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The Acharnians Of Aristophanes. Translated Into English...

James Billson, B.A. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)— Mr. Billson makes the task of his critics very easy, by telling us, in his preface, that " English readers must not, of......

From Sword To Share; Or, A Fortune In Five Years

at Hawaii. By Captain H. Whalley Nicholson. (W. H. Allen and Co.) —A gentleman • who has devoted himself to the use of the "sword " and the " share " • may be excused for not......

Current Literature.

The New Ceylon. Written and compiled by Joseph Hatton. (Chap- man and Hall.)—When we say that Mr. Hatton holds a brief for the North Borneo Company, we do not mean to suggest a......

Lectures On Architecture, Delivered At The Royal Academy....

M. Barry, R.A. Edited, with Introductory Memoir, by Alfred Barry, D.D. (John Murray.)—Mr. Barry was Professor of Architecture at the Academy from 1874 to 1880, and these twenty-......

A Guide To Health.*

To the unlearned in medical matters this is a most serviceable guide to health. It is full of practical rules, but the rationale of the rules is very clearly indicated......

An Account Of The Harvard Greek Play. By Henry Norman.

(Osgood and Co., Boston, U.S.)—This is an account, written by one of the actors, of the representation of the tEdipue Tyrannus of Sophocles at Harvard. A most readable account......