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The Seven Sagas Of Prehistoric Man. By James H. Stoddart.

(Chatto and Windus.)—This is a very unpretentious attempt to pre- sent tindogmatic evolution in verso. The author had already obtained a leading place in the small band of......

Leisure Hours In Russia. By Wickham Hoffman. (bell And...

—This is a volume of miscellanies of varying merit and interest. The best of them is, or, perhaps we should say, might have been, "Nadeschda," a translation from the Swedish of......

Poisoned Arrows. By Jean Middlemass. 3 Vols. (f. V. White

and Co.)—The title of this novel does not promise well for the reader's enjoyment ; and, indeed, he will not find much to please him. And if a novel of this kind does not......

Sintram And His Companions. Illustrated By Heywood...

Co.)—This is a new translation, or, to speak more ex- actly, an adaptation of the first translation, which was published. in 1820 (six years after the appearance of the......

Pioneers Of The Spiritual Reformation. By Mrs. Howitt...

Psychological Press Association.)—The "Spiritual Reforma- tion," it should be understood, is " Spiritualism," and the" Pioneers" are Justifies Kerner, Mesmer, and William......

Animal Lore Of Shakespeare's Time. By Emma Phipson....

Trench, and Co.)—This is a volume full of carious information. Shakespeare gives a name to it, but it is the contemporaries of Shakespeare—the word being taken in a pretty wide......

Court Life Below Stairs ; Or, London Under The Last

Georges, 1760- 1830. By J. Fitzgerald Molloy. Vols. III. and IV. (Hurst and Blackett.)—We wonder whether Mr. Molloy is glad to have finished his task. That is the feeling with......

Colonies And Dependencies. By J. S. Cotton And E. J.

Payne. (Macmillan.)—This volume belongs to the "English Citizen Series." It consists of two parts,—" India," which has been contributed by Mr. Cotton, and "The Colonies,"......

The Gospel According To St. John. With Notes, Critical And

Practical. By the Rev. M. F. Sadler. (Bell and Sons.)—Mr. Sadler has put together here a very valuable and useful body of notes. His stand-point is probably somewhat different......