Proposals : Being A Maiden Meditation. (ward And...
of meditation than maiden, is the reflection that will probably strike the reader of this book. The authoress gives us a description of her various suitors, and of the different......
Current Literature.
We have received a new edition of The Book of Household Manage- ment, by Mrs. Isabella Beeton. (Ward, Lock, and Co.)—The edition is described on the title-page as being......
Garry' S Elocutionist. By Rupert Garry. (marcus Ward And...
is a capital selection of recitations, and the general tone of the pieces does great credit to Mr. Garry. It is both an extremely well-selected and useful volume, and an......
The Magazines.
WE have discussed elsewhere Mr. Gladstone's essay on "Daniel O'Connell," which will be, we suppose, the most read paper in the Nineteenth Century for January ; but there are......
Beautiful Jim. By "john Strange Winter." 2 Vols. (f. V.
White and Co.)—The author of this military story, the latest of a long line of similar works, must have astonished others besides the present writer by dedicating her book to......
The Encore Reciter, Edited By F. E. Marshall Steer° (warne
and Co.), contains 128 pages of selections, divided into humorous, serious, and dramatic (a cross division, but intelligible, and, from the writer's point of view, useful, for a......
Amateur Work. Vol. Vii. (ward, Lock, And Co.)—the Author Of
"Every Man His Own Mechanic" issues another volume of this excellent series. To judge by the large correspondence which the editor conducts, it is more popular than ever, and......
Usher Life. By Francis Holt, M.a. (w. Rapp And Sons.)—if
it is true that ushers as a class are held in low esteem by the rest of mankind, we are afraid that Mr. Holt's book will not do much to improve their position. He establishes,......
Fairy And Folk - Tales Of The Irish Peasantry. Edited And...
by W. B. Yeats. Camelot Series. (Walter Scott.)—This book, made up mainly from the writings of Crofton Croker, W. Carleton, and others, was intended by its editor to be......
Of The Publications Of The English Dialect Society...
Co.) we have received, West Somerset Word - Book, by Frederick Of the publications of the English Dialect Society (Triibner and Co.) we have received, West Somerset Word - Book,......
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