Phebe Of Plasthwaite. By M. L. J. 3 Vols. (tinsley
Brothers.)— This is a pretty, well-written story, the chief fault of which is the dis- proportion between its length and the magnitude of its subject. An introduction in which......
Pretty Miss Bellew. By Theo. Gift. 3 Vols....
" Theo." challenges speculation. Are we to speak of " ho " or "she ? " And a novel must be worth something, if we think of asking the ques- tion. The style is masculine ; but......
Memoirs Of The Sansons, From Private Notes And Documents...
1847). Edited by Henry Samson, late Executioner to the Court of Justice in Paris. 2 vols. (Chatto and Windus.)—This book was pub- lished, it seems, some years ago in Paris. Of......
The Octopus. By Henry Lee, F.l.s. (chapman And Hall.)—mr....
in his capacity as naturalist of the Brighton Aquarium, has had ample opportunity of studying the habits of this devil-fish of fiction, and has written a humorous and highly......
John Knox And The Church Of England. By Peter Lorrimer,
D.D. (Henry S. King and Co.)—This is a very important volume. Dr. Lorrimer found in Dr. Williams's library in London a set of papers which have never before been published, and......
Owen Gwynne's Great Work. By The Author Of " Wandering
Willie," &c. 2 vols. (Macmillan.)--The " great work " is a" History of the Fourteenth Century," not so happy an imagination as " The History of Human Error," which furnished to......
Antonio Allegri Da Correggio. From The German Of Dr. Julius
Meyer. Edited, and with an Introduction, by Mrs. Charles Heaton. (Macmillan and Co.)—The materials for a life of this master are exceedingly scanty. He seems to have lived in......
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