Life's Tapestry ; Or, Homes And Hearths. By Caradoc...
8 vols. (Ward and Downey.)—The three volumes published under the general title of Life's Tapestry comprise several stories which, whatever be their virtues—and they certainly......
Under The Evening Lamp. By Richard Henry Stoddard. (gay And
Bird.)—Mr. Stoddart writes on a number of poets of the minor order. James Hogg, Bloomfield, Clare, Ebenezer Elliott, T. L. Beddoes, Thomas Love Peacock, and R. Monckton Milnes......
The Higher Criticism Of The Heceateuch. By C. A. Briggs,
D.D. (T. and T. Clark.)—This is a learned and ingenious defence of the historical character of the Six Books, Dr. Briggs reviews the criticism that has been applied to them, and......
By-gone Nottinghamshire. By William Stevenson. (frank...
Marshall and Co., London.)—This is the kind of book that makes antiquarian writings a by-word for dullness and irrelevance. It has not even the merit of accuracy. "Alfred," we......
Venison's And Brand's Decisions In The House Of Commons,...
By Edwin Gordon Blackman. (C. C. Bristow, Adelaide.)—Mr. Blackman, who is Clerk of the Parliament in South Australia, has collected in this volume the decisions of two English......
William Law's Defence Of Church Principles. Edited By P. 0.
Nash, M.A., and Charles Gore, M.A. (Griffith, Farran, and Co.)— William Law, best known as the author of the "Serious Call," published, in 1717-19, three letters addressed to......
Old Shrines And Ivy. By William Winter. (david Douglas,...
Winter is so complimentary to everything English, that the severest critic must be placated. When we come to "the lovely plain of classic Cambridge," we feel that the ne plus......
Old Rabbit The Voodoo, And Other Sorcerers. By Mary Alicia
Owen. With Introduction by C. G. Leland. (T. Fisher Unwin.) —Miss Owen, for whose knowledge of the subject Mr. Leland vouches in the most emphatic way, introduces a council of......
Elsie's Art-life. By Mrs. A. M. Diehl. 3 Vols. (bentley
and Son.)—It is not the" art-life" of Elsie or any one else that is the main subject of this story. Frank Clare is married to a certain Lady Georgina. Lady Georgina is in love......
The Register Of Tonbridge School, 1820-93, Edited By W. 0.
Hughes-Hughes, M.A. (Bentley and Son), is a volume that speaks for itself. The editor prefixes a brief introduction, in which he sketches the history of the school since its......
Books In Chains. By The Late William Blades. (elliot Stock.)
—In this volume, one of the "Book-Lovers' Library," Mr. H. Wheatley, editor of the series, prefixes a bibliographical introduc- tion on the work of Mr. Blades, one of the ablest......
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