The Romance Of Industry And Invention. Selected By Robert...
(W. and R. Chambers.)—The nature of 'this volume is best described by an enumeration of the subjects which are dealt with in it. They are "Iron and Steel," "Pottery and......
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Memoir of John Veitch, LL.D., Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, University of Glasgow. By Mary R. L. Bryce. (W. Blackwood and Sons.)—Few lives have been so smooth and uneventful......
Over The Andes.* In One Department Of Letters, At Least,
women display a marked superiority, and that is in books of descriptive travel. Whether it be that they are more observant, or that they have an eye more quick to detect a......
My Son's Wife. By Rose Porter. (nisbet And Co.)—this Is
a study of character rather than a tale. Bona is finely drawn, and an example of what a naturally fine temper may be made by genuine piety ; one " cui meliore luto finxit......
The Story Of Our Railways. By W. J. Gordon. (r.t
S.). — The figures given here are peculiarly interesting. Here are some of them :— Engines. Vehicles. Miles of Railway. Paesengers. North-Western 2,753 ... 71,192 ... 1,892 .........
The Cathedrals Of 'england And Wales Through A Cahiera. (j.
L. Allday, Birmingham.)—It is hardly necessary to say that these photographs make a highly interesting volume. A view is given of the exterior of the building, and in many......
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