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Cyrus : A Tale Of The Ten Thousand. By H.

A. D. Surridge, M.A. (Skeffington and Son.)—Mr. Surridge, when he keeps close to Xenophon, gives a critic no cause to complain. But when he lets his imagination run away with......

Paris Days And Evenings. By Stuart Henry. (t. Fisher Unwin.)

—There are many curious things in this book, and some, cer- tainly, that are not wholly edifying. Among the latter is one which nevertheless might, from one point of view, be......

Joan Of Arc. By Francis C. Lowell. (gay And Bird.)—with

this work probably the purely historical writing on the subject of Joan of Arc will cease. Not that it is mere research. But it includes it, and sums up the authorities ; and......

A Dictionary Of The English And German Language For Home

and School. With Special Reference to Dr. Felix Flagel's Dictionary. Edited by Professor Im. Schmidt, Ph.D., and G. Tanger, Ph D. 2 vole. (Asher and Co.)—Every English student......

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......

Richelieu. By R. Lodge, M.a. "foreign Statesmen Series."...

and Co.)—No one knows better than Professor Lodge the limitations which are imposed upon one who tries to write of Riche- lieu in two hundred and twenty-nine pages. We can only......

The Life And Work Of Bishop Thorold. By C. H.

Simpkinson, M.A. (Isbister.)—Anthony Thorold was one of the men, happily not seldom found on the bench of Bishops or elsewhere, who grow to their work. He had but small......