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Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., with an Appendix containing the full text of the 

 Government of Ireland, and the Sale and Purchase of Land Bills of i8S6. 

 Revised edition. 8vo, pp. 358. (Edinburgh : Andrew Elliot. 1886. 

 Price, 5s.) 



This volume is a continuation of the series containing the Midlothian 

 speeches 1879, 1880, 1884, and 1885, and gives a verbatim report of four 

 speeches on the Government of Ireland Bill — two in April, one in May, and 

 one in June ; Speech on the Sale and Purchase of Land (Ireland) Bill; two 

 Addresses to the Midlothian Electors ; and five Speeches during the General 

 Election. 



Natural History : Its Rise and Progress in Britain as 

 developed in the Life and Labours of Leading Naturalists. By Alleyne 

 Nicholson, M.D., D.Sc. Crown 8vo, pp. vi. — 312. (London and Edinburgh : 

 W. and R. Chambers. 1886.) 



We have here a general outline of the rise and progress of the Science 

 of Natural History in Britain. This is given in a series of biographical 

 sketches, but as some of the most important steps in the development of the 

 Science of Zoology have been effected by foreign investigators, it was found 

 necessary to some extent to pass beyond the limits of our own country. The 

 work commences with the Aristotelian period ; then gives an account of Ray 

 and Willoughby and their work, Linnreus and his classification, the great 

 Museums of Britain, etc. etc., and concludes very naturally with Darwin and 

 his famous works. It is beautifully illustrated with plate and other engravings. 



Eminent Doctors : Their Lives and their Work. By 

 G. T. Bettany. M.A., B.Sc, F.L.S. Two vols. Crown 8vo, pp. viii.— 311 ; 

 vi. — 318. (London: John Hogg. Price, 12s.) 



In these two volumes we find biographies of some of those men who have 

 raised the professions of medicine and surgery to the high position which they 

 occupy at the present time. We find accounts of Harvey and the Circulation 

 of the Blood, Hunter and the application of Anatomy and Pathology to 

 Surgery, Jenner and Vaccination, etc. The subjects are well chosen, and the 

 books will be found instructive and entertaining, both to the medical professor 

 and to the general reader. 



Master Minds in Art, Science, and Letters : A Book for 

 Boys. By W. H. Davenport Adams. (London : John Hogg. Price, 4s.) 



The author has brought together in three groups men who have distin- 

 guished themselves in the fields of Art, Science, and Letters — Reynolds, 

 Constable, Turner, and Haydon ; Murchison, Faraday, and Darwin ; Sir 

 Walter Scott, and Charles Kingsley ; and in telling their story has elucidated 

 the principal features of their character, and the special distinction of their 

 work. Tliis is one of the books that every boy should read. 



Post-Norman Britain : Foreign Influences upon the 

 History of England from the Accession of Henry III. to the Revolution of 

 1688. By Henry G. Hewlett. i2mo, pp. 323. (London : Society for Pro- 

 moting Christian Knowledge. 1886. Price, 3s.) 



This is one of a series of volumes, published under the title of " Early 

 Britain," andc ontains a sketch of the various influences derived from foreign 

 sources, which contributed to modify and develop our national character down 

 to the period when our modern History of England may be said to begin. 



Analysis of the Acts of the Apostles. By Lewis 

 Vol. VI. F 



