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The Harden Calendar. By T. W. Sanders. (hamilton, Adams ,...

Co.)—The author of this book is a practical gardener, and he gives the results of actual experiences in this "guide to the success- ful indoor and outdoor cultivation of fruits,......

The Three Curates. By Mrs. G. Bigg-withers. 3 Vols. (f.

V. White.)—This title suggests, scarcely to the advantage of the story, the three curates in "Shirley." It must be allowed that Mrs. Bigg- Withers's heroes are much more......

Benderloch," Established A Reputation In Scotland Similar...

Mr. Jefferies in England and of Mr. Burroughs in America, although he has not such delicacy of touch as either, and although his culture is not so unimpeachable as to prevent......

Hours With A Three - Inch Telescope. By Captain William...

collection of papers, reprinted, for the most part, from Knowledge, aims at the useful object of enabling an amateur, equipped with a moderate amount of astronomical means, to......

Songs Of Old Canada. Translated By William Lif`lennan....

Montreal.)—A volume from Canada, where there seems to be very little indigenous literature, is always welcome. This ie par- tioalarly so, as it preserves for the future, what is......

Scuoot Boons.—euripides Medea. With Introduction And...

Heberden, M.A. (Clarendon Press.)—This edition, con- veniently arranged, after the new fashion, with the text and notes in separate volumes, will be found useful. The notes are......

Elizabeth's Fortune. By Bertha Thomas. 3 Vols. (horst And...

is a particularly lively and well-written story. "Elizabeth" is introduced to us as an orange-seller, and we watch her rise in life with an unflagging interest. First she is a......

A Dateless Bargain. By C. L. Pirkia. 3 Vols. (hurst

and Blaokett.)—The Irish spectre begins to intrude himself a great deal too often into fiction nowadays, as he does into real life. We most own to not wishing to see or hear any......