Sutton - In - Hoiderness. By Thomas Blashill. (w. Andrews...
not easy to choose from the mass of information which Mr. Blashill has collected about the history of Sutton an adequately illustrative specimen. Perhaps an outline of the......
Architects Of Fate. By O. S. Marden. (t. Nelson And
Sons.)— Mr. Marden, in a book of some five hundred pages, has collected a vast number of instances of men who, by possession of some qualities, have risen to honour, or fame, or......
Hamphry Davy. Poet And Philosopher. By T. E. Thorpe, Ll.d
(Cassell and Co.)—Sir Humphry Davy's fame, in the case of the vast majority of those who know his name, rests on the discovery of the safety-lamp. His claim to the merit of this......
The Statesman's Year - Book (macmillan And Co.) Is Late,...
is, as usual, the most important of all the books of reference for the politician and the statistician. The new edition has some excellent maps showing the political changes......
Who's Who, 1897. Edited By Douglas Sladen. (a. And C.
Black.)—This useful work, now issued in a new form, gives a large amount of information about most of the people whose names are at all before the public. The addition of the......
The Ballactists. By John Geddie. (oliphant, Anderson, And...
a volume of the "Famous Scots Series," and has the best of rights to a place in it. But the title is in a way a misnomer. As Mr. Geddie remarks, "Who would set forth to explore......
Whitaker's Directory Of Titled Persons (whitaker) Is...
size as the famous Almanack, and forms a very cheap and handy Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage. There are no pedigrees, but plenty of addresses.......
Publications Of The Week.
Abbott (E.), and Another, Life & Letters of B. 7owett, 2 vols. 8vo (Murray) 32/0 Bailey (G. H.), First Stage Inorganic Chemistry, or 8vo (Clive) 2/0 Blaine (R.. (4.), Hydraulic......
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