The Gallery Of Geography. By The Rev. Thomas Milner. (w.
and R. Chambers.)—The fifth part of this work has now reached us ; and it fairly bears out the promise of the prospectus to give such information as educated men need in an......
Honour And Dishonour. By The Author Of " Stretton Of
Ringwood Chace." (T. F. A. Day.)—Had this been a first attempt we should have thought it a story of much promise, but for a second novel the 'construction of the plot is a......
The Poetry And Poets Of Great Britain — Chaucer To...
Daniel Scrymgeour. (Adam and Charles Black.)—A volume of well- selected extracts. Perhaps another such a work was hardly needed, but Mr. Scrymgeour has done his work well, and......
Elements Of Physics. By Neil Arnett, M.d., F.r.s. Sixth...
Part I. (Longman and Co.)—The public which eagerly bought up five editions of this work in an incomplete state will welcome this new edition, which the author's withdrawal from......
Bygone Days In Our Village. By "j. L. W." (edinburgh:
Oliphant and Co.)—Somewhat too quiet, perhaps, and wanting occasionally in point, these sketches have, nevertheless, a charm. Reading them is like sitting in the sun with......
The Records Of 1863. By Edward West. (edward West.)—froro...
to pillar letter-boxes nothing escapes Mr. West's muse. He even censures crinoline, and declares that as "The mountains towering so high When e'er the King was near, Were swept......
The Boatman. By Pisistratus Caxton. (wm. Blackwood And...
allegorical poem descriptive of the course of human life, and hardly worth publishing in a separate form. Any interest it has is based on the speculations as to its authorship......
• Outlines Of Moral Philosophy. By Dagald Stewart. With A
Memoir and Supplement by James M'Cosh, LL.D. (Wm. Allan and Co.)—We are not disposed to dispute Dr. M'Cosh's proposition that "this is one of the best text-books of mental and......
A Week's Wanderings In Cornwall And Devon. By Thomas H.
Mills. (William Freeman.)—This book "lays no claim to the 'dignity of a guide-book," and "abounds not in statistics or other useful but dry information." This is quite true. It......
Kiihner's Elementary Greek Grammar. Translated By S. H....
revised by Charles W. Bateman, LL.B. (flimpkin, Marshall, and Co.)—Dr. Jelf's translation of Raphael Kiihner's great work on the grammar of the Greek language has long been well......
Have We Any 'vora Of Galt (s. W. Partridge.)—in Exodus
we find the words "Moses wrote all the words of the Lord." The writer of this weak little brochure fancies that the logical conclusion from this is that all Moses wrote are the......
Public Schools For The Middle Classes. By Earl Fortescue....
and Co.)—A rather rambling and discursive pamphlet, in whioh Lord Fortescue advocates the establishment of a county college for the middle classes, on the model of the......
Handbook To The Cathedrals Of England. Western Division....
Ring, the compiler, seems to have given us anything except a handbook. It is an excellent history, an excellent criticism, the antiquarian remarks are sound, and the notices of......
Henry Viii., A Historical Sketch As Affecting The...
England. By Charles Hastings Collette. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—Mr. Collette is a veteran controversialist, and the character of Henry VIII. is only important to him as a weapon......
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