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Cruise Of The Land - Yacht Wanderer.' By Gordon Stables....

Stoughton.)—This is the account of a prolonged journey in England and Scotland in a glorified edition of a gipey caravan. A more expensive and uncomfortable way of spending a......

The Schoolmaster's Calendar. (bell And Sons.)—the Fall...

volume will explain its object. It is a "calendar and handbook of examinations and open scholarships." The idea is a good one, and when it is folly worked out, the book, which......

Greek-english Lexicon Of The New Testament. By Joseph...

D.D. (T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.)—In this volume, a double-columned quarto of more than seven hundred pages, Dr. Thayer, who is Professor of New Testament Criticism and Inter-......

School Hygiene. By Arthur Newsholme, M.d. (swan Bannon-...

and Co.)—This is an exceedingly useful little book, dealing with all the elements of school-life, from the form of deske and the number of cubic feet of air to be allowed in......

Liverpool Municipal Records, 1700-1835. By Sir James A....

Walmeley, Liverpool.)—Sir James Picton does not appear to have learnt the Greek adage that a big book is a big bore ; and the careful reader will have to turn over a great deal......

The First Lady Of The Land. By E. A. Eatery.

(Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.) —This is one of the little books of which we may expect this year a profuse supply. It contains a brief sketch of the Queen's life (the only......

The Young Marquise. By " Maths." (swan Sonnensehein And...

somewhat powerful and very painful story of French life, in which the mariage de convenance has a prominent part. Such marriages are not unknown among us, but the conditions of......

Handbook Of Jamaica, 1886 - 87. By A. C. Sinclair And...

R. Fyfe. (Edward Stanford.)—This handbook of the oldest of exist- ing English Colonies comes as a useful reminder when the Colonial Conference is sitting, that a large portion,......

Thoughts Of A Life - Time. By F. A. White, B.a. (swan

Stamen- schein and Co.)—" At present, the annoyance undergone and time wasted by the poor hollow-oheeked, empty-bellied, footsore, heart- sick author in collecting the opinions......