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Bicycles and Tricycles of the Year 1888. By Harry 

 Hewitt Griffin. Crown 8vo, pp. io8. (London : L. Upcott Gill. l888.) 

 Price IS. 



A chronicle of the new Inventions and Improvements introduced each 

 season, and a permanent record of the progress in the manufacture of Bicycles 

 and Tricycles ; designed also to assist intending purchasers in the choice of a 

 machine. This book is in the eleventh year of its publication and has a 

 number of illustrations. 



The Mechanic's Workshop Handy Book : A Practical 

 Manual on Mechanical Manipulation. By Paul N. Hasluck, A.I.M.E. 

 Crown 8vo, pp. 136. (London : Crossby, Lockwood, and Son. 1888.) 

 Price 2s. 



Being designed for the help and guidance of young mechanics and others 

 interested in the manipulation of metals, the little book commences with 

 some account of the constituents and characteristics of Metals and Alloys 

 familiar to the mechanic in his daily work. Special attention is given to the 

 handling of various tools. Its chapters treat of Metals and Alloys, Iron, Steel, 

 and Brass, and their Treatment ; Tool Grinding, etc. It will doubtless prove 

 useful to workers of all ages and degrees of experience. 



Charles A. Gillig's Tours and Excursions in Great 

 Britain : A day, week, or month on rail, road, and water. By Stephen F. 

 Smart. Crown 8vo, pp. vii.-426. (London: The United States Exchange, 

 9 Strand.) Price 2s. 



With the help of this book and an ample purse, the tourist may spend a 

 month very pleasantly. He is supposed to start from London, and is conducted 

 to a great number of places on the East Coast, round the South Coast, to 

 Berwick-on-Tweed, and from thence to various places in Scotland, and finally 

 on a series of Welsh tours. 



A Year in the Fields. By John Watson. T2mo, pp. 118. 



(Edinburgh: David Douglass. 1888.) Price is. 



In writing a history of the months, the author has preferred to describe 

 them as they were at the time of writing (1886), and not according to precon- 

 ceived notions, or "as they ought to be." This book reached us early in July, 

 and we were surprised to find the present weather so accurately described. 

 He says : — " We have now come to the close of the seventh month, and July 

 has been as abnormal as the rest. Instead of the summer sun and glowing 

 heat, we have been beaten and blown about by the blasts of October." 



A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Cheap Non- 

 Alcoholic Beverages, with Sketches of My Life as a Temperance Reformer. 

 By Robert Seager, Ipswich. i2mo, pp. 96. (London : National Temperance 

 Publication Depot, 337 Strand.) Price is. 



The writer gives a detailed account of the manufacture of a variety of 

 temperance drinks for home use. He also assures us that the finest mineral 

 water can be produced at the amazingly low cost of id. per dozen bottles, 

 and that quart syphon bottles for table use may be filled at id. each. 



The Handy Route-Book of England and Wales. Part II., 



Middle England, with Map. By Charles Howard. l2mo, pp. xvi.— 309. 

 (London : Mason and Payne. 1888.) Price 2s. 



A very convenient work for the tourist, and especially so for the cyclist. 



