The Shen's Pigtail. By "mr. M—." (t. Fisher Unwin.)— This
volume of the "Pseudonym Library" contains some curious, not always edifying, sketches of life in China. The longest, which gives a name to the book, gives a strange insight......
Selections From Strabo. By The Rev. H. G. Tozer. (clarendon
Press.)—Mr. Tozer pieces together with much ingenuity the facts of Strabo's life, which may be gathered from his writings, and criticises these latter with perspicacity. The......
Studies In Prose And Poetry. By Algernon Charles...
and Windus.)—Whatever judgment may be ultimately formed of Mr. Svrinburne's style as a prose-writer, there can be no doubt that he possesses the art of carrying his readers with......
Church Work : Its Means And Methods. By The Right
Rev. J. Moorhens°, Bishop of Manchester. (Macmillan and Co.)—The Bishop of Manchester here discusses a number of questions that have a great practical interest both for clergy......
A History Of The United States Nary From 1775 To
1893. By E. S. Maclay. 2 vols. (Bliss, Sands, and Foster.)—This book is a careful and seemingly complete record of the doings of the United States Naval Force from its......
The Nests And Eggs Of Non-indigenous British Birds, Or Such
Species that do not Breed within the British Archipelago. By Charles Dixon. (Chapman and Hall.)—The fauna of the British Islands is richer proportionately to that of the......
Text - Book Of The Diseases Of Trees. By Professor R....
Translated by William Somerville. Revised and edited, with Preface, by H. Marshall Ward. (Macmillan and Co.)—The present work was written from the point of view of German......
A Short History Of The English People. Illustrated...
Mrs. J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate. Vol. IV. (Macmillan and Co.)—This concluding volume of Mrs. Green's edition of her husband's great work maintains the standard of......
The Bed House Mystery. By Mrs. Hun Gerford. 2 Vols.
(Chatto and Windus.)—We must own to a feeling of prejudice against novels that claim attention by the title of "mystery." If any reader shares this feeling, let it not hinder......
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