Solar Physics ; An Almanac Of The Christian Era. By
G. H. Swinton. (Allen and Co.) —Mr. Swinton's contention, as we under- stand it, is that sun-spots have a great deal to do with the seasons and with earthquakes, a probable, and......
Adventures In Thule. By William Black. (macmillan.)—these...
boys" came into our hands too late to be in- chided in our notices of the books of the season. And, indeed, they well deserve to have a place by themselves. With one of them,......
Scraps. By Lord Saltonn. 2 Vols. (longmans.)—these...
the author puts it in his second title, "Scenes, Tales, and Adventures from the Memories of my Earlier Days," consist mainly of military and sporting reminiscences. As Lord......
A Newport Aquarelle. (roberts Brothers, Boston,...
vivid sketch of fashionable life at an American summer resort. The English reader may learn how the Upper Ten of the States amuse themselves, and he may also learn, so far as it......
Bouquet. By William Bayley. (bayley.)—there Is No Lack Of...
workmanship in this volume. But Mr. Bayley, though be can write pretty verse on occasions, is too apt to be diffuse. The fragment of Pinder, e.g., that is commonly placed first......
The Life Of Schiller. By Heinrich Diintzer. Translated By...
Pinkerton. (Macmillan.)—" Rain fell in torrents next morning, as Schiller, in a chair borne by two porters in canary-coloured livery, was carried to Fraulein Faust's house, No.......
Whom Nature Leadeth. By G. Noel Hatton. 3 Vols. (longrnans.)
—Mr. Hatton, following the custom of tragedians, has mixed with the somewhat tragical story which forms the main action of his drama what may be called a comic underplot. We......
Cape Cod Folks. By Sally Pratt Mclean. (griffith And...
—In this book (which, though bearing the name of an English pub- lishing house, has in every respect an American aspect), we bear bow a young lady set forth to keep school at......
The Confessions Of St. Augustine, Bishop Of Rippe....
Co.)—This "new translation" is, we think, a success. It claims to give the author's meaning in "the fewest and clearest words, follow- ing the original text as closely as......
The Blue Veil. By Florence Montgomery. (bentley And...
"moral tales for children "are written with a simplicity which shows no small amount of skill. Archie Forbes, who way be looked upon as the hero (the three tales form a......
The Alsatian Mountains : A Narrative Of A Tour In
the Vosges. By Katharine Lee. (Bentley and Son.)—We do not profess to look at this book from the point of view of a critic familiar with the scenery of Alsace. Whether Mrs. Lee......
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