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Ceylon : A General Description Of The Island, Historical,...

and Statistical. By an Officer, late of the Ceylon Rifles. (Chapman and Hall.)—The successors of a famous book labour under an unavoidable disadvantage. They are estimated by......

Given, Or Is About To Give, To The World In

his larger history. Of that history we have already had occasion to express our opinion at some length. In the more compendious work before us, some of the blemishes which we......

The Gwillians Of Bryn - Giant - An. (smith, Elder, And...

frankly, this is a very disagreeable story. Grace Gwillian relates her own biography, and tells us a dismal tale of a childhood and youth -made wretched by all kinds of evil......

Fermentation. By P. Sohiitzenberger. (henry S. King And...

study of fermentation has a twofold interest, chemical and biolo- gical, and is intimately connected with a theory which has had eminent adherents and opponents, that of......

Botany Primer. By Dr. .t. D. Hooker. (macmillan And Co.)—

This is certainly the most difficult of all the primers for school children to undertake. Although in method and matter it leaves nothing to be desired, as might have been......

Nuttall's Spelling - Bee Guide. (warne And Co.)—a. Really...

" would not contain "five thousand difficult words of the English language." Any person really wanting to be guided in per- forming the duties of an interrogator at a......