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Specimens Of Antique Carved Furniture And Woodwork....

by Arthur Marshall. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—Mr. Marshall has figured on fifty plates a number of fine specimens of chairs, chests, tables, bedsteads, cabinets, and the like. They......

The Earth's Past History. By Major-general Drayson....

Hall.)—The author declares that he has discovered the second rotation of the earth, and that by this fact properly grasped thirty thousand years of the earth's past history can......

To Gibraltar And Back In An Eighteen - Tonner, By "one Of

the Crew" (W. H. Allen and Co.), deserves some special attention as being superior in style to most accounts of pleasure trips. Its author and one or two other friends accepted,......

Bracton's Note - Book. Edited By F. W. Maitland. Vol. I.:...

Vols. II. and III.: Text. (C. J. Clay and Sons.)— Professor Maitland has made in these volumes a most valuable contribution to the study of English law. The sub-title of his......

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 Track Of The Storm. By Dora Rustell. 3 Vols.

(Hurst and Blackett)—Miss Dora Russell's latest novel is not behind her previous work in the qualities of readableness and interest. Some of her materials are tolerably......

Led From Afar. By Mallard Herbertson. 2 Vols. (remington And

Co.)—Mr. Herbertson, who is apparently a new writer, cannot be regarded as an important addition to the ranks of contemporary ' novelists. His present story is neither very bad......

Novels.-a Crack County. By Mrs. Edward Kennard. (f. V. White

and Co.)—For some time now Mrs. Kennard has been before the public as a writer of sporting novels. We are, however, unable to discover that experience has had the effect of......