Latin Prose Composition. By George G. Ramsay. (clarendon...
the third edition of a useful book which has been expanded and improved by successive additions into as good a manual for its purpose as could be found. "The introduction," we......
Biographies Of Eminent Persons. (macmillan.)—it Is...
anything more of these biographies than to quote the description on the title-page,—" Reprinted from the Times." They are twenty in number, and cover a period of five years......
The Campaign Of Waterloo. By John Codman Ropes. (g. P.
Putnam's Sons.)—Mr. Ropes, who has had some experience as a writer of military history, thinks that there is room for an im- partial account of the Waterloo Campaign. We cannot......
A Ride Through Wonderland. By Georgina M. Synge. (sampson...
Marston, and Co.)—" Wonderland" is the Yellowstone Park which Mrs. Synge visited in her husband's company. The two met with some adventures, saw some marvellous sights, and......
Paddles And Politics Down The Danube. By Poultney...
and Co.)—Mr. Bigelow went down the Danube from its source to its mouth. He saw many cities and many men, though how far he, learnt their thoughts must be doubtful. The Magyar......
American Railroads As Investments. By S. F. Van Oss....
ham Wilson.)—This is a book which it would be rash in a non- expert reviewer to recommend further than for consideration. Mr. Van Oss generally contends that this class of......
The Story Of Two Churchwardens. By The Rev. Joseph Clarke.
2 vols. (Skeffington and Son.)—The " two churchwardens " are father and son, and the story therefore carries us over a con- siderable portion of time. The elder Ross was roused......
English Social Reformers. By R. De B. Gibbins, M.a....
—Mr. Gibbins describes in vigorous language the social condition during the fourteenth century,—a period of trouble and discon- tent, culminating in the rebellion of Wat Tyler.......
Animals' Rights. By Harry S. Salt. (bell And Sons.)—we Need
hardly say that we go a long way with Mr. Salt ; when he comes to vegetarianism, we must part company, regretting that he spoils, as it seems to us, a good case. Surely, there......
Tales From The Dramatists. By Charles Morris. 3 Vols....
Ferran, and Co.)—Mr. Morris has put into prose twenty-one plays, tragedies as well as comedies, beginning with Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour, and ending with Talfourd's......
In Summer Shade. By Mary E. Mann. 3 Vols. (henry
and Co.)—Miss Mann certainly gives us here an effective tale. Mary's self-devotion on her sister's behalf makes a powerful incident, and leads up to a denouement of much......
The Art Of Worldly Wisdom. By Balthasar Grecian. Trans-...
from the Spanish by Joseph Jacobs. (Macmillan and Co.)— Balthasar Grecian was a learned Jesuit, who died rector of the Jesuit College at Tarragona, in 1658, after giving to the......
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