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Mr. ANDREW BAXENDINE, Edinburgh.-A catalogue of interesting books on general literature. (16 pp.)

Mr. CHARLES LOWE, Birmingham.-A catalogue of good books, worthy of being arranged at least alphabetically. (16 pp.)

Mr. H. M. GILBERT, Southampton.-A catalogue of ancient and modern books, including several of the New Shakspere Society's publications. (26 pp.)

Messrs. P. S. KING & SON, London. -Catalogue of evidence taken before the House of Lords on claims to peerage titles, with the cases of various claimants, and pedigrees and other papers relating to heraldry, family history, public records, historical manuscripts, &c. (34 pp.)

Mr. CHARLES GOLDING, Colchester.-A selection of books, &c., embracing old broadsides, old ballads, old newspapers, old songs, &c., with topographical and genealogical works. (10 pp.)

Mr. WM. DOWNING, Birmingham. The present issue-No. 214-of the Chaucer's Head Book Catalogue contains many rare and choice items from various lately dispersed libraries. (12 pp.)

Mr. EDWARD HOWELL, Liverpool.-A catalogue containing a miscellaneous collection of early editions and out of the way books.' (40 pp.)

Sale Jottings

We learn that the library of the illustrious Henry Grattan will be offered to the public by auction in Dublin at the close of the present month. It contains many curious books and is rich in classics. Amongst other curiosa are the premiums obtained by this great patriot in Trinity College, Dublin, containing the Certificates of Honour; a very interesting MS. written by Grattan, and which he styles 'Military Survey'; also a most valuable and unique collection of pamphlets on Ireland, England, and America, from 1747 to 1802, all of which, we doubt not, will elicit public interest, and keen competition may be expected.

The library of the late well-known scientist, John Gray, is to be disposed of by auction in the North of England this week. Mr. Alfred Dando, of Dudley, is the auctioneer.

On Thursday, at his house near Shenley

and Barnet, the books of Mr. BurdettCoutts, M.P., come to the hammer. The library is a fairly extensive and interesting one, numbering about two thousand volumes. Mr. Rumball, of St. Albans, presides.

At Horncastle last week the library of a local divine was sold. The sale lasted two days, and included a number of Dr. Grosart's reprints of scarce books. Some good prices were realised.

Obituary

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WILLIAM GIFFORD PALGRAVE. - IntelliMonte Video of the death of this distinguished gence has been received by telegram from traveller and most fascinating writer. A son of the erudite historian Sir Francis Palgrave, His elder brother was he was born in 1826. the compiler of the Golden Treasury of English Songs.' The deceased had a successful and creditable academic career, but it was chiefly on account of his subsequent adventurous life that his claims to public estimation deserve honourable acknowledgment. Comparatively early in life he gained, in Syria, that acquaintance with Islamism which enabled him later to venture boldly into the little known and dangerous regions of Central Arabia. This enterprise was encouraged by the Emperor Napoleon III. The description of Palgrave's experience was, in 1865, published under the title, 'Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 1862–3.' The book appeared almost simultaneously with Vambéry's account of his Central Asian exploits, and both works immediately commanded the attention, one may say, of the tain their value as authorities, as well as whole civilised world; further, they still retheir fascination as finely-written descriptions of unfamiliar lands. Mr. Palgrave acted as Consul in several Eastern countries, and in 1884 was appointed Minister-Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Uruguay. Besides his greater work, Mr. Palgrave was the author of Essays on the Eastern Question' (1872), 'Hermann Agha, an Eastern Narrative' (1872), and Dutch Guiana' (1876). He was the recipient of the Gold Medal of the French Geographical Society.

G. W. PETTER.-We regret to announce the death on Sunday, the 16th ult., at his residence at Bournemouth, of Mr. George William Petter, one of the original partners in the publishing firm of Messrs. Cassell, Petter & Galpin. Mr. Petter, says the Daily News, was in his sixty-fifth year, and was a native of Barnstaple. Many years ago, in conjunction with Mr. Thomas D. Galpin, he commenced the business of printing in premises at Blackfriars. Business relations having arisen between the firm and Mr. John Cassell, who was then commencing his beneficent career as a disseminator of cheap and sound literature among the working classes, a partnership was entered into between that gentleman and Messrs. Petter & Galpin, and the firm now known as Cassell & Company, Limited, was thus established. In the first

