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Up The Niger. By Captain A. F. Mockler-ferryman. (g. Phillip

and Son.)—Major Macdonald was sent on a mission by Government in the summer of 1889, his object being, to put the matter briefly, to examine the working of the Royal Niger......

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Primary Convictions. Being Discussions of which the greater part were delivered in the Church of the Heavenly Rest, before the President, Faculties, and Students of Columbia......

Some Further Recollections Of A Happy Life. Edited By Mrs.

John Addington Symonds. (Macmillan.)—These are an addi- tional volume of the travelling experiences of Miss Marianne North. They refer to a period earlier than that covered by......

Wo Have Received Royal Academy Pictwres, 1893, Part I....

and Co.), being the "Royal Academy Supplement" of the Maga- zine of Art. The pictuaes, of svhiels there are several hundreds here given, are reproduced by photography. The......

The Mate Of The ' Vancouver.' By Morley Roberts....

Bullen.)—This is a love-story, with a certain admixture of sea-life and of life in California. We cannot say that it interested us very much. The hero seems a feeble kind of......

Studies And Stories. By Mrs. Molesworth. (a. D. Innes.)—...

of these papers have appeased in Atalanta, and are excel- lently adapted to the public which that magazine speciallY addresses. We may mention "Princess Ice-Heart," "The Seal-......

Recollections Of Nathaniel Hawthorne, By Horatio Bridge....

Co.)—Mr. Bridgb was a Contemporary of Hawthorne at Bowdon College, and has some very pleasant recollections of the time (1821-25). Incidentally, too, he lets us hear some......

In The Pulpit Commentary, Edited By The Very Rev. Il

D. M. Spence, D.D., and the Rev. Joseph S. Exell, MA. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.), we 1 ave "Ecclesiastes," the Exposition by the Rev. W. J. Deane, the Homiletics by Rev. T.......

Parochial Self - Government. By Henry C. Stephens, M.p....

would have done well to keep back the publication of his book till the time was ripe for considering it. At present, the Home-rule Bill blocks the way, and the Parish Councils'......

The School Of Musketry At Myths. By W. S. Miller.

(Clowes and Sons.)—Mr. Miller gives an account of Hythe from the earliest times, and relates the foundation of the School of Mus- ketry, and gives photographs of various places......

St. Paul's Cathedral Library, By W. Sparrow Simpson, D.d....

Stock.)—If we had space sufficient, we would quote Dr. Simpson's most interesting preface. He tells us that he was ap- pointed Librarian in 1E432, and that he has since......