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One Of The Forty. By Alphonse Daudet. (sonnenschein.)—...

a translation, by A. W. Verrall and Margaret de G. Verrall, of M. Daudet's seething satire, " L'Immortel," which, on account of what are believed to be its personalities, and......

The Works Of Sir George Etheredge. Edited By A. Wilson

Verity. (John C. Nimmo.)—In Etheredge we have the Restoration period of our literature at its morally worst, but also at its "politest." He was, as Hazlitt maintained, the true......

This Subject May Be Estimated By The Vast Number Of

books upon it. The book before us hardly strikes us as the most valuable of these. It is very little more than a reprint of the Local Govern- ment Act, with cross references.......

The English Church In The Middle Ages. By William Hunt.

(Longmans and Co.)—Those who have read Mr. Hunt's little book on Bristol in "Historic Towns" will expect this sketch of the Church from Augustine to William of Wykeham, for the......

The Post Office Landon Directory For 1889. The Ninetieth...

Publication. (Belly and Co.)—As an instance of the correctness up to date of this useful business directory, the names of Sir Richard Baggallay, Lady Willoughby de Eresby, and......

The Dramatic Year, 1888, Edited By Edward Fuller (sampson...

and Co.), is very much above the average of theatrical annuals, in spite of the fact that it is essentially American. Mr. William Archer contributes a long paper on "The Season......

Engineering, And Is Quite Worth The Reading Of Local...

reformers or intending County Councillors. The sketches are humorous and clearly written, and if somewhat too technical for the non-engineering mind in some of their details,......

Book, From Title To End, Of A Distinctly 'arry Type.

A title which is unintelligible except by a long sub-title is a failure. For those people who enjoy the kind of fun which consists in saying in an infinite variety of vulgar......

The Industrial Self - Instructor. (ward, Lock, And...

compilation contains instructions in the leading branches of technical science and industrial arts and processes, and comprises building and mechanical design and con-......

Maps.—we Have Received From Messrs. J. Bien And Co., New

York, a "Chart of the World, showing Distances Saved by the Interoceanic Canal of Nicaragua and Costa Rica;" also a "profile" and "bird's-eye view" of the same.......