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Certain Personal Matters. By H. G. Wells. (lawrence And...

volume is made up, as the author tells us with a praiseworthy candour, of newspaper articles. They furnished entertainment to one set of readers, and we hope they will do the......

Nippier; Or, Explorations And Adventures On The...

Pannett Peters, D.D. 2 vols. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 25s.) —It is to be regretted that Dr. Peters did not give the story of his work at Nippur to the world a little sooner, and......

The Nicene Creed. By J. J. Lias, Ma. (swan Sonnenschein

and Co.)—This volume is intended as a manual to be used by candidates. It is not, of course, authoritative ; but as the author is Examining Chaplain to one of the Bishops, a......

Current Lite Rat [ire.

The Edinburgh Review. — The number of the Edinburgh Reriets for January is a most attractive one. With one exception—the critique on Mr. Rudyard Kipling's works, which strikes......

The Herods. By F. W. Farrar, D.d. (service And Paton.)—

This is exactly the kind of subject which Dean Farrar knows how to treat. It is full of picturesque incidents and of striking contrasts of character, and these he arranges with......

For Love Of A Bedouin Maid. By Le Volenr. (hutchinson

and Co.)—This is an exciting and brilliant romance of the great Napoleon's days. The hero, an officer in the Guards, saves Napoleon's life on his return from Italy, and then......