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Among The T4tchas Of Central Asia. (southern Publishing...

is a satire, not particularly pointed, or ingenious, on modern life. The Tetchari are supposed to have advanced to a con- dition in which the government is exercised by women......

Fiametta. By W. W. Story. (blackwood And Sons.)—mr. Story...

given as a sad story in a setting of Italian manners and scenery, given with all the skill which he knows how to employ on such a sub- ject. Fiametta is a beautiful girl, in......

Latin Prose Composition. By The Bev. Herbert D....

LL.D. (Rolfe Brothers.)—This little book is described in the preface as "the result of fifteen years' experience in teaching Latin prose to young boys," and the highest praise......

Songs From The Novelists, From Elizabeth To Victoria....

Introduction and Notes, by William Davenport Adams. (Ward and Downey.)—This very pleasant book, the form of which leaves nothing to be desired, has lain too long upon our......

Current Literature.

The Revelation of St. John. By William Milligan, D.D. (Mao- millan.)—This is a reasonable and learned exposition of the most difficult of books. Professor Milligan is neither a......

Reminiscences Of Berlin Cluri,ig The Franco-german War,...

Thomas Taylor. (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)—Mr. Taylor enrolled himself as a student in the Faculty of Philosophy about the time to which his reminiscences refer. He gives us,......

When Travelling In Cornwall As An Artist Of A Somewhat

dilettante kind, sees and ovea Honor Ross. She is at first all coldness and aversion ; but by degrees she thaws, and then, when he declares his love, she reveals a secret which......

Free Public Libraries. By Thomas Greenwood. (simpkin And...

begins with a brief history of the move- ment. The Act permitting municipalities to institute such libraries was carried in 1850. No town, however, was to have the option with......

Thirty Thousand Thoughts.* Tam Ponderous Volume, The...

series of six, of which three have preceded and two are yet to come, suggests at least matter for painful consideration and curious inquiry, though not exactly on the lines......