The Sewage Question. By Frederick Charles Kropp. (longmans.)
—It is amusing to see how each new writer on sewage pooh-poohs his predecessors, and while proving the absolute perfection of his own sys- tem, cuts away every inch of ground......
The Life And Letters Of Florence Maccarthy Beagle, Tanist Of
Carbery, MacCarthy Mor, with some Portion of " the History of the Ancient' Families of the South of Ireland." Compiled solely from unpublished documents in Her Majesty's State......
Ure's Dictionary Of Arts, Manufactures, And Mines. Edited...
Hunt, F.R.S. Three vols. (Longmans.)—The sixth edition of a standard work, carefully revised and brought down to the present state of scientific knowledge. It is impossible to......
A Handy Book Of The Law Of Shipping. By Charles
Stuart Smyth. (Effingham Wilson.)—Lawyers generally mistrust short cuts to law, but handy books are useful if they are not too implicitly trusted. Mr. Staylli'a little book" is......
Poem Which Gives Its Name To This Volume Is Made
up of several short lyrical pieces strung on a thread of narrative. Longfellow's "Wayside Inn" may have served as a model for Mr. Whittier's "Tent on the Beach," and in addition......
A Treatise On The Locus Standi Of Petitioners Against...
Bills in Parliament. By James Mellor Smethurst. Second Edition. (Stevens and Haynes.)—This is rather too much like modern law books in collect- ing cases instead of referring......