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Unconsidered Trifles. By George Dalziel. (elliot Stock.)—...

to be regretted that Mr. Dalziel had not "con- sidered" these " trifles " long enough to have seen the unwisdona of publishing them. He can rhyme easily and gracefully, and put......

A Practical Cookery - Book. By Mrs. Roundell. (bickers...

an excellent selection from the cookery books of " Wyvern" and from Mrs. Earle's receipts, Mrs. Roundell has added many old family dishes of her own. Her whole book is most in-......

Social And Ethical Interpretations In Mental Development....

Baldwin. (Macmillan and Co. 10s.)—This volume, w hich has been "crowned with the gold medal of the Royal Academy of Denmark," is one of the latest and not least remarkable......

All About Animals. (george Nevrnes. 10s. Gel.)—the...

volume may well add as a sub-title "For Old and Young," and he is justified also in the self-commendation of the three epithets, "popular, interesting, and amusing." We have......

Ballads Of The Occident. By George M. Vickers. (park View

Publishing Company, Philadelphia.)—There is an abundance —indeed, a superabundance—of patriotism in Mr. Vickers's verses. They are also marked by a good deal of narrative......