The Old Lieutenant And His Son. By Norman Macleod, D.d.
(Strahan.)—It is out of no disrespect to Dr. Macleod that this story has lain some time on our table without being noticed. With some books the mere fact that they have been......
Sales Attici ; Or, The Maxims, Witty And Wise, Of
Athenian Tragic Drama. Collected, arranged, and paraphrased. By D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. (Edmonston and Douglas.)—This work consists of short passages selected from -Eschylns,......
Commentaries Upon Martial Law. By W. F. Finlason....
Sons.)—In his masterly charge to the grand jury on the Jamaica ques- tion, the Lord Chief Justice made especial reference to a work of Mr. Finlason's, written between the......
How To Study The New Testament. The Epistles (first...
By Henry Alford, D.D. (Strahan.)—A short time ago we noticed the first part of this book, which dealt with the Gospels. The style and method of this second part are almost......
Love's Sacrifice. By Mrs. William Grey. 3 Vols. (hurst And
Blackett.)—It is a hazardous experiment killing off the heroine at the end of the first volume, and advancing another young lady to the vacant post with a view of resuscitating......
A Memoir Of Lady Anna Mackenzie, Countess Of Bakarres, And
after- wards of Argyll, 1621-1706. By Alexander Lord Lindsay. (Edmonston and Douglas.)—The interest of this book is scarcely biographical, but it is real. Lady Anna Mackenzie's......
Jeanie's Quiet Life. By The Author Of St. Olave's. 3
vols. (Hurst and Blackett.)—Jeanie's life is so very quiet that we hear scarcely any- thing about it, and what we do hear is somewhat insipid. If any of our readers have the......
Weekday Sermons. By R. W. Dale. (strahan.)—men Who Are Too
busy to go to church daring the week would like to hear some of these sermons from the Sunday pulpit, and would profit by the advice con- tained in them. Some of the ethical......
Discipline, And Other Sermons. By The Rev. Charles...
sermons have the merit of being short, but even short sermons might be worked out, and Mr. Kingsley does not seem to have taken that trouble. He has thrown out some new ideas......
The Westminster Confession Of Faith Examined On The Basis Of
the , other Protestant Confessions. By Joseph Taylor Goodsir. (Williams and Norgate.)—This is an impugnment of the Westminster Confession of Faith on the ground of its teaching......
Climbing The Hill. By The Author Of A Trap To
Catch a Sunbeam. (Groombridge.)—When we have copied out the description of the author of this story, and have stated that the subject of her new book is the happy beginning of a......
St. Patrick,, The Missionary Of Ireland. By Joseph S....
(Hamilton and Adams.)—Little is to be told of the life of St. Patrick, and Mr. Smithson has not told that little in a style that commends itself. Some of his interjections are......
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