The World's Jubilee; Or, Some Of The Benefits To Be
derived from Mutual and Co-Operative Societies. By W. Hann. Fifth edition. London. 1868. —Here is a pamphlet reaching a fifth edition proceeding from a writer who is evidently......
Book Of The Artists. American Artist Life, Comprising...
Critical Sketches of American Artists, preceded by an Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Art in America. By Henry T.. Tuckerman. (Sampson Low.)—Although written in a......
Father Fernie, The Botanist. By James Nicholson....
—Botany, attractive as it is in practice, is singularly uninteresting in books, and Mr. Nicholson is quite justified in seeking to enliven it by the help of fiction. We cannot......
A School Manual Of Health. By Edwin Lankester, M.d. (groom-
bridge.)—We are not all prepared to allow that "the elder scholars in our national and other schools " ought to be taught "those facts which must be known in order to secure the......
The Massacre Of St. Bartholomew. By Henry White....
book well deserves a more detailed notice than wo are able to give it. Its title does not adequately describe it. It is, in fact, a complete and careful representation of one......
Sorrow On The Sea. 3 Vols. By Lady ;wood. (tinsley).—lady
Wood's last novel, Sabina, was a tale of very considerable power. It contained at least one character, that of the old seaman, Lieutenant Rock, which will not easily be......
Practical Notes On Wine. By Edward Lonsdale Beckwith....
Elder.)—The pleasant chapters which compose this little book are a reprint, with additions and corrections, of Mr. Beckwith's official report on the winos at the Paris......
Half-flows With The Telescope. By Richard A. Proctor....
Proctor has not found a very good title for his book. It suggests the idea of talk about the wonders of astronomy, a topic, by the way, which we have no wish to depreciate, but......
The Lord Of All. 2 Vols. (chapman And Hall.)—why Does
the- writer of this novel suppose that we shall not be interested in the scenes of life in Rome except the principal actors therein are our own country- men ? On the contrary,......
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