A Plain Account Of The English Bible. By J. H.
Blunt, M.A.. (Rivingtons.)—We gather that Mr. Blunt's ideal of an "English Bible" is a book of devotion rather than a critical version, for - which, indeed, according to the......
Current Literature.
Primitive Man. By Louis Figuier. (Chapman and Hall.)—This book is written with all the liveliness and force, the lucidity and the felicity of illustration which distinguish M.......
Dr. Hannah Has Edited For "the Aldine Edition Of British
Poets" The Courtly Poets from Raleigh to Montrose. (Bell and Daldy.)—The chief feature of this volume is the complete collection which it contains of Raleigh's poems. Dr. Hannah......
The World Of Moral And Religious Anecdote. By Edwin Paxton
Hood. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—One can scarcely criticize a book of anecdotes, except by doubts, which may seem somewhat captious, as to. whether this or that story can be......
Secular Annotations On Scr4rture Texts. By Francis Jacox....
Stoughton.)—By "secular annotations" Mr. Jacox means illustra- tions from what is commonly called profane history and literature. We cannot do better than give an instance. On......
Austin Friars. By The Author Of "george Geith." 3 Vols.
(Tinsley.) —Mrs. J. H. Riddell has never cared to gratify her readers with what is callel "a pleasant story." We do not think that she ever gave them anything so distinctly......
Mores Ridiculi. Depicted By J. E. Rogers....
Mr. Rogers' Ridicula Rediviva will be glad to see a continua- tion of the series. The twelve pictures of the volume before us are on a smaller scale than are those in the......
Clanship And The Clans. By H. M. Towry. (edinburgh: Grant.)—
We question Mr. Towry's opening statement : "The rise of clanship in the Highlands, may be traced from 1066, when Malcolm Canmore removed the seat of government to the......
Ecclesiastical Authority In England. By Edward Muscutt....
tells us that he means to give his readers not arguments, but facts, and that he "has found neither the inclination nor seen the desirableness of even touching upon any point of......
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