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Their Wedding Tourney. By W. D. Howell. (boston,17.s. :...

London: Trtibner.)—This is the description, full of quiet humour— there is in America a type of quiet humour not less marked than the extravagant kind of Artemus Ward and his......

History Of The Sandwich Islands' Mission. By Rufus...

and Stoughton.)—The Sandwich Islands' Mission has boon con- ducted by an American society. It was commenced rather more than fifty years ago, beginning under what were in one......

Mr. Justin Mccarthy Reprints Prohibitory Legislation In...

(Tinsley), a very striking paper, which we noticed at the time of its appearance in the Fortnightly lieuiew. We quote the concluding sentence of his preface because, as he......

Primary Industrial And Technical Education. By Dr. John...

and Co.)—We shall give an extract from one of the dialogues of which Dr. Mill's book consists :— ." What do you propose to do then, Arthur?'—'I propose to revolutionise our......

Errors And Mischiefs Of Modern Diplomacy. By Henry...

man and Hall).—Mr. Ottley denounces the evils which arise in the foreign relations of the nation from the prerogative of the Crown to declare war and to make peace and to......

Astronomy And Geology Compared. By Lord Ormathwaite....

who may be better known to the world as Sir John Benn Walsh, a Conservative politician of some note, has been employing the evening of his life in the production of these......