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Military Topography. By Major-general W. E. Montague....

is a practical book intended for beginners. The author wastes neither time nor. space, but goes directly to his subject, and puts his instructions into plain words. His volume......

The Amphioxus And Its Development. By Dr. B. Hatschek....

by James Tuckey. (Sonnenschein.)—The Amphioxus lanceolatus is the representative, and the only representative, of the very lowest sub-class of all the fishes ; in Fact, it is a......

The Nests And Eggs Of British Birds. By C. Dixon.

(Chapman and Hall.)—This is a handbook to the " oology " of the British Islands. We wish such a " science" did not exist, for the sole value of wild birds' eggs to nineteen......

Some Modern Composers Start Straight Away With Symphonies...

but the " Op. 1" of Master T. X. Tanner is of more modest pretensions, consisting of a simple but pleasing setting of some plaintive lines, entitled The Spinster. Master......