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by a profusion of admirable sketches. The book is necessarily superficial, for Mr. Price records nothing but what he actually saw, and there must be much in Siberia which escaped his eyes, keen as they evidently are. Still, the strict limitation of his design adds to the value of what he records, and no one will leave his bright and entertaining volume without feeling that he comprehends something of what life really must be in the vast and terrible land which, we scarcely know why, has such a hold over English imaginations." Spectator, May 21.

R., H. L. and M. L. Talks on graphology, the art of knowing character through hand writing. "Is an interesting attempt to construct a practical art of deciphering character through chirography, and it has value in its rudiments at least."

Ramsay, Sir J. H. Lancaster and York; a century of English history. 2 v.

"The minute narrative of events has been carefully compiled from original authorities and is every where supported by copious references. Chief among its best characteristics is the prominence given to financial mat ters. At the end of the account of the events of each reign several pages are devoted to the subject, and the reader is presented with the results of a long and diffi. cult study of the Pell rolls of issues and receipts, and other ms. of a kindred sort."- Sat. rev., June 4.

Redgrave, G. R. History of water-colour painting in England.

"Brief biographical and descriptive accounts are given, in chronological sequence so far as circumstances permit, of every artist in water-colour of any reputa tion from the middle of the 18th century to the present day.". Sat. rev., July 9.

Ridgeway, W: Origin of metallic currency and weight standards.

"It bristles with interesting facts many of which have never before been used by metrologists. The evidences are marshalled with consumate skill, and we cannot doubt that several of the doctrines here put forth will take a permanent place among the principles of ancient metrology."- Nation, June 23. Rimmer, A. Rambles round Rugby; with introd.

chapter by Rev. W: H. P. Smith.

"Rugby is nearly in the centre of England, and in this sense an excursion in any direction evidently is conceded round Rugby. The best part of the book is the illustrations."— Athenæum, July 9. Robert, U. Les signes d'infamie au Moyen Age;

Juifs, Sarrasius, hérétiques, lépreux, cagots, filles publiques. 1891.

Rod, E: La sacrifiée. 4e éd.

"L'idée du livre est que, sauf cas de guerre ou de lé. gitime défense, il ne faut point tuer. Et l'art de l'auteur est de trouver précisément le cas où le meutre sera le plus excusable, le plus rational, le moins criminel. Il est très intéressant et très bien fait, avec une rigueur de suite logique qui est très agréable à l'esprit." — Revue bleue, fév. 6.

Sayce, G: C. Twelve times round the world.

"It reads like the outpouring of family letters and diaries, set forth in the boyish frankness of the unedited original." Sat. rev., May 28.

Schultz, J. Jean de Kerdren. 4e éd.

grace.

The author cannot be congratulated on her new novel, which, although prettily written and ful, is pervaded by unbroken sadness, too completely unrelieved to be otherwise than monotonous to the dispirited reader.” — Athenæum, May 14. Shackford, C: C. Social and literary papers.

"Not only scholarly and thoughtful, but they are also touched with a moral earnestness which shows that Mr. Shackford never quite forgot the preacher in the professor. Interest in social questions is predominant even when the inspiration is drawn from ancient Greek literature." Literary world, July 16.

Skeat, Rev. W. W: Twelve facsimiles of Old English mss.; with transcriptions and an introd. "The mss. range from the 9th to the 15th century. The first four of the examples are in the so-called Anglo-Saxon hand; the remainder in the Anglo-French, The distinction between these two types is clearly pointed out in the introduction.” — Nation, June 16. Stovall, P. A. Robert Tombs, statesman, speaker, soldier, etc.

"He is undisguisedly in sympathy with Toombs, and generally speaks of him in an exaggerated tone, but he has no recriminations for the North, and no disparagement of the Union party." - Nation, May 12. Swinburne, A. C: The sisters; a tragedy.

"To treat this play, as a whole, as being an important part of his dramatic work would be to offer but a poor compliment to the author. Beauties it has, and some of them of a specially winsome kind; but on every page there are signs of haste, signs that without giving himself time to construct or even to imagine a story worthy of such powers as his, he rushed into develop. ing his scenes with the inconsiderate eagerness of a boy." Athenæum, July 2.

