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Fundamental Truths Of Judaism. By Clementine De...

and Co.)—This little volume contains some letters written by the authoress (who died in early youth) to a Christian friend. They call for a few words of hearty acknowledge-......

A Book Of The Beginnings. By Gerald Massey (williams And

Norgate). 2 vols.—These massive and well printed volumes are devoted to "an attempt to recover and reconstitute the lost engines of the myths and mysteries, types and symbols,......

Bush-life In Queensland. By A. C. Grant. 2 Vols. (blackwood

and Sons.)—John West, whose "colonial experiences" are here described, goes out to Queensland. Unhappily, ho goes under the auspices of a swindling ex-colonist, who robs him of......

Church And Chapel. Edited By The Rev. R. H. Haddon.

(Smith, Elder, and Co.)—Five preachers—viz., the late Dean of Westminster, and Messrs. Brooke Lambert, R. H. Redden, A. J. Ross, and S. A. Barnett—preached these sermons in the......

Chaucer For Schools. By Mrs. Ii. R. Haweis, Author Of

Chaucer for Children. (Chatto and Windus.)—In this work, Mrs. Haweis has not only enlarged upon her former one, but has given, besides the text of Chaucer, with a glossary, a......

Find That Miss Aldridge Insists Upon The Young Man...

going to Cambridge ; but we heartily recognise the force and truth of this part of the story. The simple earnestness of the young man and of his hearers makes a very effective......

In A Square Mile In The City Of Philadelphia Than

in any other place in the world,"—meaning, " in any other square mile." And why ? Partly, because the dwellers therein own their own houses. Mr. Barnard tells us how this is......

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Eighteen Centuries Of The Church Of England. By The Rev.

A. H. Here. (Parker and Co.)—We do not think that a book of this kind can ever be very useful. Even a stout octavo of more than six hundred pages is quite insufficient for a......