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Social Architecture. By An Exile From France. (samuel...

author's efforts for the reconstruction of society not having been appreciated in the country of his adoption (he is himself a native of Styria), be has been good enough to give......

Her Dearest Foe. By Mrs. Alexander. 3 Vols. (bentley.)—we...

not be doing any injury to the prospects of a novel which deserves a very considerable success, if we give so much of the plot as the author herself allows her readers to see......

Current Literature.

Ancient Classics for English Readers. Levy. By the Rev. W. Lucas Collins. (Blackwood and Sons.)—We welcome the appearance of a supplementary series of the "Ancient Classics for......

Aunt Charlotte's Stories Of Greek History For The Little...

By Charlotte M. Yonge. (Marcus Ward.)—Miss Yonge's style is as bright and lively as usual, in this little volume. No one knows surer charms to attract young listeners, whether......

Heavy Stakes : A Novel. (charing-cross Publishing...

thing about this story is that its author should have limited himself to one volume. There seems no possible reason why it should not have been three, or for that matter, four......

Sketches Of British Insects. By Rev. W. Houghton, Ma.,...

(Groombridge and Sons.)—Entomology has an advantage over other departments of zoology, independently of the intrinsic interest of the subject, that it may be practically studied......

Class - Book Of Chemistly. By Edward L. Youmans, M.d....

King and Co.)—The text-books on this science are so numerous, that we might despair of finding originality in a new one. We can con- gratulate the author, therefore, on having......

Recollections Of Four Years In Venezuela. By C. D. Dance.

(Henry S. Ring and Co.)—This volume, we learn from the preface, has already accomplished one good thing. The author began it during a time of illness, and it so absorbed his......