My Mission To Abyssinia. By Gerald H. Portal. (e. Arnold.)—
Mr. Portal went, at the request of the British Government, after the slaughter of the Italian troops at Dogali (on the road be- tween Massowah and Sahati), to mediate between......
How To Read Character In Features, Forms, And Faces. By
Henry Frith. (Ward, Lock, and Co.)—Mr. Frith is a. believer in chiromancy, phrenology, and other " ologies " for which language has not discovered names. He sees character in......
She Loved A Sailor. By Amelia E. Barr. (clarke And
Co.)— The loves of Virginia Mason (who is much misrepresented by the "simpering Miss" on the cover) and Captain Bradford make a pleasant story. The Captain, it is true,......
Handbook Of Jamaica, 1892. From Official Sources, By S. P.
Musson and F. Laurence Roxburgh. (E. Stanford.)—The Nicaragua Canal Construction Company. (Nicaragua Canal Com- pany, New York.) — Royal University of Ireland Examination-......
Poverty : Its Genesis And Exodus. By John George Goddard.
(Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—Mr. Goddard would have done well to make sure of his facts before he went on to his theories. On p. 2 we find the statement : "Nearly one-tenth of......
The Imitation Of Buddha. Compiled By Ernest M. Bowden....
is interesting to see what a number of admirable maxims can be gathered from Buddhist literature, nor would it be reasonable to object to such a collection as this. But the......
Current Literature.
The Apodidx : a Morphological Study. By Henry Meyners Bernard, M.A. Cantab. "Nature Series." (Macmillan and Co.) — A. work like the present strikingly illustrates the enormous......
Adrift In America. By Cecil Roberts. (lawrence And...
may be the merits or demerits of Mr. Cecil Roberts, there can be no doubt of his candour. A plainer, more un- varnished account of "work and adventure" we have never seen. After......
An East London Mystery. By Adeline Sergeant. 3 Vols. (hurst
and Blackett.)—Miss Sargeaut begins her first volume with what she calls a " prelude." A murder is committed in an empty house at the East End of London ; and we are then taken......
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