An Illustrated Catalogue Of The Loan Collection Of Plate,...
1895. By J. E. Foster, M.A., and T. D. Atkinson. (Deighton, Bell, and Co. and Macmillan and Bowes, Cambridge.)—This is an illustrated edition, revised and augmented, of the......
Annals Of Cricket. By W. W. Read. (sampson Low, Marston,
and Co.)—This modest volume contains an interesting record of the game as it has been played during the last two centuries— not to speak of the somewhat vague notices that have......
• An Artist In The Himalayas. By C. D. Mccormick.
(T. Fisher Ifnwin.)—Mr. McCormick joined the exploring and surveying expedition of Mr. (now Sir) William Martin Conway in the capacity of artist. He gives us in this volume the......
The Crack Of Doom. By Robert Cromie. (digby, Long, And
Co.) - In spite of the ultra-scientific thought which pervades so much of the fiction of the day, we really think Mr. Cromie has hit upon a scientific plot that is original. A......
New Editions Of Two Excellent Books Of Adventure May Be
mentioned together. These are, The Mystery of the Island : a ' Tale of Bush and Pampas, Wreck and Treasure Trove, by 'Henry Kingsley (Gibbinga and Co.) ; and Life and Adventures......
Poor-law Work. By Mary Clifford. (rose And Harris,...
little book, not much bigger than the palm of one's band, is full of practical good sense. Miss Clifford is a Guardian of the Poor in a Union near Bristol, and she writes this......
Book Sales Of 1895. By Temple Scott. (p. Cockram.) —mr.
Scott's volume has, so to speak, more " flesh " about it than those which have appeared for some time past under the title of " Book Prices Current." There is an introduction......
Principles Of Metallurgy. By Arthur H. Hiorns. (macmillan...
book is of too technical a character for detailed notice in these columns, but it may be generally commended to those interested in the study. The introductory chapters are......
The Public Schools' Year-book, 1896. (sampson Low,...
is a useful volume, of which we have spoken in praise more than once. All needful particulars as to the staff, the endowments, the method of education, &c., are given for some......
Lyrical Verse From Elisabeth To Victoria. Selected By...
(Chapman and Hall.)—" Nothing too old and nothing too new " has been the editor's maxim in choosing. He does not go back beyond Elizabeth. The pre-Elizabethans are too archaic......
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