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The Shipbuilding Industry Of Germany, Compiled And Edited...

Lehmatua-Felskowski (Crosby Lockwood and Son, 10s. 6d. net), gives us a detailed account of a subject which, important always, has gained new prominence from the discussion of......

New Editions And Refsints.-the Tariff Problem. By W. S....

(P. S. King and Son. 3s. 6d. net.)-Professor Ashley has added to this new edition a chapter in which he deals with the carrying trade of this country, and our position as an......

The Poems Of Charles Wolfe. With Introductory Memoir By C.

Litton Falkiner. (A. H. Bullen. 3s. 6d. net.)-Wolfe was certainly a man unites poematis. Mr. Falkiner has collected here the few verses that he wrote, possibly a thousand in......

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Railways. By E. R. Mcdermott. (methuen And Co. 2s. 61.

net.)—Mr. McDermott writes on a subject with which he is thoroughly well acquainted, and gives us in this volume, which is one of the "Books on Business" Series, information on......

We Have Received A New Edition Of The Guide To

South Africa, bringing up to date the information about the Cape Colony, Natal, the newly acquired Colonies, &c. It is described as "for the use of Tourists, Sportsmen, and......

The Life Of Robert Burns. By T. F. Henderson. (methuen

and Co. 35. 6d.)-Mr. Henderson has done his work well. He is a judicious and candid biographer, who regards his subject with sympathy, but looks at facts quite straightly, and......

Repoli°, Past And Present. By P. I. A. (g. Philip

and Son. 2s. 6d. net.)-Rapallo is in the Eastern Riviera, and seems to be rising in favour as a winter resort. Here we are told as much as we need to know about its history, its......

Emerson's Thoughts (gay And Bird, 2s. Net) Is Rightly Called

"A Treasury of Wisdom." It is needless to recommend it. Sometimes one loses one's way in Emerson ; but we certainly come from time to time on guide-posts which give us very......

A Queen Of Tears. By W. H. Wilkins, M.a., 2

vols. (Longmans and Co. 36s.)--It seems an ungracious thing to ask, when a bit of work has been well done, whether it was worth doing. Yet this is the question which forces......

We Are Glad To 'see Another Annual Volume (the Thirty-ninth)

of the Antiquary (Elliot Stock, 7s. 6d.) When so many topics of widely varied interest are treated, it is difficult to select any for notice. We may say, however, that Mr. B.......

Bishop Butler : An Appreciation, With The Best Passages. By

Alexander Whyte, D.D. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier. 35. 6d.) -It is a sign of the times that Butler is now presented to us in "elegant extracts," and that his appreciators......