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Tho Theory Of Logic. By Carveth Read. (c. Kagan Paul

and Co.) —A book, this, for time thorough-going student of the art or science of logic, a science, indeed, so difficult, that wo may be pretty sure wo shall never bear the last......

• Beside The River. By R. S. Macquoid. (hurst And

Blackott.)— The scene of this story is laid in Belgium, and it contains some pleasant descriptions of country and country life there. But the plot is a very old one. The hero is......

Current Literature.

The Dublin Review. April. (Burns and Oates.)—The theological element is not so overpoweringly strong in the Dublin Review as in old days, and, for the general reader at least,......

Philosophy, Historical And Critical. By Andr6 Lefbvre....

IL Keane, B.A. (Chapman and Hall.)—This is a survey of the various philosophical systems, from Thales to Comte, Mill, and Spencer, from the point of view of an advanced......

The Evolutionist At Large. By Grant Allen. (chatto And...

—Mr. Allen finds illustrations of the theory of evolution in common things of every-day occurrence, the tail of the bird, for instance, indicating the tail of the reptile from......

Pay-hospitals. By Henry C. Burdett. (churchill.)—the...

shows himself perfectly competent to deal with the sub- ject of the utility and precise scope of pay-hospitals. His advocacy of certain changes in the present mode of managing......

Observations On The Construction Of Healthy Dwellings. By...

(The Clarendon Press.)—We cannot do more than generally commend this book to all readers who are interested in tho subject, or as this is too wide and, in fact, includes every......

The American View Of The Copyright Question. By Richard...

White. (Rontledge.)—The "American view" seems to us a little un- practical. Mr. White says in effect, " Abolish all Copyright Acts, and trust the author's property to the......