A Memoir Of Edward Calvert. By His Third Son. (sampson
Low, Marston, and Co.)—This massive and sumptuous volume is 'a handsome memorial to an artist of some distinction and of great personal excellence. Mr. Calvert began life as......
Relics. By Frances Macnab. (w. Heinemann.)—this Is A...
of social sketches, connected together by a slender thread of story. There is little to be said about it, except that it is quite readable, not a book which one sits up to......
The Common Ancestor. By John Hill. 3 Vols. (chatto And
Windus.)—This is a clever novel, but with what we may call some loose ends about it. The "Common Ancestor" himself makes no little demand upon our faith. The tale is of the......
Rectorial Addresses Delivered At St. Andrews. Edited,...
William Knight. (A. and C. Black.)—Professor Knight's Introduction is not the least interesting part of this volume. He gives in it the history of the office of Rector. The......
The Rich Miss Riddell. By Dorothea Gerard. (blackwood And...
plain face, great riches, a sensitive nature, and a high ideal of what love should be,—these form a combination of cir- cumstances which make a woman's lot not a little hard to......
Somersetshire : Highways, Byeways, And Waterways. Written...
C. R. B. Barrett. (Bliss, Sands, and Foster.)—This is a highly interesting volume well and copiously illustrated. The advantage of having both pen and pencil used by the same......
History Of The Parish Church Of Chipping Lambourn. By John
Footman, M.A. (Elliot Stock.)—The name of Lambourn first occurs, we are told, in King Alfred's will. He gave the " home" there to his wife Ealswith. The church appears for the......
Inventors. By Philip J. Hubert, Jun. (sampson Low,...
Co.)—This is an American book, and largely occupied with American heroes. Benjamin Franklin comes first in the list Fulton, the inventor, as he may be called, of the steamboat ;......
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