instance' its operations were comparatively on a small scale; but year by year they became the house holds one of the foremost positions more extensive, until at the present moment among the publishing businesses of the world. Mr. Cassell died in 1865, and for many years subsequently the business was under the active management of Mr. Petter and Mr. Galpin, the former gentleman taking a special interest in the editorial work of the house. When the original company was transformed

into a limited liability company in 1883, Mr. Petter retired from active work, Mr. Galpin becoming managing director of the new firm. For some months past Mr. Petter's health had been failing, and his death was not unexpected. Among the many literary enterprises in which Messrs. Petter & Galpin were engaged during their long partnership, and that which afforded Mr. Petter the highest satisfaction, was the Life of the late Lord Shaftesbury. It is largely to the personal and indefatigable efforts of Mr. Petter and Sir Arthur Blackwood that the public are indebted for the interesting record, by the pen of Mr. Hodder, of the useful life and labours of the good Earl,' with whose religious and philanthropic work Mr. Petter was in cordial sympathy.

trusted with the charge of a department. In January, 1883, he was offered a junior partnership, and accepted it. This was the year of Mr. Smithies' death, followed by the transfer of his valuable periodical properties to the firm. Mr. Smithies died in July, in August he was followed by Mr. Geo. Edis, the managing partner, and thus Mr. Gammon was called to take full responsibility for the concern. Under his wise and beneficent sway the business has been developed considerably. It was his constant care to improve the friendly relations which existed between himself and the staff, and many means were adopted to this end. Among these were the New Year's Social Gathering, when he invited his employés, with their wives and prospective wives, to a tea and JON ARNASON.-The Academy states that mutual entertainment in the Saloon at 'No. 9'; on September 4 there died at Reykiavik, aged and the more recently established summer 70, Jon Arnason, the collector of the Icelandic excursion, when the same party was taken for fairy-tales and folk-tales. Two volumes, a day's al fresco enjoyment out of town. One dedicated to Jacob Grimm, appeared at of the latest of his plans for their benefit was Leipzig in 1862-4; a third volume, the work a scheme for helping the married men to beof his latter years, containing riddles, games, come possessors of their own houses. But the children's rhymes, and the like, is announced. whole of his dealings with those in his employ A quiet, unassuming man of the type, almost were of the kindliest and most considerate extinct, of the stiller Gelehrter, he accomplished character, so that it is not to be wondered that his work of collecting very faithfully and he was so highly esteemed by them in return. patiently. A disciple of Dr. Egilsson, the In addition to his duties in the Row,' Mr. translator of Homer, he piously wrote that Gammon had for many years carried on scholar's biography. When, in 1877, it was various philanthropic works in connection with intended to send two deputies to represent Waterloo-road Chapel and Sunday Schools. Iceland at the Upsala University Centenary, During the past fourteen years he fulfilled it was privately suggested (Mr. Sigurdsson the duties of Superintendent of the Sunday being too ill) that Dr. William Finsen, the Schools; and was, we believe, the founder of lawyer, and Jon Arnason would represent the South London Auxiliary of the S. S. U., most worthily Icelandic letters; but the official acting as its financial secretary until two years mind at Copenhagen was horrified. What, ago, when he was elected president, an office would you send a porter!'-Jon Arnason he continued to fill until his death. It would being janitor of the Iceland High School. But be out of place here to dwell upon the various scholars recognised his worth; and the late departments of labour in connection with the Mr. J. Campbell, of Islay, who knew him chapel with which he was so honourably personally, would often say that he envied him identified; but he was an enthusiastic and the leisure and quiet retirement of his little hard worker there, ever ready to help a good room in Iceland. Of modern Icelandic books, cause both with his sympathy and his means. next to the prose translation of Homer by the Prior to his partnership in the firm, Mr. master, the disciple's 'Theodsögur' is certainly Gammon had used his pen in the production to be placed. of small books and booklets, among them a little sketch of Italy's Liberator,' another of John B. Gough,' and a life of General Garfield, under the title of The Canal-Boy who became President,' which had a most successful sale. The remains of the deceased gentleman were interred at Norwood on Wednes lay last, in the presence of a very large concourse of friends.

