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Notuicie Criticae. By Alfred Edward Thiselton. (stanley...

first of these notes (72) refers to the Agamemnon of Aeschylus; 73-83 to passages of Virgil ; 84-88 to passages in Shakespeare. In the Virgilian criticisms, to which we shall......

Tales Front Exeter Cathedral. Told To The Children By Mrs.

Frewen Lord. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. ls.)—Mrs. Frewen Lord gives her first chapter to the state visit of William of Orange to Exeter Cathedral on November 9th, 1688.......

The Life Of Boyer Langdon. Told By Himself, With Additions

by his Daughter Ellen. (Elliot . Stock. 2s. 6d. not.)-11ogOr Langdon spent the greater part of his life in the service Of the Great Western Railway . . From 1874 down to his......

Ants Of The Privy Council : Colonial Series, 1618-1680....

by W. L. Grant, M.A., and James Munro, M.A. (H.M. Stationery Office. 10s.)—The West Indies, Virginia, Newfoundland, are prominent among the Colonies referred to in these......

The Old Royal Plate In The Tower Of London. By

E. Alfred Jones. (Fox, Jones, and Co., Oxford. 31e. 6d.)—The pieces number in all, including sets (maces, State trumpets, and spoons), between fifty and sixty. The curiosity......

Five Mansions Of The House Of Othman. By Mark Sykes.

(N. G. Morison, Leeds. ls.)—These papers, originally published In the Yorkshire Post, are written with uncommon force and spirit. Mr. Sykes is not hopeful about the Young Turks.......

Catu/li Carmina. Edited, With Introduction And Notes, By...

(G. Bell and Sons. 6s. net.)—This is a service- able edition, and good to look at. The little that there is to say about the MSS. is said clearly. There is a good sketch of......