Her Fortune. By Seacome Bell. (james Blackwood.)—captain...
he has only £3,000 to leave his daughter. To in- crease " her fortune," he proposes to write a book, which should be pub- lished after his death, and to assist him in this work......
The Vale Of Strathmore : Its Scenes And Legends. By
J. Cargill Guthrie. (W. Paterson.)—This is a disappointing volume. In appear- ance, in print, binding, size, and general get-up, it is everything that a volume should be, but......
Astronomy. By J. Rambosson. Translated By C. B. Pitman....
and Hall.)—It is difficult to divine whether this is intended to be a scientific work or a popular treatise. From the preface, the definition of the square of a number (p. 141),......
Current Literature.
CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Among the writers of "Christmas Tales," we may give precedence, for his own merit, yet more than for courtesy's sake, to M. Jules Verne. This year he gives us......
The Ancient World. By J. A. G. Barton. (blackwood.)—if Mr.
Barton had added to the title of his book something which would have limited its scope to the ancient history of the East, it would have been well. Many persons, otherwise well......
Snioland ; Or, Iceland, Its Jokulls And Fjalls. By William
Lord Watts. (Longman.)—This little volume does not claim to be either a treatise on Iceland or, indeed, anything more than a simple narrative of the travels of the Rev. J. W—......
Leaves From A Sketch-book. By S. Read. (sampson Low,...
and Co.)—All these pencil sketches have appeared before in the Illustrated London News, and gain in excellence by being printed on. fine paper. They comprise quiet bits of......
Orthodox London. By The Rev. C. Maurice Davies, D.d. Second
Series. (Tinsley Brothers.)—This volume is, we are not sorry to find, "a final farewell" to what the author calls his "comprehensive sub- ject." Ten chapters are devoted to......
Gold-dust. (samuel Tinsley.)—we Have In Gold-dust All The...
of sensationalism, but the anther has made very poor use of her materials. The personages move in the most genteel society, and of the heroine's family we are assured that......
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