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Anglican Hymnology. By The Rev. James King. (hatchards.)—...

an ingenious and interesting book. Mr. King has collated fifty-two . hymnals, all of them belonging to churches in the Anglican communion. From this he deduces an ,order of......

What Is A Girl To Do R By H. Sutherland

Edwards. 3 vols. (Chapman and Hall.)—This is a conundrum which is often asked, and which is best answered, perhaps, in the conclusion to which Mr. Edwards brings his story. But......

Mr. Ashton's "old Times."

Tars is a book of shreds and patches, paste-and-scissors work essentially, if not actually ; but we can give it a hearty welcome. For Mr. Ashton sails under no false colours,......

Current Literature,

Dad's Parliamentary Companion for 1886 (Whittaker and Co)— It. is no wonder that this most valuable manual was not ready by the opening of Parliament. It was necessary to......

Tales In The Speech-house. By Charles Grindrod. (t....

travellers meet together in the "Speech-House," in the Forest of Dean. They are snowed up, and to wile away the time they tell each other stories, the landlord of the inn......