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The New Number Of The Economic Review Is Chiefly Notable

and valuable for its containing quite a host of papers dealing with questions of present-day interest, such as "Newfoundland in Revolt," "Women's Work," "The Origin of......

Ctirrent Literature.

The English Historical Review continues, in an admirable manner, to discharge its proper function,—that of providing reliable material, in the shape of papers giving the results......

None Of The Old-established Magazines Adheres So...

traditions of a somewhat sombre past as does the Atlantic Monthly. It despises illustrations, and never breaks out into eccentricity of type. Yet the May number stands out con-......

Posed, By Its Editor. This Character Is Admirably...

the contents of the May number; "simplicity," indeed, is perhaps carried to excess in the opening sentences of "The Place of Iron in Nature," which runs thus :—" Few elements......

The New Number Of The Jewish Quarterly Review Is A

strong one, and fairly interesting to non-Jewish readers. Mr. Lionel Abrahams concludes his valuable papers on "The Expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290." Mr. Abrahams......

Rather Singularly, One Of The Most Interesting Essays In The

new number of the Thinker is an answer to a paper which appeared in the Jewish Quarterly Review, — the Rev. Mr. Woods' " The Fourth Gospel from a Jewish Point of View." Mr.......

As The Geographical Journal Consists Largely Of Papers...

been read before the Royal Geographical Society, and which have been of necessity reported in the newspapers, the magazine has often a rather belated look. Thus, in the April......

The Same Thing Is True—even Truer—of The New Number Of

the Critical Review. Yet it is, in all respects, up to date ; thus, among the books criticised are Mr. Ritchie's "Natural Rights," Mr. Balfour's "Foundations of Belief," Dr.......

Sophie Kovalewsk Y.* The Short Preface Which Introduces...

book before us explains its story. S-iphie Kovalewsky, a young Russian of good birth, obtained during her brief life a considerable scientific celebrity, carrying off, amongst......