History Of The Scottish Expedition To Norway In 1612. By
Thomas Michell, C.B. (T. Nelson and Sons.)—Mr. Michell, who is the British Consul-General for Norway, tells the strange story of the "Skottelog." A brief story it is, and full......
Short History Of Christian Missions. By The Rev. G. Smith,
LL.D. (T. and T. Clark.)—This is a second edition, brought up to date, of a most useful handbook of missions drawn up by Dr. G. Smith, the present Secretary to the Free Church......
A Treatise On Nature. By The Rev. H. Collins. (f.
V. White and Co.)—Mr. Collins gives us here an elaborate argument on the doctrine of "design." He has evidently an extensive acquaintanoe with the facts of natural history, and......
On Dutch Water-ways. By G. Christopher Davies. (jerrold...
Davies, who will be known to many of our readers for his "Norfolk Broads and Rivers," planned and executed an expedi- tion through Holland. His first idea was to transport a......
The Story Of The Spanish Armada. (nelson And Sons.)—this...
contains a history of the great expedition and its defeat, with lists of the two armaments that were Opposed in the Channel. We have also an account of the two great......
Will's Voyages. By F. F. Moore. (s.p.c.k.)—it Is...
well for a writer of naval stories to gat afloat as soon as he can. Mr. Moore's "great cricket-match" cannot fail to excite criticism. The captain of an eleven would not mutter......
Shropshire Folk-lore. By Charlotte S. Burne. From The...
of Georgina F. Jackson. Part III. (Triibner and Co.)—Miss Berne concludes in this part an interesting and valuable work, a monument of piety, first towards the friend whose......
Irene. By The Princess Olga Cantacuzene-altieri ; The...
F. Simpson. (F. Warne and Co.)—This story reminds us of " Ouida " in her sober moods. The Marquis Miraldi, a roué who has little character or fortune left to him, marries, much......
The Flood Of Fortune. By "old Boomerang." (hodder And...
book is written in a style that makes one think that there is a good deal of leisure on the other side of the world. It is in an eminently leisurely way that "Old Boomerang"......
Monsters Of The Deep. (nelson And Sons.)—an This Little...
we have collected a number of accounts, more or less authentic—or shall we say authenticated ?—of great marine animals. We read about the sea-serpent", as seen by the '......
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