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Raines, Rev. F. R. The fellows of the Collegiate Church of Manchester; ed. by F. Renaud. Pt. 1. (Chetham Soc.)

Reclus, E. Primitive folk; studies in comparative ethnology. (Contemp. sci. ser.)

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M. "A great deal more popular than scientific. Reclus's book is full of entertainment, but we cannot well recommend it to any one who is in search of real knowledge. It is too unmethodic, too picturesque for picturesqueness's sake, too flighty.". Saturday rev., Jan. 31. Redgrave, G. R. David Cox and Peter De Wint. (Illust. biog. of the great artists.)

"A valuable book of reference to lovers of art, and purchasers of pictures. The author has wisely not attempted any searching critical estimates of these painters but has confined himself to biography.- Sat. rev., May 9.

Réno, I. K. An exceptional case; a novel. Ritchie, D: G: Principles of state interference;

four essays on the political philosophy of H. Spencer, J: S. Mill, and T: H. Green. "They constitute a philosophical defence of a certain measure of State action or State interference against such views as have been put forward by Mr. Herbert Spencer and his friends. Mr. Ritchie's doctrine is that there is no inconsistency in reformers at one time resisting, and at another time supporting State interference.' ." - Athenæum, Apr. 11.

"Mr. Ritchie seems to make out very convincingly, as against Mr. Spencer, that English liberals, when they abandon the doctrine of laisser-faire,' do not necessarily give up the essential principles of Liberalism nor adopt those of the opposite party. He is equally suc cessful in showing that the theory of organic evolution has nothing to say against sanitary legislation or against State education. He also makes out a good case against Mill's belief, shared to a certain extent by Mark Pattison, that an a priori' philosophy is the natural ally of Toryism. In this connexion the points of agreement between T. H. Green's ethics and utilitarianism are well brought out. But the criticism of Mill's doctrine of Liberty is far too slight."- Academy, June 27. Roger-Milès, L:

Corot. (Les artistes célèbres.) "The body of the book is less critical than historical, and is plentifully and pleasantly garnished with those anecdotes of generosity and kindness which are fortunately numerous enough in the history of artists, but which are seldom more abundant than in Corot's case." Sat. rev., Feb. 14.

Saintsbury, G: Essays on French novelists.

"The studies to which we are most attracted are those on Charles Bernard, and Henry Murger. That on Murger is one of the very best appreciations' we have ever read.... For Sandeau, Feuillet, Flaubert, and Cherbuliez we must refer the reader to the author himself. Indeed, to attempt to schedule in a column and three-quarters a volume so rich in material and so stimulating in sugThose who wish to gestion, is a mere impertinence. hear what a contemporary critic, at once brilliant and impartial, has to say of the modern French novel should hasten to consult Mr. Saintsbury's book." — Sat. rev., May 23. Schopenhauer, A. The art of literature; essays; sel. and tr., with pref., by T. B. Saunders. "As arranged and selected, the reflections and aphorisms in this book possess genuine utility and a prac tical aim. Often enough they embody very obvious truths which, however, acquire new force and suggestiveness by Schopenhauer's mastery of clear and expressive language, of novel illustration, and of well-defined form."- Sat. rev., Apr. 11.

Scott, L., pseud. for Mrs. L. Baxter. Vincigliata and Maiano.

"With the help of an architect learned in medieval archæology, and a number of skilful carvers and ma

sons, Mr. Temple Leader has raised on the site of an old feudal dwelling a very good modern imitation of a mediæval castle, with central keep, outer baily, and all complete. A considerable portion of the book consists of a description of the various parts of this elab. orate architectural forgery, and of a catalogue of the curiously miscellaneous contents of the various rooms, which the owner has made into a museum of objects of all dates and kinds." Saturday rev., May 16. Shelley, P. B. Adonais; ed., with introd. and notes, by W: M. Rossetti. (Clarendon press ser.)

"Comprises a memoir of Shelley, a memoir of Keats, an essay of the composition and bibliography of the poem, six pages on its argument, ten pages of 'general exposition,' a note on Bion and Moschus, the poem itself with cancelled passages, and fifty-four pages of notes. What more need be said for editorial conscientiousness ?" - Sut. rev., Mar. 14. Sloane, T. J. S. Smith, F. H.

