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Plain Words To Children. By W. Walsh= How, M.a., Rector

of Whittington. (W. Wells Gardner.)—Mr. How thinks that public catechising is dull, for both children and listeners. Ho therefore substitutes for it short addresses,......

Tasso's Enchanted Ground; The Story Of The "jerusalem...

this book wo have an excellent Idea, admirably car- ried out. No one who understands the Italian language well enough to read the celebrated epic of Tassel will ho deterred from......

Naw Edmon8. — .rise And Growth Of The Anglican Schism, By...

Sander; with Rishton's Continuation. Translated, with Intro- duction and Notes, by D. Lewis. (Burns and Oates.)—Mr.Lowis speaks of Sander's book as the " earliest and most......

Severed By A Ring. By Frances Geraldine Southern. 2 Vols.

(Remington.)—Miss Southern is a lively, easy writer, and wo should imagine remarkably young,—at any rate, her faults are the faults of youthful aspirants. Such little bits of......

The Literary Remains Of The Late Charles F. 7'yrwhitt Drake.

With a Memoir by Walter Besant. (Bentley and Son.)—Mr. Drake's name is- well known in connection with the exploration of Palestine. To that work he gave up the best years of his......

Bound To Win. By Hawley Smart. 8 Vols. (chapman And

Hall.) —Mr. Luxmooro is bound by the terms of his father's will to keep up his establishment of racing horses until he can win the Derby. The matter is further complicated by......

Footsteps Of The Master. By Harriet Beecher Stowe....

Marston, and Co.)—This is a very good example of a class of books becoming more and more common, in which the facts of Scrip- ture are heartily accepted, but no dogmas are......