Motherhood. By Dr. Alice Ker. (j. Heywood.)—this Is A Book
of practical advice to women, put into plain, sensible language, a book that may be recommended to the readers for whom it is intended, among whom, of course, children or quite......
Society.)—this Missal Belonged To Nicholas Lythington,...
1362 to 1380. Besides the liturgical part, it contains the attestation of the oath of John Islip (elected Abbot in 1500) to observe the Westminster statutes, and a calendar. A......
Miss Falkland. By Clementine Black. (lawrence And...
is the title of a collection of six slight stories, of which some have already appeared in magazines, and which call for no particular remark. The volume is fairly readable, and......
The Deluge. A Historical Novel Of Poland, Sweden, And...
By Henryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. 2 vols. (Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co.)—It might have been well—in fact, it may be said without hesitation......
A Dark Plate Of The Earth. By Alfred Clark. (sampson
Low and Co.)—Mr. Clark has written one of those improbable but decidedly interesting and exciting stories of adventure which may be said to owe their existence to the success of......
Manners Of The Day" Is Not Pleasant Reading. M. Regis
de Fagan is divorced from his wife, after a process in which there has been collusion. His daughters are allowed to see him occasionally. He falls in love with a woman who is......
Marriage And Disease. By S. A. K. Strahan, M.d. (kegan
Paul, Trench, and Co.)—There is a. great deal of valuable information in this volume. Dr. Strahan has studied his subject carefully, and treats it with discretion, and in a......
The People's Bible. Vol. Xv. By Joseph Parker, D.d. (hazell,
Watson, and Viney.)—Dr. Parker has in this volume brought down his large enterprise, wh;ch he terms "Discourses upon Holy Scripture," to the nineteenth chapter of Jeremiah. It......
Hutchinson's Australasian Encyclopedia. By G. C. Levey....
information compressed into these four hundred and fifty pages—so far as it is correct— can only be found in larger and much more expensive books, such as the various......
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