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Sunshine And Snow. By Hawley Smart. 3 Vols. (chapman And

Hall.)—If Mr. Smart does not improve, he does not manifestly deterio- rate, and this, considering the rapid rate at which he produces, is no slight praise. Ile must be allowed......

A Practical Handbook To The Principal Professions. By...

Pascoe. (Hardwick° and Bogue.)—Gives complete information about the examinations and other preliminaries necessary for those who would enter the Civil Service, the Army, the......

Through The Shadow. A Novel. 2 Vols. (samuel...

a story of "fast" life, in which everybody talks a kind of pseudo- military slang, hardly intelligible to outsiders, and goes through surprising adventures, in the intervals of......

Llabitual Drunkenness And Insane Drunkards. By John Charles

Bucknill, F.R.S. (Macmillan.)—Dr. Bucknill republishes a number of addresses, papers, and letters which have appeared from time to time relating to the theory that "drunkenness......

A Sketch Of The Agriculture And Peasantry Of Eastern Russia.

By Henry Luig Roth. (Balliere, Tindall, and Cox.)—Mr. Roth spent two years, chiefly in practical farming, in the province of Samara, which lies on the eastern side of the Volga.......