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Proceedings Of The Royal Colonial Institute. Vol. Xvi....

and Co.)—The issue of this volume is neatly contemporary with an event of a very auspicious nature in the history of the Institute, namely, the opening of a new and commodious......

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George Eliot's Poetry, and other Studies. By Rose Elizabeth Cleveland. (Hodder and Stoughton.) —It may be doubted whether the two tests which this work applies to George Eliot's......

The Story Of Switzerland. By Theresa Melville Lee....

is much about this country, with its glaciers and snow-olad mountain-peaks; its St. Bernard dogs and chamois-hunting; its heroic history and great successful efforts for......

The Parliamentary History Of England From The Passing Of The

Reform Bill of 1832. By John Raven. (Elliot Stock.)—We can hardly commend the style of this work as one likely to attract a large number of readers. It is a bare narrative of......

Arlegh Clough : A Cheshire Story. By Hanle Dokenfeld....

Literary Society.)—This is a pleasant little story told in a simple and unpretending manner. There is no intricacy, nor novelty of plot in it ; but events follow one another......