Philimore, W: P. W. The London and Middlesex notebook; a garner of local history and antiquities.

"A miscellany that offers the most varied aspects of interest to antiquarian students, and comprises among the contributors some well-known names."- Sat. rev., Nov. 26.

Plutarchus. The Romane questions; tr. 1603, by P. Holland, now ed. by F. B. Jevons, with dissertations on Italian cults, myths, etc. "Holland's quaintness and homely vigour make his translations delightful reading. A most valuable and interesting introduction is supplied by a sound scholar and shrewd thinker." Athenæum, Jan. 7. Prime, W: C. Along New England roads.

"Represents the countryside as it is seen from a carriage in drives that wind among or radiate from the Berkshire Hills. There is an infusion of human interest in the narrative that lends a genuine character to the Narugged landscape, and reinforces the whole."tion, Jan. 26.

Renan, J. E. Studies of religious history. Robinet, J: F. E. Danton émigré; recherches sur la diplomatie de la république, an ler 1793. 1887. Savary, J: A national library not a mausoleum. 1884.

Schaff, P. America; sketch of the political, social, and religious character of the U. S.; two lectures delivered at Berlin, Sept. 1854. 1855.

Schliemann, H:

Selbstbiographie, bis zu seinem Tode vervollständigt; hrsg. von S. Schlie

mann.

"Contains an excellent portrait and ten illustra. tions. The substance, in so far as it emanated from the pen of the discoverer himself, was already contained in his Ilios. The completion, by the request of Schliemann himself, was intrusted to Dr. Brückner." - Lit. world, Feb. 11.

Scott, W: B. Autobiographical notes; and notices of his artistic and poetic friends, 1830-82; ed. by W. Minto. 2 v.

"Few books recently published throw more vivid sidelights, one might say sunlight, on this interesting period, while few intimacies are more singular than that between the sceptical, rather decisive, anti-supernaturalist Scott and the glowing mystics, the Italiannatured Rossetti, and the almost Byzantine Hunt." Critic, Jan. 14.

Shakespeare, W: Works; text revised by A.
Dyce. 6th ed. 1891. 10 v.
Works; ed. by W: A. Wright.

1891-92.

Vol. 1-8.

Sheldon, Mrs. M. F. Sultan to sultan; adventures among the Masai and other tribes of East Africa.

"Mrs. French Sheldon led a caravan of blacks a thousand miles through East Africa, and lost but one man, who perished through his own disobedience to orders. She had no hostile encounters, but was treated with savage courtesy even by unfriendly natives, and was so. licitously cared for at all times by her own followers. She does not appear to have had any sufficient reason for her adventurous undertaking, and she adds little or nothing to our knowledge of the regions through which she passed or their inhabitants; but she does give many lively pictures of the line of the caravan and of the native tribes dwelling on the slopes of the great moun. tain."- Nation, Jan. 12.

Stewart, J. A. Notes on the Nicomachean ethics of Aristotle. 2 v.

Story, A. T. A book of vagrom men and vagrant thoughts. 1889.

Toner, J. M. Dictionary of elevations and climatic register of the U. S.; cont. latitude, mean temperature, etc., of many localities. 1874. Medical men of the Revolution; history of the medical dept. of the Continental army; address before the Alumni Assoc. of Jefferson Medical College, Mar. 1876. Townsend, V. F. Our presidents; or, Lives of 23 presidents of the U. S. 1889. Turnbull, W: R. Othello; a critical study.

"Is not so much an analysis, or a criticism, or an illustration of Shakespearian tragedy in general and the tragedy of Othello in particular as a sort of sermon on these two things. Some good things are no doubt to be found here, but they are buried in such tough conglomorate that it is very hard to get them out or even to come to the knowledge of their existence." - Sat. rev., Jan. 14.

Underwood, F. H. Quabbin; the story of a small town with outlooks upon Puritan life. "In a series of sketches the little town of Quabbin as it was sixty years ago is reproduced with what seems absolute fidelity. He not only gives us the outward semblance, dialect, manners, and customs, but goes to the very heart of the subject, and we see the moving Puritan force back of the everyday life." - Critic, Jan. 21. Wallon, H: A. La révolution du 31 mai et le fédéralisme en 1793; ou, La France vaincue par la Commune de Paris. 1886. 2 v. Welsh, W: Report of a visit to the Sioux and

Ponka Indians on the Missouri River. 1872. Whitman, S. The realm of the Habsburgs.

