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Heart Repose. A Dramatic Poem. In Three Acts. By Mary -

Catherine Irvine. (Simpkin and Marshall.)—We must admit, though it is with sorrow, that this dramatic poem is tedious where it is meant to be touching, and comic where it is......

Meals For The Million. By Crefydd. (simpkin, Marshall,...

This little book contains 125 dishes suited to incomes varying from 1001. to 250/. a year. There is no lack of variety, or of that wealth of resource which is so much needed in......

The Penns And The Peningtons Of The Seventeenth Century. By

Maria Webb. (F. B. Kitto.)—This is an undigested book, consisting partly of old family letters and partly of narrative, and dealing alternately with Thomas Ellwood, Milton's......

Mr. Mechi's Farm Balance - Sheets. (george Routledge And...

of the steam plough, the application of sewage to land, the ex- tension of limited liability and limited partnership to agriculture, the modification of game preserving, the......

The Law Of The Building Of Churches, Parsonages, And...

and of Divisions of Parishes and Places. By Charles Francis Trower. (Butterworths.)—We do not envy Mr. Trower the task he has under- taken. The law of most subjects is wanting......

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Out of Harness. Sketches, Narrative and Descriptive By Thomas Guthrie, D.D. (Strahan.)—Although Dr. Guthrie professes in this work to describe his vacation, we think the most......

The Reformatory And Industrial Schools' Acts, 1866. With...

Robert Wilkinson, M.A. (Knight and Co.)—It is perfectly true that this book is all that it professes to be, but it is a pity that it does not profess to be something more. The......