Life's Anchor, By Harriet E. Colvile (r.t.s., 2s. 6d.), "a
tale of the days of Dr. Johnson and Hannah More," is not altogether easy to write. Dr. Johnson is not so difficult a character as some, for we can get his ipsissima vertex, but......
My Lady Marcia. By Eliza F. Pollard. (nelson And Sons.
5s.) —In her. new story Miss Pollard gives us an interesting and graphic account of the French Revolution. Lady Marcia Oldham is an English girl who has lived since her......
Samplers And Tapestry Embroidiries. By Marcus B. Haigh,...
and Co. .22 2.e.)—This book is founded on an exhibition "held in the spring of 1900, at the Fine Art Society's Gallery in London, at which samplers covering every decade for the......
The Principles Of Mechanics Presented In A New Form. By
Heinrich Hertz, late Professor of Physics in the University of Bonn. With an Introduction by H. von Helmholtz. Authorised English Translation by D. E. Jones, B.Sc., and J. T.......
' Captain. Mayne Reid : His Life And Divestures. •by
Elizabeth Reid, his Widow. Assisted by Charles H. Cole. (Greening and Co. 8s. 6d.)—This biography is somewhat belated, for the sub- ject of it died seventeen years ago. Still,......
Disease In Plants. By H. Marshall Ward, I.r.s. (macmillan...
Co. 75. 6d.)—A great number of amateur gardeners will be able to appreciate Professor Ward's study bf disease in plants. Some may find it a little dry, but no great exercise of......
Bird Notes Afield. By Charles A. Keeler. (d. P. Elder
and Morgan Shepherd, San Francisco. 6s. 3d.)—This little book of essays and sketches contains a very pleamntly written account of bird-life in California. Mr. Keeler intends it......
Valour And Victory. By Gordon Stables, M.d., And Others....
and Co. 3s.)—Dr. Gordon Stables and his five coadjutors tell a score of stories, all of the present war, and all, we under- stand, true, at least in the main outlines. Between......
Sylvana's Letters To An Unknown Friend. By E. V. B.
(Mac- millan and Co. 8s. 6d.)—One more garden book ! Sylvana in her first letter to Amaryllis makes it a condition that her "un- known friend" shall never expect "a single word......
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