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FREDERICK THOMAS GAMMON.-We are sorry to have to announce the decease of Mr. Gammon, head of the firm of S. W. Partridge & Co. Mr. Gammon had a serious attack of anæmia last autumn, from which he recovered, though Sir William Jenner warned him he might have a relapse in the spring. The eminent physician's forecast was verified, and for several months Mr. Gammon was obliged W. C. HENDERSON.-On the 20th Septemto abstain almost entirely from business. He ber Mr. W. C. Henderson, the well-known was lately hoping that real progress towards bookseller, of St. Andrews, N.B. recovery was being made, but he died suddenly on the 19th ultimo. at St. Leonards. Frederick Thomas Gammon was born in Somersetshire in the year 1850. His father, who survives, is a highly respected Bible Christian Minister, an ex-president of the connexional Conference, and, till lately, Governor of Shebbear B. C. College. The son, after education at Shebbear, came to London and entered as a lad the house of S. W. Partridge & Co., where he gradually made a way until he was en

Trade Changes

We understand that Mr. A. J. Combridge, lately assistant-manager of Thacker & Co., Limited, of Bombay, has commenced business as a bookseller and stationer in that city, in the name of A. J. Combridge & Co., Bombay. The London agency of the firm is at 31 New

gate Street, E. C., under the management of | Mr. James Shepherd, formerly of Bombay.

Messrs. Phillips & Mowle have removed to 11 Lovell's Cɔurt, Paternoster Row, E.C.

The National Temperance Publication Depôt, so long associated with 337 Strand, have secured the extensive premises, No. 33 Paternoster Row, E.C., adjoining Messrs. Nelson & Sons, and opposite Messrs. Longmans. The day of removal will be duly announced, after which all communications must be sent to the new address.

Reviews, &q.

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From Messrs. W. H. Allen & Co. Life of Prince Metternich,' by Colonel G. B. Malleson, C.S.I. In the preparation of his monograph, Colonel Malleson has made use of the Prince's 'Autobiography,' Binder's 'Fürst Element und sein Zeitalter,' Thiers' Consulat,' Capefigue's 'Diplomates,' Gervinus' XIX. Jahrhundert,' Maurice's 'Revolutions,' Prince Napoleon's "Napoleon and his Detractors,' &c. Numerous citations from the words of Bonaparte and other great actors of the eventful period from 1800 to 1814, contribute greatly to the interest of this compendium, the key-note of which is: From 1800 to 1848, continental Europe was ruled by two men. When Waterloo had completed the overthrow which Leipzig initiated, Prince Metternich quietly stepped into the seat whence Napoleon had been hurled.' A copious index adds value to a manual which will be of great use to students, and indeed to general readers.

From the Banner Office.

'The Illustrated Church Congress Handbook for 1888,' compiled by the Rev. Charles Mackeson, contains an extensive amount of well-arranged information relating to the forthcoming Church Congress at Manchester and the various meetings that

have preceded it. For those who propose attending the conference, or are in other ways interested in the subjects to be discussed, the book should be found of great value. Several portraits are included.

From Mr. Spencer Blackett.- - Gehenna,' a novel by the Hon. Lewis Wingfield, which achieved a fair amount of success on its first appearance, has now been issued in popular picture-boards form. Thus attired it should appeal to the pockets and susceptibilities of a large number of readers. Records of a Stormy Life,' by Mrs. Houston, has also been published in similar form.

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From Messrs. Chatto & Windus.-'A Strange Manuscript found in a Copper Cylinder,' with nineteen illustrations, by Gilbert Gaul. This is the second edition of a curious work, and a third is promised shortly. A party of young men are yachting in the Atlantic Ocean and pick up a mysterious copper vessel containing a manuscript, which manuscript is duly read on board and given to the reader in the form of this book. The manuscript was written by the individual whose wonderful adventures it relates. One Adam More, mate on a ship cruising in the southern seas, goes

