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The Duke And The Scholar, And Other Essays. By T.

L. Kingdon Oli- phant. (Macmillan.)—The chief contents of this volume are a life of the Duo do Luynes, and another of Fra Salimbene, a Franciscan of Parma, whose life extended......

How I Spent My Two Years' Leave. By An Indian

Officer. (Samuel Tinsley.)—That an officer on leave should spend his time in making himself acquainted with his native country, and with visits to the Con- tinent and to......

On Fasting Communion. By The Rev. H. T. Kingdom (longmans.)—

We are glad to see a second edition of Mr. Kingdon's able and exhaustive book, a book to which, as far as we know, no answer has been attempted. It seems, indeed, almost......

Smoot. Boors.—alexander The Great In The Punjaub, From...

V. With Notes. By the Rev. C. C. Moberly. (Rivingtons.) We are glad to see energetic and intelligent teachers carry out the plan of enlarging the interest of their pupils'......

A Manual Of Veterinary Sanitary Science And Police. By...

Fleming. 2 vols. (Chapman and Hall.)—These volumes are, of course, of too technical a character for review in these columns. We may briefly commend them to such of our readers......

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The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. By Nasmyth and James Carpenter. (Murray.)—This is a very fascinating volume, copious in its scientific descriptions,......