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The Englishman in India. By Charles Raikes. (Longmans.)— When we opened this book we expected to light on a description of an Englishman's life in India. The contents are in......
We Have Received From Mr. Laurent De Lara A Set
of Venetian Minia- ture Vignette Outlines for Illuminating. The centre of each contains ft small picture, very well executed, and the space around is to be filled up according......
Four Magazines.
Thu Corshill is full this month of the very best padding, papers worthy the careful perusal of men who know something. Two among them, at least, are absolutely new. One contains......
German For The English. First Reading - Book. By A....
J. S. Stallybrass. Second Edition. (D. Nutt.)—In order to con- quer the feeling of strangeness which meets a learner on the threshold of a new language, this excellent little......
The Psalter And Canticles Pointed For Chanting. By The Rev.
Henry Pullen. (Macmillan.)—There are considerable novelties in the arrange- ment of bars and the pointing of this psalter, but without deciding the question, we think Mr. Pullen......
Poems. By Bramantip Camenes. (a. W. Bennett.)—not...
a very close imitation of bad verse, and puzzling from this very closeness. It is often a toss-up whether the lines have a meaning or not, whether that meaning is expressed or......
The Boys Of Beechwood, By Mrs. Eiloart (routledge);...
a Seaside Story, by Mrs. Eiloart (Routledge).—These are two very plea- sant stories for boys, by the author of a novel which we lately had occasion to commend. The boys of......
The Fortunes Of Fairstone. By It. W. Baddeloy. Three Vols.
(Saunders and Otley.)—To speak candidly, this novel is great rubbish, but it has the merit of being fairly skimmable, and can be gone through without difficulty in little more......
The Wood Cart, And Other Tales Of The South Of
France. By F. M. P. (J. and C. Mozley.)—These are short tales, which will be found pleasant, by children and instructive by their parents. The Wood Cart itself is highly to be......
Library Edition Of The Works Of W. Al. Thackeray. Vanity
Fair. VoL L (Smith and Elder.)—We must content ourselves hero with chronicling the appearance of the first volume of Messrs Smith and Elder's "Library Edition" of Thackeray.......
Sermons By The Late Rev. W. H. Drummond D.d., With
Memoir. By the Rev. J. Scott Porter. (E. T. Whitfield.)—We have no doubt that these sermons and this memoir will be welcome to the friends and flock of the departed preacher.......
Lyra Silunan. By W. Downing Evans. (simpkin, Marshall,...
—These are fair verses. The idea at the end of the copy called "A Lunar Eclipse" is good. We can say no more. We might have said loss. Sermons Preached in Liverpool. By Andrew......
Discourses On Subjects Relating To Christian Faith And...
Thomas Madge. (Whitfield and Green.)—We learn from this volume that Mr.. Madge was formerly Minister of Essex Street Chapel, and that these sermons are published at the request......
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, With Coloured Illustrations...
The Travels of Baron Munchausen, with five woodcuts by George Cruikshank. (Tegg.)—This edition of Bunyan is small and, handy, but there is not much to be said of the......
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