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A Matter Of Millions. By Anna Katharine Green. (routledge...

Son.)—This is an excellent story, though the complications of the plot are almost extravagant. A dying man leaves the millions of which he becomes possessed almost in his last......

Annals Of Bird - We. By Charles Dixon. (chapman And...

have a pleasant remembrance of Mr. Dixon's "Our Rarer Birds," and find an equal pleasure in Annals of Bird - We. There always seems, it is true, a sense of incompleteness about......

Printing. By C. T. Jacobi. "technological Handbooks."...

Sons.)—This is really a guide for the practical printer, though the ignorant reader may gain considerable information as to the machinery and working of the art, if he be not......

Practical Photometry. By W. J. Dibdin. (walter King.)—...

it seems absurd to say so, no universal standard of light and no universal photometer; innumerable suggestions have been made, and some are put into practice. Mr. Dibdin's......

• Physiological And Pathological Chemistry. By G. Bunge....

and Co.)—The translation of Professor Bunge's work was begun by the late Dr. Woolridge, and has been finished by his wife, and to both much is owed by the pathological student.......

Stephanie. By Tom Lee. (ward And Downey.)—if We Except The

exaggerated and high-flown speeches which the author puts into the mouth of some of the characters, Stephanie is a well- written and decidedly pathetic novel. Among the......

Samoa, Past And Present. By The Rev. Charles Phillips. (snow

and Co.)—The Samoans have furnished one of the brightest chapters in the history of missionary work. A really gentle and docile race, they have at times been seized with that......

The Two Kinds Of Truth. By" T. E. S. T."

(T. Fisher Unwin.)— This philosophical treatise is described as a "Test of all Theories, with a special application to those of Creation, Instinct, and Immortality." Perhaps the......

Sketches Of British Sporting Fish, By John Watson...

Hall), consists of a collection of river-side jottings and notes, as well as some interesting matter about the stew-ponds of days of old, well-nigh a thing of the past. The......

Record Of The Numerous Contests In What May Be Considered

our Isthmian games. There is also a great deal of anecdote as to owners of Derby winners, jockeys, beta, 4kc. We believe no other book exists on the subject, which, with......

The Mysterious Stranger. By C. H. Thorburn. (digby And

Long.)—It must require a certain amount of courage to publish an absurdity of this sort—courage, however, which deserves no reward. The ignorance of everything that goes to make......

The Habits Of The Salmon. By Major Traherne. (chapman And

Hall.)—Anything from the _pen of Major Traherne anent the salmon is worth reading, and the volume under notice is no excep- tion to the rule. Though the author does not pretend......

F'ulvia Is An Heiress; Ethel, The Daughter Of A Poor

vicar. Fate favours the rich girl by the malpractices of Nigers father, who appropriates some of his ward's money; so that the young man, taking up the rile generally assigned......