A History Of Wood Engraving. By George E. Woodberry....
Low and Co.)—Wood engraving, if we take no account of certain mythical stories which give it an earlier origin, seems to have preceded printing by about a quarter of a century.......
New Zealand As It Is. By John Bradshaw. (sampson Low
and Co.)—This is certainly the most complete book on New Zealand that has yet come under our notice. The author describes the country, the population, the life which they lead,......
English As She Is Spoke ; Or, A Jest In
Sober Earnest. With an Introduction by James Millington. (Field and Tuer.)—This is not the first time that fun has been made out of the ingenious Seiler Caroline's attempt to......
Paris In Peril. Edited By Henry Vizetelly. 2 Vols. (tinsley
Brothers.)—The story of the siege of Paris is told in these two volumes with much detail, gathered, one may safely conjecture, from personal knowledge and experience. There have......
Novels And Sun.—lost In The Crowd, By The Author Of
"Recommended to Mercy" (White and Co.), is the story of an octoroon, who in the old days of slavery loved "not wisely, but too well," an impulsive young Englishman. We are......
We Have Received Sonnenschein's Special-merit Readers....
Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—Notes, illustrations, and glossaries help to make what seems a careful selection of extracts, both prose and verse, attractive and useful. There are......
Behind A Brass Knocker. By Frederick Barnard And Charles H.
Ross. (Chatto and Windae.)—Here we have sketches of the inmates of a boarding-house, a numerous company, among which a dismal cynicism permits us to see few that are not knaves,......
A Pilgrimage To The Shrine Of Our Lady Of Loreto.
By George Falkner. (Elliot Stock.)—Mr. Falkner describes the " Holy House," the gorgeous church in which it is enshrined, and its treasury, rich with the offerings of many......
Plays For The People ; Or, Common Rights And Their
Defenders. B y C. Edmund Maurice. (Bell and Sons.)—Mr. Maurice wishes to " popularise " the work of the Commons Preservation Society by presenting to the public "some of its......
River Songs. By Arthur Dillon. Illustrated By Margery...
Paul, Trench, and Co.)—There is some really fine verse in this volume, though the author's feeling for rhythm seems uncertain. He has caught, too, something of the spirit of the......
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