The Young Yachtsman. By Anne Bowman. (routledge, Warne,...
is a tale of adventure and no mistake. Major Moore and his wife, sons, and daughter, go yachting with Captain Moore, the Major's brother. They visit Iceland, are chased by......
Shakespeare's Dramatic Works. (william Collins.)—a...
of Campbell's well-known edition, with a nicely written biography by Mr. Henry Glassford Bell. The book is a little ponderous, but clearly printed and on fairly good paper.......
The Child's Commentator On The Holy Scriptures. By Ingram...
M.A. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.)—This book is well suited for young children, to whom Mr. Cobbin rather elaborately writes down. Of course Mr. Cobbin, after the manner of......
Lion - Hearted. By The Author Of The Gambler's Wife. 2 Vols.
(Samp- son Low, Son, and Marston.)—The two first chapters of this novel are so very superior to the rest that they cause a sense of disappointment in the reader, which is likely......
Tossed On The Waves. By Edwin Hodder. (jackson, Walford, And
Hodder.)—This is a fair boys' book, not calling for any especial criticism so far as it is a story. With the religious theory which it forces on the attention, namely, that it......
Pictures Of English Life. After Original Studies. By R....
and E. M. Wimporis. Engraved by J. D. Cooper, with descriptive poems by J. G. Watts. (Sampson Low, Son, and Marston.)—This handsome volume is entirely in the English taste. It......
Mick Tracy, The Irish Scripture - Reader. By "w. A. C.," Of
Canada West New and revised edition. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.)—The author assures us in his preface that this is a true story, so we suppose we must believe that a Romish......
The North British Review. December, 1864.—the Number...
notice rather historical than critical, of the efforts which have been made by some of the great manufacturing firms to civilize their workpeople, and to remedy the "great want......
Crusoe's Island, With Sketches Of Adventure In California...
By J. Rosa Browne. (Sampson Low, Son, and Marston.)—Mr. Browne has spoilt his book by mixing up a quantity of fiction intended to be humorous, with his account of Juan......
The Temple Anecdotes. By Ralph And Chanties Temple....
and Sons.)—The first volume of this series, relating to "Inven- tion and Discovery," is now completed, and with its illustrations, neat binding, and gilt edges, forms an elegant......
Thornycroft Hall. By Emma Jane Worboise. (jackson,...
author has in this novelette, which is by no means a child's book, but suited to young ladies who are quite grown up and even coming out, produced out of somewhat faded......
Every - Day Papers. By Andrew Halliday. 2 Vols. (tinsley...
papers have already appeared in All the Year Round and other serials, and deserve to be republished. Such papers as the "Tragic Case of a Comic Writer," "My Pantomime," "......
Books Received.
Smith, Elder, and Co.—Lost Among the Affghans, by H. 0. Fry. Maude Neville, 2 vole.; the Law of Life, by H. E. Wil- kinson. Bell and Daldy—Stricklind's Lives of the Queens of......
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