An Interesting Volume Has Been Added To Messrs. Gale And
Polden's "Military Series," The Battle of ?bickerer', by Brevet-Major G. F. R. Henderson (Gale and Polden, Chat- ham). Major Henderson traces the errors of the French from the......
The Optics Of Photography And Photographic Lenses. By T....
Taylor. (Whittaker.)—After some preliminary chapters, in which the subjects of light, photographic definition, refraction, spheri- cal aberration, &c., are briefly treated, Mr.......
Ambulance Hand - Book. By George Thomas Beatson, M.d....
Association, Glasgow.)—This manual of instruction on the "principles of first-aid to the injured," con- sists largely of the substance of lectures delivered by its author to......
A Month In A Dandi. By Christina S. Bremner. (simpkin
and Marshall.)—Miss Bremner is a little sensitive, it is clear, on the subject of her book, and makes something like an apology for it. " In spite of the slender thread of......
About Ceylon And Borneo. By Walker J. Clutterbuck. (long-...
Clutterbuck has seen some interesting countries, and is not without some gift of description. If he would only not try to be humorous ! Imagine a man writing, seeing in type,......
The Little Manz Nation. By Hall Caine. (w. Heinemann.)— Mr.
Hall Caine gave some lectures on the Isle of Man and the - Manx people at the Royal Institution, and he has reprinted them in this volume, reprinted them as they were delivered.......
Lifessrs. Chambers Publish A Set Of New Historical...
seven volumes, adapted in style to the requirements of the seven standards in primary schools. All of them range over the course of the history of this island, from the Roman......