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Word And Phrase : True And False Use In English.

Word and Phrase: True and False Use in English. By Joseph Fitzgerald, A.M. (A. C. McLurg and Co., Chicago $1 . 25.)—The author of this strange work is much exercised over the "......

Galloway Gossip.

Galloway Gossip. By R. de Bruce Trotter. (Courier and Herald, Dumfries.)—Dr. Trotter claims to write the Scots language in its purity. Commonly, it seems, it is corrupted from......

A Student's History Of Philosophy.

A Student's History of Philosophy. By Arthur Kenyon Rogers. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. Gi.)—The author of this book means it in the first place to be an educational text-book,—" an......

Medieval London.

lifedireral London. By Canon Benham and Charles Welch. With Illustrations. (Seeley and Co. 7s.)—This is a fascinating book, and c nitains an astonishing amount of information in......

Some West Surrey Villages.

Some West Surrey Villages. By E. A. Judges. With an Intro- duction by Lord Midleton. (Surrey T.mes Printing and Pub- lishing Company, Guildford. 10s. Gd.)—In a profusely......

Chronicles Of The House Of Borgia.

Chronicles of the House of Borgia. By Frederic, Baron Corvo. (Grant Richards. 21s.)—This clever volume, which relates in part to certain historical enigmas unsuitable for......

The Teach.[ngs Of Dini`e.

The Teachings of Dante. Bf Charles Allen Dinsmore (Houghton, and Co., Boston. Gs.) — This is an interesting and not too bulky volume, written from the religious point of view by......