Gnomic sunbeams.

Colonel Carter of Cartersville; illust. by E. W. Kemble, etc.

"A sketch of an old-fashioned Virginian gentleman some years after the war. He combines some exceed. ingly picturesque and amiable qualities with a degree of folly and incapacity about practical business which, we fear, would make him intolerably exasperating as an actual companion.". Saturday rev., July 25. Specht, E. E. H. Alfrieda; a novel. Stebbing, Rev. T: R. R. The naturalist of Cum

brae; a true story; the life of D. Robertson. "Mr. Robertson's chief claim upon the world has been the zeal with which he has during a long life unselfishly placed his time and his experience at the service of other and perhaps more serious investigators. Many biologists of eminence have had cause to thank him for timely specimens added to their collections." Sat.rev., May 2.

Stix, H: S. Christ the pupil of Buddha; a comparative study.

Story, W: W. Excursions in art and letters.

"Practically a supplement to the Conversations in a studio,' and is made up of five papers none of which is particularly novel or attractive."— Nation, July 2.

Thanet, O. (pseud. of A. French).

Otto the

Knight; and other trans-Mississippi stories. "Stories whose locality Octave Thanet by right of possession and an instinctive understanding had made peculiarly her own field. They are full of the quaint dialect and homely sentiment, the limiting conditions of life, and the crass ignorance of the place." - Critic, July 11.

Valera, J: Pepita Ximenez; tr. by M.. J. Serrano; with introd.

Vercamer, E. Des franchises diplomatiques et spécialement de l'exterritorialité. Wallace, A. R. Natural selection and tropical nature; essays on theoretical and descriptive biology: New ed., with add.

"Though dealing throughout with technical matters, Mr. Wallace has been careful to keep within the com. prehension of the general reader."— Sat. rev., May 16. Warner, C: D. Our Italy; illust. Weitemeyer, H.

Denmark; its history, and topography, language, literature, fine arts, social life, and finance.

"In spite of the style, no work on Denmark exists in our language which is so valuable or so minutely exhaustive as this excellent compendium." Sat. rev., May 30.

Yonge, C.. M. Two penniless princesses.

Achard, L: A. E.

Belle Rose. Nouv. éd. 1889. "As good as all but the best of Alexandre."-Saintsbury's Essays. Acland, A. H: D. A guide to the choice of books.

"No reader worthy of the name needs a guide to direct him to the great masterpieces of literature; but in the study of history, of political economy, of moral philosophy, and of any special science the ignorant reader will be often glad of help,and this help Mr. Acland sup plies. He is, we think, on the right track in this Guide, even if he has not achieved all that he desired." Spectator, Aug. 11.

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Agassiz, A. Three letters to M. McDonald, U. S. Comm. of fish, etc. on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America, etc. carried on by the steamer Albatross. Allen, G., in full C: G. B. What's bred in the

bone.

"Has its merits, no doubt, but they are not the merits which have won for the writer his reputation."— Academy, July 25.

Anderson, Capt. L. A cruise in an opium clipper.

"An example of how dull a book may be produced about crimps, typhoons, coral reefs, armed junks, and all the properties out of which Mr. Eden or Mr. Ascott Hope sometimes, manufacture such thrilling tales." Sat. rev., June 20.

Banville, T. F. de. Marcelle Rabe.

"A story in which real pathos and poetic feeling are unluckily married to things not so admirable, in order to please the public, with the effect of hitting the bird on neither wing. There are charming passages."—

Sat. rev., Mar. 21. Bernheim, E: Lehrbuch der historischen Methode; mit Nachweis der wichtigsten Quellen und Hülfsmittel zum Studium der Geschichte. 1889.

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"The parts are greater than the whole. The novel is not one of Mr. Besant's conspicuous successes. Mr. Besant has shown ere this that he can write a more or less faulty book, but a dull book he could not write if he tried. He sees everything so vividly that he makes it equally vivid to his readers, and he has a remarkable power of entering into the minds of commonplace people, aud making their expression of themselves dramat. ically interesting.". Spectator, July 25.

