The Wonders Of Nature. By Professor Rudolph, Revised By...
Brown, LL.D. (A. Gardner.)—This little book, of American origin, is attractively written. It mainly treats of that popular subject, the wonders of astronomy ; but there is a......
Indian Snake Poisons. By A. J. Wall, M.d. (w. H.
Allen and Co.)—This is an interesting account of the action of snake poison, especially of the poison of the cobra. The practical conclusion is given in the sixth chapter, where......
Bid Me Discourse, And Other Tales. By Mary Cecil Hay.
3 vols. (Hurst and Blackett.)—Miss Hay's powers do not appear to much advantage in the short tales collected in these three volamee. We can see that she knows how to contrive a......
My Heart And I. By Elinor Hume. (bentley And Son.)—a
heroine who tells her own story seldom tells it well. She is generally self-conscious, telling us, for instance, that she is very selfish, while she really thinks herself......
Unspotted From The World. By Mrs. Godfrey. (it. Bentley And
Son.)—Mrs. Godfrey has worked up into this novel the situation which Mr. Barrett Browning so pathetically describes In "Bertha in the Lane." As this situation would of itself......
Of High Degree. By Charles Gibbon. 3 Vols. (matto And
Windus.)—This is a remarkably well-constructed story. Few readers, we imagine, will be altogether satisfied with the conclusion of Mr. Gibbon's narrative; but none will deny......
Facing The Footlights. By Florence Marryat (mrs. Francis...
vols. (F. V. White and Co.)—There is some better work in these three volumes than we have lately seen from " Florence Marryat's pen. All that concerns the heroine's training for......
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