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Here And There Among The Alps. By The Hon. Frederika

Plunket. (Longmans.)—As people are at least beginning to think about possible Swiss tours for the year that now is, we may take the opportunity of commending this little book to......

Practical Hints On The Quantitative Pronunciation Of...

ander J. Ellis. (Macmillan.)—" The real trouble of the new pronun elation," Mr. Ellis remarks, "begins just where no trouble is suspected, —in accent and quantity." Nothing......

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his friends contrives to construct a balloon which has wonderful motive-power, and which also can be guided at will. With this machine the friends visit the moon, which they......

Picture And Incident From Bible Story. By Various...

fifty large illustrations. (Virtue, Spalding, and Co.)—This is a hand- some and well executed volume, though we are inclined to prefer the incident" to the " pictures." The......