Black, W: Donald Ross of Heimra; a novel.

"The vivid presentment of the wild beauties of that north-western coast, and of the touching love tale which so nearly ends tragically for the gallant young hero and his true-hearted bride, will to many people be sufficient attraction to an otherwise admirable story." Athenæum, June 27.

Boutmy, E. The English constitution; tr. by I..

M. Eaden; with introd. by Sir F: Pollock. "Nothing less than fascinating. In the first place, the foreigner's standpoint from which they are written gives them a de ightful freshness and piquancy. The commonplaces of the Constitution when described by M. Boutmy cease to be trite. Combined with a deep and liberal knowledge of our laws and institutions he possesses in a high degree that faculty of clear and logical disquisition which belongs in some measure to all Frenchmen. Accuracy and a true instinct for the subject are joined to lucidity. Of M. Boutmy's studies it is not too much to say that they will prove invaluable to those who desire to master the principles and customs upon which our government rests.' Spectator, July 25.

Vindication of the decorated pottery

Bowes, J. L. of Japan.

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Brentano, L: J. Relation of labor to the law of to-day; tr. by P. Sherman, with introd. Cambridge, A. The three Miss Kings; an Australian story.

"If a list were made of all the recent novels which begin well, seeming to promise a bright, lively, interesting story about reasonably pleasing persons, and which fall off when the story is well afoot, and break that promise in a melancholy manner, it would be a long list, and The three Miss Kings' would be in it." - Sat. rev., July 25.

Cavaignac, G. La formation de la Prusse contemporaine; les origines - le ministère de Stein,

1806-08.

"Monumental it will be if it is carried out on the scale of the present volume. M. Cavaignac writes clearly as well as learnedly, and provides, what French historians are most grudging of ample footnotes of reference to his authorities." Sat. rev., May 2. Chatelain, Dr. La folie de J. J. Rousseau. 1890.

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"Divisée en neuf chapitres dont l'énumération donne un analyse succincte, mais assez claire, du livre: Santé physique. Enfance, jeunesse. - Caractère. Les idées de persécution, Traits caractéristiques. Le causes. Les actes. Les écrits. La mort. On voit que cette monographie psycho-mèdicale embrasse Jean Jacques tout entier, y compris les manifestations litté raires qui l'ont fait immortel." Le livre, août 1890. Colomb, Rear-Adm. P. H. Naval warfare; its ruling principles and practice historically treated.

"It is impossible to avoid a comparison between this book and the strictly contemporary one by Captain Ma han of the the U. S. navy. The two men hold analagous appointments in the two countries, and the necessity which they have been under of presenting these subjects to professional students of mature years has compelled them to elaborate their arguments with a wealth of illustration and detail which might otherwise have appeared superfluous. The two men have thus been working on closely parallel lines, but sufficiently apart to leave them distinct from each other. Each may be considered as forming a companion and supplement of the other, and the two together place the student of naval history on a point of vantage as compared with that on which he stood a couple of years ago, when he endeavored to take a survey of the past, and to formu. late rules for the future. Noble books." Athenaum, July 11. Cooke, Mrs. R. T. The sphinx's children and other people's. 1886.

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Croll, J. The philosophical basis of evolution. Davidson, R. T:, D. D., and Benham, W: Life of Archibald Campbell Tait, Abp. of Canterbury. 2 v.

"The excessive copiousness of the record, which is accompanied besides by a certain lack of arrangement, is a pity, for not only do the volumes contain an interesting account of religious controversies which can never become wholly obsolete, but they supply a dis. tinct, if over-elaborate portrait of one of the most highminded, and certainly one of the most sensible prelates that have ever adorned the Church of England." -Athenæum, June 20.

De Quincey, T: Posthumous works; ed. by A. H. Japp. Vol. 1.

"From cover to cover the book is, as we should ex. pect, full of proofs of the extraordinary range of De Quincey's intellect, his reading and his interests, of his singular combination of suppleness and laboriousness of mind, and of the tendency in him to think on paper as it were to take a strange delight in exhibiting the whole process of ratiocination, instead of communicating merely the results. The fact of his not having published these things himself increases our respect for his self-critical faculty; while there is nothing in them

which need make us quarrel with his heirs or with Dr.
Japp for publishing them now. They complete, if they
do not notably improve, the idea of one of the first
English men of letters of this century, and they add
some matter of positive interest to his work."— Sat.
rev., May 16.

