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The History Of Israel And Judah, From The Reign Of

Ahab to the Decline of the Two Kingdoms. By Alfred Edcrsheim, M.A. (R.T.S.)—We should be sorry to venture an opinion as to the particular class of readers for whom this book may......

This Volume Is Based On Some Articles Originally...

a periodical, and will be found to be a very valuable contribution to the subject. The general reader will meet in it much to entertain him, while to those who are more......

Our Colonies And India : How We Got Them, And

Why We Keep Them. By Cyril Ransome, M.A. (Cassell and Co.)—The publication of this little book is opportune, in connection with the Exhibition. It. consists of four lectures,......

The Spanish Armada, 1538. With Historical Introduction By T.

C. Noble. (A. R. Smith.)—Mr. Noble gives in his introduction some interesting facts about the Armada. It consisted of 166 ships, with 27,128 soldiers, marines, &c., and 180......

The Education Of The Artist. By Ernest Chesnean....

Clara Bell. " Fine Art Library." (Cassell and Co.)—" Throughout Europe art is in its decadence," is the opening statement of the book ; the only exception that is made is in......

How To Use Our Eyes. By John Browning. (chatto And

Windus ) —We do not remember to have seen this little volume before, though it bears on its title-page, "fourth edition, seventh thousand." That is a fact which is more to the......

Author Claims For His Story That It Is "a True

one, and that, whether it is believed or not, it has the merit of being a simple transcript of events which were written large in his life." He adds that " he is no doubt making......

Co.)—we Are Afraid This Contribution To Shakespearian...

found to possess little or no value ; the so-called analysis is of a very loose and rambling character, and shows such a want of analytical power that wo hold that the author......

My Mistress The Queen : A Tale Of The Seventeenth

Century. By M. A. Paull. With fear illustrations by C. T. Garland. (Blackie and Son.)—The Queen is Mary, wife of William III., and the period, the latter days of Charles II. to......