"The author is evidently not so much at home in treating of Austria as in his previous work on Imperial Germany, and as a result, the book is somewhat sketchy. He is at his best in treating of the social side of Austrian life in the chapters on the nobility, the middle. classes, aud the peasantry. The rigid exclusiveness of high Austrian society and the charm and simplicity and old-world character which are, nevertheless, to be found in it, and still more among the middle-classes and the peasantry, are very well described." - Spectator, Jan. 14.

Wilkins, M.. E. Jane Field; a novel.

"The tale groups itself round three or four old women, all rough, uneducated, and unattractive, but each one absolutely different and with a strong personality of her own."-Sat. rev., Dec. 31.

Williams, M. M. Field farings; a vagrant chronicle of earth and sky.

"Is very closely confined to the sentiment of landscape, and on the whole renders nature in a very diluted color-wash, but with appreciation of the pleasures of the varying seasons to the eye and touch." Nation, Jan. 26.

Williams, M. Round London, down east, and up

west.

"A gossiping collection of personal experiences arrived at in the course of acquiring information as to the people, and the way they live. The book is well worth reading and is written with the greatest liveliness and dramatic power." - Sat. rev.. Jan. 7. Wright & Swasey. Caricatures pertaining to the Civil War. An old woman's outlook in a Yonge, C.. M.. Hampshire village.

"Natural history is not altogether Miss Yonge's strong point. She is at her best in the word pictures of the downs, woods, and lanes of her home; while her reminiscences of social life and of the improvement which has in the last fifty years overtaken village life are most interesting." Academy, Jan. 14.

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Alexandre, R. Le musée de la conversation; répertoire de citations françaises, dictons modernes, curiosités, lit., hist., et anecdot.; avec une indication précise des sources. 2e éd.

"Is, in an odd way, a very entertaining book. He is particularly good at unearthing all newspaper 'scies,' legends, hoaxes. His work is thus something in the same style as those which made M. Fournier famous, and almost as good to read." Sat. rev., Jan. 14.

Allen, G. (in full C: G. B.)

Science in Arcady.

"Many of the articles are the results of exploration of more or less remote countries. One is a dim recol. lection of old Jamaica experiences, a second is a result of a visit to Luxor, a third was sketched in Florence by a window that looked across the valley to Fiesole. Wheresoever obtained, they are all worth reading, and the volume that contains them will be a source of unending delight to the naturalist." Notes and queries, Feb. 11.

Andrews, W: Arnold, II. P. Audebrand, P.

Bygone Leicestershire.

Memoir of J. M. Warren. 1886. Petits mémoires du 19e siècle : H: Heine; Le sonnet de Félix Arvers; Un déjeuner chez Méry; Le sou de Gérard de Nerval; C: Philipon; A. de Musset, etc. 2e éd.

"Une contribution fort curieuse et qui ne laisse pas d'être assez utile à l'histoire du romantisme. Il abonde en anecdotes amusantes sur tous ces gens-là." Revue bleue, oct. 22.

Baddeley, W. S. Queen Joanna 1. of Naples, Si

cily, and Jerusalem, Countess of Provence, etc.; an essay on her times.

"Though we cannot agree with him in believing that Joanna should be held wholly innocent with respect to the murder of her first husband, there was certainly much to admire in her character. In short, her history is beset with difficulties and cannot be treated satisfactorily except by an historian with a larger measure of the critical faculty than Mr. Baddeley appears to us to possess, and in a style and spirit wholly different from those in which he has written this book." - Sat. rev.,

Feb. 4.

Ball, J. D. Things Chinese; notes on various subjects connected with China.

Barrie, J. M. A holiday in bed; and other sketches; with biog. sketch.

Bates, A. In the bundle of time.

Beek, J. The triumphs of William 111., King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland. 1702.

Black, W: Wolfenberg; a novel.

