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Two Books Which Have Stood Too Long Upon Our Shelves,

and which, we mast now dismiss with a notice quite inadequate to their merits and importance, are Prehistoric Europe, a Geological Sketch, by James Geikie, LL.D. (Stanford) ;......

Or This Book Will Suggest Its Scope And Purpose. It

is an adaptation for British boys and girls of an American work that has acquired considerable popularity.......

The Boke Named The Gouernour, Deuised By Sir Thomas Elyot,

Knight. Edited from the First Edition of 1531 by H. H. S. Croft, M.A. 2 vols. (C. Kegan Paul and Co).—This work is a monu- ment of unsparing labour, and will be indispensable as......

Concrete Buildings For Landed Estates. By J . . Birch....

Co.) —The author of this little work advocates the use of con- crete as an inexpensive material for effecting improvements, and in building and rebuilding on landed estates. The......

Current Literature.

CHRISTMAS BOOKS. The Heart of the White Mountains: their Legend and Scenery. By Samuel Adams Drake. (Chatto and Windus.)—It is just possible that some English readers may......