MISCELLA.NEOUS.—The Science of Life, by J. Arthur Thomson, M.A. (Blackie
and Son, 2s. 6d.), is a book which gives in a popular form—it belongs to the " Victorian Era Series "—the history of biology, with a special view to its recent developments. It begins with Aristotle, whose surpassing merits, both as an investigator and generaliser, are recognised—" his work represents the most remarkable achievement of any one thinker "—and passes under review a quite astonishing number of writers. The author may well say that he " has burrowed not a little in the literature of biology."—We have also received Lectures on Theoretical and Physical Chemistry, by Dr. J. H. Van 'T. Hoff, translated by Dr. R. A. Lehfeldt, Part I., " Chemical Dynamics " (E. Arnold, 12s.)— A curious reprint is The Works of George Silver (G. Bell and Sons, 21s.) G. Silver wrote a book on fencing, Icc., called " Para- doxes of Defence," which was published in 1699, and a sequel to it, which is now printed for the first time from a MS. in the British Museum.—In the reprint of "The Border Edition of the Waverley Novels" (John C. Nimmo, 3s. 6d.), we have Quentin Durward. —Mr. J. Moran's Two Little Girls in Green, "a story of the Irish Land League," appears in a sixpenny edition (Mitre Press).—The New Popular Educator, Vol. I. (Cassell and Co., 3s. 6d.), appears in a new and revised edition.—Mr. Effingham Wilson publishes a fifth and revised edition of The Solicitor's Clerk.
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