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The Rise And Growth Of American Politics. By Henry James

Ford. (Macmillan and Co. 5s.)—This is one of the most useful books that have ever been published upon American politics. Being a small volume of less than four hundred pages, it......

Over Fen And Wold. By James John Hissey (macmillan And

Co. 16s.)—Mr. Hissey does not quite possess the "feeling for Nature " exhibited either by the well-known American writer, Mr. John Burroughs, or by the late Richard......

Current Literature.

Organic Evolution Cross-examined. By the Duke of Argyll. (John Murray. 5s.)—The Duke of Argyll here prints as some suggestions on the great secret of biology " the articles he......

Eccentric Insects.* Time Was—and Not So Very Long Ago,...

there were no reliable books on entomology, even on British butterflies and moths, except at a price which put them beyond the reach of the general public. Of late, however,......