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Russian . And Turk : From A Geographical, Ethnological,...

torical Point of View. By R. G. Latham, M.D. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—This is essentially a republication of two other works by Dr. Latham, and must be considered disappointing in......

Agatha Chieveley : A Novel. By Fanny D. Dickins. (charing

Cross Publishing Company.)—Without any particular merit, with certain glaring faults indeed, this story has kept us interested, after a fashion, to its close. It is, we suppose,......

Pillars Of The Empire; Sketches Of Living Indian And...

Statesmen, Celebrities, and Officials. Edited, with an introduction, by T. H. S. Escott. (Chapman and Hall.)—Of these sketches, not quite a half are the work of the editor;......

Memoir Of The Rev. Francis Liodgson, B.d., Scholar, Poet,...

Divine. By his son, the Rev. James T. Hodgson, MA. 2 vols. (Macmillan.)— Mr. Hodgson's life was worth recording, and it has been well done, by a biographer who possesses the......

Islam ; Its Origin, Genius, And Mission. By J. J.

Lake. (Tinsley and 0o.)—This little book is a popular exposition of the general character of Mahom - medanism, - which deserves, in the author's opinion, to be better understood......

Orators And Oratory. By William Matthews, Ll.d. (griggs,...

London.)—The author -draws a distinction be- tween declamation and oratory. They have in America, he thinks, too much of the former, too little of the latter,—a complaint which,......

And Gloomy Character Which Belongs To The Legends Of The

North. It is, in fact, one of the numerous embodiments of the idea of humanity being changed by evil influences into bestial form ; but it wants the brightness of such a......