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with a comrade seal-catching for a few hours, but, a storm coming on, they are lost and drift down towards the Southern Pole. Adam More loses his comrade, and then drifts on alone among ice and snow and nearer to the Pole. Eventually he finds himself at the Pole, where he discovers a beautiful country of tropical aspect, and inhabited by a people whose doings fill up the greater part of the volume. They are opposite in every respect to all other people. They hate light, life, and everything to which Adam More has been accustomed. Everything is topsy-turvy; they hate riches Their and love poverty and discomfort. paupers are their nobles, and their rich men and aristocracy are their despised masses. The greatest crime one can commit is to try surreptitiously to place wealth in another man's way, not, as with us, by abstracting it. If two people fall in love their greatest happiness is to separate and each marry some one else, and so the story or rather collection of incidents unfolds. The author's fancy partakes of the luxuriant nature of Jules Verne, while his fertility of resource in invention is as remarkable as that of Baron Münchhausen; yet, like Jules Verne, he gives such an air of reality to the scenes that one unconsciously finds himself forgetting fiction and adopting it as a sober relation of facts. The book is got up in a striking manner, and the illustrations, though not so clear as they might be, are very interesting.

From Messrs. Dean & Son.-A variety of entertaining literature for juvenile minds is contained in The Little One's Own Souvenir,' gathered together under the practised editorship of Mrs. Elizabeth Day. Upwards of 300 original tales are included in the reprint, and the majority are gorgeously illustrated.

From Messrs. Digby & Long. The Mystery of Ashdale,' by Edith Heraud. There is much in this story to commend. The characters are for the most part distinctly drawn, the style is forcible and pointed, and the plot fairly well constructed. Miss Heraud's work is sure to be read with keen interest.

From Messrs. Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.The Schoolmaster and his Son, or the Thirty Years' War,' by K. H. Caspari. This is a pleasant, healthy story, which has been translated from the German with excellent appreciation of the original. It relates the vicissitudes of one Udalricus Gast, a poor schoolmaster, of Sommerhausen, in Franconia, and the misfortunes that befell him through his family. The story furnishes very interesting reading.

From the same.-'Gilly Flower,' by the Author of 'Honor Bright.' Though not perhaps remarkable for any great originality, there is a simple unaffected charm of style in this story that is sure to enlist the reader's attention. The character of Lill is well drawn, and her thoughts and doings are depicted with much sympathy throughout.

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From the same.-An interesting and in some! respects, useful little volume may be noted in The Plots of some of the most Famous English Plays,' by Henry Grey, an author who has previously evinced his capability of compressing information into small space. Altogether some twenty plays, by Marlowe, Congreve, Massinger, Brinsley Sheridan, and others are thus epitomised, and in addition an index of the principal characters in each masterpiece is given.

From The Herder'sche Verlagshandlung, Freiburg im Breisgau. Wolken und Sonnenschein : Novellen und Erzaehlungen,' von Joseph Spillmann, S.J. The author of this beautifully-printed volume of novelettes and tales, whose varied interest justifies its title, Clouds and Sunshine' is one of the Jesuit Fathers driven from the newly-formed German Empire by Prince Bismarck's Government in 1872. But he and other members of the Society of Jesus found a hospitable welcome in the Low Countries, where they were warmly welcomed and had comfortable quarters assigned to them in the old Castle of Blyenbeck, belonging to the late Marquis of Hoensbraech, whose son and successor, the present marquis, continues hospitably to shelter the banished Jesuits. The long residence of sixteen years at Blyenbeck has naturally endeared the old place to the author of the volume before us, who, loving his home, has made it his study to find out all about its former possessors, whose portraits adorn the old walls of the castle. Hence the first of these novelettes, which is called the Paradise Room, and is supposed to be related by the old master, Jan Thyssen, painter and wood carver, who painted and decorated the room bearing this name. The period of the story is between the years 1690 and 1702, that stormy period when the armies of Louis XIV. and the Allies made the Low Countries their battle-ground. Father Spillmann has made excellent use of the materials he has found ready to hand in the archives and traditions of the old castle, and the annals of the Low Countries. The second tale, Hurricane Days,' is an episode of the Kappelan War in the sixteenth century between Catholics and Protestants in the Swiss Canton Zug, of which we have heard so much lately in connection with that remarkable engineering work-the railway to the summit of the Pilatus Berg. Long Philip' is a story of one of the tall grenadiers of King Frederick William I. of Prussia. Of the other five tales which make up this volume, two are taken from the annals of our own country.

