The Solomon Islands.* Tau Story Of The Discovery, Loss Of,
and rediscovery of this. great group of islands, as told in these pages, is at once strange and attractive. A Spanish expedition, consisting of two ships, under Mendana, left......
Cassell's Miniature Cyclopedia. Compiled By W. L. Cowles....
Co.)—There are 764 pages crammed with information in this small octavo, and a dozen plates. The printing is very good, and though there are a few mistakes, their number is......
School-books.
The University Shakespeare : King John. Edited by Benjamin Dawson, B.A. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.)—This is one of a series of the plays edited and annotated by members of the......
The Dogaressa. By W. G. Melmonti. Translated By Clare....
(Remington and Co.)—Melmonti, besides giving us an interesting sketch of the Dogaressa (i.e., the Doge's wife), has also drawn with a powerful and spirited pen, a sad and......
Who Is Vera ? By A. E. Schlotel. 3 Vols.
(Griffith, Farran, and Co.)—Mr., or Miss, Schlotel describes his or her book as a "novel wherein English and Russian lives are interwoven ;" and if we were compelled to choose......
Bird's - Nesting And Bird - Skinning. By Edward Newman....
(T. Fisher Unwin.)—Mr. Newman's work has been enlarged, revised, and rendered more complete by the addi- tion of some hints on preserving and bird-skinning, and the text of the......
Current Literature.
The September number of the Universal Review contains some noteworthy papers. Professor Mahaffy's article on Germany in particular, though often trivial, is shot with keen......
Previous page
