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History Of The Town And County Of Wexford. Edited By

P. EP Hore. (Elliot Stock 20s. net.)—Mr. Here has com piled this volume from State papers and records, and from MSS. of his father, Mr. H. F Here. We prefer to postpone the......

Schooe-books.—selections From Plato. With Introduction...

Forman, Ph.D. (Macmillan and Co. 7s. 6d.)—This is a school-book, one of Messrs. Macmillan and Co.'s well-known "Classical Series," and, we should say, a very useful one for......

China From Within, By Stanley Smith, B.a. (marshall...

6d.)—Mr. Stanley Smith gives us much informa- tion about recent events in China. His account of the massacres is more detailed than any that we have yet seen, and he brings into......

Abbeys Around London. By John A. Randolph. (mercantile...

is a convenient guide to some very interesting remains of religious houses in the Home Counties. It will be found especially useful in suggesting to the traveller some litt'e-......

We Have Received Vol. Xxxvi. Of The Antiquary (elliot Stock,

7s. 6d.), "a magazine devoted to the study of the past," and showing its customary variety of interesting contents. Mr. Haver6eld continues his " Quarterly Notes on Roman......

The Heart Of The Ancient Wood. By Charles D. G.

Roberts. (Gay and Bird. 6s.)—This is as charming a book as we have seen for a long time. Kirstie Craig and her daughter, named, by a happy prevision, Miranda, settle in a......

The Royal Houses Of Israel And David. By Rev. George

0. Little. (Funk and Wagnalls Company. 10s. Gd )—Professor Little has taken, we do not doubt, much pains with his book, but we cannot honestly say that it is helpful. He gives,......

Welshmen. By Thomas Stephens, B.a. (j. F. Spriggs. Ss....

Stephens gives us in this little volume a sketch of Welsh history "from the earliest times to the death of Llywelyn, the last Welsh Prince." By the " Welsh " he means the......