Essays In Imitation. By Algernon Cecil. (john Murray. 3s....
Cecil dedicates his book to " The Memory of Thomas Carlyle, Jonathan Swift, and Charles Lamb." In which imitation, it may be asked, has he been the most successful ? Most......
The Wilderness Trail. By Charles A. Hanna. Two Vols. (g.
P. Putnams' Sons. £2 2s.)—The alternative title better describes this book : "The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, with Some New Annals......
A History Of The Oxford Museum. By H. M. Vernon,
D.M., and R. Dorothea Vernon. (Clarendon Press. is. 6d.)—This little book ought to have been noticed long ago, but has been somehow passed over. It gives a very pleasant and......
Some Books Of The Week.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as hays not ism reserved for review in other forms.] The Composition of the Book of Isaiah. By the Rev. Robert H. Kennett,......
We Would Recommend To Readers Generally, And Especially...
as may have a personal interest in one or other of the subjects dealt with, a series of little volumes entitled "Public School Life" (Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 2s. net per......
An Idler In The Near East. By F. G. Anal°.
(John Milne 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Aflalo's book consists of two parts : impressions of the countries which he visited—Greece, Turkey-in-Europe, Palestine, Egypt, 3c.—and......
The Kingdom Of Afghanistan. By G. P. Tate. (times Of
India Office. 10s.)—Mr. Tate tells us much about the past and present of Afghanistan and has some speculations as to its future. The country is, as the author says, a nut......
Oxford English Dictionary. Edited By Sir James A. H. Murray
"Scouring—Sedum," by Henry Bradley. (Clarendon Press. 5s.)— This double section is mainly concerned with words of Romanic and Latin origin. (We cannot help doubting whether......
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