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Ruskin Is The Wide Range Of Mr. Wright's Selections, And

the number is between eighty and ninety. The choice is, on the whole, a reasonable one, though there are one or two names which we should not have chosen. Pollok, for instance,......

Dreams O' Hame, And Other Scotch Poems. By James D.

Law. (Alexander Gardner.)—The author of this volume, who, we gather, lives in America, is possessed of a lively as well as of a patriotic muse, as is indeed proved by his "......

Poems. By Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Illustrated. (macmillan...

a reprint of the illustrated edition published in 1857, prefaced by the Dedication to the Queen (dated 1851), and ending with " The Poet's Song." Those who are familiar with......

Medea's Island. By Esmb Stuart. (sampson Low, Marston,...

is a powerful and pathetic story. Claudea (the name " Claudia" pronounced, after local fashion, with an emphasis on the " e '') is a striking personality. She has a passionate......

Our Reptiles And Batrachians : A Plain And Easy Account

of the Lizards, Snakes, Newts, Toads, Frogs, and Tortoises Indigenous to Great Britain. By M. C. Cooke, M.A., LL.D., A.L.S. With Original Figures of every Species, and numerous......

A Young Mutineer. By L. T. Meade. (wells Gardner And

Co.) —This is an excellent story of its kind. The plot is of the simplest, but, in this case, not the worse for that. Judy, " the young mutineer," is the darling of her sister......

Natural Value. By Friedrich Von Wieser. Edited, With A Pre-

face and Analysis, by William Smart, M.A., LL.D. (Macmillan.) —We welcome Mr. Malloch's translation of Professor Wieser's essay because, whether its conclusions be accepted or......

A Mere Cypher. By Mary Angela Dickens. (macmillan And...

is a powerful tale of a kind which we cannot admire. And yet it might have been one which could have been praised without reserve. The despair of Norman Strange, when he finds......

"have Been Heard Or Overheard By The Writer, As They

were told in the Swatow vernacular by persons who could not read " Their curious connection with each other, for they form part of a romance entitled " The Strayed Arrow," and......

William Jay And The Constitutional Movement For The...

Slavery. By Bayard Tuckerman. (J. R. Osgood, Mellvaine, and Co.)—Materials for a history of the Emancipation Movement in America are being furnished in abundance in the......