We art not sure that in the way of poetical descrip tion he has done anything finer than several of the pas sages devoted to the beauties of Sicilian and Crimean coasts. The life on board ship mainly consists of dialogue, which is pointed and pleasant.". Athenæum, Dec. 5.

La terre promise.

"It is not often that any author produces within a few weeks two books in one of which he seems to have carefully bestowed and exhibited all his weaknesses, and the other of which he seems to have taken for an arena in which to show nearly all his strength. In 'La terre' there can hardly be said to be any plot. There is hardly any dialogue in proportion, and page after page is filled with nothing but continuous and monotonous discourse on the motives, thoughts, and actions, or want of actions, of his characters. Cosmopolis is full of life and variety, its personages for the most part talk and act like human beings, and though the precise catastrophe appears to us unreasonable it is not impossible." Athenæum, Jan. 21.

Boyesen, H. H. The golden calf; a novel.

"Is devoted for the most part to the tendencies of American political life at the present time. The motif' excites no interest whatever, and the reader catches himself wondering every now and then what it is all about, and when he will come to the end of it." - Lit erary world, Jan. 14.

Brett, R. B. Footprints of statesmen during the 18th century in England.

"Contains many bright passages, and its conclusions though occasionally paradoxical, are never hopelessly commonplace." Athenæum, Jan. 21.

Brown, Maj. R. H. The Fayûm and Lake Maris; with pref. note by Col. Sir C. Scott-Moncrieff; illust.

"The results of his research, conducted on the spot with exhaustive thoroughness, agree in the main with the conclusions of Mr. Flinders Petrie and not with the much discussed theory of M. Linant de Bellefonds.". Sat. rev., Feb. 25.

Browne, A. E. Glimpses of old New England life; legends of old Bedford.

Bunner, H: C. Rowen; "second crop" songs.

"In grace, deftness, geniality, and delicate humor, too, he is the American cousin of him who has been nominated by Mr. E. C. Stedman for the English laurel crown. Nor any more than in the case of Mr. Austin Dobson, is it possible to predict the limit of Mr. Bunner's possibilities." - Literary world, Feb. 11. Cameron, Mrs. H: L. Weak woman; a novel. 3 v.

"When we say that her last production is as good as any other work from her pen we may not be commending the book after any very high trial of comparison, but we have at least placed it in competition with half-adozen very readable novels.” — Sut. rev., Feb. 13. Campbell, G: D., 8th Duke of Argyll. The unseen foundations of society; an examination of the fallacies and failures of economic science due to neglected elements.

"Would win appreciative readers on the strength of its style alone. But in his criticism on Ricardo he is to he found at his best. It must not, however, be supposed that he is an adverse critic of the orthodox economist alone; his hand is heavier upon Mr. Henry George than upon Ricardo and Mill. The note, indeed, of the book, and the source of its great value is its eclectic and, in the proper philosophical sense of the word, its sceptical character." - Sat. rev., Feb. 4.

Castle, E. English book-plates; illust. handbook for students.

"Although the descriptive part of the volume is limited to English book-plates, the work itself is prefaced with many pages of a more general introduction, in which the author discourses wisely and pleasantly on the origin and early history of these devices." - Sat. rev., Jan. 21.

"It is not designed, he says, for established collec tors, but rather for the guidance of the average booklover; but there is no doubt that anyone who has mastered the contents of his little book will have gained a sufficiently comprehensive knowledge of English 'exlibris.'" Academy, Feb. 11.

"Contains the biographies of three men. In the first chapters devoted to de Boigne, a full and just account is given of that very remarkable soldier. The next section is devoted to George Thomas. The various relations between Thomas and the Begam Samru are as romantic as anything in fiction. The life of M. Cuil. lier dit Perron does not offer the same opportunities of treatment. There is an appendix containing short accounts of about fifty other adventurers." - Academy, Dec. 31.

Corelli, M.. Thelma, a Norwegian princess.

"There is a wonderful glow of color in the Norwe gian part of the romance and a great deal that is stilted and 'usée' in the English portion." Literary world, July 30.

Corroyer, E: Gothic architecture; ed. by W. Armstrong; illust.

"As a guide to the origin and development of Gothic architecture in France, the treatise with its excellent drawings is valuable if not exhaustive." — Sat. rev., Jan. 28.

