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Ashford. By Annie Blount. (remington And Co.)—ashford Is...

of a village and park belonging to a young and immensely rich widow, named Lady Helen Drummond. When the story opens, she has just arrived to take personal possession of her......

Pyramid Facts And Fancies. By James Bon Wick, F.r.g.s. (c.

Regan Paul and Co.)—" Pyramid Facts" are curious enough, not the least curious being the strange circumstance that competent observers have had the greatest difficulty in......

Sanitary Engineering. A Series Of Lectures, Given Before...

of Military Engineering at Chatham, 1876. By J. Bailey Denton (Spon and Co.)—The name of Mr. Bailey Denton is sufficiently well known as an authority upon all points of sanitary......

Morals And Religion In History. By John D. Marshall...

for the Author, by Blackwood and S...na.)—In this very readable and tboughtfal volume we have an interesting sketch of Greek thought on morals and religion, illustrated by......

A Handbook For Public Meetings, By George F. Chambers...

is a book the object and utility of which are sufficiently declared by its title. The principal point on which it furnishes instruction is "The Ditties of Chairmen," but many......

Current Literature.

The Pope, the Kings, and the People. By William Arthur. Vols. I. and IL (William Mullan.)—We have here a minute and laborious history of the movements which led to the famous......

The Life And Times Of The Right Hon. John Bright.

By William Robertson. (Rochdale, published by the Author.)—This compact and handy little volume may ho described as a triumph of local hero-wor- ship. It is written and printed......

The Little Alpine Fox-dog. By Cecil Clarke. (samuel...

order that this volume might be best fitted for the corner of our book-shelves most suitable for it, it should have been written in words of one or two syllables. Even then many......