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Harvard Studies In Classical Philology. Vol Vi. (ginn And...

Boston, U.S.A.1—This volume contains five papers, all of them dealing with somewhat technical subjects. In the first John Williams White discusses the question whether the......

The Early Chartered Companies. By G. Cawston And F. H.

Keane, F.R.G.S. (Edward Arnold.)—This volume shows that "many "—the authors exaggerate in saying " most "—" of the Colonial possessions of the Empire [including those which we......

The Underside Of Things. By Lilian Bell. (sampson Low,...

and Co.) —This is a good story which we can recom- mend to our readers without hesitation. Gordon Counselman and Alice Copeland, who may be called the hero and heroine of the......

New Wheels In Old Ruts. By Henry Parr And F.

W. R. Adams. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—Mr. Parr, we should explain, furnishes the letterpress, Mr. Adams the illustrations. Both letterpress and illustrations are excruciatingly funny.......

Dictionary Of Political Economy. Edited By R. H. Inglis...

F.R.S. Vol. II.," F—M." (Macmillan and Co.)—The second volume of Mr. Palgrave's stupendous dictionary is more interesting than ite predecessor, as it covers some specially......

The Art Of Reading And Speaking. By James Fleming, B.d.

(E. Arnold.)—Canon Fleming's hints, instructions, and censures are, for the most part, excellent. We say "for the most part" because here and there, as it seems to us, he may......

Jenny's Bawbes. By M. W. Paxton. (downey And Co.)—this Story

has been spun out to nearly four times its proper length. There is a hero, an idle medical student who turns out a capable doctor, a. heroine who goes through a number of......

The Triumphs Of The Printing Press. By Walter Jerrold....

is nothing new in this volume, nor indeed is it to be expected that there should be. Mr. Jerrold gives a useful resume of what is known about the early printers and their work,......

By Ocean, Prairie, And Peak. By Alex. A. Boddy. (s.p.c.k.)—

Mr. Boddy, who has a benefice in the North of England, went out as chaplain to an emigrant-ship bound for Canada, and has of course some interesting things to relate. Here is......

A Haunt Of Ancient Peace : A Story. By Emma

Marshall. (Seeley and Co.)—The " Haunt " is Nicholas Ferrar's house at Little Gidding, and Dr. Donne and George Herbert take a part in the scenes described in the story. An......

The Illustration. Of Books. By Joseph Pennell. (t. Fisher...

In every country save England," writes Mr. Pennell, "illustrators rank with any other artists." Whose fault is that ? Mr. Pennell suggests the critic. "Critics—even the best of......