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A Guide To Modern History. By William Cory. Part...

(C. K. Paul and Co.)—Mr. Cory calls this book a "guide." It really is a political history of England during the fifteen years which followed Waterloo (of the conduct of which......

Novels.—monsell Digby. By W. Marshall. 3 Vols....

a tale of the troublous times when the working-class was struggling against the introduction of machinery. As a tale, it wants clearness and unity of interest. Mr. Marshall has......

Indian Industries. By A. G. F. Eliot James. (w. H.

Allen and lo.)—Mr. James has collected, in the form of a dictionary, a num- ber of articles on the natural products and on the manufactures of India, such items as "Cotton,"......

Celtic Scotland : A History Of Ancient 11/ban. Vols. I.,

II. By W. F. Skene. (Edtnonston and Douglas, Edinburgh.)—Mr. Skene has attempted the difficult task, for which we trust our northern friends will be duly grateful, of critically......

A Short Biography Of Robert Halley, D.d., Late Principal Of

New College. By R. Halley, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—It is diffi- cult for a son to speak of his father to the public. It is difficult to record, so as to make them......

General Interest, But All Seem Worthy Of Preservation. Of...

latter class, perhaps the best is that on " Editors and Contributors," by Mr. H. Franks, a very shrewd and entertaining paper, and manifestly the work of one who knows what he......