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Leading Women Of The Restoration. By Grace Johnstone....

Digby, Long, and Co.)—This is a collection of notices of the lives of five women, who centred more or less round Bishop Ken. They are not, however, in strict truth the leading......

A Fool's Paradise. By H. B. Finlay Knight. (ward And

Downey.) —This tale somehow reminds us of Albert Smith's " Christopher Tadpole," not so much in the plot as in the style. There is a certain gaiety of humour about the two which......

The General's Daughter. By The Author Of "a Russian Priest."

(T. Fisher Unwin.)—We do not know that there is any falling-off here as far as literary power is concerned, able as was tho " Russian Priest." But the book will not be found so......

New Editions And Repeints.—christmas-day, And Other...

Maurice. (Macmillan.) A second edition, published after the lapse of nearly fifty years. The book has been long prized by those who were happy enough to possess it, and will......

The Syrian Church In India. By George Milne Rae, M.a.

(Black- wood and Sons.)—Mr. Rae has manifestly used much research for this work of his. He examines the traditions which connect the Malabar Church with St. Thomas, and, while......

Elements Of Economics Of Industry. By Alfred Marshall....

and Co.)—This is an adaptation of Professor Marshall's larger work to the needs of junior students. The change that has come over the science of Political Economy is strongly......

Essays On German Literature. By Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen....

Unwin.)—Mr. Boyesen, who is "Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures in Columbia College," has given us here a volume of no little merit. His style is vigorous, though......