In The Midst Of Alarms. By Robert Barr. (methuen And
Co.)— Sir Richard Yates, Special Correspondent of the Argus of New York, and Stinson Renmark, Professor in the University of Toronto, take a holiday in Canada. They have the......
Two Excellent Little Manuals May Be Mentioned Together....
be found well worth study by those who are interested in the subjects which they discuss. These are :—The Chess Pocket Manual, by G. H. D. Gossip (Edward Arnold) ; and The......
A Lady's Impressions Of Cyprus In 1893. By Mrs. Lewis.
(Remington.)—We must not complain if some thirty pages are given to impressions of the voyage to Cyprus, and more to im- pressions of books about Cyprus ; what remains is......
Notes On Rescue Work. By Arthur Brinkman. (c. T. Palmer.)
—This is a cheap edition of a book published about ten years ago. It would not be desirable to speak of its contents in detail, but we may say generally that, as far as......
An Imaged World. By Edward Garnett. (dent And Co.)— "
Poems in Prose "—it is thus that Mr. Garnett describes his work—may be easy writing, but they are hard reading. Criticism, history, descriptions of nature, may be written in a......
Bengal Manuscript Records. By Sir William Wilson Hunter....
(W. H. Allen and Co.) —Sir William Hunter has printed here a catalogue of more than fourteen thousand letters addressed to the Board of Revenue at Calcutta, or issued there-......
For The Honour Of The Flag. By Commander Charles N.
Robinson, R.N., and John Leyland. (Seeley and Co.)—This is a most ex- cellent example of that type of historical novel which has recently become the fashion, and which appears......
Histoire De La Littdrature Prancaise. Par Gustave Lamm....
a very compact volume in which M. Lanson has contrived to give a vast amount of information. Its pages, taking the text proper only, number 1,088, and there are 70 more,......
Catalogue Of Additions To The Manuscripts In The British...
1888 - 1893. (For the Trustees.)—This volume has six divisions,—" Additional Manuscripts," "Additional Charters and Rolls," "Detached Seals and Rolls," "Papyri," "Egerton MSS.,"......
The Australian Handbook (gordon And Gotch) Contains, We...
our readers, topographical, commercial, and other in- formation, not only about the Australian Colonies, but also about New Zealand, Fiji, and New Guinea. It is furnished with......
Lessons In Our Laws. Part Ii. By H. F. Lester.
(Cassell.)— Here we are told about the Law Courts, about the difference between Law and Equity, about Local Government, Rates, &c., about the protection of certain classes,......
Philosophy And Development Of Religion. By Otto...
vols. (Blackwood and Sons.) —We cannot pretend to give more than a very brief account of these volumes. They contain the Gifford Lectures delivered at Edinburgh in the year......
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