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The Origin Of The Human Reason : Being An Examination

of Recent Hypotheses Concerning It. By St. George Mivart, Ph.D., M.D., F.R.S. (Kagan Paul.)—This book marks another stage in the controversy between the author and Mr. Romanes......

The Emancipated. By George Gissing. 3 Vols. (bentley And...

is some powerful writing in this book. A reader may well be in doubt—possibly the author wishes to leave him in doubt—whether emancipation is, indeed, a good thing for woman.......

Current Literature.

By far the most significant article in the Universal Review for this month is from the pen of Count Tolstoy,. on " Marriage, Morality, and Christianity." It affords a striking......

A Man Of Mark.*

A bon-mot, to which fate has since added an ironical comment, has been attributed to the ex-Emperor of Brazil. On being shown one of those mechanical wonders which always......

Cross - Roads. By May Crommelin. 3 Vols. (thirst And...

are, of course, the old opposites, " Love " and " Duty," which are represented, indeed, on the cover, in deplorably diverse directions. Margaret Aylmer is the daughter of a......

An Arabic - English Dictionary On A New System. By H....

Salmon6. 2 vols. (Triibner and Co.)—Mr. Sahuone claims con- siderable advantages for his Dictionary. First is its moderate size,—and, indeed, it is not larger than the medium "......

A Catalogue Of Books In The Hampstead Public Library And.

Literary Institution. Compiled by Members of the Committee. (Printed for the Library by the Women's Printing Society.)—This Cata- logue has more than a local value, and seems to......

The Portfolio, June. (seeley And Co.)—the Feature Of The...

number is the first of a series of articles on " Charing Cross to St. Paul's." The illustrations are reproductions of pen- and-ink drawings by Mr. Joseph Pennell. They have been......