Three Shots From A Popgun. By James Prior. (remington.)— We
do not see why the author has chosen for his book this somewhat silly title. The three stories are, on the whole, not below the average of merit commonly attained in the......
The Convocation Prayer-book. (murray.)—our Duty With...
will be best discharged by quoting part of the prefatory note addressed to the reader :—" It will be understood that the volume now offered to the English Church and nation......
Plodding On.*
Vex success in life be commanded? Not always ; yet assuredly much more frequently than is commonly supposed, three special qualifications being especially necessary to its......
Amateur Theatricals. By Walter H. Pollock And Lady...
and Co.), will be found to contain plenty of useful hints, the outcome of a considerable experience. Theatricals are, probably, always more or less of an amusement, not unmixed,......
Current Literature.
The Purgatory of Dante Alighieri. Edited, with Translation and Notes, by Arthur John Butler. (Macmillan.)—We quite agree with Mr. Butler in his choice of the Purgatorio rather......
Practical Religion. By The Rev. J. C. Ryle, M.a. (hunt
and Co.)— This book is the third and last of a series, which is intended by the author to cover the whole ground of Christian faith and practice. It has now a special interest,......
Miss Rouverie. By Mrs. Molesworth. 3 Vols. (hurst And...
It would be difficult to make a pleasanter book out of materials so alight. Only Mrs. Molesworth could write three lively volumes, with a single misunderstanding for its main......
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