12 NOVEMBER 1864, page 21

The History Of Crinoline.*

CRINOLINE has now lasted eleven years, in spite of denunciations from artists, clergymen, and all men who have to pay for women's dresses, or suffer by the inadequate dimensions......

Instances Of The Power Of God As Manifested In His

Animal Creation. By Professor R. Owen, D.C.L., F.R.S. (Longman and Co.)—A very admirable address delivered before the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation, and which must have......

Current Literature.

Peru and Spain, being a narrative of the events preceding and follow- ing the seizure of the Chincha Islands. By Captain F. E. Cerruti. (Williams and Norgate.)—The author of......