A Plea For Union And Toleration. A Sermon Preached At
St. Mary's,. Haggerstone, on Thursday, Jane 27, 1867: By the Rev. John Oakley, Perpetual Curate of St. Saviour's, Hoxton. (London: 0. Beckett and Sons. 1867.)—This is a wise,......
The Home Book Of Pleasure And Instruction. Edited By Mrs.
R. Valentine. (F. Warne and Co.)—What a pity it is that we do not form , a part of the girls of the United Kingdom, to whom this book is offered. Instead of being grateful for......
The Magazines.
IF anything could console the newspaper editor for the preter- natural dullness of September, it would be the consciousness that his brothers the magazine editors are in a......
China : A Brief Account Of The Country, Its Inhabitants
and their institu- tions. By Samuel Mossman. (Society for Promoting Christian Know- ledge.)—For "a brief account" of such a country as China this little book is worthy of......
Auvergne ; Its Thermo-mineral Springs, Climate, And...
Cross, M.D. (Hardwicke.)—A tempting account of a place which is so new to the English public that the value of sovereigns is unknown at its chief railway station. Beauty of......
Rout Ledge's Pronouncing Dictionary Of The English...
P. Austin Nuttall, LL.D. (Routledge.)—This is another of that useful class of works which, like air, light, and food, are not appreciated fully except when we feel the want of......
A Walking Tour Round Ireland In 1865. By An Englishman.
(Bentley.)—With the exception of being taken for Stephens, the Head Centre, on his return to England, and for a seller of old clothes when he brought down his dirty linen to be......
British Butterflies And Moths. By H. T. Stainton, F.r.s.,...
(Reeve and Co.)—The first chapters of this book contain a general ac- count of butterflies and moths, a sketch of their metamorphoses, a sketch of their habits, and a......
A Romance Of The Republic. By L. Maria Child. (boston,
Ticknor and Fields ; London, Triibner.)—Some of the scenes in this story are good, and many of the descriptions show observation and power of language. But the story is painful......
Current Literature.
Astronomy without Mathematics. By Edmund Beckett Denison, LL.D., Q.C., F.R.A.S. Third edition. (Society for Promoting Chris- tian Knowledge.)—We used hardly describe or......
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