Dodge, Mrs. M. M. Irvington stories; illust. by
F. O. C. Darley. 4th ed. 1867.
Doellinger, J: J: I. von.

Briefe u. Erklärungen
über die vaticanischen Decrete, 1869-87.
"La presente brochure contient la plupart des arti
cles ecrits par Döllinger en 1869 et en 1870 contre L'in-
fallibilité; puis la correspondance échangée entre son
archevèque et lui en 1871. Toutes ces pièces étaient
déjà connues. On y trouve ensuite les lettres inédites
que lui ont adressées depuis 1878 les hauts personnages
cités, avec les réponses qu'il y fit.
Döllinger

se proposait de publier ces documents, pour arrêter certain bruits et bien attester sa foi; mais la mort le frappa sur ces entrefaites. Un de ces disciples, Keusch, s'est chargé de soin et il lui en faut savoir gré." Rev. critique, 22-29 sept. 1890.

Flaxman, J: Outline designs; for art studies and decorative purposes; with acct. of the characters. 1st ser. [1877.]

France, J. A. de.

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Gnoli, D. Le origini di maestro Pasquino.
Griffiths, A. French revolutionary generals.
Gyp, pseud. Un raté. 13e éd.

"The best figure in the book, who must be cut out,and put in 'Gyp's' gallery, is the Marquise de Gueray. She is an admirable person. Wherever she appears there we find the old 'Gyp' (not that Gyp can ever be old), the 'Gyp,' if we may so irreverently express ourselves, of behind the fagots, the Gyp' that a man shall read and straightway forget all weary things." Saturday rev., Apr. 4.

Hardy, T:

A group of noble dames; The first Countess of Wessex; Barbara of the House of Grebe; The Marchioness of Stonehenge; Lady Mottisfont; The Lady Icenway; Squire Petrick's lady; Anna, Lady Baxby; The Lady Penelope; The Duchess of Hamptonshire; and The Honorable Laura. "The stories are told in a style which reminds the the reader of nothing so much as those shorter tales of Boccaccio in which a plot is stated like the theorem of a proposition in Euclid. You must work in the charac ters, and colour the scenery for yourself -as Chaucer and Shakespeare did."- Sat. rev., June 20. Hartshorne, A. Hanging in chains.

"A ghastly volume with its reproductions of the rude woodcuts which have perpetuated the gibbet, and the gibbet iron. The world would be spared some of the pessimistic twaddle of those talkers who profess to think that moral feeling is at a lower point now than it was one or two centuries ago if the talkers knew what the punishments of England were like in those days." Athenæum, July 11.

Haussonville, G. P. O. de C:, comte de. Madame

de la Fayette. (Les grands écrivains français.)

"It is not easy to write anything that shall be uninteresting about Mme. de la Fayette; it is impossible for M. d'Haussonville not to write well; but we think we have seen more amusing volumes of this series than this last."- Sut. rev.. May 30.

Heulhard, A. Rabelais, ses voyages en Italie, son exile à Metz.

"Is, we think, the most careful, and is we are pretty nearly sure, the most sumptuous contribution ever made to Rabelaisian biography and bibliography. M. Heulhard tells us that he has spent no less than ten years in his researches into Rabelais's visits to Italy, and his stay in Metz. It is evident that in this long labour he has ransacked every attainable document, and he has summoned the arts, both fine and mechanical, to help him in setting forth his result, with a contempt of expense remarkable even in a Frenchman." Sat.rev.. May 23.

Hobson, J: A. Problems of poverty; an inquiry into the industrial condition of the poor.

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"Ce second tome embrasse la Restauration, les Centjours et la règne de Louis XVIII. Hyde y insère cet endroit sa correspondance avec la princesse de la Trémoïlle, avec la marquise de Montcalm, sœur du duc de Richelieu, et d'autres personages. Ces lettres donnent quelquefois de précieux détails sur la situation de la France, et particulièrement sur l'esprit royaliste de l'époque, sur les discussions parlementaires et les menées sourdes des partis; elles devront être consultées par tous ceux qui veulent faire ou bien connaitre l'his toire de la Restauration."- Revue critique, 15 déc. Kean, Rev. J. Among the holy places; a pilgrimage through Palestine.

