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.funafuti; Or, Three Months On A Coral Island : An

Unscientific Account of a Scientific Ezpedition. By Mrs. Edgeworth David. With Portraits, Map, and Illustrations. (J. Murray. 12s.)—Professor Edgeworth David, of the University......

The History Of The London Missionary Society. By R. Lovett,

MA. 2 vols. (H. Frowde. 42s.)—This is a time for missionary centenaries. The London Missionary Society is, indeed, a little behindhand with its record of its hundred years of......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] History of Saint Vincent de Paul. By Monseigneur Bougard. Translated......

Higher Life For Working People, By W. Walker Stephens...

and Co., 3s. 6d.), deals with various social problems which have attracted much attention of late years. Among these are "The Submerged Tenth," for which he suggests something......