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A Day Of Fate. By The Rev. C. P. Roe.

2 vols. (Ward and Luck.)—Mr. Roe always writes well, but ho tries his readers a little too much with this long story about so little,—long, we say, because the five hundred and......

Elements Of Chemistry. By W. A, Miller. Part Iii., "organic

Chemistry." Section I. Edited by II. E. Armstrong and C. E. Groves.—This is virtually a new book, in arrangement, iu treatment, and in substance. Under the fostering care of Dr.......

Frivolities Of The Old Regime.*

IT is, perhaps, not much to be regretted that in these two volumes, which are in appearance rather vulgarly hand- some, Lady Jackson has not sought to go much below the surface......

Current Literature.

My Journey Bound the World. By Captain S. H. Jones-Parry. 2 vols. (Hurst, and Blackett.)—The public has some reason, we think, to be obliged to the discriminating friends who......

Botany For Children. By Rev. G. Ilenslow....

about systematic and descriptive botany is sound and yet attractive. The full-page plates, thirty in number, are characteristic, and represent a judicious selection of plants......

The Invaluable Commentary On The New Testament, By...

W. Meyer, 'M.D., (T. and T. Clark), has been completed, by the publication of the Epistle to the Ephesians and The Epistle to Philemon. By way of supplement, has boon added Dr.......

We Expect A Lawyer To Be Systematic, And If Ho

writes upon a subject which lies upon the borders of science, there is special reason why his writing should be clear and well arranged. So, when we search in vain, in this......