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Ripples In The Starlight. By J. R. Macduff, D.d. (james

Nisbet and Co.)—The "ripples "consist of fragments of religious thought, printed in paragraphs and having no connection at all with each other. Some of these "disjointed......

Hermesenda. From The Spanish Of D. M. Fernandez Y Gonyalez,

by "J. R." and "J. A. G." (Henry Sotheran and Co.)—This, we are told, is an attempt to bring before the public a leaf from a literature comparatively little known,—the modern......

My Sayings And Doings ; With Reminiscences Of My Life.

An Autobiography of the Rev. William Quekett. (Kogan Paul and Co.)—A sketch of the late William Quekett's family history commences, most naturally, this autobiography. His......

Blackbirding In The South Pacific. By W. B. Churchward....

Sonnensohein and Co.)—A black man of the name of Bruce, born in England, on reaching extreme old age, recounts his adventures and his villainies to an Englishman in Samoa. "......

Sussex Archceological Collections. Vol. Xxxvi. (h. Wolff,...

— This volume, like all the foregoing volumes that we have seen, contains much interesting matter. We have a paper, for instance, on the watch and relics of King Charles I. that......

The British Hive. By H. C. Miall Smith, B.a. (w.

Isbister and Co.)—This is a popular account of British industrial arts and manufactures, and fisheries, shipbuilding, lighthouses, bridges, agriculture, both tillage and live......

Fireworks And Chemical Surprises, By Charles Gilbert...

and from the same publishers and by the same author, Card Tricks, Conjuring, Magic, and Mystery. — These two volumes in the series of "Dean's Practical Guide-Books," will......

We Have Received A Reissue Of John Major's Edition Of

The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. (John C. Nimmo.) To this has been added The Practical Fly - Fisher, by John Jackson, with a list of flies, directions for......