Newfoundland: As It Was, And As It Is In 1877.
By the Rev. Philip Tocque, A.M. (Sampson Low and Co.; J. B. Maguire, Toronto.)—The author complains that Newfoundland, "the oldest colony of the British Empire," only 1,650......
A Miss In Her Teens. A Tale For Gills. Translated
from the German of Caroline Helm, by Rhoda E. Colborne. (Kolek- mann.) — This is an unpretending little story, which, without much plot, or any subtle study of character, yet......
The Works Of Robert Burns. Vol. I., Prose Works. (william
Paterson,. Edinburgh.)—We have in this volume the poet's letters down to the year 1787. Of these a considerable number are now, either wholly or in part, published for the first......
Franciscan Martyrs In England. By Mrs. Hope. (burns And...
is needless to spend much time in examining Mrs. Hope's little book from our point of view. But it is curious to contrast her state of mind with that of intelligent persona of......
New Einnotes.—lyrics Of Light And Life, Edited By The Rev.
F. G. Lee, D.C.L. (Pickering.)—This is a collection of fifty-four original poems by a number of authors, living and dead, among whom may be mentioned, as some of the more......
We Have Received The Fifth Volume Of The Globe...
which is edited by John 31. Ross, LL.D., and published by T. C. Jack, of Edinburgh. We believe the work will be completed in six volumes. It is well got up, the maps are new,......
Oliver Wendell Holmes, And His Works. By James Ball....
Stock.)—Here we have a brief biography of Mr. Holmes, and an account, which is rather descriptive than critical, of his works. These contem- porary biographies are not always......
Llaydn's Dictionary Of Dates And Universal Information....
Vincent. (Meson and Co.)—This is the sixteenth edition of this useful and valuable book of reference, or as the editor has gradu- ally succeeded in making it, a dated cyelopdia,......
Messrs. Eyre And Spottiewoodo Are The First In The Field
this year with their Christmas and Now Year's Cards. They send us a considerable variety of cards, some Scriptural, some poetical, some purely orna- mental, and also a few texts......
Guilty, Or .not Guilty ? By Major-general W. G. Hawley.
(Black- wood and Sons.)—This is scarcely as good a story as we should have expected from General Hamley's pen. Doubtless, it is really founded on fact, though, indeed, it does......
Modern Society. By Dr. Peyton Blakiston. (macmillan And...
Blakiston was a clergyman before he became a physician, and at the end of this volume of lectures he prints a visitation sermon which was preached by him in tho year 1832,......
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