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Mother's Idol. 3 Vols. By Lydia Hope. (tinsley Brothers.)...

wearisome length, Miss Hope relates the love-trials of Muriel Sterling, a young lady of good family, who was obliged to earn her living as a governess. She is engaged by a Mrs.......

Pen - Skating, By N. And A. Goodman (sampson Low), Is At

all events a timely reminder that winter will soon be upon us. The practical part of this little work needs no commendation, as the art is one which enlists on its side the......

Geological Sketches At Home And Abroad. By A. Geikie,

F.R.S. (Macmillan and Co.)—Here are fourteen papers—some of which we have seen before, but are glad to welcome again—in a col- lected and permanent form. Reprints of papers arc......

The Adelphoe Of Terence : The Phorntio Of Terence. By

W. Wagner, Ph.D. (Deighton, Bell, and Co., Cambridge).—These are two more of the handy reprints from Dr. Wagner's edition which we noticed some weeks ago. They form part of the......

Schiller. By James Sime, M.a. (blackwood.)—mr. Sime Gives...

account of the poet's life, and discusses fully the nu- merous contributions which he made to almost every branch of Gorman literature. We do not much like the plan of devoting......

The Enchiridion Of Epicietus, And The Golden Verses Of...

Translated by the Hon. Thomas Talbot. (Sampson Low.)—This little brochure, which comes to us from across the Atlantic, is, apparently, the production of a gentleman in the......

Chronological Chart. By E. J. Eason (e. Stanford.)—for...

of reference, whether for ascertaining contemporaneous events, or for treeing backwards or forwards the influences of events at different periods, no system is so clear as that......

Marchcroft Manor. 2 Vols. By C. A. Roberts. (remington And

Co.)—A graceful and unpretentious love-story, showing a vein of tenderness and a kind of humour for which we have learnt to be thankful. Two men, Julian do Treseaney and Roger......