Memories Of An Old Collector. By Count Michael...
by Mrs. Andrew Lang. (Longmans and Co. 6s.)— This is one of the books which one can but recommend in general to the reader, with the proviso that the reader should be, if not a......
Essays At Eventide. By Thomas Newbiggin. (gay And Bird. Sc.
Gd.)—Mr. Newbiggin's essays are worth reading, though one or two—as "The Egotism of Literary Men" and "The Para- phrases "—are very slight. But there is one essay for which we......
Martin Luther. By Henry Eyster Jacobs. (g. P. Putnam's Sons.
(is.)—This is the first of a projected series of " Heroes of the Reformation," and is to be followed by studies of Erasmus, Zwingli, Cranmer, and others. Professor Jacobs holds......
Hero And Heroine. By Ascott R. Hope. (adam And Charles
Black. 6s.)—The " hero " is a schoolboy, and Mr. Ascott Hope is, by common consent, an expert in describing the virtues of such per- sonages. The story is told by an admirer,......
Messrs. Nelson Publish An Edition Of The Bible, To Which
is appended an Illustrated Bible Treasury, edited by William Wright, D.D. (7s. Gd.) They have been able to secure the services of a number of distinguished contributors, among......
In The Republic Of Letters. By W. M. Dixon. (d.
Nutt. 3s. Gd.) —Professor Dixon, who lectures on English literature at Mason College, Birmingham, publishes here some of his prelections. George Meredith, as novelist and poet,......
The Shark Hunter. 13y Captain Charles Young. (chapman And...
3s. Gd.)—The capture of a shark is a stock incident in naval fiction ; here we have the subject treated, so to speak, seriously. For shark hunting is a real branch of industry,......
Jesus Christ And His Surroundings. By The Rev. Norman L.
Walker, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3s. 6d.)—In clear and correct language Dr. Walker describes the stage and background of our Lord's ministry, and in harmony with the......
Paisley Weavers Of Other Days. By David Gilmour. (d....
Edinburgh.)—The contents of this volume have been pub- lished before, but they will probably be new to many of our readers. They are early, and we may say with emphasis, ad-......
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