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The Entr'acte Annual For 1893 Is , As Usual, A Pleasant

mixture of jollity and pathos, illustrated by Mr. Alfred Bryan in his broadly effective style. As an example of a simple story agree- ably told, we can heartily recommend Mr.......

Public Finance. By C. F. Bastable, Ll.d. (macmillan.)—we...

more than a very brief and perfunctory notice of this elaborate work. That it will find its place as the standard English work on the subject, we cannot doubt, so impartial is......

Observations On The Emancipation Of Industry. By George...

(Elliot Stock.)—Mr. Crosbie makes some remarks in his introduction which seem to point to confiscation. We spent twenty millions, he says, to get rid of West Indian slavery ;......

The Jcw At Home. By Joseph Pennell. (w. Heinemann.)—mr....

saw a good deal of the Jew in Austria, and something of him in Russia. In neither place did he like him. In fact, he regards him much as his countrymen at home regard the China-......

The Hell Of Dante Alighicri. Edited, With Translation And...

by Arthur John Butler. (Macmillan and Co.)—Mr. Butler prints the Italian text (for the collation of which he owns himself considerably indebted to Dr. Moore) with his......

The Portfolio, 1892. (seeley And Co.)—the Portfolio...

artistic qualities, at the head of the periodicals which devote themselves to the subject of art. While not attempting to vie with some of its contemporaries in variety of......

Of Annual Volumes We Have Received The Josernal Of Education

(A. Rice), "a Monthly Record and Review" of education in its practical and literary aspects, giving as usual an intelligent account and trustworthy appreciation (always......

Paces And Places. By Henry W. Lucy. (henry And Co.)—we

do not know that "Wit and Humour" is the best description to give of all the contents of this volume, but that it contains some excellent reading there can be no doubt whatever.......

The Gentlewoman At Home. By Mrs. Talbot Coke. (henry And

Co.)—Mrs. Talbot Coke instructs and advises her readers about many things of domestic interest. She ranges from the building of a house to the adorning of a table. (As to the......

Both The Law Quarterly Review (stevens And Sons), And The

Law Magazine and Review (Stevens and Haynes), thoroughly sus- tain their high reputation as organs of the legal profession, in which, however, well-informed laymen will find......