We Have Received An Abridgment Of Adam Smith's Wealth Of
Nations. By Wolseley P. Emerton, B.A. (Thornton, Oxford.)—Mr. Emerton has republished here in one volume a work that originally appeared in two parts, furnishing it at the same......
Reminiscenccs Of Manchester Fifty Years Ago. By J. T. Slugg.
(J. E. Cornish, Manchester.) — A gentleman whose recollections stretch back to a period of fifty years ago, supposing that he has been in the habit of using his eyes and ears......
The Shakespeare Tapestry Woven In Verse. By C. Mulkey. (w.
Blackwood and Sons.)—We are indirectly indebted to this author for some pleasant reading. We hasten to say that our pleasure was due to Shakespeare, not to the Tapestry. The......
Ll'i/d Africa. By T. A. Bullock, Ll.d. (simpkin,...
Co.)—An instructive specimen of the compiler militant. Dr. Bullock asserts that his aim and plan are exclusively his own. We have no opportunity of saying how true this is of......
Encounters With Wild Beasts. By Parker Gillmore. (w. H....
and Co.)—The title of this book sufficiently describes its contents, and the name of Mr. Gillmore is a guarantee for their genuineness and excellence. " Ubique " is the nom de......
Hope Ultimately To Arrive At A "religion Of Nature"...
it would seem, out of the evolution theory and the new truths (so he regards them) brought to light by the recent alleged phenomena of spiritualism, and not denied or ridiculed......
Henry Smart : His Life And Works. By W. Spark.
(William. Reeves.)—In his preface, Dr. Spark regrets that so few biographies. of distinguished English composers are published, and contrasts the apathy of the musical world in......
Modern 1vonders Of The World. By W. Gilbert. (strahan And
Co.) —We suppose this book is meant to teach children our material con- ditions under the guise of telling them a story. This plan has long been a favourite with doctrinaire......
Three Years After. By J. C. Phythian. (published For The
Author, by Cassell and Co.)---Three years ago Mr. Phythian visited Norway, and recorded his experiences. He has now repeated his visit, and again written an account of it for......
Evelinct; Or, The History Of A Young Lady's Entrance Into
the World, by Frances Burney, appears in " Bohn's Novelists' Library." (Bell and Sons.) Mrs. Anne Raine Ellis, whose charming" Sylvestra." has given her the best possible right......
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