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The Kings Of Israel And Judah. By George Rawlinson....

—The author of this book, which belongs to the " Men of the Bible " series, allows, of course, that his chief sources of informa- tion are the Books of Kings and Chronicles and......

Light And Shade. By Herbert Sherring. (w. Thacker And Co.)

—Mr. Sherring, who, we take it, is an Indian officer or civilian, has a certain amount of justification for publishing this volume, which is composed in about equal measure of......

The Hansa Towns. By Helen Zimmern. (t. Fisher Unwin.)— We

fully agree with Miss Zinunern that "there is scarcely a more remarkable chapter in history than that which deals with the trading alliance or association known as the Hanseatic......

Buy Bias. Translated From The French By W. D. S.

Alexander . (Digby and Long.)—Buy Bias is, on the whole, the greatest of Victor Hugo's dramas, and Mr. Alexander has taken great pains, and has attained commensurate success, in......

Home Doctoring. By W. B. Kesteven, M.d. (frederick Warne And

Co.)—This " gaide to domestic medicine and surgery " is arranged in an alphabetical form. We do not presume, from our layman's point of view, to question Dr. Kesteven's......

Sir John Franklin : A Revelation. By T. Henry Skewes.

(Bemrose and Sons.)—This is, to say the least of it, one of the most singular books that have been published for a long time. It is a " revela- tion " as to the fate of Sir John......

Aristotelianism. By The Rev. I. Gregory Smith And The Rev.

William Grundy. (S.P.C.K.)—Mr. Gregory Smith has made some additions and corrections to his portion of this-popular little manual. Mr. Grundy's summing-up of Aristotle's......

Her Heart's Desire. By H. Prothero Lewis. 3 Vols. (hurst

and Blackett.)—These three volumes, very easy reading as far as paper and printing can make reading easy, tell the love-stories of two young women,—Eira, who is beloved by and......

Lays Of Middle Age, And Other Poems. By James Hedderwick.

(Blackwood.)—This is a second edition which is in some respects, and certainly has all the interest of, a new book. For one thing, Mr. Hedderwick published his first edition as......