Thomas, M. A scamper through Spain and Tangier; illust.

"Miss Thomas has a good reputation as a sculptor, but she was not well advised when she published A scamper through Spain,' which is a very slight and inadequate account of some cities visited by numbers of tourists annually.”. - · Athenæum, May 21. Verlaine, P. Choix de poésies. 1891.

As a Frenchman "The poet's life is a curtous one. Baid of him, He has given his soul to God, and his body to the devil.' He alternates between wild excesses, which he chronicles with perfect frankness and great elaboration in volumes of verse, and the deepest remorse, which finds expression in poems of the siucerest religious fervour, so that more than most writers of verse he is benefited by discreet selection, and in this volume the choice is admirably made."-T. S. Perry in the Cosmopolitan, July. Verney, F. P. N., Lady. family during the letters and illust. House. 2 v.

Memoirs of the Verney civil war; comp. from by portraits at Claydon

"We do not find so much political information as might have been hoped for; but for the social and domestic life of the middle of the 17th century there is no book that can be compared with it. We gain from it more and clearer insight into the ways of our forefathfathers of the upper ranks of society than we can gather from all the histories of the time put together." Athenæum, June 11.

Walford, Mrs. L. B. The one good guest.

"Mrs. Walford is not at her best in her latest novel. Still, the four young people who elect to entertain guests at their country-house in the orthodox English gentry style, and whose haps and mishaps are here re counted, will be found pleasant as well as innocent and helpful acquaintances." Catholic world, July. Walker, J. B. 1660-1799; account of J: Burbeen who settled at Woburn, Mass.; and of his descendants [of that] surname. Pensions and pauperism; with notes by T. E. Young. Wood, H: God's image in man; some intuitive perceptions of truth.

Wilkinson, Rev. J: F.

"Without having any distinctively original quality, the book has value as a clear and often glowing exposition of the truth of evolution traced through various modes of divine revelation, the universality of law, and similar topics."— Literary world, May 7. Yale review; quarterly journal of history and political science. Vol. 1, no. 1.

Amsterdam. Kon. Nederlandsch AardrijkskunTijdschrift. [le ser.,]

dig Genootschap.

le deel-2 ser., 7e deel. 1876-90. 9 v. 16 v. Bates, A. Told in the gate. Bayard, E. La Caisse d'Epargne et de Prévoyance de Paris; origine, histoire, législation, 1818-90.

"The Paris Savings Bank was the first founded in France; it has remained the only one in the French capital. It had Dec. 1890, over 600,000 depositors, and not far from £6,000,000 funds. And its history is so mixed up with that of the French capital itself, and indeed of France generally that the story is anything but one of the mere heaping up of money."- Academy, Mar. 26. Beaver, A. Memorials of old Chelsea; a new history of the Village of Palaces; illust. "A most interesting and valuable history." Athenæum, June 18. Besant, W.? Dorothy Wallis; an autobiography; with introd. by W. Besant.

"The struggles of two young girl cousins and a brother to maintain themselves in London, the descriptions of the work they find and follow, sometimes successfully, sometimes despairingly, have an air of reality, of crudeness, and yet suppression, which is a little tantalizing. A good deal is told of the way in which Dorothy gets on the stage, and how she stays there, but one feels there must be more to tell, had the author been so disposed."— Athenæum, July 9. Black, W: The magic ink and other stories.

"An epistolary palace of truth, the dwellers in which should be obliged by the moral transparency of their ink to write in their letters, not what they mean to say, but what they think is a happily topsy-turvy conception."— Athenæum, July 9.

Blake, A. V.? Anecdotes of the American Indians. 1853.

Bode, W: Franz Hals und seine Schule; ein Beitrag zu einer Kritischen Behandlung der holländischen Malerei. 1871.

Boissier, G. (in full M. L: Gaston). Saint-Simon.

