Mr. R. A. Proctor Republishes From Knowledge Twelve Star...
under the title The Stars in their Seasons. (Wyman and Sons.)— There is a list of stars of the first three magnitudes, a table of reference for using the maps, and a general......
Juvenal, Persius, Martial, And Catches. An Experiment In...
By W. F. Shaw, M.A. (Kegan Paul and Co.)—The question whether it is desirable to render these four poets (or, as Mr. Shaw in one place calls them, "these amusing writers ")......
Flowers Of The Sky. By R. A. Proctor. A New
edition. (Chatto and Windus.)—We have no doubt that this handy little edition of one of Mr. Procter's most attractive series of papers will be welcome to many. It is a fine......
Madelaine's Fault : A Story Of French Life, Translated By
Morris Neale (Remington and Co.), is pathetic enough, and has the merit of being short. The " fault " of Madeleine, though French in character, will not be considered a very......
An Introduction To The Science Of Comparative Mythology...
'lore. By the Rev. Sir G. W. Cox, Bart., M.A. (Kegan Paul and Co.)—This work, of which our notice has been delayed too long, is intended by its learned author to occupy a middle......
The Library Manual, By J. Herbert Slater (l. Upcott Gill),
which aims at being a guide to the formation of a library, and "the valuation of rare and splendid books," is one of those works which it would be perfectly easy to pick holes......
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