A Late Remorse. By Frank Lee Benedict. 3 Vols. (f.
V. White and Co.)—This is announced, we see, as an "American story?' It has, however, little that is distinctly American about it (we presume that the spelling " occnlist " is......
The Golden Decade Of A Favoured Town, 1843 1853. By
"Contain Ignotes." (Elliot Stock.)—The writer of this book is controversial, not to say pugnacious. The chief of the "celebrated characters who have been connected with......
Humour, Wit, And Satire Of The Seventeenth Century....
illustrated by John Ashton. (Chatto and Windus.)—One is inclined to doubt whether it is quite worth while to resuscitate bygone jokes, when they are not connected with any......
Ceylon In 1883. By John Ferguson. (sampson Low And Co.)—
This is a thoroughly business-like book. Mr. Ferguson spends no more time than is necessary in dealing with the past of the island. It is his business to describe it as it is,......
Dr. Heidenhofs Process. By Edward Bellamy. (david...
something very strange and, we are bound to say, mi- l:dossing about this work, though it certainly shows power. It might have been written by Edgar Poe, after study of the......
The Right Sort. By Mrs. Edward Kennard. 3 Vols. (remington
and Co.)—A more tedious novel than this we have seldom read. It is a dreary record of hunting experiences, written without any kind of vigour, fall of slang, and showing no......
James Skinner : A Memoir. By The Author Of "charles
Lowder." (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—That this memoir is good of its kind might be concluded from the fact that it is written by the author of "Charles Lowder," who brings to......
Aileen Aroon : A Memoir. By Gordon Stables, M.d. (partridge
and Co.)—It is always pleasant to read what a genuine lover of animals has to tell of his experiences. Aileen and Nero, a pair of Newfoundland, are the hero and heroine of Dr.......
Current Literature.
Enf rgy in Nature. By W. Lant Carpenter, B.A., B.Sc. (Cassell and Co.)—These eight lectures, delivered under the auspices of the Gilchrist Educational Fund in 1881, have, by......
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