"Ce petit homme malingre et chafoin, usé et dévoré par une passion intérieure inextinguible, faite de colère, de vanité, d'envie, et de bile cuite et recuite, revit dans ces pages avec une netteté et un relief extraordinaires. Sur Saint-Simon historien, il n'y a rien à dire, sinon que Saint-Simon n'est par un historien. Pour ce qui est de l'écrivain, M. Boissier n'avait qu'à montrer à quel point Saint-Simon est merveilleux. La tâche lui était facile et était agréable. Ces immortels portraits, ces scènes où le plus grand artiste a servi le plus passionné des curieux, sont encadrés et présentés dans leur meilleur jour par l'élégant commentateur." - Revue bleue, 2 juil. Bonnar, T: Biographical sketch of G: M. Kemp,

architect of the Scott monument, Edin. "The story of his resolute efforts amid many difficul. ties to perfect himself in his chosen art, is one full of interest; and it has been told by Mr. Bonnar with much clearness and directness." - Academy, Aug. 6. Borghese, Don P., Prince de Sulmona.

Catalogue

de la bibliothèque de S. E. D. P. Borghese. le pte. Boulger, D. C: India.)

Lord W: Bentinck. (Rulers of

"His administration marks a new phrase in AngloIndian history. He won no great battles, and he annexed but one small kingdom. But he left the Indian exchequer full to overflowing, and between 1828 and 1835 he created new offices of trust and emolument for the natives; introduced them to a large extent into the judicial administration of the country; and opened a new world of hope to the whole body of the people. With some errors and misconceptions that might have been avoided, Mr. Boulger, in clear language, has done fair justice to his theme."- Sat. rev., July 2.

British Museum, London. The Tell-el-Amarna tablets in the British Museum, with autotype facsimiles, [ed. by C: Bezold].

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"The summary of the actual contents of the letters has evidently been prepared with great care, and so far as the general meaning of the texts is concerned, little has been left for future inquirers to glean. But the editors are not always happy in their rendering of particular passages." Athenæum, July 16. Campbell, A. Santal folk tales; tr. [1891.] Campbell, D. The Puritan in Holland, England, and America; an introd. to American history 2 v.

"This is in many ways a remarkable book. Mr. Campbell has undertaken to prove that some of the most distinctive of American institutions are due to the influence of Holland rather than of England, and has established many of his claims. His work is of special value in calling attention to factors in the institutional development of America whose importance has been generally overlooked, but which can no longer be ig. nored."- Nation, Aug. 25.

Caveda, J. Geschichte der Baukunst in Spanien; übers. von P. Heyse, hrsg. von F. Kugler. 1858.

Case, J. R: Bonnet rouge. 4e éd. 1887.

"Une œuvre absolument distinguée. Portraits politiques, comme le titre le fait assez pressentir." - Maxime Gaucher in Rev. bleue, 19 nov. 1887. Chester, A. H. Trinity Church in the city of Boston; an hist. and descriptive account, with a guide to paintings and windows. 1888.

Chope, R. P. The dialect of Hartland, Devonshire. 1891. (Eng. Dialect Soc.)

Clark, I. Scotch towns; [colored views of the principal towns in Scotland]. 1823-25. Clarke, W: Walt Whitman.

"A well-written and thoughtful study, written as an exposition but in a spirit of sympathetic criticism. The author has made himself master of his subject, and as a consequence is self-possessed and dignified."

Clayden, P: W: England under the coalition; the political history of Great Britain and Ireland, 1885 - May 1892.

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"A detailed account of the passing parliament, and as a contrast of the promises and performances of the present government during that period it is just what is wanted at the moment. At the same time, a book of this sort is for the moment more than for the future; it throws its weight into a contest, but hardly rises to the dignity of history.". - Westminster review, July. Cleveland, G. (in full S. G.). Writings and

speeches; ed. with introd., by G: F. Parker. Coke, Mrs. C.T. Gentlewoman at home.

"Mrs. Coke's contribution is written in a lively and pleasant way, and if she wanders rather wide of her subject at times, she is always sensible when she acci dentally keeps to the point. Practical experience obviously dictates most of the recommendations, and we believe it will be found suggestive and helpful to many." Sat. rev., July.