Cross, J: W. Impressions of Dante and of the new world, with a few words on bimetallism.

"He writes on his various topics in a clear and lively style, and the volume deserves the epithet readable.'" Athenæum, Jan. 28.

Dewar, J. C. Voyage of the Nyanza; a three

years' cruise in a schooner yacht in the Atlantic and Pacific; illust.

"It would be difficult, perhaps, for any one of mod. erate intelligence to visit such far-away spots as Easter Island, and the more remote Pacific groups, to say nothing of Kamschatka and Japan, without recording something of interest. Among the more interesting or unfamiliar places described are the Welsh colony of Chupat, the Straits of Magellan, the Bonin Islands, and the Ladrone Islands." Athenæum, Jan. 21. Dobson, A. The ballad of Beau Brocade; and

other poems of the 18th century; illust. Dodd, A.. B. In and out of three Normandy inns.

"A pleasant piece of the modern, impressionistic-descriptive style of writing, and is likely to afford consid erable enjoyment of a mild kind." — Nation, Feb. 2. Doughty, H: M. Our wherry in Wendish lands;

from Friesland through the Mecklenburg lakes to Bohemia; illust.

"He is too fond of dwelling on insignificant details to be interesting. The sketches by the Misses Doughty form the most attractive feature." Athenæum, Jan. 21.

Duffy, B. The Tuscan republics; Florence, Siena, Pisa, and Lucca; with Genoa. (Story of the nations.)

"Too bald for reading, and too brief for reference. Its use will be with teachers or for tourists, who may fill up its meagre outlines, and keeping its well-arranged skeleton, may endeavor to cloth this with some characteristic life." Spectator, Jan. 28.

Edwards, M. B. A dream of millions; and other tales.

chard le vénérable, comte de Vendome, de Corbeil, de Melun, et de Paris, 10e et 11e siècles; avec introd. par C: Bourel de la Roncière.

Falloux, A. F. P., comte de. Life and letters of Madame Swetchine; tr. by H. W. Preston. 1869.

Field, E. With trumpet and drum.

"A big tin trumpet and little red drum' of a children's march wer e the instruments in question. His pathos is genuine, never manufactured, and is lighted by gleams of cheerful and wholesome philosophy. He writes well about children and also for them."-Literary world, Feb. 11.

Fishguard invasion by the French in 1797, The ; passages from the diary of Rev. Daniel Rowlands.

"Pleasing and shrewd touches abound in this bright and well-invented story." . Sat. rev., Jan. 14. Fleming, J. M. Fiddle fancier's guide, a manual; violins, violas, basses and bows, classical and modern; with biog. notices and portraits of performers.

Fletcher, W: I., and others. The "A. L.. A.” index to general literature; issued by the publishing section of the Amer Lib. Assoc. Foster, J. Members of Parliament, Scotland, incl. the minor barons, the commissioners for the shires and burghs, 1357-1882; with geneal. and biog. notices. 1882.

Frye, J. A. From headquarters; odd tales picked up in the volunteer service. Gabillot, C. Les Hüet; J: Baptiste et ses trois fils.

"Has an importance of its own quite apart from the rank of the artists whose work it describes, and is op. portune at a period so difficult in history as well as art. It is unusually well furnished with documents, and throws side lights on the salons of painting of the closing quarter of the last century as well as on engraving and art industry."— Westminster rev., Feb. Gould, S. B. Strange survivals; chapters in the history of man.

"I have read carefully Mr. Baring Gould's little book finding not only origins of customs pleasantly made popular, but a good many new suggestions. Though imagination often goes too far ahead of fact, this may not always do harm."- Academy, Jan. 28.

The tragedy of the Cæsars; a study of the characters of the Cæsars of the Julian and Claudian houses. 2 v.

"The illustrations, wholly consisting of portraits reproduced from statues, busts, coins, and gems, are admirable. On its artistic side the book is all that could be desired. In its literary quality, too, it does not fall behind its author's high reputation. It is when we come to consider Mr. Baring-Gould as an historian that we are conscious of a certain disappointment." — Spectator, Jan. 14.

Gracian, B. The art of worldly wisdom; trans. from the Spanish by J. Jacobs.

