18 JULY 1896, page 19

The Key Of The Pacific.*

MOST of us are aware that the Nicaragua Canal is a work of great difficulty, but few really understand what the cutting of a canal from Greytown to Brito across the Isthmus......

Animals At Work And Play.*

THERE will be no disappointment for those readers whose admiration of Life at the Zoo and Wild England of To-Day tempts them to turn to Mr. Cornish's latest book, Animals at •......