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The Pen Of Brahma. By Beatrice M. Harland. (oliphant,...

and Ferrier. 3s. 6d. net.)—These " Peeps into Hindu Hearts and Homes" do not make cheerful reading. That is not Miss Harland's fault, though she might, possibly, have arranged......

The Gentleman's Magazine Library : English Topography,...

by George Laurence Gomme. (Elliot Stook. 7s. 61 each.)—These volumes complete the topography of the county of London, XVI. being occupied with what remained over from XV. of......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have net been reserved for review in other forms.] "The Expositor's Bible" (Hodder and Stoughton) being now finished in......

Our Empire : Great Britain In Asia. By The Earl

of Meath, M. H. Cornwall Legh, and Edith Jackson. (Harrison and Sons. 7s. 6d.)—Abeut eight-ninths of this very sub- stantial volume—it numbers seven hundred and sixty pages —are......

The Harmony Of The Proper Psalms For Fasts And Festivals.

By the Rev. Melville Scott. (Bemrose and Sons. 2s. 6d.)—This is an excellent little book, full of instruction for the reader, and with much valuable suggestion for the preacher.......

The New Number Of The Edinburgh Review Opens With An

elaborate paper on Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice's new Life of Lord Granville. While doing full justice to the wisdom of many of Lord Granville's acts when in office, such as the......

Reflections Of A Householder. By E. H. Lacon Watson. (s.

C. Brown, Langham, and Co. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. Lacon Watson has unquestionably acquired the art of the essayist, and there is scarcely anything in literature so hard to come by. It is......