John Hailer's Niece. By Russell Gray. (tinsley.)—these...
some isolated scenes that are fairly conceived and executed, but the book, as a whole, is very weak. John Haller is a gentleman who has been jilted, and vows that he will never......
Prosy Jane; Or, The Puritan's Bequest. 2 Vols. By Gregory
Graves, M.A. (Virtue.)—The only thing in this book which suggests a comment is the title. We cannot see why the heroine, Jane, if heroine she is, should be called "prosy "par......
The Tables Of Stone. By The Rev. H. M. Luckock.
(Macmillan.)— This is a volume of sermons on the Commandments preached in one of the parish churches of Cambridge. One of them—that on the Fourth C o mmandment—is very good. The......
Diary Of A Sister Of Mercy. By C. M. Brame.
(Burns.)—This is a collection of about as melancholy a set of little tales as we ever saw. The character of the writer is, we suppose, assumed, nor is it supported with more......
The Decked - Welled Fishing Boat. By Harry Dempster....
has views about sea fisheries which seem very reasonable. He is especially emphatic on the necessity of having the fishing boats provided with wells in which the fish might be......
The Master And Servant Act, 1867; With An Introduction,...
and Forms, and Tables of Offences. By James Edward Davis. (Batterworths.) —Mr. Davis gave evidence on the law of master and servant before the select committee of 1866, and some......
Grace's Fortune. 3 Vols. (strahan.)—a Young Lady Gives Up...
fortune, about which there has been some little mystification, to save the honour of her father, who has speculated with and lost a ward's money. So she cannot be married. But......
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