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Here And There In England. By A Fellow Of The

Society of Anti- quaries of Scotland. (J. R. Smith.)—Surely our " antiquary " gives his experiences somewhat hastily and at random. " On Christmas Day," he says, every place,......

The Family Guide To Brussels, By J. R. Scott....

book is not a " Guide " in the ordinary sense of that word, i.e., it does not describe the sights of the place, but it gives all the information which is required by persons......

John Ivoolman, By Dora Greenwell (kitts), Is The Story Of

a life singularly self-devoted and pure, told by one who is capable of a pro- found sympathy with the spirituality which was the essence of it. John Woolwan was a "Friend," born......

The St. Pauls For This Month Is Of Loss Than

average interest, the best paper by far being Mr. Procter's on the curious spectroscopic discovery that the atmosphere of the planet Uranus is chiefly composed of hydrogen, —so......

The Practitioner, For October, A Monthly Journal Of...

by Francis E. Anstie, M.D. (Macmillan.)—Much the most interesting paper to the general public in the now number of the Practitioner is the very striking account of the effect of......

The Westminster Review. October. (triihner.)—this Number,...

nothing of remarkable value, is anyhow varied in interest. A writer gifted with strong sympathy for his subject, gives in a succinct form the story of the "Pilgrim Fathers," and......

Current Literature.

The British Qsarterly Review. October. (Hodder and Stoughton.)— This number possesses a more than usual variety of interest, and, as we have not been ill-pleased to find, loss......

Families Of Speech. By The Rev. F. W. Farrar....

little work consists of four lectures delivered iu 1869 before the Royal Institution on the subject of comparative philology, which Mr. Farrar has previously handled very ably......