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other systems . "W olrcls are . written as they are pronounced ; and no distinction is made be- '
tween thin strokes and thiel f . From a- -- ' Messrs — . Dean - ' -w ¦ - — — & ™ ¦ Son wi ^ mmm . m — ' Beehstein ——— - - ~| - ~ -- "" if r ' s . * ^^ * ¦ *
Handbook hy H . G . Adams of Chamber . * Cat , and s : Cage Handbook Birds / to edited their ' Classification and Diseases' ¦ by ¦ w Gordon Stables
M —^ - — . D — . These — r — - — - — two — — — — — additions - ^ ^— - ^ " — - - ^^ —» , « w to w ^^ the ^ m ^*^ ^^ ^** series m r \ , r ^^^ VP W ^ P ^ t ^^ of , Messrs with - - — useful . Dean ¦ and ' s practical — , - ^ ap — — ~ parentl sv — - - » ™» — ^ guide h- ^ ^ ^» y w , h ^ reliable ^ books ^ h ^ ^» « fc ^^^ r ^*^ ^ i » ^ " ^ are informa b jma replete ^^ ^^^ ^ k ^ h . a ^ A V « - W
fcion . Dr . Sfables enlivens his little book with niamefous anecdotes illust rating" the treatment which he prescribes ; whilst Bechstein ' s
Handbook contains descriptions of more than a hundred British and foreign birds . From Messrs . Digby A ? Long . —* Chronology and
ana Analysis analysis or of Inte international rnational Law Law / / bv by William William Percy Pain , LL . B . In this boldly printed and well arranged volume , Mr . Pain has placed in
chronological order some of the chi » tf rales which govern the intercourse of States , and these enactments are in turn referred to the
principles which they illustrate , and to which they form exceptions . A list of the authorities quoted will be found in the workand also
a brief explanation of the analysis , adopted . Students preparing for examination will , find the work
very helpful in their endeavour to master the standard text-books on the subject . From Mr . Alexander Gardner . —* Heroines of
Scotland , ' by Robert S . Fittis . Many books have been written to record the deeds of valiant Scotchmen , but comparatively little has been
published concerning the ' noble women , not a few , ' whose lives have adorned the annals of the North . Mr . Fittis has therefore done well
to give us a portrait gallery in which the figures of brave women like Isobel , Countess of Buchan , Margaret Keith , Lady Lindsay , Janet
Douglas , Lady Glammis ; Fair Helen of Kirkcon nel , and other romantic , half-forgotten heroines of Scotland ¦ are conspicuous . A good
— — — ¦ ^ " ^ — " ' ^* ^^^ - ^^ - ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ " ^^ ^^ ' ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ v ^ ' ^^ ~ i i ~ ^^ i ^^ ^^^ h ^^ ^^ ^ a ^ ^^^« ~ n _ i— ^^^ ^ m ^ ^ w ^^^ Kg ^^ deal of light is cast in these sketches of Scottish ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ life and character on the manners and customs of a warlike , unsettled , but chivalrous age .
From bA Messrs . Gotch . Gotc F . R . a I . B & . A Gomme . This . — brief * Haddon account Hall of , ' y , ro * an mantic abandoned situation old / as castle Horace of the Wai Rutlands pole describes , in a
Haddon Hall , is the result of a visit of certain members August 1888 of the . It Architectural is illustrated Association bseveral , in
sketches of the ancient building , and y is intended specially for members of the architectural profession .
i ; From of yearl Miss y Messrs volume L . T . . . Mead Hatcnards Under e and the Mr — « . Atalanta joint John C editorshi . Stap ' ; new les p ,
( continues this high-class to make and ste most ady attractive progress . magazine The new volume its of view production , , both is a credit . from Ajnongst a to literary everybody the and authors artistic concerned who point have in
written for its pages during the last twelve months are : Mrs . MolesWorth , Miss Amy Levy , Mrs . MacquoidMiss ThackerayMiss Jean
Ingelow , Miss Sarah , Tytler , Professor , Dowden , "Professor ChurchDr . Q arnettMr . Julian Corbett ^ Jorbett . Mr Mr . . H H . . D D . . , Traill Traill . Mr Mr . . W W . . E TC , . . Norris Norria . and and
others . , The illustrations , , both full-page , and those ' in the text , reach a high degree of artistic
excellence excellence , and and in in to the e list list of of those those who who have have enriched the , volume ^ in this respect occur the
1 names ox Bastien-Lepage . Josef Israels , E . J .
