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Edinburgh.)—this Volume Suggests Another Reason For...

an improvident bargain in surrendering Heligo- land. Herr Gatke, a native of the Mark of Brandenburg, settled more than half a century ago in Heligoland, intending to pursue the......

The Little Sisters Of The Poor. By Mrs. Abel Ram.

(Longmans.) —This Order of the Little Sisters of the Poor is one of the most remarkable phenomena of the time. Fifty years ago it did not exist. Now it has more than two hundred......

Birds Of The Wave And Woodland. By Phil Robinson. (isbister

and Co.)—Mr. Robinson has, as usual, many curious things to say to us, and says them in his very lively and agreeable fashion, as, for instance, about the migration of birds.......

Sorrow And Song. By Coulson Kernahan. (ward, Lock, And...

Kernahan's first paper is on Heinrich Heine, and he rightly describes it as " A Problem in Personality." He deals with Heine with no little severity ; " in his writings, as in......

Heroes Of The Victoria Cross. By T. E. Toomey. (g.

Newnes.) —Mr. Toomey, late Colour-Sergeant of the 1st Battalion of the " Royal Irish," has put together, in this neat little volume, some interesting facts, illustrated by......

A Century Of French Verse. By William John Robertson. (a.

D. Innes and Co.)—Mr. Robertson begins with Andre Chinier (who does not belong to the century) and ends with Jean Monies, a Frenchman of Greek descent, who is attempting to......

The Church In Italy. By Arthur Robert Pennington, M.a....

Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—This is certainly the hardest task that the series of "The National Churches" has imposed upon any of its contributors. Practically the history of the......

Current Literature.

The Higher Criticism and the Monuments. By the Rev. A. H. Sayce. (S.P.C.K.)—The Society has acted, we think, with real courage and wisdom in publishing this volume. It will not,......