Our New Pompeii. 2 Vole. (w. Blackwood And Sons.)—this...
of To-morrow" is a specimen, and not altogether a happy specimen, of the political novel. There is a certain novelty about the initial idea, the founding of a certain "club"......
Splashes From A Parisian Ink - Pot. Translated From The...
Jacques Normand, by Arthur Hornblow. (Remington and Co.)— These little sketches aptly illustrate the complaint that is made, and made with only too much truth, against the......
A Heart On Fire. By Mrs. Houstotm. 3 Vole. (f.
V. White and Co.)—The author of "A Heart on Fire" (an unusually silly title, by- the-way) claims upon her title-page the authorship of many novels, and apparently, therefore,......
Hook's Church Dictionary. Fourteenth Edition. Edited By...
and W. R. W. Stephens, M.A. (John Murray.)—The editors, assisted by a number of contributors, among whom may be mentioned Canon Bright, Mr. Evan Daniel, Chancellor Espin, Lord......
Athlos ; Or, The Story Of A Life. By M.
A. Cartels. 2 vole. (Remington and Co.) —If we have to say what is the moral of this story, it is this, that a word of praise in season will effect what many reproofs have been......
Studies In Social Life. By George 0. Lorimer, Ll.d. (sampson
Low, Marston, and Co.)—This book, though bearing the name of an English publisher, has been apparently produced in America, as it certainly applies, in the first instance, to......
The Church Of The Early Fathers. By Alfred Plummer, M.a.
(Longman.)—Mr. Plummer's work is limited to the period which began with the panning away of the last of the Apostles, and ended with Constantine's Edict of Toleration (312).......
Early Letters Of Thomas Carlyle, 18144826. 2 Vole. Edited By
Charles Eliot Norton. (Macmillan and Co.)—We are not disposed to enter again into the controversy as to Mr. Froude's method of dis- charging his duties as Carlyle's literary......
The Beer Of The Bible. By James Death. (triibner And
Co.)— Briefly stated, Mr. Death's argument is that what is rendered in the Passover ordinance as "that which is leavened" is in reality a fermented and eatable paste, known now......