Kisses Of Pate. By Edward Heron-allen. (belford, Clarke,...
Chicago, IT.S.A.)—The three tales which compose this book are of a somewhat melancholy and unpleasant nature. On his title-page Mr. Allen tells us that they are "a study of mere......
Bourne's Handy Assurance Directory, 1889. By William...
Liverpool.)—Mr. Bourne continues to keep up to date his valuable collection of facts relating to the Insurance Companies of this country. No person intending to insure should......
Marine Engines And Boilers. By G. C. V. Holmes. With
G9 Wood- cuts. "South Kensington Museum Science Handbook." (Chapman and Hall.)—Mr. Holmes has aimed at supplying a continuous record of marine engines and boilers, from Miller,......
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The April number of the Universal _Review is not a specially interesting one, and the illustrations have a smudgy effect, a, fact, however, which may be peculiar to a single......
The Ghost Of Dunboy Castle. By "huberto." (simpkin, Mar-...
and Co.)—In his preface, " Hubert,o " gives at the outset the following dialogue between an imaginary author and critic :— " Author : I am about to lay before you in the......
In Other Lands. By Caroline Gearey. (digby And Long.)—a Book
of travel needs, as Miss Gearey remarks in her preface, some apology. We could almost wish that this feeling had taken stronger hold upon her before she was led to take the step......
In Spite Of Himself. By Amelia E. Barr. (james Clarke
and Co.)—The author of "Jan Vedder's Wife" is an adept at the valuable art of conveying sound ethical teaching in the form of fiction, and she has undoubtedly shown it in this......
Powder, Spur, And Spear. By J. Moray Brown. (chapman And
Hall.)—In this book we have presented to us a collection of sporting stories. When we have said that they are for the most part readable, and are written in a pleasant, easy......
The Floating Island In Derwentwater. By G. J. Synions,...
(E. Stanford.)—Very few probably of those who claim a close acquaintance with Derwentwater know of the existence of "the Floating Island." Nor is this to be wondered at when we......
The Brown Portmanteau, And Other Stories. By Curtis...
and Sons.)—The stories from which this volume is eom- piled are all more or less of a sensational nature. Though they cannot exactly be described as high-class literature, they......
Decorative Composition. By Henri Mayeux. (j. S. Virtue...
— M. Mayeux divides his treatise on Decoration into " Theory " and "Practice." The first part is devoted to the principles of art, the methods of natural decoration, symmetry,......
The Henry Irving Shakespeare. Edited By F. A. Marshall And
Henry Irving. Vol. V. (Blackie and Son.)—This fifth volume contains All's Well that Ends Well, Julius Ccesar, Measure/or Measure, Troilus and Cressida, and Macbeth. The......
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