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Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. Translated from the German of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, by the Rev. E. B. Speirs, B.D., and J. Burdon Sanderson. 3 vols. (Regan......

Our Square And Circle. By "jack Easel." (smith, Elder, And

Co.)—The author, who commends himself to his readers by the description of " Sometime Punch's ' Roving ' Correspondent," gives us some entertaining sketches of how he chose and......

The Humour Of Russia Translated By E. L. Voynich. (w.

Scott.)—The plan of this volume is to give extracts without comment. Eleven authors have been laid under contribution, and we are left to form our own judgment about them.......

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The Religion Of The Crescent. By The Rev. W. St.

Clare Tisdall. (S.P.C.K.)—This volume contains lectures delivered some three years ago at the request of the trustees of the "James Lang Lectureship Fund," an endowment designed......

A Chapter Of Turkish History.*

IN spite of the note with which this volume has been prefaced by its publishers, we confess ourselves at some loss to know whether to regard it as a romance or a serious attempt......

Old Testament Ethics. By W. S. Bruce, M.l. (t. And

T. Clark.) —There is much good sense in this treatise. Mr. Bruce deals fsirly with the questions which he handles, and does not evade the difficulties. On the main principles of......

Major James Rennell And The Rise Of Modern Geography. By

Clements R. Markham, C.B. (Cassell and Co.)—To Eden and Hakluyt, Mr. Markham gives the title of "Fathers of English Geography," but in his view James Rennell was the first great......

An Attempt Towards A History Of English Literature. By Henry

Morley, LL.D., and W Hall Griffin, (Cassell and Co.)—This volume contains the last work of Henry Morley. One of the most indefatigable of men, he died in harness. His work was......