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Tales Front Ariosto, Retold For Children. By A Lady. (c.

Kegan and Co.)—The " children " should find these tales entertaining, though possibly, especially in the case of the last of the three, the " Tale of Ruggiero and Bradamante," a......

Erchomenon ; Or, The Republic Of Materialism. By * *

ak • (Sampson Low and Co.)—This is not the most successful of the many attempts which have been made to satirise a hostile philosophy, by imagining a community in which its......

The Churches In Nottinghamshire ; Or, Provision For...

ship in the Midland Districts. By Goodeve Mabbs. (Bemrose.)— The compiler of this volume states the population and the church accommodation of the various parishes, urban and......

.memoirs Of Dr. Robert Blakey. Edited By The Rev. Henry

Miller. (Triibner.)—Dr. Blakey affords an instance of extraordinary energy, perseverance, and success in the acquisition of knowledge. Never was a man of whom it may be more......

The Fathers, For English Readers.—the Venerable Bede. By...

G. F. Browne, M.A. (S.P.C.K.)—Mr. Browne begins by bringing out very clearly the circumstances which make Bede so remarkable a man. We scarcely attach enough weight to the......

Hindu Tribes And Castes. By The Rev. M. A. Sherring,

M.A. (Thacker, Spink, and Co., Calcutta ; Triibner, London.)—Mr. Sherring continues his valuable work, in a volume the scope of which may be learned from the following extract......

Chronicles Of No-man's Land. A Third Series Of "camp Notes."

By Frederick Boyle. (Chapman and Hall.)—This is a volume of very striking stories and sketches. Now and then there is a touch in them of Nathaniel Hawthorne, more frequently one......