Comber, T: Short discourses upon the whole common prayer. 4th ed. 1712.

Cornell University. Exercises at the opening of the Library building; a description of the building, with addresses, Oct. 7. 1891. Courtney, W: L. Studies at leisure.

"Is exceptionally discursive. You have here a study of Ibsen or of Anatole France, there a series of philosophical essays; in this corner a sketch of Old Ox. ford revels,' in that a contribution to the solving or per

haps darkening of the perpetual problems of religion. Amid this quaintly-assorted fellowship the unfortunate critic moves rather aimlessly. On the whole Mr. Courtney's book must be dismissed as more suggestive than satisfactory."— Academy, July 16.

Crafts, W: A. The Southern rebellion; a history of the U. S., [1857-65]. 1863-67. 2 v. Curtius, E. Die Stadtgeschichte von Athen; mit einer Übersicht der Schriftquellen zur Topog. von Athen von A. Milchhoefer; mit 7 Kartenblättern. 1891.

Cuyper, A. de. Coutumes de la ville de Bruxelles.

1869.

De Hurst, C.

How women should ride; illust. "Good advice is given upon many points, and a conscientious, if not entirely successful, effort has been made to avoid the maze of insignificant details and technicalities in which the salient features of treatises upon the subject of riding are frequently lost." Derrécagaix, V: B. La guerre moderne. 2e éd. 1890-91. 2 v.

Des Cars, J.-F. de P., duc. Mémoires; pub. par son neveu le duc Des Cars avec une introd. et des notes par le comte Henri de l'Epinois. 1890. 2 v. Dolbear, A. E. Matter, ether, and motion; the factors and relations of physical science. "Includes the results of thirty years of study and experiment, and is a thoroughly condensed work." Critic, May 21.

Dowsett, C. F. Land, its attractions and riches; by 57 writers.

"The result of employing so many contributors is the production of a series of short articles with little if any relation to each other. If a reader picks and chooses with care, he may find several interesting and instruc tive articles." - Sat. rev., May 7. Duro, C. F.

2 v.

Duvar, J: H.

La Armada Invencible. 1884-85.

The stone, bronze, and iron ages; popular treatise on early archæology.

"With a few inaccuracies the volume is reliable and readable. It gives the whole story of man in the prehistoric age, with special chapters on kitchen middens, the mound-builders, the lake-dwellers, pottery, scuip. ture, myth, and art."- Literary world, Aug. 13. Ebers, G: M. A thorny path (Per aspera); tr. by C. Bell. 2 v.

"The scene is laid in Alexandria on the occasion of Caracalla's visit shortly before his death. It is carefully studied, but it is not artistically wrought out, and it is far more full of excitement than of interest." Literary world, Aug. 13.

Englishman in Paris, An; notes and recollections.

2 v.

"The work of somebody who knew much about the literary and artistic world of Paris in the reign of Louis Philippe, and saw the outside, and a little more than the mere outside, of the Empire with an intelligent eye and rather more than ordinary knowledge of the man in the street. There is enough to repay some skimming, but there is certainly not enough to make this book of any importance." Sat. rev., July 16. Etudes archéologiques sur le Moyen-âge et la Renaissance, [avec] 41 planches. 1854. Faucher de Saint-Maurice, N. H: E:

La ques

tion du jour; resterons nous Français. Suppression de la langue français au Canada. Le Canada et les Canadiens-français pendant la Guerre Franco-Russienne. De l'élément étranger aux Etats Unis. 1890.

Fleming, S. An appeal to the Canadian Inst. on the rectification of Parliament; with the conditions on which the Council of the Inst. offers to award $1000 for prize essays. 1891. Forrest, G: W. Administration of Warren Hastings, 1772-85, reviewed and illust. from original documents.

