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Scottish Rivers. By Sir Thomas Dick Lauder. (simpkin,...

Co.)—This is the last book that was written by a contem- porary of Scott, Jeffrey, Cockburn, and Wilson, who, though not of their intellectual calibre, was yet respected by them......

The Development Of Marriage And Kinship. By C. Staniland...

(George Redwa,y.)—The author of this elaborate work, who published "The Evolution of Morality" in 1878, explains that it was not till the appearance, in 1880, of the result of......

Tales And Sketches. By Lord Beaconsfield. (william...

Robertson, who edits this volume, and prefaces it with a short memoir, does not seem quite at his ease when speaking of Lord 13eaconsfield. There is certainly a touch of......