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The Mothers' Manual Of Children's Diseases. By Charles...

(Longmans.)—This volume is the outcome of a very extensive experience as a " children's doctor." The anther explains that he does not intend it as a "handbook for the nursery,"......

The Golden Gate And Silver Steps. By Shirley Hibberd. (e.

Allen.)—" A prosey-versey medley for young people of all ages" is the description which Mr. Hibberd gives of his book, and we do not know that we can better it. We may say,......

Good Story, Though We Are Kept Longer Than Necessary Before

we come to it. Mr. Matthews pads out his book with descriptions of social life, and, indeed, with another love-story. He gives it also a certain flavour by introducing the topic......

Our Dwellings : Healthy And Unhealthy. By Catherine M....

(Longmans )—Mrs. Buckton's volume is a reprint of lectures delivered to girls attending the Board schools of Leeds. She is very strongly in favour of practical teaching of her......

The Growth Of The Homeric Poems. By George Wilkins, M.a.

(Hodges, Figgie, and Co., Dublin.)—Mr. Wilkins recognises a Homer to whom the world owes " the origination and partial development of the ` Iliad,' and perhaps of the Odyssey. "......

The Science Of Business. By Roderick H. Smith. (g. P.

Putnam's Sons, New York and London.)—Mr. Smith begins with two scientific chapters on the " Direction of Motion " and the " Rhythm of Motion." Then come commercial facts and......

Westminster Abbey. By M. C. And E. T. Bradley. With

Mae- trations and architectural chapter by Mr. A. T. Grahame, and intro- ductory chapter by the Dean. (Pall Malt Gazette Office.)—We can praise everything about this guide......

Our Friends In Paradise; Or, Sanctorum Dulcis Meneoria....

Heston, and Co.)—The Bishop of Lichfield has written an emphatic commendation of this volume. It contains a text for every day in the year, and one or more extracts of a......

The Seasons Pictured. By Richard A. Proctor. (longmans.)—...

a useful contribution to popular astronomy. It gives—(1), A number of "sun-views of the earth," i.e., representations of the aspect presented by the earth to the sun on various......