The Congo State ; Or, The Growth Of Civilisation In
Central Africa. By Demetrius C. Boulger. (Thacker and Co. 15s.)—Mr. Boulger has been a little too obviously briefed. What he has to relate to us is how the Congo State was......
A Diary Of St. Helena. Edited By Sir A. Wilson.
(A. D. Lines and Co. 5e.)—Admiral Pulteney Malcolm, one of a distin- guished family, whose most illustrious member was Sir John Malcolm, of Indian fame, held the command for a......
The Municipal Parks, Gardens, And Open Spaces Of London. By
Lieutenant-Colonel Sexby. (Elliot Stock. 16s. to subscribers.)—A few years ago a very small volume would have sufficed for this subject (the Royal parks, it should be noted, are......
Exotics And Retrospectives. By Lafcadio Hearn. (little,...
Lafcadio Hearn is always interesting when he writes about Japan and Japanese modes of thought ; but though there are several entertaining essays in the present volume, the work,......
History Of The New World Called America. By Edward John
Payne. (Clarendon Press. 14s.)—Mr. Payne's continuation of his work on America shows all the thoroughness and all the width of learning which characterised the first volume. In......
Some Books Of The Week.
grader this Heading us intend to notice such Books of the web as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Aspects of Religious and Scientific Thought. By the late Rich......
Country Life. Vol. Iv. (hudson And Kearns. 21s.)—we Have...
this bound volume of Country Life with great pleasure. The pictures are quite excellent, especially in the series devoted to the gardens of the great country houses. We get here......
The Cook-book. By "oscar," Of The Waldorf. (gay And Bird.
15s. 6d.)—One must say, with Celia, "you must borrow me Gargantua's mouth" to eat all the good things described in these pages. Unlike many cookery-books of the present day,......
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