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The Tropic Seas : A Tale Of The Spanish Main.

By W. Westall. (S. Tinsley and Co.)—With tales of the Spanish main the reader gener- ally associates that attractive flavour of lawlessness and adventure which belonged to the......

We Have To Notice A Revised English Bible. (printed For

the Editor, by Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode.)--It is, of course, impossible to enter upon the almost numberless questions which are suggested by the word "revision," or to......

The Bible Record Of Creation True For Every Age. By

P. W. Grant. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—This is a really ingenious b:wk, though we can well imagine that there are those who will say that it is a specimen of wasted ingenuity. Its......

We May Mention Together Two Volumes, Both Compiled With...

care, which have each a special interest of their own. These are A Catalogue of Maps, Plans, and Views of London, Westminster, and Southwark. Collected and arranged by Frederick......

The Similes Of Homer's Iliad. Translated, With...

by W. C. Green. (Longmans.)—The idea of collecting together the similes of the Iliad was a happy one. If Mr. Green had contented himself with annotating them, and with giving us......

Frank Allerton : An Autobiography. By Augustus...

(Samuel Tinsley.)—This book has something of the character of an historical novel, though historical personages are but sparingly in- troduced, being alluded to rather than......