4 APRIL 1885, page 19

Invention And Industry.*

TAR. SMILES'S new book might well have been longer. It makes excellent reading; and though most of the stories he tells have been told before, he adds many new facts. The lives......

Professor Hales On Shakespeare.*

WE must confess to a considerable amount of disappointment in reading Professor Hales's book. Learning and good-sense are there, it is true ; but there is wanting, except in two......