The Folk-lore Of Plants. By T. F. Thiselton Dyer. (chatto
and Windus.)—Mr. Dyer professes to give us what he calls a "brief systematic summary of the branches into which the subject naturally subdivides itself." His summary is, indeed,......
The Encyclopedic Dictionary.*
WE have had occasion to notice this remarkable work, now complete in seven large, and fourteen divisional, volumes, as • The Encyelopredie Dictionary. A New and Original Work of......
Dust And Diamonds. By Thomas Parnell. (ward And Downey.)...
the above ambitious title, Mr. Parnell includes several short essays on miscellaneous subjects. Some of them are decidedly neat and pointed, and occasionally there is a......
Current Literature.
Chambers's Encyclopo3dia. Vol. III. (W. and B. Chambers.) —The third volume of this most important work, the special features of which we had occasion recently to mention when......
Imperial Germany. By Sidney Whitman. (trill:oiler And...
says in his preface that he intends to speak the truth fearlessly ; but as the Germans have always found their bitterest critics amongst themselves, also a remark of his, we are......
Review Of The Planting And Agricultural Industries Of...
J. Fergusson. (John Haddon and Co.) — Though these papers have appeared in print before, thanks are due to Mr. Fergusson for publishing them in a separate volume. The first item......