One of these is the old but ever fresh and charming story of Lady Nethedale,' and the other, Grandfather and Grandson,' a picture of the persecution of the confessors of the Old Religion in the days of Queen Elizabeth. We must say that these subjects lose nothing in interest at the hands of Father Spillmann, who is an excellent story-teller. The volume is full of interest for those who do not shut their eyes to the mistakes of their co-religionists, and who like to hear and to profit by the opinions of those who differ from them in religion or politics. Father Spillmann is manifestly a student of the history of England and the Continent, and not a mere dilettante storyteller. The book is beautifully printed, as is invariably the case with the productions of the 'Herder'sche Buchhandlung.'

From Messrs. Hildesheimer & Faulkner.-' A

Book of Old Ballads,' illustrated by Alice Havers, is one of the most charming works which has ever come from the hands of these publishers, and considering the exquisite taste Messrs. Hildesheimer & Faulkner have always displayed, this is very high praise indeed. 'Old Ballads' is a splendid subject for illustration, and the beautiful work of Miss Havers agrees well with the spirit of those timehonoured lyrics which have so markedly stimulated the pulse of our national life. The same publishers have issued an imposing collection of illustrated booklets, all remarkable for refinement in art and perfection in productive workmanship.

From Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton.-'Sure to Succeed,' by J. Thain Davidson. Mr. Davidson has made for himself a distinct individuality, not only by the genial warmth evinced towards young men, but his talents have raised him to a lofty position among the teachers of men. A book like this now before us, coming from such a man, is tolerably sure to succeed in finding its way to a great many parts of the earth, and doubtless in remote regions many a heart will warm up as it catches the tones of its old preacher. It is impossible to review this book adequately in the space at our disposal, consisting, as it does, of twenty discourses, each on a new subject. They show the broad expansive nature of the preacher's intellect, quite as much as the spiritual force which prompted the work. From Messrs. Hurst & Blackett.-Few novelreaders have not read with avidity and life-like sympathy the delightful fiction Grandmother's Money.' The work of the author, Mr. F. W. Robinson, is ever welcome. In the novel now before us, entitled "The Youngest Miss Green,' Mr. Robinson shows no signs of decaying powers. On the contrary, his descriptions of the quaintness of English rural life is, if any. thing, more vigorous in this book than in some former works from the same pen. Herein lies the peculiar charm of the story, for it must be admitted that little that is original marks the conception and development of the plot. The gipsy scenes are animated and romantic. deed Mr. Robinson gives some very unique pictures of Romany life, and owing to this and other recommendations, welcome to lovers of fiction, we think The Youngest Miss Green' will be something more than a season's favourite.

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From the same.-Mr. Harry Lander, the author

of 'A Creature of Circumstances,' need not himself have formed so poor an estimate of the quality of his story, which after all shows not a little meritorious skill in the art of writing fiction. There is also a certain satirical power in the book, and though satire is a dangerous weapon to wield, one must admit that Mr. Lander's criticisms of men, women, manners, and so forth, are often just, if here and there a trifle superficial. The novel is, on the whole, most interesting, and will certainly brightly reward the reader's attention.

From Messrs. W. Kent & Co.-The yearly volume of Mr. Francis Geo. Heath's widely circulated! magazine, Illustrations, which is now to hand, | embraces many articles of exceptional interest. Moreover, the contents are so varied in character, so smartly written, and of such peculiar artistic merit, that the reader must be dull

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indeed who would not be charmed by their perusal. The range of subjects-rural, artistic, medical, dramatic, scientific, musical, biographical, &c. is such as to appeal to every variety of taste. The illustrations form a marked feature of the magazine and are cleverly conceived and beautifully executed. Altogether, the magazine forms an admirable companion for a leisure half-hour, and even those who commence, as with most illustrated works, by idly turning over its pages, will certainly penetrate deeper into its literary recesses. From Messrs. Crosby Lockwood & Co.Motteau's French and English Talk Book; or Petites Causeries.' In these little volumes are to be found numerous elementary colloquial lessons sufficiently interesting and easy to invite the liking of young pupils. pleasantly illustrated, they are more appropriate for teaching purposes than the majority of such books. M. Motteau's Civil Service First French Book' is very well known.

