A Series Of Short Biographies May Be Recommended To Our
readers. It is entitled "Stories of Noble Lives" (Nelson and Sons). Of these we have Hedley Vicars, by Lucy Taylor, and, by the same author, Sir Henry Lawrence, William Carey,......
Latin And Greek Verse. By The Rev. Thomas Saunders Evans,
M.A. Edited, with Memoir, by the Rev. Joseph Waite, M.A. (Cambridge University Press.)—Dr. Evans, who was Professor of Greek at Durham from 1862 up to the time of his death, was......
In Sugar - Cane Land. By Edward Philpotts. (mcclure And...
was no need for Mr. Philpotts to describe a journey which travellers innumerable have taken; and if he was impelled to do it, having written books before and finding himself......
Shama, The African Chief. By Mrs. Wyndham Knight-bruce....
Trench, and Co.)—" Edna Lyall " commends this little book, which, indeed, is worth reading. We often hear that the South African native gets harm rather than good from......
Picturesque Ceylon. By Henry W. Cave. (sampson Low,...
Co.)—" This work," says the author (whose name appears as the local publisher), "is a pictorial, not a literary, effort." The letterpress, which he so modestly depreciates, is......
Lourdes : Yesterday, To - Day, To - Morrow. By Daniel...
Alice Meynell. (Burns and Oates.)—This is an interesting account of the Lourdes apparition and miracles, written from the point of view of a believer. The evidence for the......
The Works Of Horace. Translated By The Rev. J. C.
Ellgood. (Swan Sonnensehein and Co.)—This is a new edition, in which, we are told, some inaccuracies have been emended. Some, however, remain. "The Allobroges, unsubmissive to......
The Delectable Duchy. By "q." (cassell And Co.)—these...
and Sketches" are, we are inclined to think, the beat work that the able writer who calls himself " Q " has yet done. They are distinctly original, they leave a strong impres-......
The Lost Treasure Of Trevlyn. By E. Everett-green. (t....
and Sons.)—The hero of the story, one Cuthbert Trevlyn, is driven from home by the cruelty of his father, and makes a resolve to - discover the lost treasure of his family. How......
The Beads Of Tanner. By Amelia C. Barr. (clarke And
Co.)— The Beene of Miss Barr's story is laid in the Western Highlands. The hero is a young Torquil, heir of a family which has dwelt in Tasmer for many centuries. He, being......
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