A Little Western Flower, By M. C. Helmer° (marcus Ward
and Co.), fairly keeps up to the average merit of the "Blue Bell" series, to which it belongs. It is a love-story, diversified with certain surprises of a somewhat melodramatic......
Sunshine And Snow. By Hawley Smart. 3 Vols. (chapman And
Hall.)—If Mr. Smart does not improve, he does not manifestly deterio- rate, and this, considering the rapid rate at which he produces, is no slight praise. Ile must be allowed......
The Mystery Of Suffering. By The Rev. Baring-gould....
the six lectures which make up this little volume, the author endeavours to show that suffering would seem to be a necessary condi- tion for the development of the highest life......
&c., The History Of St. Katharine's Hospital, A Wealthy...
(its income will before long exceed £12,000), which was originally situated in the East End of London, but which, on the construction of St. Katharine's Docks, was removed to......
The Wine-growers And Wine-coopers' Manual. By William...
little volume records the results of a long and wide experience acquired by the writer in Sicily (where he was con- nected with a firm of wine-growers) and elsewhere. It is......
A Glossary Of Reference On Subjects Connected With The Far
East. By Herbert A. Giles. (Tritbner.)—This is a dictionary giving expla- nations of terms commonly used either in speaking or in writing in China, Japan, Malacca, &c. It is......
Cebetis Tabula. With Introduction And Notes. By C. S....
M.A. (The Clarendon Press.)—The Tabula was in frequent use, as a school-book, in England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Nor is there any reason, except......
They Were Neighbours. By Laindon Hill. 3 Vols. (samuel...
—Three volumes of love-making, carried on by people who have nothing particularly striking about their character or their histories, will be found by many readers somewhat......
For Twenty Or Thirty Volumes, In The Hands Of A
competent master of the novelist's art ; but the author does not appear to be this, he has not oven akill enough to unravel the tangled skein of his own plot. The conse- quence......
The Notary's Daughter. From The French Of Madame Leoni...
The House of Penaruan. From the French of M. Jules Sandeau. 2 vols. By Lady Georgians Fullerton. (Bentley.)—Lady Georgians Fullerton has in the former of these two tales adapted......
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