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told l)y Herself, followed by a History of -the Discovery of Nineveh. It is 

 nicely illustrated. 



The History of the Pacific States of North America. 



By Hubert Home Bancroft. Vol. I., ("entral America Vol. I., 1501 — 1530. 

 8vo, pp. Ixxii. — 704. (San Francisco, U.S.A. : The History Co. 1882.) 



In 1875 the author published, under the title of The Native Races of the 

 Pacific States, what he believes to be an exhaustive research into the character 

 and customs of the aboriginal inhabitants of the western portion of North 

 America at the time they were first seen by their subduers. The volume before 

 us is the first volume of a history of the same territory from the coming of 

 Europeans. Mr. Bancroft has undertaken a colossal work and is carrying it 

 out in a most masterly manner. We are informed the entire series will cover 

 39 volumes. 



Due North ; or, Glimpses of Scandinavia and Rtissia. By 



Maturin M. Ballon. Crown 8vo, pp. xii. — 372. (Boston, U.S.A. : Teckno'r 

 and Co. 1887.) 



The author of this book has previously written two very popular works, 

 one entitled " Due West, or Round the World in Ten Months," the other, 

 " Due .South, or Cuba Past and Present." The volume before us describes the 

 far north, from which the author has just returned, including Norway, Sweden, 

 Kussia, and Russian-Poland. His travels are very pleasantly described, and 

 the book will be read with much interest. 



By Northern Seas. By Mary Bell. Post 8vo, pp. 357. 



(London : Church Exten.sion Association.) 



An interesting story in 23 chapters, of a specially religious turn. 



A Misunderstood Miracle : An Essay in favour of a New 



Interpretation of "The Sun Standing Still " in Joshua x. 12 — 14. I!y Rev. A. 

 .Smythe Palmer, B.A. Crown 8vo, pp. vii. — 119. (London : Swan Sonnens- 

 chein and Co. 1887.) Price 3s. 6d. 



The author suggests that if the words given in the margin were substituted 

 for the words "stand still," they would throw quite a different light on this 

 passage. At the same time, he quotes numerous instances where the word 

 "stood" is used in the Old Testament to express "stayed, desisted, or ceased 

 to discharge its function." The question is exceedingly well argued and is 

 worth careful perusal. 



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We Donkeys" on the Coast of Devon. By M. S. 

 Gibbons, F.S.Sc. (Lond.), author of "We Donkeys in Devon," "We 

 Donkeys on Dartmoor," etc. i2mo, jip. 1 12. (London: Simpkin, Marshall, 

 and Co. Exeter: T. Upward. 1SS7.) Price is. 



(lives principally a description of the various churches in the neighbour- 

 hood of the Devonshire coast. As the book contains neither preface or intro- 

 duction, and as we have not seen the earlier volumes of the series, we do not 

 quite understand tht title, " We Donkeys," but conclude from pictures on the 

 advertisement pages that the carriage of the fair authoress is drawn by a pair 

 of donkeys. 



Electricity and Health. Crown 8vo, pp. 100. (Black- 

 pool : G. Cohen.) Price 3s. 6d. 



This little book is described in the title as being an exposition of the most 

 scientific and rational methods of applying Medical Electricity to the Cure of 



