No Choice. By The Rev. T. S. Millington. (religious Tract
Society.)—The lesson that Mr. Millington seeks to enforce is that the only effective sanction to morality is religion. Mr. Newton-Earle is an amateur in astronomy, and his......
The Sun, October, 1889 — September, 1890. (alex. Gardner,...
Sun is a magazine which, as we have had occa- sion to observe more than once, is making for itself a good place in the periodical literature of the day. It has its chief......
Harold's Friends. By C. A. Burnaby. (religious Tract...
wish that Miss Burnaby and those who think with her could find some other way of commending the cause that they have at heart to the sympathies of their readers. To have serious......
Greek Pictures, Drawn With Pen And Pencil. By J. P.
Mahaffy. (Religious Tract Society.)—This is, as may be supposed, not the least interesting of a series of which we have spoken more than once with well-deserved praise, the "Pen......
Current Literature.
GIFT-BOOKS. Not by Bread Alone. By the Author of "The Occupations of a Retired Life." (Religious Tract Society.)—This is not a common book. The story is interesting, well......
Elizabeth Gaunt. By Fanny Sophia Hollings. (charles H....
"Tale of Monmouth's Rebellion," Miss Hollings has made a framework for the well-known incident, the condemna- tion and barbarous execution of Elizabeth Gaunt for sheltering a......
The English Illustrated Magazine, 1889 - 90. (macmillan...
with a fine "sea-poem" by Mr. Swin- burne, "On the South Coast," and is dedicated to Mr. Theodore Watts. It shows all the unrivalled rhythmical flow of Mr. Swin- burne's verse.......
The Folks Of Fernieigh. By Emily Foster. (brook And...
Manchester; Simpkin and Marshall, London.)—We found this "country chronicle" somewhat tedious. The love-affairs of a number of young men and women, interesting doubtless to the......
Tyrrell And Purser's Correspondence Of Cicero.*
PROFESSOR TYRRELL'S Latin scholarship is too well known for praise, and it may be taken for granted that he knew what he was about when he made Mr. Purser co-editor with himself......
A Young Oxford Maid. By Sarah Tytler. (religious Tract...
scene of this story is laid in "the days of the King and the Parliament." The reader soon sees that Miss Tytler has got up the history of this period, as it concerns England in......
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