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From Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co.-' Orthodox,' by Dorothea Gerard. After pleasantly running through the pages of Longman's Magazine, this story is now published in onevolume form. Miss Gerard relates in a charming incisive manner how Rudolph von Ortenegg, a lieutenant in the Austrian army, while quartered at Goratyn, a town in Poland, falls in love with one Salome Marmorstein; the daughter of a dealer in skins, and a Jewess to boot, and what complications arose from this disaster. Rudolph had persuaded his inamorata not only to consent to marry him but to turn Christian as well, and this was very naturally resented by Berish Marmorstein, her father. How the latter cunningly prevented the marriage we must leave the reader the pleasure and entertainment of finding out. Many of the author's characters are excellently drawn; notably, Surchen Marnorstein, with her insatiable craving after geschäft and sharp sordid intelligence. The entire story will abundantly repay perusal. From the same.-' Our Kin across the Sea,' by J. C. Firth, with a Preface by J. A. Froude. This volume deserves very high and true encomiums. That it is eminently readable is, owing to its practical purpose, far from being the most important of its recommendations. An idea is afloat that the union of the great English-speaking countries of the world would be one of the grandest political achievements of this or any other age. On this point Mr. Firth speaks. As a New Zealand colonist he

criticises the mode of life in the United States, and his opinions are free from the bias which is invariably found in books on America written by English authors. Mr. Firth's book ought to do a great amount of good.

From Messrs. James Maclehose & Sons.-At this date it is scarcely necessary to call attention to the humour, pathos, and rugged vigour of Mr. Walter C. Smith's 'Olrig Grange,' of which a fourth edition, in neat and well-printed form, is now issued. Admirers of the poet will be pleased to renew acquaintance under such favourable guise, and in turning over his pages are sure to find new causes for admiration.

From Messrs. Macmillan & Co.-A Text Booki of Euclid's Elements, Books i. vi.,' by H. S. Hall, M.A., and F. H. Stevens, M.A. The

authors have added to their previous excellent works on mathematical subjects an exceedingly valuable volume with the above title. It is likely to be highly appreciated by all who are engaged in educational work on account of the clear method of its arrangement. The authors, as practised hands, have given to the public the result of their experience, and their effort should meet with unanimous approval. A marked feature in the work is the carefully arranged number of exercises that are included. From the same.-New editions, in particularly neat binding, have been issued of Westward Ho!' by Charles Kingsley, and The Heir of Redclyffe, by Charlotte M. Yonge. The former contains an admirable portrait of the author, and the latter some excellent engravings from the design of Kate Greenaway. Both volumes form the first of a new series.

From Messrs. Marpon & Flammarion, Paris.Courte et bonne,' par Marie Colombier. This is a novel which recourts the fortunes of a Russian ballerina, who after triumphant success in Naples, visits Genoa, Monte Carlo, Paris, the United States, &c. The reader of the book is presented with vivid descriptions of the beauties of Naples; of its climate, bay, and architectural magnificence. The Riviera is graphically depicted, and the attractions of Genoa are set before us with an able pen. The aspects of life at Monte Carlo, the gaming table, and the tittle-tattle which passes the visitor's time are vividly portrayed. An English family abroad, too, is amusingly sketched. Life on board a passenger steamer on the Mississippi is described, with the scenes on the river's bank and the dread of yellow fever. Courte et bonne,' like La plus jolie femme de Paris,' by the same author (published last year), is eminently readable, and both, from their excellent print, are good companions for a railway journey.

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From Messrs. W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell. In the treatment of St. Margaret,' by William Tirebuck, considerable originality is displayed. The story chiefly concerns the actions and experiences of one who desires to be doing something, and is at every step confronted by the effects of worldliness and artificiality. Mr. Tirebuck, in many respects, exhibits a marked ability for character study, and his portrait of Mr. Trencham, the Member of Parliament, is highly effective in more ways than one.

From Messrs. J. Nisbet & Co.-The title of 'What is Man?' a bulky volume by J. Anderson, M.D., M.R.C.S., sounds somewhat alarming. But the reader is likely to be reassured on glancing at the sub-title, which tells him that the work treats of man's origin, life-history, and future destiny as revealed in the Word of God.' On the lines here laid down Dr. Anderson has written a work that testifies very forcibly to his learning, research, and painstaking labour. In an introductory chapter the author treats of The Bible: its credibility, inspiration, and claims. From this he passes to the first branch of the main subject: The Origin of Man'; dealing with his creation, evolution, and progressive development, tripartite nature, and immortality. Following this we have a section, in two chapters and an 'excursus,' on The Life History of Man,' and

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