Yoke Broken. By Mrs. George

Cupples. (William Oliphant, Edinburgb.)—This is a story of a decidedly religions type, told with considerable power and pathos, of a young sailor who breaks off the habit of......

Islam Under The Khalifs Of Baghdad. By Robert Dune Adams.

(Seeleys.)—This is the continuation of a work published last year, under the title of "Islam under the Arabs," and is to be succeeded by a history of "Islam in India." It is a......

Original Letters And Papers Of The Late Viscount...

Philological and Kindred Suljects. Edited by the Viscountess Strang. ford. (Triibner.)—Interesting and valuable as this volume is, we cannot but regret that it is not more......

The Cyclopcedia Of Education. Edited By Kiddie And Schem,...

York. (Sampson Low.)—The editors tell us that they have done their beat to put together a mass of information about education, its theory, its growth, and its most conspicuous......

Darwinisnz Tested By Language. By F. Bateman, M.d....

was said long ago by Aristotle "that animals merely emit sounds (0.'0, but have no articulate speech (S■fixizros), which is the peculiar characteristic of man." There is no such......

Through My Spectacles. By Proavia." 3 Vols. (sampson Low And

Co.)—This is a novel of the future,—of a time when woman shall have made good the claim to have a full share in the management of the affairs of life. It is always difficult to......

So Young, My Lord, And True. By Charles Quentin. 3

vols. (Tinsley Brothers.)—This is a well-written novel, showing not a little literary ability, but of the melancholy character which it requires genius to make other than......

A Legal Guide For The Clergy, By R. Donny Willis

(Knight and Co.), gives, under heads alphabetically arranged, a conchte view of the law on various points which are likely to arise in a clergyman's experience. We may object,......