Our Glory Roll, And Other National Poems. By W. C.
Bennett. (Routledge.)—Mr. Bennett is much below his better standard in this frothy volume. His national poems read like the beginnings of Daily Teegraph leaders collected and......
The Beginner's Comprehensive French Book. By J. Delpech,...
a rule the pronunciation of French is the chief stunt- bling-block to foreign learners. But there are many other difficulties. not indeed like that, insuperable, but still......
Descriptive Poems. By John Askham. (f. Warne And Co.)—we...
never have guessed that these poems were written by a work- ing man. They have rather the characteristics of a higher culture, and their fault, if they are not indeed "faultily......
A Bandy-book Of The Law Of London Cabs And Omnibuses.
By William Thomas Charley. (Routledge.)—This book is not so much intended for those who ride seldom and quarrel often, as for those who make mach use of cabs, and are curious......
The Iliad Of Homer, With English Notes. By F. A.
Paley, M.A. VoL I. (Whittaker.)—The series of which this volume forms a part and the name of its editor are sufficient guarantees of its value. Yet we must not dismiss Mr. Paley......
The Treasure-book Of Devotional Reading. Edited By...
(Strahan.)—A. very neat and handsome volume, but the contents are even better than their accompaniment. Such a book we feel is not to be criticized, save by one whose stock of......
First Steps In The Better Path. (f. Warne And Co.)—four
little stories with unimpeachable morals, and with a praiseworthy desire to make all their readers as good as their heroes. How far they will succeed in this object we cannot......
Ritualism In The English Church. By Robert Vaughan, D.d....
son, Walford, and Hodder.)—Dr. Robert Vaughan has nothing very new to say on this subject, and what he does say is dry, and not particularly inviting. His first chapter is a......
London Pauperism. By J. H. Stallard, M.b. (saunders And...
—After all that has been written on the subject of the London poor, there was room for Dr. Stallard's volume. It is devoted chiefly to a comparison of the system of relief in......
A Memoir Of The Rev. Robert Turlington Noble. By The
Rev. John Noble. (Seeleys.)—The life of a missionary who laboured for twenty- five years in South India, educating "the higher castes of Hindus in order to raise up a native......
Viga Glum's Saga. Translated From The Icelandic. By The...
Hon. Sir Edmund Head. (Williams and Norgate.)—Prefaced with a Greek epigram from the pen of Mr. Lowe, this matter-of-fact account of murders deserves general appreciation. As a......
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