The Finding Of Lot's Wife. By Alfred Clark. (sampson Low,
Marston, and Co.)—There is at least a full proportion of adventure and romance in this volume. The characters present familiar types. We have the stolid, solid Englishman and......
In An Eton Playing - Field. By E. M. S. Pilkington. (edward
Arnold.)—The "Eton Playing-Field" has nothing in common with that which Gray and the Duke of Wellington apostrophised. It is located in the region of Hackney Wick, and those who......
Torriba. By John Cameron Grant. (constable And Co.)—here...
new version of "Paul and Virginia," with not a little difference, and the difference not in the way of improvement. In fact, to speak plainly, there is absurd sentimentality......
The Promised Land. By Henrik Pontoppidan. Translated By...
Lucas. (J. M. Dent and Co.)—This is the sequel of a novel noticed in these columns a few months ago. Emmanuel, a Danish pastor, makes a sensation in his world, great out of all......
Doris And I. By John Stafford. (chatto And Windus.)—this Is
a collection of short stories,— every third book we take up seems to belong to this class. They are much the same as other short stories ; the style is somewhat grandiose. There......
Answer Of The Great Church Of Constantinople To The Papal
En- cyclical on Union. The original Greek, with English translation, edited by the very Rev. Archimandrite Eustathius Metallinos.— This document, signed by the Patriarch of......
Six Months In Jerusalem By The Rev. Charles Biggs. (mow-
bray.)—Mr. Biggs, who was chaplain for six months to Bishop Blyth, writes in a very thoughtful way about matters social, ecclesiastical, and religious in Jerusalem. He pleads......
The Great Famine : A Retrospect Of Fifty Years. By
W. P. O'Brien. (Downey and Co.) — It is not for the reviewer to criticise Mr. O'Brien's book. It is the outcome of careful study and exceptional opportunities of observation......
The East Anglia Rising In 1381. By Edgar Powell. (cambridge
University Press.)—The Statute of Labourers, by which Perlis ment vainly attempted to keep down the price of labour, largely increased as it was by the mortality of the Black......
Prom Saturn To Baghdad Via Tiflis, Tabriz, And Persian...
By Walter B. Harris, F.R.G.S. (W. Black wood and Sons.)—This is a lively sketch of the observations of a rather rapid journey through Transcaucasia and the districts to the......
Moko, Or Maori Tatioing. By Major-general Robley....
)—General Robley deserves the thanks of students of that very wide science, anthropology, and, indeed, of the public in general, for the composition and publication of this......
The Testimony Of The Four Gospels Concerning Jesus...
the Rev. Charles Voysey, B.A. (Williams and Norgate.)—This book would be of no importance but for the recent action of some leading members of the Unitarian body in regard to......
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