"We cannot help wishing that Mr. Kean had either completely ignored the results of explorations, late or early, or that he had given himself the trouble to read up the subject somewhat more diligently before undertaking to teach others."- Sat. rev., June 20.

La Brète, J: de. Le comte de Palène.

"The author of that capital book 'Mon oncle et mon curé,' has not quite repeated his success in Le comte de Palène;' but he has written a lively and 'honnête' study with a hero who is a sort of benevolent fanfaron' of misanthropy, and a heroine who has the cheerful selfconfidence of M. Cherbuliez's heroines without what unkind people call their occasional vulgarity.” — Sat. rev., Apr. 25. Letourneau, C: L'évolution du mariage et de la famille. 1888.

Linton, W: J. The English republic; ed. with

introd, and notes by K. Parkes.

"A reprint of some Socialist essays from a periodical of the same name which was conducted and written by Mr. Linton some forty years ago. They have a certain interest." Sat. rev., June 20.

Lissagaray, P.

1876.

Histoire de la Commune de 1871.

Loftie, W: J: London city; its history, streets, traffic, buildings, people; illust.

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"Mr. Loftie's text, though necessarily a somewhat superficial survey of the vast array of facts with which he attempts to deal, is, like all his writings, both schol. arly and methodical. He has ably assisted his artist collaborator." Athenæum, June 27. Lord, C: C. Life and times in Hopkinton, N. H. MacKie, C. P. With the Admiral of the Ocean

Sea; the first voyage to the western world; drawn mainly from the diary of Columbus. "A very readable and connected account of the first

voyage of Columbus, founded upon and drawn mainly from the diary of Columbus as abridged and compiled by Las Casas. In addition to this, however, he has enriched and amplified his narrative by information drawn from the official documents of Spain relating to the dis covery, the testimony in the lawsuit brought against the Spanish Crown, after the death of Columbus by his son Diego, and the publications of Muñoz, Navarrete, and others. Based upon this research, the author has constructed very successfully a lively and picturesque, as well as accurate, narrative of the great voyage." Nation, July 30. Mac Vine, J:

Sixth-three years' angling; from the mountain streamlet to the Tay. "A very pleasant book of reminiscences. It is excellent reading, and may rank with A year of liberty,' and with Mr. Henderson's 'My life as an angler."" Sat. rev., June 6.

Manteuffel, U. Z. von. Désirées Geheimnis; Novelle aus dem Badeleben. 1886. Das Majorat; Roman. 1884. 2 v. Markham, Capt. A. H. Life of Sir John Franklin and the North-West passage. world's great explorers.)

(The

"There is little or nothing that is new to tell; but a good deal of scattered information is condensed into this one volume, which brings the narrative of Arctic exploration down to the present day."- Sat. rev., June

30.

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Morris, W: O'C. Great commanders of modern

times and the campaign of 1815; repr. from Ill. naval and military magazine. "Judge O'Connor Morris proves what valuable work civilians can do even on such well-worn subjects as the campaigns of Napoleon, and gives evidence on every page of careful reading and correct judgment. Really valuable book, students ought not only to read but to possess it.” — Academy, July 4.

Moule, A. E. New China and old; recollections

and observations of 30 years.

"Archdeacon Moule has been a resident in Ningpo and its neighborhood for the last thirty years, and he has watched with a keen and deeply interested gaze the change which has come over China during that period. He discourses very pleasantly on these and a number of other social matters. He takes us with him on journeys through the very beautiful country which surrounded Ningpo; and in his company we visit Mandarins, attend weddings, observe the practice of the beg. gars and their king, and the religious vagaries of Buddhist monks."- Sat. rev., June 27.

Munk, E: Student's manual of Greek tragedy; ed., with notes, etc., from the Germ. of [his] Geschichte der griechischenhit. by A. W. Verrall.

