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The Autobiography Of The Earth. By The Rev. H. N.

Hutchinson. (E. Stanford.)—" A brief sketch of historical geology" is what the author has aimed at giving us in this volume. The earth tells, as we know, its own story, at least......

The End Of A Life. By Eden Philpoits. (arrowsmith.)—the...

of this story has very nearly succeeded in accomplishing what is obviously his intention in writing it,—the creation of an altogether unique villain. Till Salem Gingold was......

City Boys In The Woods. By Henry P. Wells. (chapman

and Hall.)—What differentiates this book from most works of the class to which it belongs, is the reality of the adventures which are depicted in it. There have been published......

Love In A Cottage. By Agatha Hodgson. (ward And Downey.)

—Mrs. Hodgson gives, in an autobiographical form, hints for the guidance of young people who have to manage on £250 a year. The young couple furnish a house for £90, and have......

New Studies In Old Subjects. By J. A. She,wel-bayley....

Stock.)—This is an interesting volume dealing with many sub- jects. The author seems to delight in taking his readers from one region of thought to another. After he has......

Bowrne's Handy Assurance Manual. By William Bourne....

with various in1tprovements. Sundry tables are given which enable a reader to compare at a glance the financial condition, working expenses, rates of assurance, Ike., of the......

The Comfortable Words. By Thomas Thomason Perowne....

of Norwich here publishes certain meditations on the "Comfortable Words," which originally took the form of short addressee substituted for a sermon, prior to the administration......

Roughing It After Gold. By " Rux." (sampson Low And

Co.)— The hero of this sketch is a rolling-stone of an Irishman who, having sold out of the Army and ruined himself on the turf, tries his fortune in America, where, indeed, he......

Genera Gordon, The Christian Hero. By Major Scion...

Nisbet and Co.)—It may be doubted if another biography of the hero of Khartoum was needed or is desirable, even although the author of this volume seems to have been able to......

Our Prayer-book : Its History, Literature, And Church...

J. W. Hardman, LL.D. (Skeffington.)—This is a remarkably interesting book, which must not be confounded with the ordinary manual. It abounds with curious lore and learning. Any......

Porreston. By Newton Tempest. (digby And Long.)—this Is A...

tale. We cannot see any particular reason why it should have been written, or, on the other hand, why it should not, except that the author should have improved her acquaintance......