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The Double Event : A Tale Of The Melbourne Cup.

By Nat. Gould (" Verax "). (G. Routledge and Sons.)—The general character of this brisk and interesting story may be most easily indicated by saying that its author is an......

Thoughts On Religious History. By The Hon. Albert S. G.

Canning. (Remington and Co.)—Mr. Canning assumes, it seems to us, a somewhat patronising air to the religions a which ho speaks ; nor has he anything particularly novel to say ;......

Through Russia On A Mustang. By Thomas Stevens. (cassell And

Co.)—Mr. Stevens is a keen and practised observer, and in his ride from Moscow to Sebastopol has had as dreary a field for his observations as we can well conceive of. Riding......

Thomas Sopu'ith, M.a., C.e., P.r.s. With Excerpts From...

of Fifty-seven Years. By Benjamin Ward Richardson, M.D., LL.D., F R.S. (Longmans.)—As a surveyor of mines and railways, Mr. Sopwith lived an active and successful life. He......

The Poetical Works Of Edmund Spenser. Edited By J. Payne

Collier. 5 vols. (George Bell and Sons.)—The new "Aldine " edition of the poets will contain no volumes dearer than these five to the lover of poetry. It is easy to point out......

Marie Louise, The Island Of Elba, And The Hundred Days.

By Imbert de Saint-Amend. Translated by Elizabeth Gilbert Martin. (Hutchinson and Co.)—The story of the Hundred Days will always be read with interest, and M. de Saint-Amand has......

The Picture Of Dorian Gray. By Oscar Wilde. (ward, Lock,

and Co.)—In a number of sentences which somehow remind us of Walt Whitman, Mr. Oscar Wilde enunciates his favourite maxim that art has nothing to do with morality. But his tale......