The Warrior Medici. By Catherine Mary Phillimore. (london...
the "Warrior Medici" is meant Giovanni, called " della Bande Nero." He was the son of Caterina Sforza, by her second husband, Giovanni de' Medici, a member of the younger branch......
The Fox And The Goose. By The Author Of "
8parin Hal" (Ward and Downey.)—When we say that this is a "sporting novel," it is hardly necessary to add that it contains a considerable element of knavery. The scene is laid,......
Environment. By Florine T. M'cray. (funk And Wagnalls.)—...
M'Cray had contented herself with telling one story instead of two, or even three, the result would have been better. There is the history of Miss Meredith, who takes to......
The Post Office Of Fifty Years Ago. (cassell And Co.)—of
the many books springing out of the Queen's Jubilee, this, though one of the cheapest and least pretentious, is . by no means one of the least valuable or interesting. After......
The Signs Of Old Lombard Street. By F. G. Hilton
Price. (Field and Tner.)—This is a handsome volume, handsomely illustrated. A vast amount of pains has been expended on getting together the carious information which it......
Chronicles Of An Old Inn. By Andrea Hope. (chapman And
Hall.) —Oar objection to Andree Hope's book is, that it is not businesslike enough. The author moralises in the most provoking and inappro- priate way. "Why linger in the old......
Current Literature.
With the February number for the present year, the ever-green Chananrs's Journal commences a new and promising volume. Mr. Grant Allen begins what seems likely- to be one of the......
Alma Mater's Mirror, St. Andrews, 1887. Edited By T. S.
Baynes and Lewis Campbell, Professors of the University. (T. and A. Con- stable, Edinburgh.)—This is a very charming and readable little volume. Mr. R. L. Stevenson prefixes......
Animal Alkaloids. By Sir W. Aitken. (h. K. Lewis.)—it Is
only lately that the theory of the intoxication of the body by its own pro- ducts has acquired fame ; but once started, the idea lent itself with singular ease to the......
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