Electricity In Our Homes And Workshops. By S. F. Walker.
(Whittaker and Co.)—We find some very sensible remarks on different batteries, and their value for domestic and workshop use. The varieties of bells in use for mines, and......
A Month In Palestine. By Countess Cowper. (john Bumpus.)— So
many travellers to Palestine have declared the disappointment which the appearance of the Holy City, following their precon- ceived idea of it, has produced, that it is a......
Charles .franklyn, Of The Camel Corps. By " Hasmbig."...
Elder, and Co.)—The author of this story, whose curious pseudonym looks like an anagram, is in all probability an officer who has been through the Soudan Campaign, and who......
To Set Before Them, A Good Deal Of Humour, And
not a little flippancy. Moreover, he speaks with the assured confidence in his opinions that spares his auditors the trouble of thought. Whether he has done wisely in filling a......
The Witch Of Atlas. By H. Park Bowden. (sampson Low
and Co.)—" A ballooning story" is certainly a novelty. Never before, we fancy, in fiction—not to speak of real life—has the heroine made the acquaintance of the hero by......
Ancient Cures, Charms, And Usages Of Ireland. By Lady Wilde.
(Ward and Downey.)--No one could wish for a better guide to the folk-lore of the Irish than Lady Wilde. And, indeed, the remarkable superstitions which she prints are in......
Star - Land. By Sir Hobert S. Ball. (cassell And Co.)—two...
of lectures which Sir R. Ball delivered in 1881 and 1887 to young people at the Royal Institution are here published, with illustrations, in the form of an introduction to the......
"with All My Worldly Goods I Thee Endow." By G.
Washington Moon. (Routledge and Sons.)—Mr. Washington Moon is anxious to have the words which form the title of his story struck out of the Marriage Service. They are false, he......
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