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A Handbook Of Hygiene. By A. M. Davies. (c. Griffin

and Co.) —A vast amount of information has been compressed into a small space by the author of this volume, assisted in no slight degree by the publishers, who have given all......

Of " Wisdom-literature." It Was Convenient, However, To...

book, as the subject, begun in Dr. Davison's "Praises of Israel" (dealing with the Psalms), is thus completed. Our author applies a very reasonable and moderate criticism to the......

Helpful Hints For Hard Times. Edited By The Rev. E.

Bartrum, D.D. (S.P.C.K.)—This is a series of penny tracts which give practical instruction on various rural industries. The editor writes on Apples for Garden and Orchard, Fowls......

Studies In Biblical Archzeology. By Joseph Jacobs. (david...

contains seven papers contributed to various periodicals. One of the most curious is the tracing of Proverbs xxx. (the Sayings of Agur) to an Indian source. The parallels are......

History Of England Under Henry Iv. By James Hamilton Wylie,

M.A. Vol. II. 1405-1406. (Longmans.)—Mr. Wylie continues, with indefatigable patience, this laborious work. What would be the limits of a complete history of England were it to......

We Must Mention Together, And Of Necessity Very Briefly,....

volumes of the " Gospel and the Age " series (Isbister and Co.)—It would require nearly all our space to criticise at all adequately the volumes of sermons which are sent to us......

A Practical Ready Reference Guide To Election Of District...

Parish Councillors, by J. Harris Stone, M.A., and J. G. Pease, B.A. (Philip and Son), gives in an alphabetical arrangement all the information that can be wanted on the subject.......

Charterhouse, Old And New. By E. P. Eardley-wilmot And E.

C. Streatfield. (John C. Nimmo.)—Mr. Eardley-Wilmot very rightly begins with an account of the Carthusian foundation, of which the school took the place. We must confess to......

We Have To Notice Three Volumes Of The Expositor's Bible,

edited by the Rev. W. Robertson Nicoll, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton), a very valuable series, now rapidly approaching com- pletion. Dr. Robert A. Watson edits The Book of......