"Greatly esteemed in Spain down to the beginning of the French Revolution, the Oráculo manual' appears since then to have fallen out of repute in its native land, and to have retained its vogue in no country except Germany, where several translations have been published during the present century, the most notable being that of Schopenhauer. Gracian has been damned with faint praise by Mr. John Morley, but we do not know of any other English writer of the century who has noticed him." Athenæum, Mar. 4.

Hamilton, Gen. D. Records of sport in southern India; chiefly on Annamullay, Nielgherry, and Pulney mountains; also notes on Singapore, Java, and Labuan; from journals, 1844-70; ed. by E: Hamilton.

"Worthily records the adventures of a keen sportsman, a close observer,and a graphic and manly writer." Sat. rev., Feb. 4.

Hamilton, W. French book-plates; handbook for ex-libris collectors; illust.

"Among the public that is curious of 'ex-librism' Mr. Hamilton is widely known as a wealthy and assiduous collector, an expert and a specialist. His volume on which the publishers have evidently, and with due success, bestowed much care, is quite certain to find a ready and expectant public."-Sat. rev., Feb. 11.

Harte, F. B. Susy; a story of the plains.

"There is in this story that odd, unsatisfactory sketchiness and lightness which has characterized most of Mr. Bret Harte's later fiction. It is all a muddle; and if such is life on the plains, by all means let us resort to the heights and stay there." Literary world, Feb. 11.

Hollingshead, J: The story of Leicester Square;

illust.

Hunt, G. The seal of the United States; how it was developed and adopted; illust.

"A curious record of attempts at designing by peo. ple who knew very little of design." - Critic, Jan. 7. Hutchinson, Rev. H. N. Extinct monsters; account of some of the larger forms of animal life; illust.

"This is undoubtedly the best book that Mr. Hutchinson has yet written. It sets before us in pleasant form, a really valuable description of many of those extraordinary forms of ancient life which are but little known save to the special student of palæontology. Not content with the dry bones which have been unearthed by the spade and pick of the geological explorer, the author seeks to revivify these relics, and to place them before us as they probably appeared when clothed with flesh and instinct with life."- Athenæum, Jan. 7. Huysmans, J. K: Là-bas. 6e éd. 1891.

"Recounts all the mysteries of certain strange associations, groups of the unbalanced seeking the beyond' in the dark practices of the black mass.". The shudder in literature by J. Claretie in N. American review, August.

"A deliberately repulsive writer in spite of all his vigor and learning." - Nation, Feb. 2.

Jessopp, A: Studies by a recluse in cloister, town, and country.

"Treats mostly of historic subjects, such as English monastic life, the tenure of land under the Normans, and the origin of English towns." Sat. rev., Jan. 21. Kauffmann, Rev. M. Charles Kingsley; Christian socialist, and social reformer.

Kelly, J. F. Life of Miguel de Cervantes Saave

dra; a biog., lit., and hist. study, with bibliog. from 1585-1892, and app. on the Canto de Caliope.

"Unless I am wholly mistaken the book will be a favorite with connoisseurs and with students of Spanish and European literature of the period treated of. Its wide digressions, its erratic independence of judgment, united with the authors real learning, vast reading, and marvellous memory, will greatly entertain readers of this class." - Academy, Jan. 28.

Lang, A. The green fairy book; illust.

A charming collection. The stories are borrowed from many countries, some of the most fascinating are from the French."-Athenæum, Dec. 3.

Lee, E. Some noble sisters.

"The best known chapters will be those that give us sketches of Susanne Kossuth and Elizabeth Whittier. The countess of Pembroke, Wilhelmina, Margravine of Baireuth, Caroline Herschel, Dorothy Wordsworth, Mary Lamb, and Eugénie de Guerin are the subjects of other articles."

Lilly, W: S: The great enigma.

"He examines Mr. Spencer's doctrines of Causation, of the relativity of knowledge, and of the unknowable, and his fine and interesting argument is worth attention. He shows that the issue is now between Christianity and no religion, and for his public he endeavours to prove that there is nothing irrational, and therefore immoral in accepting the Christian synthesis as affording the best answer to the great enigma." - Spectator, Jan.

28.

