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The Folk-lore Of Plants. By T. F. Thiselton Dyer. (chatto

and Windus.)—Mr. Dyer professes to give us what he calls a "brief systematic summary of the branches into which the subject naturally subdivides itself." His summary is, indeed,......

The Encyclopedic Dictionary.*

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Dust And Diamonds. By Thomas Parnell. (ward And Downey.)...

the above ambitious title, Mr. Parnell includes several short essays on miscellaneous subjects. Some of them are decidedly neat and pointed, and occasionally there is a......

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says in his preface that he intends to speak the truth fearlessly ; but as the Germans have always found their bitterest critics amongst themselves, also a remark of his, we are......

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J. Fergusson. (John Haddon and Co.) — Though these papers have appeared in print before, thanks are due to Mr. Fergusson for publishing them in a separate volume. The first item......