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Short Studies On Vita/ Subjects. By The Rev. P. W.

de Quette- vile, M.A. (Elliot Stock.)—These are best described in the words of their own preface : "It is the design of this volume to give a foremost place to those springs of......

Studies Of The Soul. By J. Brierley, B.a. (james Clarke

and Co.)—These are well-written essays of the type most popular with the average" serious reader." They were published as articles in the Christian World, and deal very......

The Wrath Of Achilles. By Lilian Goadby. (edwin, Vaughan And

Co.)—Miss Goadby takes for her subject what is doubtless the central story, some think the original story, of the Iliad. It is doubtful, of course, what strictly belongs to it.......

Our Friend The Horse, By F. T. Barton, F.z.s., M.r.c.v.s.,

illustrated (Dean and Son, 3s. 6d.), is a useful manual, dealing mainly with the ailments of horses and their treatment, with a concise account of the size and appearance of......