Ethnology In Folk - Lore. By G. L. Gomme. "modern...
Paul and Co.)—Certainly enthusiasts in folk-lore, though there is nothing they like better than comparing " variants " of folk-tales, often neglect to grasp the real......
In The Series Of "colonial Church Histories" (s.p.c.k.),...
the History of the Church in Eastern Canada and Newfoundland, by Rev. J. Langtry. The first Canadian Bishop was Dr. Inglis, of Nova Scotia (1787-1816). From this time Mr.......
The Atlantic Ferry. By A. J. Maginnis. (whittaker And Co.)
—This is a most interesting little history of the rise of the great steamship lines of the Atlantic, and the successive types of vessels. It is copiously illustrated with......
The German Emperor. By Poulteney Bigelow. (cassell And...
Bigelow is an enthusiastic admirer of William II.; he has known him from boyhood, and is himself, we are told, a staunch Republican. He is much impressed with his courage and......
The Dialogues Of Plato. Translated By B. Jowett, M.a. Third
edition. (The Clarendon Press.) —Mr. Jewett continues to make this great work more and more worthy of its reputation as one of the very best representations of a great classic......
Through Famine - Stricken Russia. By W. Barnes Steveni....
Co.)—The reality of a famine is most strikingly brought before us in these pages. Mr. Barnes Steveni, by accompanying some of the great landowners and making house-to-house......
The Realm Of Nature. By H. R. Mill. "university Extension
Manuals." (John Murray.)—This is a somewhat comprehensive treatise, as the title seems to imply. Physiography forms the backbone ; but we have also astronomy, geodesy, physics,......
Kate Nigel. By M. E. B. Isherwood. (digby, Long, And
Co.)— Kate Nigel has a moral, a moral particularly pointed at young ladies spoilt at home, and then sent to a boarding-school or young ladies' seminary. It has a tragic ending,......
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