The Popular Idol. By William Mackay. 2 Vols....
a very amusing book. Every Englishman will laugh at it, and we hope that our Irish friends will have the good-sensa to laugh at it too. The "popular idol" himself, Mr. Murphy,......
The Might And Mirth Of Literature. By J. W. V.
Macbeth. (Samp- son Low.)—Very good poetry and very good prose were written long before grammarians formalised the rules of prosody and syntax. Yet the grammarians undoubtedly......
The Shadow Of Erksdale. By Boulton Marshall. 3 Vols. (samuel
Tinsley.)—The " Shadow " is the fact that the squire of Erksdalo is largely in debt to a certain Dr. Aungier, from whom his father had borrowed a considerable sum of money. The......
Animal Life Throughout The Globe. (t. Nelson And Sons.)—a...
on natural history, which divides animals, birds, and fishes into their geographical-distribution, instead of orders and families, is a novelty, and one we do not care about......
Elementary Biology. By Professor Huxley And Dr. Martin....
and CO.)—The dry bones of former scientific teaching in our schools have been during the last few years gradually clothed with living flesh. The deterrent, uninteresting details......
Current Literature.
The Portfolio — January. (Seeley and Co.)—By some mischance, we did not receive the Porifblio in time for an earlier notice. It deserves the warmest and most immediate greeting......
A History And Handbook Of Photography. By G. Tissandier....
by J. Thomson, F.R.G.S. (Sampson Low and Co.)—The universality of the art of photography tends to lessen our wonder at the great stride of science which it presupposes. Its......
Musical Form And General Composition. By The Rev. Sir F.
A. Gore Ouseley. Bart., Musical Doctor. (Oxford Clarendon Press.)—Many think that, having studied the art of harmony and counterpoint, they know all that is requisite for......
A Widow Of Windsor. By Annie Gaskell. (samuel Tinsley.)—a...
on the title-page of a novel always frightens us. Novelists choose to connect them with vulgar scheming, just as the classical poets connected stepmothers with ideas of cruelty......
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