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Channing On Thoreau.

Thoreau, the Poet - Naturalist. By W. E. Channing. Edited by F. B. Sanborn. (Charles E. Goodspeed, Boston. 8s.)—The late William Ellery Channing left in the hands of his......

John Lackland.

John Lackland. By Kate Norgate. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d.) —Miss Norgate, it seems to us, has taken more pains to make a careful study of John's political struggles with Philip......

Climbing On The Hdialaya.

Climbing OA the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges. By J. Norman Collie, F.R.S. (D. Douglas. 16s.)—Much of the climbing described by Professor Collie is somewhat belated—the......

A History Of Timber.

Wood. By G. S. Boul,ger. (E. Arnold. 7s. 6c1.)—We can conceive few people taking up this book without finding some- thing to interest them in it. Everybody is more or less......

The Celtic (.011urch In Britain And Ireland.

The Celtic Church in Britain and Ireland. By Heinrich Zimmer. (D. Nutt. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. A. Meyer has translated this little book from Professor Zimmer's article in the German "Pro-......

Wellington's Lieutenants.

WeZlington's Lieutenants. By Alexander Innes Shand. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. Shand, as a writer, has by no means the rhetorical resources of Dr. Fitchett, in whose......