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The Coming Franco-german War. By C. Koetteffian....

German by John Hill. (Ward and Downey.)—" We require another Franco-German war," frankly says the author of this treatise, and he is, of course, anxious that the war should take......

The Most Pleasant And Delectable Tale Of Cupid And Psyche.

Done into English by William Arlington, with a Discourse on the Fable by Andrew Lang. (David Nutt.)—Mr. Istag's "discourse" deals, of course, with the subject of comparative......

We Welcome An Admirably Clear Edition, In One Volume, Of

Mr. Henry James's powerful novel on the Nihilists, The Princess Casamassima (Macmillan and Co.), which we reviewed not long ago in the's° columns with much appreciation.......

The Trade-signs Of Bmx. By Miller Christy. (darrant And Co.

Chelmsford.)—This book deals with what may be called one of the by-ways of history. The signs, carious, and often, it would seem, meaningless, which used to appear on every......

The Court Records Of The East India Company. Printed From

the original MS. by Henry Stevens, of Vermont. With Introduction by Sir George Birdwood. (Harry Stevens and Son.)—This volume con- tains the early records of the East India......

Rome Its Princes, Priests, And People. Translated From...

of David Selvagni by Fanny McLaughlin. Vol. III. (Elliot Stock.) —We have noticed the earlier volumes of this work, and need only say of that now before us, that it contains an......

Bunyan's Holy War Has Been Edited, With Introduction And...

by the Rev. John Brown. (Hodder and Stoughton.)......

The Folk-lore And Provincial Names Of British Birds. By The

Rev. C. Swainson. (Elliot Stook.)—This is, as may readily be supposed, a book fall of =km, information. Such articles as " The Raven," "The Swallow," "The Robin Redbreast," may......

Christian Iconography. By The Late Adolphe Napoleon...

E. T. Millington, and completed by Margaret Stokes. 2 vols. (Bell and Sons.)—This elaborate work, which, left unfinished by its author, owes very much to the completing hand of......

Jottings From Jail. By The Rev. J. W. Horsley, M.a.

(T. Fisher trnwin.)—This is a terribly interesting book. Mr. Horsley has had many opportunities of observing the causes and developments of crime, and he gives the results of......