The Karakorams And Cashmir. By Oscar Eckenstein. (t....
account of the author's mountaineering experi- ences, part of which were with Sir W. M. Conway, is fashioned out of very slender materials. It is readable, especially those......
The Froggy Fairy Book. By A. J. Drexel-biddle. (drexel...
and Bradley, Philadelphia.)—This little fairy-story gives an apt illustration of the difference between the American and the English child. The book may be compared to the......
Through A Cookery-book Without Finding Some Recipe Which...
an addition to the family dinner-table ; but Mr. Edward Spencer has seen fit to dilute his book with such masses of anec- dote that its perusal is singularly barren of results.......
A Bookworm's Birthday - Book. (j. M. Dent And Co.) — We...
better than explain the method in which this very interesting volume has been put together than by quoting the prefatory note :—" The plan of this book is to mark, as far as......
The Impudent Comedian And Others. By Frankfort Moore. (c....
Pearson.)—Mr. Frankfort Moore does not want for courage. Most people would think twice, even thrice, before venturing to introduce Samuel Johnson except as a persona meta. Not......
Series." The Whole List Of Worthies Which That Series Com-
memorates does not contain a more notable name. James Simpson was the son of the village baker at Bathgate, in Lin- lithgowshire ; his mother was of Huguenot extraction. It was......
Saint Eva. By Amelia Pain. (osgood, Mcllvaine, And Co.)—...
is a very skilfully told, but also very painful, story of a saintly country girl who falls in love with, and is finally thrown aside—though not ruined in the odious sense—by, a......
Guns And Cavalry. By Major E. S. May, R.i. With
Plans and Illustrations. (Sampson Low and Co.)—These chapters are, we understand, amplified lectures, and are certainly well worth printing. Major May has made his analysis of......
A Boyar Of The Terrible. By Fred Whishaw. (longmans And
Co.)—A. certain Alexander Stroganoff, a boyar of the Russian Empire, tells na the story of his life and the intimate connection it had with the character of Ivan the Terrible. A......
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