The Sea-fisherman. By J. C. Wileocks. Fourth Edition....
and Co.)—It is many years since we reviewed the first edition of this book. It then, we thought, took its place as the best work on the subject. Now that it appears "much......
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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Edited by Francis James Child. Parts I. and II. (Houghton and Co., Boston ; Henry Stevens, London.)—Mr. Child has been long known as a......
On The Frontier. By Bret Harte. (longmans.)—this Little...
three of Bret Harte's characteristic tales, of which the third, "Left out on Lone Star Mountain," is the best. The first two are a little obscure as to their detail. The last is......
A Companion To The Creek Testament And The English Version.
By Philip Schaff, D.D. (Macmillan.)—Dr. Schaff's volume contains an account, as complete as could be desired, of what may be called the circumstances of the New Testament and......
A Two Months' Cruise In The Mediterranean In The Steam
Yacht 'Ceylon.' By Surgeon-General Munro. (Hurst and Blackett.)— This work reminds us of the letters which Mr. Bouncer wrote to his mother when he was at Oxford. Each letter......
History Of Protestant Missions In India, 1706-1882. By...
M. A. Skerring. Revised by the Rev. E. Storrow. (Religions Tract Society).—This book was first published ten years ago. Ten years are a long period in the history of Indian......