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chats ; a number of prize competitions, etc. etc. We heartily commend the 

 book. 



The Boys' Own Treasury of Sports and Pastimes. By 

 Rev. J. G. Wood, J. H. Pepper, C. H. Bennett, T. Miller, and others, with 

 upwards of 400 illustrations. Foolscap 8vo, pp. 626. (London : Geo. 

 Routledge and Sons. Price, 3s. 6d.) 



Boys of the present day appear to be well cared for. The book before us- 

 abounds in games and fun of every description, including the keeping of pet 

 animals, Pigeons, Domestic Fowls, British Song and Talking Birds, etc. ; and 

 when sent out under the authorship of such names as we find on the title page, 

 we feel that we can safely ofier it to all our young friends. 



Hand-Book of Mineralogy : Determination, Description, 

 and Classification of Minerals found in the United States. By J. C. 

 Foye, A.M., Ph.D. i8mo, pp. 180. (New York : D. Van Nostrand. 1886.) 



A useful little book for students commencing Mineralogy ; the working 

 directions and descriptions are clear and concise. At the end will be found 

 tables, in which the species are arranged according to their chemical com- 

 position. 



Platinotype. By Captain Pizzighelli and Baron A. Hubl. 

 Translated by the late J. F. Iselin, M.A., and edited by Captain W. 

 da W. Abney, R.E., F.R.S. Crown 8vo, pp. 63. (London: Harrison and 

 Sons. 1886. Price, 2s.) 



Owing to the growing popularity of the Platinotype process the work before 

 us has been reprinted from the Photograpliic Jozirnal, where it appeared a 

 year or two ago. Amongst other subjects it treats of the Theory of the 

 process, the Production of the Platinum Image, Salts of Iron and Platinum, 

 Development of the Platinum Image, Practical Details of the Process, etc. etc. 

 In certain cases the Platinum process undoubtedly offers advantages which 

 cannot be gained by the silver process, and we make no doubt many of our 

 photographic friends will be glad of the opportunity of reading it up. 



The Cambridge Examiner. Vol. VI., No. 9. November^ 



1886. (London : Swan Sonnenschein and Co. Price, 6d. monthly.) 



Contains questions on Religious Knowledge, Geography, English, Roman, 

 Greek, French, and Constitutional History ; English Language, Grammar, 

 and Literature ; Latin, Greek, French, German ; Arithmetic, Geometry, 

 Algebra, and Higher Mathematics; Science, Logic; Theory and Practice of 

 Education, etc. Suitable for students preparing for the various Junior and 

 Senior Examinations of Oxford, Cambridge, and London. 



Monographs on Education : The Study of Latin. By 



E. P. Morris. Post 8vo, pp. 27. Modern Petography. By Geo. Huntington 

 Williams, pp. 35. (Boston, U.S.A. : D. C. Heath and Co. 1886.) 



These Monographs appear in a very convenient and compact form ; they 

 are prepared by specialists, and will be found choice in matter, practical in 

 treatment, and of great value to the teachers. These Monographs will shortly 

 be followed by others on Mathematical Teaching, and How to Teach Reading,, 

 the price being 25c. each. 



