Jephthah's Daughter. By Charles Heavysege. (sampson Low,...
; Dawson Brothers, of Montreal.)--These are good verses, but the subject seems to us quite unsuited for epic treatment. The motives el Jephthah in attempting to conciliate God......
The Sunday Book Of Poetry. Selected And Arranged By C.
F. Alex- ander. (Macmillan and Co.)--A well•selected volume of sacred poetry, which excludes neither Milton nor Roble, Toplacly nor Crashaw, Herbert nor Cowper. And we entirely......
Elijah. By "a Layman." (longman And Co.)—we Cannot...
say that "the Life of Elijah" is not a fit subject because "A Layman" assures us that "Dr. Macduff (Prophet of Fire) " has pronounced it to be "a Poem, an inspired Epic." But we......
.prealcs On The Fells, And Why I Did Not Become
a Sailor. By R. M. Balltuztyne. With Illustrations. (Routledge, Warne, and Routledge.) —Mr. John Sudberry would scarcely have had a literary existence but for poor Mr. Leech's......
Outlines Of Modern Farming. Vol. Iv. The...
Scott Burn. With Illustrations. (Virtue Brothers and Co.) —This volume maintains the same level of excellence as its predeces- sors. The work being rudimentary the subjects are......
Loved At Last. By Mark Lemon. Three Volumes. (bradbury And
Evans.)—It would not be difficult to write a criticism of this novel which should be at once just ana hostile, for the plot is not well con- structed, the incidents are often......
Books Received.
John Murray.—Modern Warfare and Modern Artillery. by C 1. naeD Richard Bentley.—flow to Manage It, by J. 1'. Prichard. 3 vols. ; a Century of Anecdote, front 1700 to 1800, by......
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