Pipe - Lights. By Harold T. Whitaker. (digby And Long.)—...
nothing particularly wise or clever in these essays. On the other hand, there is little that is objectionable, beyond an occasional remark savouring of a commonplace......
A Ramble Round The Globe. By Thomas R. Dewar. (chatto
and Windus.)—Mr. Dewar tells us that he caught a cold "when fighting for the Moderate cause in West Marylebone, for a seat in the London County Council, against representatives......
Three Little Volumes Of Reprints May Be Mentioned...
are published by Messrs. Dent and Co. These are, Lure Tales from the German, the first and longest being " Dumb Love," a translation from Musaeus by Carlyle, and others by......
Five Months' Sport In Somali Land. By Lord Wolverton....
and Hall.) — This account of a visit to Somaliland is the very barest record of marching and sport, and can be run through in half-an-hour. It is interesting enough to make us......
The Confessions Of Amos Todd, Adventurer. (t. Fisher...
" confessions " relate, for the most part, to Companies of the kind about which Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams is wont to speak - out his mind with such refresh- ing frankness.......
Poetry.—lyric Poems. By Laurence Binyon. (mathews And...
remember to have seen Mr. Binyon's name before. Some of his verses, however, have found acceptance in various publications of repute ; and he was among the authors of a book......
The Building Of Character. By The Rev. J. H. Miller.
(Sunday School Union.)—In one of Dean Church's " Village Sermons " will be found a powerful discourse in which he points out that the final cause of all the work and discipline......
Up In The Old Pear - Tree. By S. P. Armstrong. (john
Hogg.) —The doings of some interesting children are recorded with faithful detail and plenty of sympathetic insight into childish ways of thought and speech. Nor are the elderly......
Good Style, Small Expense. By Ben Holt. (published For The
Trade.)—Ben Holt's humour is of a light, one might almost say, fleecy nature. There is plenty of it, but it is very quiet and is embodied in an easy, somewhat diffuse style. He......
Vistas. By William Sharp. (f. Murray, Derby.)—this Is A...
book, not always intelligible, but when it is intelligible, distinctly unwholesome. There is a certain subject of which an ancient writer, who, whatever else he may have been,......
Days In Thule With Rod And Gun. By John Bickerdyke.
(Con- stable and Co., Edinburgh.)—There is some enjoyable reading to .be got from these reminiscences,—a season spent in fishing for salmon and shooting the wild coast-rabbits......
A Practical Dictionary Of The English Language. By Dorsey...
(Routledge and Sons.)—We must content ourselves with giving the actual words of the sub-title, "giving the correct spelling, pronunciation, and definitions of words, with an ap-......
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