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  2. Literature, Science, &c.

    The incomprehensible submission of Scotchmen to the ecclesiastical tyranny of their Established Church has produced—not unnaturally as I think—a very ...

    Article : 7,076 words
  3. Mr. Smith; a Part of his Life: By L. B. WALFORD. 2 vols.

    The part that Mr. Smith plays in this novel is peculiar. In one sense he is not a prominent character; in another he is the most prominent of all. He is seldom brought personally upon ...

    Article : 191 words
  4. Thackerayana: Notes and Anecdotes.

    The present volume owes its origin to the fact that many of the books in the valuable library of Thackeray, which were dispersed of at his death, contained sketches by himself ...

    Article : 145 words
  5. SCIENCE LETTER.

    If a fresh drop of blood be examined with a magnifying glass it will be found to contain an innumerable number of atoms, flat in shape, yellowish red in color, disseminated like fine ...

    Article : 2,873 words
  6. A Short History of the English People: By J. R. GREEN M.A.

    Mr. Green states in his preface that he has striven throughout his work "that it should never sink into a drum and trumpet history." He has succeeded in his aim, and relegated ...

    Article : 178 words
  7. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF U GUESAGEN.

    Our author has some severely satirical remarks on annual public meetings and entertainments in aid of semi-religious societies. He dislikes their exhibition of ...

    Article : 1,455 words
  8. Autobiography and other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, formerly Ann Taylor, Edited by JOSIAH GILBERT. Two vols.

    Mrs. Gilbert had the advantage of belonging to a literary family, of which many of the members are well-known in literary circles. We hive already had one book about Jane and ...

    Article : 169 words
  9. Captain Jack: By CHARLES MACKNIGHT.

    This work will be found exciting by lovers of Indian adventure. The hero is a border ranger, well-known along the Pennsylvanian frontier about a century ago. In reality the book is a ...

    Article : 58 words
  10. The Boy Joiner and Modelmaker: by ELLIS A. DAVIDSON.

    Practical instructions are given in thin book for making mechanical toys, models, and various other articles of use and ornament, together with plain and comprehensible ...

    Article : 106 words
  11. Social Pressure: By the author of " Friends in Council."

    This fresh instalment of "Friends in Council" is, as usual, full of good things, and, we might almost say, full of better things than usual. The topics of the conversations are such as ...

    Article : 1,408 words
  12. The Waifs of the World, or Adventures Afloat and Ashore: By CHARLES A. BEACH.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 words
  13. BOOKS AND WRITERS OF BOOKS.

    This is a lively and very interesting account of Bartholomew Fair, formerly held at Smiths field. It took its origin in a grant from Henry I. to the monk Roger, his jester, the man who ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. Merry Elves, or Little Adventures in Fairy Land, with 24 illustrations: By C. O. MURRAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 words
  15. On Compromise: By JOHN MORLEY, M. A.

    Like all works from Mr. Merley's pen, "On Compromise" is thoughtful and earnest. It is a series of five eloquent essay a which originally appeared in the Fortnightly Review. The book ...

    Article : 504 words
  16. Tales of Adventure; or, Wild Work in Strange Places: By R. M. BALLANTYNE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  17. The Ocean and its Wonders, also by R. M. BALLANTYNE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 words
  18. Dr. Ox's Experiment.

    This is translated from the French by Jules Verne, and in a weird and extraordinary story, having to do with ballooning, the aeronaut being a madman. We have in the same book ...

    Article : 156 words
  19. MAGAZINES FOR DECEMBER.

    In Fraser"s, the hand of the new editor is already discernible; fewer invective against the Cosmos generally, more variety, and wider sympathy. ...

    Article : 418 words
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