Lodge, O. J. Lightning conductors and lightning guards; treatise on the protection of buildings, telegraph instruments, etc. Lomeier, J. De bibliothecis. 2a ed. 1680. Lucy, H: W. Diary of the Salisbury parliament, 1886-92; illust. by H. Furniss.

"In spite of a good deal that is both amusing and noteworthy, there is throughout a sense of oiliness, of excess of flavour, which produces a somewhat disagreeable effect." Spectator, Dec. 24.

Maartens, M. God's fool; a Koopstad story. 2

V.

"The work is essentially one of genre, and the minute touches of character and the literary style are its excellences." - Sat. rev., Nov. 19.

Milner, A. England in Egypt.

"A clever and thoroughly readable book."-Spectator, Jan. 21.

Monroe, H. Valeria; and other poems.

"One of the most noteworthy volumes of verse that have appeared during the past year.". Critic, Jan 30. Moriarty, G. P. Dean Swift and his writings. He writes sensibly and at no undue length. As to his criticisms, they are sanity throughout. But, the question will intrude itself, for whom are we to suppose it written, and why."— New rev., Jan.

Morrison, L. A. Supplement to the history of Windham, N. H.

Peraté, A. L'archéologie chrétienne.

Presque entièrement limitée à l'art occidental dont Rome est le centre, ne dépassant guère l'époque carolingienne et négligeant à dessein les grands siècles du moyen âge. La moitié de ce travail traite des peintures des catacombes." Revue d. D. Mondes, nov. 15. Pollock, W. H. King Zub; and other stories.

"The editor of the Whitefriar's library of wit and humour' no doubt puts a generous interpretation upon these supreme qualities. Stage fright' is decidedly whimsical and amusing, but some of Mr. Pollock's stories are of a different nature." — Athenæum, Oct. 29. Porter, M. S. Recollections of L.. M. Alcott, J: G. Whittier, and R. Browning; with memorial poems; illust.

Proctor, E. D. The song of the ancient people; with preface and notes by J: Fiske, and Commentary by F. H. Cushing; illust.

"One of the very choicest of the holiday books of this year. In all its features, in its admirable verse, its enlightening preface, notes, and commentary, its unique illustrations, and its appropriate leather binding, this song of the ancient people is a rare work of art.". Literary world, Dec. 31.

Proctor, R: A. Old and new astronomy; completed by A. C. Ranyard; illust.

"The historical element adds largely to the interest of the work and tends to neutralize some of the morǝ

personal and disadvantageous elements of some of Proctor's writings. But nothing in a work of this kind could be more interesting than Mr. Ranyard's account of the various theories advocated to account for the Milky Way." - St. James's budget, Feb. 3. Quilter, H. Preferences in art, life, and literature; illust.

"The largest share of his book is given to an account of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, drawn mainly from statesments furnished by Mr. Holman Hunt and Mr. Ford Madox Brown. The latter excellent though little known painter has a talent for telling racy stories of his old-time pupils and associates, and Mr. Quilter has preserved with all their relish his anecdotes of RosBetti's waywardness and generosity, of the small mercies that cheered the industrious Hunt in his early struggles, and of Millais's simple pride in his knighthood, his fine house, and his wife."— Critic, Feb. 25. Richards, J. W. Aluminium; its history, occurrence, properties, etc.; incl. its alloys. 2d ed. 1890.

Schwob, M. Le roi au masque d'or. 3e éd.

"Un recueil de nouvelles généralément mystérieuses et fantastiques, qui sont d'un vif intérèt et d'une véritable originalité." — Revue bleue, 26 nov.

Simon, J. F. S. S., called J. Notices et portraits. Smith, G: B. History of the Eng. Parliament; with account of the parliaments of Scotland and Ireland. Vol. 1.

"On the whole the work is well and impartially done, and its appearance is timely when Parliament is about to be called upon to set up a subordinate assembly in Dublin." Academy, Jan. 14.

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Smith, W: A. Shepherd" Smith the Universa

list; the story of a mind; a life of Rev. James E. Smith.