"It is nearly two years since Mr. Forrest's 'Selections' from the Bengal State papers were noticed in these columns. A few words of especial praise were reserved for the masterly introduction, in which Prof, Forrest worked up his new materials into a full review of Hastings' political career as governor of Bengal and governor-general. This introduction he has now reprinted, followed by an appendix and an index. In its present form we may heartily commend it to all those readers, who, though they have not the leisure to study official writings take and interest in the great ruler.”— Athenæum, June 18.

Gardner, P. New chapters in Greek history; historical results of recent excavations in Greece and Asia Minor. Garman, S. The discoboli; cyclopteridae, liparopsidæ, and liparididæ.

Garnir, G: Les Charneux; mœurs wallonnes.

1891.

"L'auteur à vingt ans a écrit un livre plein de charme, de foi, et de jeunesse; cet apprenti vient de faire une œuvre de maitre, ou peu s'en faut, prenant à l'école nouvelle ce qu'elle a de meilleur, la puissance descrip tive et le secret du relief." - Feuilleton, 16 jan. Gegout, E., and Malato, C: Prison fin de siècle; souvenirs de Pélagie. 1891.

Goodman, E: J. The best tour in Norway.

"He seems to have seen everything which fell in his way, though not even the most magnificent waterfall in Southern Norway could tempt him out of his way. He also seems to take a deeper interest in new hotels than old churches, and generally speaking we hear more about what the author ate than what he saw."- Athenaum, June 25.

Griffith, S: Y. New historical description of Cheltenham and its vicinity. 1826.

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A descriptive list of novels and tales dealing with life in France.

A descriptive list of novels and tales relating to American city life; incl. some works descriptive of country life omitted from previ ous list. 1891.

Guaras, A. de. Accession of Queen Mary; contemporary narrative; ed., with introd., tr., notes, and app., incl. a contemp. ballad in fac-simile, by R: Garnett.

"Though we cannot think that Guaras adds to our knowledge, it is always interesting to look at the past through the eyes of a contemporary." Sat. rev., July

2.

Hall, G. Far from today.

"Of the six stories, Sylvanus' is perhaps the best. The conception seems to us as perfect in its way as that of Andersen's Little sea maiden.' It has the same poetry, the same unearthly quality, even more than the same passion and pathos; to say this is high praise." Literary world, July 16.

Harris, T: L. God's breath in man and in humane society. 1891.

"Treats of certain leading principles maintained by the Brotherhood of the New Life." Hazlitt, W: C. Livery companies of London; their origin, character, and importance; illust.

"He bases his work on the parliamentary report published in 1884, giving all the information of value to any but the most exact student of these highly interesting social and economic institutions."- Literary world, Aug. 13.

Heller, J. Das Leben und die Werke Albrecht Dürer's. Bd. 2. 1831.

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Howe, Mrs. J. W. Memoir of Dr. S: G. Howe; with other memorial tributes. 1876.

Hunt, G. Fragments of Revolutionary history. Huxley, T: H: Essays upon some controverted questions.

"The fresh interest of the book lies chiefly in the Prologue in which he resumes his views and defends his position." Sat. rev., July 2.

Janet, P. A. R. Fénelon.

"C'est un bon livre. Que je suis heureux de voir écrire en faveur de Fénelon! Comme nous aimons Bossuet nous nous croyons forcés d'être durs pour Fénelon, parce que Bossuet ne l'aimait pas. Ce n'est pas du tout une raison. Le livre le figure bien sous toutes ses faces qui sont nombreuses. Je ne lui reprocherai que ce qu'on peut reprocher presque à chacun de ses chapitres, c'est à savoir d'être trop court pour un tel homme." Revue bleue, juin.

Iansen, A. Leben u. Werke des malers G. A. Bazzi von Vercelli genannt il Soddoma. 1870.

Jusserand, J. J. A French ambassador at the court of Charles 11.; le comte de Cominges from his unpub. correspondence. "The title suggests scenes of political intrigue, back. stairs closetings with Charles, furtive interviews with muffled members of the opposition, and plenty of piquant anecdotes after the manner of De Grammont, and we almost feel aggrieved when we discover that no secrets have at length been revealed, that the monarch, his minions, and his dames' stand much as they did before, and that the young person may be entrusted with the book unhesitatingly. As an introduction, however, to a large mass of unpublished matter, and in no way an abridgment of that matter, M. Jusserand's pages form a pleasant and essentially readable, if not com. plete or recondite essay." - Athenæum, July 30.