"Neither for accuracy, nor inaccuracy, or originality is the book remarkable, nor does there seem to be much reason for its production. Professor Jebb's Primer is preferable, and for more advanced students Professor Mahaffy's book is both fuller and more suggestive. One advantage, however, which the present work possesses is the large number of its quotations in it taken from the late Dean Plumptre's translations of Eschylus and Sophocles." — Westminster review, July.

Nisbet, J. F. The insanity of genius, and the general inequality of human faculty physiologically considered.

"He concludes that genius is only the happy aspect of a certain instability in the nervous organisation, of which the unhappy aspects are found in all the so-called neurotic disorders which are the unfavorable variations due to the same unstable equilibrium. Instead of being the most perfect form of a number of temperaments all more or less exceptionally well balanced and clearsighted, it is, in Mr. Nisbit's opinion, the happy acci dent of a temperament which is sure to manifest itself in a large number of more or less unhappy accidents. Mr. Nisbet's fundamental assumption that all will, that all self-control, is an illusion, very naturally leads him into the topsy-turvy view of genius which he has adopted, and so elaborately failed to make good."Spectator, May 30.

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Oberkirch, H. L.., baronne d'. Mémoires; pub. par le comte L. de Montbrison. [2e éd. 1883.] 2 v.

Page, T: N. On Newfound River.

"A novelette about Eastern Virginia." - Sat. rev., June 20.

Parsons, S., Jr. Landscape gardening; notes and suggestions; illust.

Pearl; an English poem of the 14th century; ed. with a modern rendering by I. Gollanoz. "It is a very pretty poem allegorical, of course, but avoiding the beaten ways of that slavish following of the 'Rose' which mars so much fourteenth and fif teenth century verse. It is sincere and touching in its treatment of the real subject (the recovery in vision of a dead daughter by her father) not seldom fresh in phrase, rich in imagery and, even where as in the opening, it employs alliteration most mercilessly, avoiding the worst results of that strange exaggeration of a val uable resource which somehow or other commended it. self to our fathers. There are not many instances known to us in which the mystical theology of the Middle Ages appears in a more amiable or in a more or. thodox light than in this agreeable poem."- Sat. rev., May 23.

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Peters, C: New light on dark Africa; narrative of the German Emin Pasha Expedition; its adventures among the native tribes of eastern equatorial Africa; tr. by H. W. Dulcken. "One of the best books of African travel and adventure published during the past ten years. The interest of the book as a whole is not a little increased by the unconscious self-portraiture of the author. The stirring events related are set off by a background characteristically German. A German is nothing if not a sentimentalist and a metaphysician. Dr. Peters is both. His book reflects the sentimental longings which the starry vault of heaven, the solitudes of the forest, and the majesty of the everlasting bills never fail to awaken in the typical Teutonic mind. But never far distant from Dr. Peters the poet is Dr. Peters the philosopher. book contains an excellent map on which the important new geographical features noted by Dr. Peters are duly recorded. Taken as a whole, his work is the most entertaining and readable of the many volumes devoted to the quest of Emin Pasha," Spectator, May 30.

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Pour la Noël; contes et récits de tous les pays, [pub.] par la Revue britannique], 1884-85. Pritchett, R. T. Smokiana; historical and ethnographical; illust.

Pruen, S. T. The Arab and the African; experiences in eastern equatorial Africa during a residence of 3 years.

"The Doctor's book is a really remarkable one. What he has done has been thoroughly to digest his experiences of some years' travelling and residence in the quondam dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar, and to put the results, in modest size and shape, but sufficiently illustrated, before the reader. Although the note of personal experience, and as it were warranty, is everywhere present, we have seldom read a book which was less personal in the bad sense of obtrusion and egotism.