"The mind was of a strange sort, moving in unexpected ways and its historian is not very lucid in his exposition of its characteristics. James Smith was brought up in the straitest school of Scotch orthodoxy; but he was not long in breaking loose from it. One of his early departures was to the Southcottians. Socialism, Spiritualism, Universalism, and we know not what other 'isms,' were taken up and preached in language abounding with the strangest paradox." Spectator, Mar. 25.

Spence, H: D.M., Dean of Gloucester. Cloister life

in the days of Coeur de Lion; illust. "When we have praised Mr. Railton's beautiful architectural illustrations, we have praised all that can be praised in the book. The larger half is nothing but arechanffé' of Froude on Hugh of Lincoln, and Carlyle on Jocelyn of Brakelonde, the writer of a curious bit of history of the monastery of Bury St. Edmund's published by the Camden Society."-Spectator, Feb.

18.

"The main current of the narrative rests upon Bernard's own writings, taken with a naïve confidence and without any of the caution so specially needed in dealing with all medieval literature. It is extremely readable, and will doubtless do more to fix upon the general reading public of our day a picture of the typi cal man of the Middle Ages than a worthier treatment could possibly effect." Nation, Mar. 2. Swynnerton, Rev. C: Indian nights' entertain

ment; or, Folk stories from the upper Indus; illust.

"If the volume be wanting in the fascinating power of the Arabian nights,' or even certain less-known and more recent specimens of Oriental romance, the defect must be atitributed mainly to the circumstance that the department of literature to which they belong is one more likely to awaken curiosity than sympathy." Athenæum, Feb. 4.

Thompson, G: E. illust. Thompson, H. M.

Around the Roman Campagna;

The theory of wages, and its application to the eight hour question and other labour problems.

"He maintains in opposition to Mill that demand for commodities is demand for labor, and gives good reasons. He holds that the distribution of wealth among the agents of production follows the law of supply and demand, and that the share of each is a varying proportion of a varying product."— Critic, Feb. 11. Townshend, R: and D. An officer of the Long Parliament and his descendants; account of the life and times of Col. R. Townesend of Castletown, and a chronicle of his family. "Of considerable historical interest, and students of genealogy have good reason to approve the method and research shown in editing the materials of which these annals are compiled."— Sat. rev., Jan. 28.

Van Ornum, W:H. Why government at all? examination of the principles of human government and the principles and purposes of human association.

"If anyone wishes to know what anarchism is, let him read Why government at all.' The author reviews several schemes of social reform that have lately been broached, and pronounces them all either insufficient or impracticable, and declares that the only salvation for humanity lies in the entire abolition of government and law."- Critic, Feb. 18.

Vatel, C: Charlotte de Corday et les Girondins; pièces classées et annotées; accomp. d'un album. 1864-72. 3 v.

Recueil de gravures; cont. 13 portraits, etc. 1864-72.

Watson, R. A. and E.. S. George Gilfillan; letters and journals, with memoir.

"With all his merits, Mr. Gilfillan was not the kind of man and writer whose letters and journals make a literary biography interesting to the general. His acquaintance with other men of letters was limited, and his own numerous works are not familiar at least to people whose business is with literature."- Sat. rev., Jan. 7.

Watson, W: Lyric love; an anthology.

"We are better satisfied with the selection taken from the era of Elizabeth and James than we are with the selection from the poets of our own century. Mr. Watson's preface is a beautiful piece of writing, and his own dedicatory sonnet seems to us one of his finest pieces of work." - Spectator, Nov, 19. Wells, J.

Oxford and Oxford life.

"A readable and intelligent account of Oxford as it is at the present time, written by persons who are, with hardly an exception, possessed of a close acquain tance with the system and life of the University.". Athenæum, Feb. 4. Whitby, B..

In the suntime of her youth. "None of the characters can be called new, but most of them are attractive; the story is sufficiently well written, and those who order novels from the library, leaving the choice to the librarian's discretion, may es teem themselves fortunate if it happens to be sent to them." Sat. rev., Feb. 4.

Wilson, Sir D. The lost Atlantis; and other ethnographic studies.

"Is described as a few carefully studied monographs, linked together by a slender thread of ethnographic relationship. The thread, as nearly as it seems susceptible of description, assumes the form of an inquiry into the probability of there having been any relationship between the developments of primitive Old World and of aboriginal New World civilization." Popular science monthly, March.