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The Invasion Of India By Alexander The Great. By J.

W. McCrindle. (Archibald Constable and Co.)—Mr. MoCrindle gives in his introduction a list of the writers who, either directly or indirectly, contribute to our knowledge of......

In The Vine-country. By E. (e. Somerville And Martin Ross.

(W. H. Allen and Co.)—The authoresses of " Through Connemara in a Governess-Cart" cross the Channel in the volume before us, and describe their impressions of Mddoc and the......

Rambles In The Lake Country, And Other Travel Sketches. By

Edwin Waugh. Edited by George Milner. (Heywood.)—The late " Manchester Poet" wrote much also in prose, and the present volume, a selection from various articles, " may be......

The Battles Of Frederick The Great. Edited By Cyril Ransome.

(Edward Arnold.)—Mr. Ransome has certainly succeeded in making the campaigns of Frederick clearer in his abridgment of Carlyle's larger work. Carlyle's method, when applied to......

My Childhood In Australia, By Mrs. F. Hughes. (digby And

Long.)—Mrs. Hughes calls this little book "a story for my chil- dren," and tells of many things which cannot fail to interest many readers. The strange surroundings of......

The Children Of The Poor. By Jacob A. Riis. (sampson

Low, Marston, and Co.)—That this book is highly interesting need hardly be said. This interest is, indeed, not immediate, for Mr. Rite writes of the children of American towns.......

Playthings And Parodies. By Barry Pain. (cassell And...

of these articles have already seen the light, so that we only indicate the nature of the collection. Mr. Pain's parodies are, of course, excellent; and of the five with which......

Cicero Pro Maine. Edited By A. B. Poynton, M.a. (clarendon

Press.)—An excellent edition of a speech which is as good for scholastic purposes as any one of Cicero's. Indeed, it would be difficult to find one so good, so clear is it in......

A Handy Book Of Household Law, By S. Wright (biggs

and Co.), gives a convenient summary of the law as regards " Hue- band and Wife," Master and Servant," "Parent and Child," and " Landlord and Tenant."......