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Sermons, &c. — The Clock Of Nature. By Hugh Macmillan,...

and Co.)—Dr. Macmillan enforces familiar truths with illustrations from natural objects. Few things are so attractive as these, handled as they are by a preacher who is at home......

Sophoclis 2 1 Ragoediae, Edited By Professor R. Y....

Co.), is the new volume of "The Parnassus Library of Greek and Latin Texts." It is printed in the new or old-fashioned type which Messrs. Macmillan and Co. have in- troduced. We......

Current Literature.

The North - Western Provinces of India. By W. Crooke. (Methuen and Co.)—This volume contains the results of years of careful and intelligent observation. We have not space to......

Bishops Of The Day. By Frederic Sawrey Lowndes. (grant...

is needless to say much about this volume beyond what is told in the sub-title, "A Biographical Dictionary of the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England and of all......

The Lessons Of Holy Scripture Appointed By The Church Of

England, Illustrated by Thoughts in Verse. By the late Rev. J. H. Wanklyn, MA. Vol. VII. (Bemrose and Sons.)—This volume contains the proper lessons for the Sundays of the......

The Personal Life Of Queen Victoria. By Sarah A. Tooley.

(Hodder and Stoughton.)—Everything that concerns the Queen interests her people, and this book, though in the way of a com- pilation, and containing little that may not be found......

The Supplement To The Works Of Geoffrey Chaucer, Edited By

Professor W. W. Skeat (Clarendon Press), completes this edition with " Chaucerian and other Pieces." These are twenty-nine in number, the best known among them being "Thomas......

The World Of Light. By Adeline, Duchess Of Bedford....

and Son.) — By an accident, which we regret, the Duchess of Bedford's little book of extracts from early Greek liturgies has escaped our review until now when, amid many......