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School Boos.—facts And Features Of English History. By...

(Marshall.)—This is an effort made, not without some intelligence, and attaining a certain success, to "compress the History of England into a small compass." Memory Lessons"......

Impressions Which He Formed On The Spot. Nevertheless, He...

have done well in subjecting his letters to some sort of editorship. It is a ridiculous interruption, for instance, when we want to be reading about Spain, to find the traveller......

The Stony Of The Earth And Man. By J. W.

Dawson, LL.D. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Dr. Dawson's is a very able and interesting sketch of geological science, reptinted, with some revision and enlargement, from the Leisure......

711e Beggars ; Or, The Founders Of The Dutch Republic.

By J. B. do Liefde. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—" Les Gueux" was the nom de guerre which, in retort for some scornful speech of a Spanish official, the insur- gent nobles of the......

Holiday Letters From Athens, Cairo, And Weimar. By M....

Edwards. (Strahan.)—These are very slight, but pleasant sketches of foreign travel. Miss Betham-Edwards has a keen eye for colour, and her Eastern letters abound with......

The &item And Art Of Nursing The Sick. By /eneas

Munro, M.D. (Maclehose, Glasgow.)—Dr. Munro's book will prove a valuable manual to the nurse who has missed early training for her work, and also to the increasing number of......