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Our Scientific Frontier. By W. P. Andrew. (w. H. Allen

and Co.)—Mr. Andrew's views may be expressed by this passage from his preface :—" Let the Afghan Princes and Sirdars be allowed freely to choose the man they would have to rule......

We Have Received Several Little Volumes Belonging To What Is

called a "Long Life" Series (Ward and Lock). There are four before us, Long Life, and How to Reach It; Eyesight, and How to Care for It; The Throat and the Voice ; The Mouth and......

New Editions.—" Pilgrim Memories : Travel And Discussion...

Sinai, Idumaea, Palestine, and Syria, with the late Henry Thomas Buckle," by J. S. Stuart-Glennie, M.A. (Maxon and Saunders). —" Private International Law: a Treatise on the......

Memories Of Troublous Times; Being The History Of Dame...

Chamberlayne. By Emma Marshall. (Seeleys.)—This is a fairly successful specimen of the literature of which " The Household of Sir Thomas More" and "Mary Powell" are early and......

The Supernatural In Romantic Fiction. By Edmund Yardley....

volume is the outcome of much curious reading. " Enchanted Persons," " Metamorphoses," " Musical Illn- alone," "Jinn," "The Language of Animals," "Supernatural Ani- mals," are a......

It Is Somewhat Of An Experiment To Try By A

new edition how the present generation will like Mrs. Inchbald's tales, A Simple Story and Nature and Art. (De in Rue.)—We can only wish the venture suc- cess. Mr. W. B. Scott......