Keary, C: F. Norway and the Norwegians. "The work of a scholar who thoroughly understands his subject, being not so much a guidebook as a com. pendium of absolutely everything relating to the Northern Kingdom." — Athenæum, June 25.

Kirk, T:, and Thoresby, R. Tours in Scotland, 1677, 81; ed. by P. H. Brown.

"Interesting comments on the condition of the Scottish people, and it is rendered not the less entertaining by the attitude of the two English travellers and commentators." - Sat. rev., July 16.

Kolb, H. Glasmalereien des Mittelalters u. der Renaissance; Original-Aufnahmen. [1884.] Kretschmer, A. Deutsche Volkstrachten; Original-Zeichnungen mit erklär. Text. 2. verm. Aufl. [1887-90.]

Kronbiegel, C: F: Ueber die Sitten, Kleidertracht, u. Gebräuche der altenburgischen Bauern. 2e Aufl. 1806.

Laneham, R. Letter whearin part of the entertainment vntoo the queens majesty at Killingworth castl, 1575, is signified; re-ed., with forewords by F: J: Furnivall. 1887. (New Shakespeare Soc.)

Lescure, M. F. A. de. Chateaubriand.

"The completest account, in a tolerably small space, both of Chateaubriand's life and of his work, with which we are acquainted." — Athenæum, Aug. 6. L'Estrange, M., pseud. What we are coming to.

"The writer supposes himself to have had a dream of what England will be some few years hence. The book is not better or worse than others of its kind." -Spectator, July 23.

Lewis, Mrs. A. S. Life of Rev. S: S. Lewis, Fellow and Librarian of Corpus Christi College, Camb.

"Mr. Lewis was a very generous and a somewhat curiously learned man, a great traveller in regions not visited by the many, one of the most accomplished experts in antique gems whom Cambridge has ever produced, and a personage in the archæological and academic world. The letters which are given in this volume, most of them records of his traveller's experience in Sicily, Asia Minor, Persia, and elsewhere, are ex. cellent specimens of the gossiping journal of a cultured traveller of wide experience, with unusual powers of observation, and are written in a simple, unpretending style. Altogether, the volume is an instructive and entertaining one, and leaves a most favorable impression upon the reader." Athenæum, Aug. 6.

Leyland, J: Yorkshire coast, and the Cleveland hills and dales; illust.

"A very agreeable guide to a very delightful coun try." Sat. rev., Aug. 13.

Lhomme, F. Raffet. (Les artistes célèbres.)

"Illustré de 155 gravures d'après les plus remarquable compositions du maître."

Lindsay, C. B. E., Lady. The philosopher's window; and other stories.

"The stories are all bright, crisp, and clever." -Sat. rev., Apr. 23.

Lübke, W: Geschichte der deutschen Kunst von den frühesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart; mit 675 Abbild. 1890. Lydgate or Lidgate, J: The temple of glas; ed, with introd. and notes, by J. Schick. 1891. (Early Eng. Soc.)

Maartens, M. A question of taste; a novel.

"The two characters in whom the interest centres are mother and son, the latter a whimsical but delightful middle-aged bachelor, whom his mother humours and dotes upon." - Academy, May 28.

Magee, W: C., Abp. of York. Growth in grace;

and other sermons; ed. by C: S. Magee. "Dr. Magee was an extemporaneous preacher, and his discourses have the rush and flow of spoken oratory, with the strength of the thinker." — Literary world, May 7.

Maginnis, A. J. The Atlantic ferry; its ships, men, and working; illust.

"After the narration of the occasional and irregular steamers which first crossed the Atlantic, the author gives an historical account of the various companies and lines that were formed and operated to cross the Atlantic regularly with steamers of increased speed and capacity. Other chapters are devoted to the workings of an Atlantic steamship line on shore and afloat." Nation, July 21.

