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The Christmas Hirelings. By M. E. Braddon. (simpkin,...

Co.)—" I had long wished," says Miss Braddon in her preface, "to write a story about children which should be interesting to childish readers, and yet not without interest for......

The Evolution Of Tirom2n. By Eliza Burt Gamble. (g. P.

Putnam's Sons )—Miss Gamble tells us that twelve years ago she had come to the conclusion that "the female organisation is in no wise inferior to the male." This was......

Sir Thomas Munro. By John Bradshaw, Ma. (clarendon...

not specially acquainted with the subject, would give the name of Munro if asked for a list of "Rulers of India." In Madras, however, though he died nearly seventy years ago, it......

Romantic Professions, And Other Papers. By W. P. James....

and Lane.)—The first paper is a highly entertaining complaint of the unconquerably prosaic character of some occupa- tions. The American girl, we are told, turns up her nose at......

Opere Di Dante Alighieri. Nuovamente Rivedute Nel Testo...

E. Moore. (Clarendon Press.)—This complete edition of Dante's works, both prose and verse, is a convenient and well- printed volume of 490 pages. Of these, 153 are occupied by......

Hygiene. By J. Lane Notter, M.a., And R. H. Firth.

(Longmans.) —" We have endeavoured," say the authors in their preface, "to consider the general laws of health, the causes of disease and the means of combating them, in the......