Poynter , R . A . Altogether this is a delightful I book , and it would be difficult to name a more
acceptable present for a cultured girl than the yearly volume of ' Atalanta . ' From Mr . B . HerderFreiburg . —* Egypt Once
and Now . ' Bv Dr . , Friedrich Kayser . ] 2 nd try edition so full , revised of interest and enl to arged all . readers Egypt of is whateve a coun- r
taste or tendency that the book under notice would , from its subject alone , command attention even if less abltreated than it is
by Dr . Kayser . But we y may safely say that few more comprehensive or accurate books on the land of ¦ the , ¦ Nile have mm come ¦ under our
^ ^ m ^ m- ^^ 1 - — - - — i ^^ ^ b ^^ - ^^ mm - ^^ ^ i ^ ^ m - - ^ - ^ - ~ - - — - — — — notice . It is divided ^ into two parts ; the first treating of the country , the people , and the river which created and h H sustains - - the - —~ Land - __ of _ M ^ M » - ^^ ^^ V V ^^^^ ^ b ^^^ ^ fc ^^ ^^^^^ ^ B ^ ^> rf ^» ^* " ^^ iha ^ ^^^» d ^^ fe ^^^ ^ ^ —^^^ ^ — ' —
Egypt . In this part we find an exhaustive aecount of the origin , characteristics , religious systems of the N , ile literature les , arts of , antiquity and domestic . The economy second
par - *^ ^^ vr t ^ h ^ B deals ^^ 0 r j ^ b ^ . ^ b ^ b ^^ in ^ peop Ml r ^ N an ^ ^ T B ^^ ^^ equall ^ " ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^ y ^**^ ^ fc ^ exact ^ ^^ ^^ ~ ¦ ™ — ^ yet J — interesting — — — manner with the Egypt of more modern times . Nothing seems to have escaped the notice of the learned authorwho brings down the history
of this wonderful , land to the recent events in which our own land has had a part . The remarks i ¦ i i i iv the religion lUU superstition / viwvuiuu and k
__ domestic « -. n , . . ^ V on life / J-l of bU ^ f the Xbllg present ) , -day ou ^ Egyp » tian , | * w are . u . ¦^ . full of instruction and warning for those who
would look with equanimity on an extension of the baneful influence of Mahommedanism . The book is beautifully illustrated with eighteen
coloured colonrWi atnd a . nd Ujated tinted plates nlates , . and and 118 118 text text illus illus--marvellous trations — — , and for is . published its cheapness j ^ ^ at a as price Egypt « u r « which r «• itself is as is
for its wealth . ; From Mr . John Heywood .- ' The Teacher ' s Handbook to the Code Examinations' ( The
Teacher ' s ' VadeMecum' Series ; Code 1889 ) . The examinations in this handbook consist of questions and mental in arithmetic composition for , gra Standards mmar , geograp VI . and hy ,
VII . From Messrs Hodder & Stoughtou- —* Romance
of Psalter and Hymnal , ' by H . E . Welsh , M . A ., and F . G . Edwards . The Evangelical revival in the last century , and the Tractarian
movereli ment ment ious in in . . this th fervour is , , have have and alike alike one done done resul much mucn t has to to naturall awaken awaken been vt ^ Xi « v ^ Ajk g a quickene vi v * Av / fcfc * !/ m — - » m- » d - , and « mia «> m widespread » » ^ - »^» ^^ »— j— — - ^ — — — interest __ -. _ -- in — y
l sacre much arge d number interest song . has of During h been ymnal the evinced s have last thirty appeared by thousands years , and a ,
the not Church merel 3 . in The the present songs , but volume in the seeks singers , in the of words V V KS * V > 1 . K- * of V ^ ¦*• its X * - •»* authors »** *¦* ^* *¦* ^ - ' *¦ ^^ , ' to *^ ^^ meet —¦— - — — — and — guide ^ y — this ~ —
sacred new curiosity verse and ; it endeavou takes some rs to of throw our around choicest it the liviner interest of curious originpersonal
, the incident book , and is historic ied with episode the . ' Psalter The first and half the of second with occup the hymns and hymn-writers , of
CJ V > Jl ~ » A / - ¦¦ - » - w the V ^> -f * Church " * ** * ¦¦* from * y *^ Clement mf " *** ' ** " """ of Alexandria ^/ and Bernard of Clairvoix to Isaac Watts , Cardinal wnittierThe ine closine
Newman Nfiwman . and and JJ . . G U . . Whittier . . ciosmg : I pages notices JV / VlVvO cont , of V /•* ain UVLU some brief V well »» ^ biograp - * *¦ -known »»¦¦ - * - ' hical - —— composers — — and — critical —— — of — — Gauntlett
Church Dr . W . m H . usic Monk , such the as Rev Dr . . J H . . G J . . Dykes , Mr . , Josep field h which Barnb the y , book and , Sir attempts John to Stainer cover . is The of
o ^ urBean immense one , and specialists in I the that subject is , new will on not the find other in hand these , the pages personal much |[ I ;
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