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Malot, H. H: No relations; [tr. by Mrs. M. L. Hartley]. 1880.

Marryat, Capt. F. The little savage. 1889. Masson, L. R. Les bourgeois de la Compagnie du

Nord-Ouest; récits de voyages, lettres, et rapports inédits relatifs au Nord-Ouest Canadien; avec une esquisse historique, et des annotations. 2 v.

Middleton, J: H: Illuminated manuscripts in

classical and medieval times; their art and technique.

"During the reading we kept alternately wondering why nobody wrote such a book before, and reminding ourselves that nobody but Mr. Middleton could have written it. He brings to his observations on illumination so wide a knowledge of other arts that he can always illustrate one by the other. The difficulty with this fascinating book is to know when to lay it down." Sat. rev., July 23.

Morgan, A. T. Yazoo; or, On the picket line of freedom in the South. 1884. Murray, A. Alma Murray; portrait as Beatrice Cenci, with critical notice containg four letters from Robert Browning. 1891. Old New York; a journal relating to the history and antiquities of New York city. Vol. 1. 1889-90.

Oman, C: W: C. The story of the Byzantine em

pire. (Story of the nations.)

"Mr. Oman does not hold the old-fashioned views of Voltaire and Gibbon about the worthlessness of the Byzantine empire, and his criticism on Mr. Lecky is not at all too severe." Athenæum, June 18. O'Shea, J: A. Roundabout recollections. 2 v.

"If the first instalment of Mr. O'Shea's recollections is somewhat dull, the second is cheery, anecdotic, and amusing. The explanation of this contrast of style is simple enough. In his second volume, Mr. O'Shea is almost entirely occupied with Ireland and things Irish, and on these ever-delightful themes he is as entertaining as an Irishman must needs be who has the gift of humour, a facile pen, and is, withal,a good storyteller." -Sat. rev., July 30.

Parker, G. Round the compass in Australia.

"The book is on Australia proper, excluding not only New Zealand, but also Tasmania, and it gives a great deal of information with regard to Western Australia, and Queensland, and South Australia, and less with regard to Victoria and New South Wales." - Athenaum, May 21.

Parkin, G: R.

Imperial federation; the problem of national unity.

"The best thing that has yet appeared in favour of imperial federation." - Athenæum, June 18. Passavant, J: D: Wanderung durch die Gemälde Sammlung des Städel'schen Kunst-instituts. 1855.

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Romanes, G: J:

Darwin, and after Darwin; an exposition of the Darwinian theory, and discussion of post-Darwinian questions. Vol. 1.

"Hardly challenges criticism in so far as it is an exposition pure and simple of Darwin's theory of natural selection. We are of opinion, however, that Mr. Romanes has occasionally exaggerated the strength of certain arguments particularly of those which have been deduced from the remarkable and complex phe. nomena of animal colours and markings." Sat. rev., July 2.

Rougé, A. M. P. A:, comte de. Le marquis de Vérac et ses amis, 1768-1858. 1890.

Stead, W: T. More ghost stories; a sequel to Real ghost stories;" being a New Year's extra no. of the Review of reviews. Real ghost stories; a record of authentic apparitions; being the Christmas number of the Review of reviews. [1891.]

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"People who look to find some new light on dark subjects will, we fear, be disappointed. But readers who want simply ghost-stories, and who care more for quantity than quality, will get their money's worth.” — Critic, Mar. 5.

Stevenson, R. L:, and Osbourne, L. The wrecker.

"The skeleton of the story is a tale of the sea full of shipwreck, murder, and sudden death; but interwoven with this narrative are a series of studies of men and manners in Paris, Edinburgh, and San Francisco. Many of the characters and incidents described are, we fully believe, destined to make an impression on the English-speaking world comparable to that produced by the creator of Mr. Micawber." - Spectator, July 23. Stickney, A. B. The railway problem; with diagrams. 1891.

Stourm, R. Les finances de l'ancien régime et de la Révolution; origines du système financier actuel. 1885. 2 v.

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