Married Beneath Him. By The Author Of Lost Sir Massingberd.
(Macmillan.)—Clear and pleasant writing, many characters all indi- vidual, a good plot,—these things make up of course a good average novel. That this one is not above the......
Once And Again. By The Author Of Cousin Stella. (smith
and Elder.) —An exceedingly readable book, full of pleasant sketches of French society, of characters which live and move, and of incidents which if not probable seem so as one......
Two Months In A London Hospital. By Arnold J. Cooley.
(Groom- bridge.)—A little work of some interest. The author, a surgeon, was struck down by an omnibus while walking in the Strand, and carried to Charing-Cross Hospital. Ho......
By The Sea. By The Author Of Hester Kyrton. (smith
and Elder.) —By the Sea is a decided falling off from Hester Kyrton, the sensational element being extravagantly predominant. There are novel-readers, we fancy, who may take an......
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' CURRENT LITERATURE The Year-Book of Facts. 1865. By John Timbs, F.S.A. (Lockwood and Co.) Tweedie's Temperance Year-Book. 1865. (W. Tweedie).- The comparison of these two......
Burnet's History Of The Reformation.*
A NEW edition of Burnet's History of the Reformation, in seven handsome octavo volumes, has just appeared from the Oxford University Press, edited by Mr. Nicholas Pocock, late......
Our Domestic Fireplaces. By Fred. Edwards, Jun. Second Edi-
tion. (Robert Hardwicke.)—A very sensible and well-written treatise, founded on the principles of Dr. Arnett and Count Rumford. Our present grates are most wasteful, both of......
History Of The Reform Bill. By The Rev. W. N.
Molesworth, M.A. (Chapman and Hall.)—An extremely full, well-written, and clearly- thought history of the passing of the Reform Bill. Mr. Molesworth is evidently a man of wide......
Events Of The Month, 1864. (john And Charles Mozley.)—the...
feature of this magazine is that it gives an account of public affairs, both at home and abroad, in a popular form. Just about as much as ladies or boys care to know is put into......
His Torical Studies. By Herman Merivale. (longmans.) —...
thin. They are in fact studies, outlines, thoughts avowedly complete only in their drift. To those who have not studied the subjects on which they treat they are simply......
The London Diocese Book, 1865. By John Hassard, Private...
to the Bishop of London: (Rivingtons.)—The discontinuance of The London Diocesan Calendar has made room for this work, which is extremely well executed, and contains a great......
Jack Scudamore's Daughter. By Folkestone Williams....
very hard to read this book through, but the effort twice repeated has been a failure. Only one character will remain with us five minutes, a Miss Brabazon, a new specimen of......
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