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GIFT-BOOKS. Three Geoffreys. By " M. M." (W. H. Allen.)—This is a sort of tragi-comedy of errors, in which the leading parts are played by three Dromios, who may be......
The Achievements Of Youth. By The Rev. Robert Steel....
—This is a most stimulating book to put into the hands of a pro- mising and ambitious boy. As its name indicates, it narrates what has been done in the world by young men ; it......
Glimpses Of Europe. Edited By W. C. Procter. (isbister.)— In
this book we have a good idea admirably worked out. It con- sists of a series of articles on various places in Europe, written in a popular style by such well-known writers as......
Lord Randolph Churchill's Speeches.* Mn. Louis Jennings...
of Lord Randolph Churchill's political utterances has uniformly pursued a definite and intelligible course. The readers who turn to these volumes in the hope of refreshing their......
On The Story Of These Terrible Convulsions From Early...
is no very early record of an earthquake—down to that great catastrophe which destroyed the White and Pink Terraces of New Zealand. Here, however, he contents himself with......
Mr. Orde's Grandchildren. By C. S. Lowndes. (nisbet.)— It Is
a pity that this story is so tediously long, for many of the characters in it, and particularly the girl-characters, are really well drawn. There is plenty of family happiness......
Blacks And Bushrangers. By E. B. Kennedy. (sampson Low And
Co.)—Mat and Tim Sampson are the sons of a New Forest woodcutter. Mat, following his father's example, thinks more of the forest's wild inhabitants than of its timber. He gets......
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