Rhodes In Modern Times. By Cecil Torr, M.a. (cambridge...
Press.)—Mr. Torr follows up with this volume his in- teresting monograph on "Rhodes in Ancient Times." His plan is to divide his subject into five sections, headed respectively,......
Life In The Confederate Army. By William Watson. (chapman...
Hall.)—Mr. Watson was anon-naturalised Scotchman, resident in Baton Rouge, and the junior partner in an engineering and saw-milling business, when the War of Secession broke......
Prose Pastorals. By Herbert Milton Sylvester. (ticknor...
U.S.A.)—The main portion of Mr. Sylvester's work is description of Nature. This description is somewhat too verbose. Masters of the art produce their efforts with words fewer by......
Two Lively Books On Etymology Are The Philosophy Of Words
: a Popular Introduction to the Science of Language, and The Fortunes of Words. By Federico Garlanda, Ph.D. (Triibner and Co.)—Dr. Garlanda must not be trusted implicitly. He is......
From Kitchen To Garret. By J. E. Panton. (ward And
Downey.) —These "hints to young householders" have been collected from articles contributed to the Lady's Pictorial, and from answers to correspondents which have appeared in......
A Companion To School Classics. By James Gow, M.a., Litt.d.
(Macmillan and Co.)—This is an excellent book, giving in a most compact and convenient form a mass of information which will be most useful to young students, and, indeed, to......
The Law Of Public Meeting. By J. W. Blagg. (butterworths.)
—Mr. Blagg, in this little volume, which he has managed to bring within reasonable compass, discusses and compares precedents and decisions. These are not altogether harmonious......
An Operetta In Profile. By " Czeika." (ticknor And Co.,
Boston, U.S.A.)—This is a social satire, often pungent, and, as satires are wont to be, often unjust ; but it is smart and readable. It tells us how an amateur dramatic......
What To Read At Entertainments. Edited By The Rev. Frederick
Langbridge. (Religious Tract Society.)—A fairly good selection of verse, and suited to the class spoken of in the preface. We notice a good many of Longfellow's, also we should......
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