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In this way we have in the book not only the most careful and exact prescriptions that we have yet seen for the outfit and conduct of African travel, but an even more careful survey of the manners, customs, and so forth, of the natives, of the country, the climate, the flora and fauna, together with the special handling of the slave-trade question, and of the status and circumstances of missionaries." Sat. rev., June 27. Reinach, S. Peintures de vases antiques; re

cueillies par Millin, 1808, et Millingen, 1813. "By this book M. Reinach has well earned the gratitude of students of Greek vases, first for having reduced into one compact volume all that is of permanent value in the three great folios of Millin and Millingen, thereby increasing their convenience in the same ratio that the cost has been diminished; and second, for having modernized both works by revising the interpretations of the illustrations in accordance with the methods and knowledge of the present day, and also noting all that he has been able to gather of the history of each specimen during the eighty years that have elapsed since the original publication. While it is inevitable that some of the vases publised should have disappeared in this long interval, the number that have escaped Mr. Reinach's vigilance seems to us surprisingly small." Roberts, R. D. Eighteen years of university extention.

"An encouraging record of work. The diagrams show more clearly than any words that, although the novelty of the Extension Lectures has worn off, and, consequently, that those who were originally attracted to them by their novelty alone have ceased to attend them, yet that the number of really earnest students is steadily increasing, and that nothing but the dificulty of obtaining an adequate stipend for the lecturers stands in the way of an almost indefinite development of the scheme." Sat. rev., May 23.

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Roget, J: L: History of the Old Water-Colour Society, now the Royal Soc. of Painters in Water Colours; with biog, notices; prec. by an account of English water-colour art in the 18th cent. 2 v.

"Mr. Roget wished to collect in definite and final shape the facts however small concerning an interesting body of British artists. For carrying out this scheme with patient enthusiasm he deserves high commendation." Sat. rev., June 20.

Ross, J. D. G. Early days recalled.

The author has been intimately associated with a very large number of very interesting people, and, moreover, has written well on a subject which many authors have treated ill—namely, Italy. The volume is well put together, very well worth reading."— Sat. vev., May 9.

St. Clair, G: Buried cities and Bible countries.

"In this book, Mr. St. Clair has gathered the inform ation obtained by the researches of the directors of the Palestine Exploration Fund. The chapter on the topography of Jerusalem is excellent."- Sat. rev. June

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Ein Blatt auf Vrony's Grab; Erzählung. 4e Aufl. 1883.

Geschichten für Jung und Alt im Volk. 18-.

10 v.

Gritlis Kinder kommen weiter; eine Geschichte für Kinder. 1888.

Heidi kann brauchen was es gelernt hat; eine Geschichte für Kinder.

Heimatlos; 2 Geschichten für Kinder. 8e Aufl.

1 Im Rhonethal. 2e Aufl. 1886.

Kurze Geschichten für Kinder. 2 v.

Ein Landaufenthalt von Onkel Titus; eine
Geschichte für Kinder. 2e Aufl. 1887.
Sina; eine Erzählung für junge Mädchen. 2e
Aufl.

Verschollen, nicht vergessen; ein Erlebnis, den jungen Mädchen erzählt. 4e Aufl.

Was soll denn aus ihr werden? ein Erzählung
für junge Mädchen. 2e Aufl. 1889.
Wo Gritlis Kinder hingekommen sind; eine
Geschichte für Kinder. 3e Aufl.

Zwei Volkschriften. 1884.

1888.

Sterling, W. Quarter-centennial history of the University of Kansas, 1866-91; with por

traits.

Tatistcheff, S. Alexandre 1. et Napoléon; d'après leur correspondance inédite, 1801-12.

"M. Tatistcheff has published with an ample com. mentary, the correspondence, entirely unpublished, and in part not known to exist, of Czar Alexander, and Napoleon 1."-Sut. rev., Mar. 14.

Waller, H. Ivory, apes, and peacocks; an African contemplation.

"Written by the friend and editor of Livingstone, who, in somewhat metaphorical style, expresses his natural dissatisfaction with the professed philanthropic aims of recent African explorers, and his intense discontent concerning the results of our anti-slavery pol icy."- Sat. rev., May 2.

Watson, J: Poachers and poaching.

"The chief interest of Mr. Watson's book is in what he has to say of the creatures whose instincts and habits induce them to shun observation. Apparently he has lived in the lake and hill countries of Cumberland and Yorkshire, the best natural preserve now remaining in England. Nothing can be prettier than some of his descriptions of the sights to be witnessed in the fading light, or the sounds of awakening day-life and the glim mering phantasmagoria in cloud-land that herald the breaking dawn."- Sat. rev., June 20.

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