Spanish And Italian Folk - Songs, Translated By Alma...
be a most charming book if the value of its contents were proportionate to its elegance in the matter of appearance. But although not without a certain interest, and although......
The Sinclairs Of England. (triibner And Co.)—we Quite...
the author that "novelty and originality are great aids to all narration;" but when carried to excess they render narrative, particularly historical narrative, clumsy. Is it......
A Dream Of John Ball. By William Norris. (reeves And
Turner.)—We would regard this little book simply from the literary point of view. The social questions which it suggests are far too large for us to deal with in these columns.......
Drake And The Dons. Edited And Arranged By R. Lovett,
M.A. (Religious Tract Society.)—This, one of the first of the crop of Armada story-books we are sure to see, has been chiefly taken from Hakluyt's collection of " Voyages and......
Marble Decoration. By G. H. Blagrove. (crosby Lockwood.)—...
the nature and properties of marble, cements, and mastics, and giving the elementary principles of mosaic work and marble mouldings and carved ornament, the writer devotes the......
Manner, And Arranged In A Number Of Short Paragraphs. This
plan does not commend itself to us, and is surely the very last to be thought of when a number of facts have to be strung tog ether. Apart from this, the book maybe found......
Dressed Vegetables A In Mode. By Mrs. De Sahs. (longmans.)-
Mrs. de Sails again appears, and we hope it is not her last appearance. This time she gives over two hundred recipes for dressing vegetables,—an art of which we English know......
Stray Chapters In Literature, Folk - Lore, And...
A. Axon. (John Heywood.)—A regular a/a podrida of , essays and articles on the most diverse subjects. The style is clear and not too diffuse, and the pieces themselves not too......
Flower - Gardening For Amateiws. By Lewis Castle. (swan...
Co.)—Some very useful hints for suburban amateur gardeners are given by Mr. Castle, as well as general information on the subject of annuals and perennials, hardy or otherwise.......
Geology For All. By J. Logan Lobley, F.g.s. (roper And
Drowley.)—In writing a popular yet scientific introduction to geology, the author has drawn attention to the fact that nearly all the "formations" are exposed within two hundred......
Ballads Of Books. Edited By Andrew Lang. (longmans.) —mr....
has recast a volume, edited by Mr. Brander Matthews, that was published last year in New York, making some additions and some omissions, these latter of his own verses chiefly.......
History Of England. By Arabella B. Buckley (mrs. Fisher)....
Fisher writes well, and possessed as she is of a spirited and flowing style, she suffers history to lose none of its charm, and while she touches with a careful and feeling pen......
An Elementary Treatise On Light And Heat. By Rev. F.
Wilkins Aveling. (Rolfe Brothers.)—It is only too plainly to be seen that Mr. Aveling has written in a great hurry, and that his work shows the inevitable result of haste,—a......
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