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Forest Entomology.

Forest Entomology. By A. T. Gilla.nders, F.E.S. With 851 Illustrations. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 15s. not.)—The study of insects injurious to man opens up a vast field for......

Plotinus On The Beautiful. By Stephen Mckenna....

Stratford-on-Avon. 2s. 6d. not.)—This is a fine rendering of a fine original, set off by all that is to be desired in the way of paper and print. Here is a specimen :—" Withdraw......

Government Of The United Kingdom : Its Colonies And...

Byealbert E. Hogan, LL.D. (W. B. Clive, 2s. 6d.)—This modest volume contains a great amount of information. There is a brief historical introduction ; then comes an account of......

When And Where Of Famous Men And Women. (g. Routledge

and Sens. is. not.)—A. volume of the "Miniature Reference Library," giving some ten thousand names of celebrities, ancient and modern, with dates of birth and death and brief......

• Description Of The Natural Etstori, Of The Coasts Of

North America. By Nicholas Denys." Translated and Edited by William F. Ganong, Ph.D. (Champlain Society, Toronto.)— Richard Denys, born at Tours in 159S, and descended from an......

Fonts And Font Covers. By Francis Bond. (henry Frowde. 12s.

not.)—This is a very elaborate work, of which we must be content to give a most inadequate notice. Part I. supplies a sketch of the rite of baptism historically considered. What......

Benares. By The Rev. C. Phillips Cape. (r. C Alloy.

2s. 6d.)— 13enares, says Ur. Cape, who is engaged in missionary work in that city, is "time Jerusalem of the Hindu." If it could be won to Christianity, a great work indeed......

Crops And Their Cultivation. By Primrose Mcconnell....

1s.)—This is a section of "The Complete Farmer," which promises to be a most serviceable book. It is up to date, clearly written, and unpadded, and there is no unbusinesslike......

Ruined And Deserted Churches. By Lucy Elizabeth Beedham....

5s.)—Any one who looks through the pages of a clergy guide will sometimes see the entry, "Church in Ruins." This is the text which Miss Beedham takes and preaches on. It is a......

Mosses And Liverworts.

Mosses and Liverworts. By T. H. Russell, F.L.S. With Illus- trations from Original Microscopic Drawings. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. 4s. 6d. net.)—This introduction to the......

The Fact Of Conversion.

The Fact of' Conversion. By George Jackson, B.A. (Hodder and Stoughton. 35. 6c1.)—" The evidence for Christianity," wrote Henry Drummond, "is a Christian." That puts the......