21 DECEMBER 1878, page 25

Whitaker's Abnanack Fur 1879. (whitaker.)—although The...

not yet closed, the volume of this handy almanack and reference-book has reached a second edition. In the current number the changes caused by the partial dismemberment of the......

The Inner Life. Edited By The Rev. T. Erskine. (society

for Pro- moting Christian Knowledge.)—This book consists of a selection of letters, written by men eminent for their piety, the letters of each being given together. Among the......

Current Literature.

CHRISTMAS BOOKS, Ere. Edinburgh. Picturesque Notes, by Robert Louis Stevenson. With Etchings, from Drawings by S. Bough, R.S.A., and W. C. Lockhart, R.S.A. ; and Engravings on......

The Summer. But Meanwhile, Anticipations (which Are,...

delightful than the fulfilment) can be cheaply and pleasantly indulged in.......

The First Afghan War. By Mowbray Morris. (sampson Low And

Co.)—This little volume appears in good season. Mr. Morris describes the preliminary diplomacy at greater length than the actual warfare, and doubtless with good reason. The......

The Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge Has...

and interesting series of little books, "The Fathers for English Readers," of which four are now before us, The Apostolic Fathers, by the Rev. H. S. Holland; Defenders of the......

Messrs. Eyre Have Sent Us A Copy Of Their Teacher's

Bible, containing most of the same features in the Oxford University Press Bible, which we noticed last week, and apparently some others as well. Messrs. Eyre issued the first......

The Lire-stock Journal Almanack (with Which Is...

Almanack "). (Cassell.)—This almanack is one of the best year-books published in the interest of those engaged in horse and cattle-breeding, poultry-rearing, or in fact, all......