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Shall Girls Propose ? By A " Speculative Bachelor." (gay And

Bird.) — This is a book which we could have very well done with- out. We can scarcely say that there is any harm in it, except that it has a tendency to vulgarise the subject.......

Faith-healing, Christian Science, And Kindred Phenomena....

LL.D. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—This is a volume of much interest. Dr. Buckley inquires carefully into a number of facts and alleged facts, examines the conclusions which have been......

Tropical America.* The Main Idea Of Republican Government...

the execu- tive administer the law by authority delegated to them by the majority of the people. It may be doubted whether this lofty object is really attainable anywhere ; it......

The Higher Criticism Of The Heceateuch. By C. A. Briggs,

D.D. (T. and T. Clark.)—This is a learned and ingenious defence of the historical character of the Six Books, Dr. Briggs reviews the criticism that has been applied to them, and......

Current Literature.

The Early History of Col e-Houses in England, with some Account of the first Use of Coffee, and a Bibliography of the Subject. By Edward Forbes Robinson, B.A. (Kegan Paul and......

"this Do :" Sire Essays In Practice. By R. F.

Horton, M.A. (J. Clarke and Co.) — A distinguished minister of the communion which Mr. Horton adorns, once complained to the writer of this notice that his people "did not like......

The Other Man And Myself ; Or, Scenes In The

Sunny South. By Oliver Osborn. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.)—It is a pity that the author's description of how be and a friend left their clerk- ships in the City to try......

" Scraps :" Only A Lad. 13y E. M. Green.

(Griffith, Farran, and Co.) — A. very touching story is this of self-sacrifice and heroism,— indeed, the end is almost too tragic, the agony, if we may use the expression, is......