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Electricity V. Gas. By John Stent. (swan Sonnenschein And...

—A sketch of the advance of the electric-light, and the subsequent and still-continuing struggle between it and gas and oil. The dangers and defects of the two latter are plain......

An Account Of The Church And Parish Of St. Giles,

Without Cripple- and more frequent. Every parish has a history that is worth recording, and all might find, sooner or later, a competent historian. About St. Giles's,......

Volumes Contain Biographies Of A Number Of Eminent...

physicians, which, accompanied by likenesses, have appeared in the Medical Midland Miscellany, now known as the Provincial Medical Journal. Each paper contains details of the......

The Life Of The Emperor William. By The Rev. W.

Tullock. (J. Nisbet and Co.)—Mr. Tullock introduces us first to the early history of the Hohenzollerns, and treats also of the origin of Guelfs and Ghibellines. The way is thus......

The Bacon - Shakspere Question. By C. Stopes. (t. G....

in any way wishing to detract from Mr. Stopes's work, we honour Shakespearian scholars for their silence. Shakespeare can defend himself against the Baconian arguments, which......

Xsop's Fables For Little Readers. By Mrs. Arthur...

Fisher Unwin.)—Mrs. Brookfield found that "even the simplest editions which are published" were too difficult for her own little children to understand, and has accordingly put......

A Manual Of Biblical Archceology. Translated From The...

Karl Friedrich KeiL chiefly by the Rev. Peter Christie. Edited by the Rev. F. Crombie, D.D. Vol. I. (T. and T. Clark.)—"Biblical Archceology is the scientific representation of......

Thoughts For Heart And Life. By The Rev. John Ker,

D.D. Edited, with Introduction, by the Rev. A. L. Simpson, Derby. (D. Douglas, Edinburgh.)—Dr. Simpson, after paying a well- deserved tribute to the character and genius of Dr.......

Spring Blossoms And Summer Fruit. By John Byles. (t. Fisher

Ilnwin.)—A collection of a few fables, texts, and stories, the morals of which are carefully expounded and applied to every-day life in such a way that children will be likely......

Scripture Animals. By Vernon Morwood. (john Hogg.)—in...

Scriptural animals, the writer has set him- self a difficult task. Many animals are only casually mentioned to serve some purpose, allegorical or metaphorical ; hence, in the......