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George Jackson, The St. Andrew's Student. (simpkin And...

Jackson is the son of a Scotch blacksmith, who having shown his powers, and it is to be supposed his tastes, by spelling " Jerusalem " and " Nicodemas " at the age of five, is......

The Staff Surgeon ; Or, Life In England And Canada.

1 vol. By "E. S. T."—This is a lady's first attempt, we are inclined to think. In spite of the Canadian addition to the title, the story is all about the "squire and parsons of......

The Reconquest. A Love Story. By Arthur Cory, Capt. H.m.

Indian Army. (Smith and Elder.)—This is a poem in two cantos in the Spen- serian metre. The scene is laid in India. When one finds in two suc- cessive stanzas such lines as......

Philosophy ; Or, The Science Of Truth. By James Haig, Ma.

(Saun- ders.)—Suppressed as a politician, Mr. Haig re-appears as a philosopher. Nothing can be simpler than the science of existence, as explained by him. Grant the postulate......

Lectures On Practical Geology. By Professor D. T. Amsted....

wicke.)—Professor Ansted has some difficulty in descending to the level of the unlearned, otherwise this would be a very useful volume. Some knowledge of geology and chemical......

Time And Space. A Metaphysical Essay. By Shadworth H....

(Longman.)—This is a learned essay by a writer who is thoroughly ac- quainted with the works of all the great metaphysicians, ancient and modern. It would be quite useless for......

People Take An Interest In When Written By Their Friends,

or on scenes in which they are mixed up. The versification is unobjectionable, and the ideas varied. There is one poem, headed "A Life Poem, by a Vaurien," that deserves higher......

The Lacemak,ers. Sketches Of Irish Character, With Some...

the Efforts to establish Lacernalzi g in Ireland. By Mrs. Meredith. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.)—Mrs. Meredith has written about lacomakers because they will soon exist only......

The Story Of Queen Guinevere And Sir Lancelot Of The

Lake. After the German of Wilhelm Hertz, with other Poems. By Charles Brace. (Longman.)—The "other poems" are described by the author as "Splinters from the Lever of Love, with......

An Address To The Younger Clergy And Laity On The

Present State of Religion. By the Bishop of Argyll. (Longman.)—We heartily com- mend this short review of the questions lately brought before the Judicial Committee of the Privy......