72 REVIEWS. 



A New Geography on the Comparative Method. With maps 



and diagrams. By J. M. D. Meiklejohn, M.A. Second edition, crown 8vo, 

 pp. 50 — 492. (St. Andrew's : A. M. Holden. London : Simpkin, Marshall, 

 and Co.) 



The merit of this book is that its style is simple, and therefore can be 

 easily understood and retained ; and also connected, and therefore can be 

 readily reproduced. 



Everything that type of various sizes and clear maps and diagrams can do 

 to facilitate the acquisition, retention, and reproduction of geographical know- 

 ledge of all kinds has apparently been done, or at least attempted, in this 

 volume, and we have no hesitation in saving that the student who has mastered 

 it will have little cause to fear failure in the Oxford and Cambridge I^ocal 

 Examinations. 



A Primer of Cursive Shorthand. By Hugh L. Callendar, 

 M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. (London: C. J. Clay. 1889.) 

 Price 6d. 



This system of shorthand appears to be known as the Cambridge system. 

 From specimens of the style given, we notice that the characters appear to flow 

 into each other with great ease, but we regret that we are unable to compare it 

 practically with other and better-known systems. 



IllustratiOxVS. By Francis George Heath. 



The Christmas number of this w^ork is an excellent one, and contains 

 several good seasonable tales, besides other articles. The illustrations, which 

 form a conspicuous portion of this serial, are well executed. With this number 

 also is given a large presentation plate. 



Travel, Adventure, and Sport. From Blackwood's Maga- 

 zine. Nos. 4 and 5. (London and Edinburgh : Blackwood and Sons.) 

 Price IS. each. 



These are good shilling's worths. They contain a journey from Herat to 

 Orenburg on the Caspian, by Sir Richmond Shakespear ; The Inland Sea of 

 Japan, by Andrew Wilson ; A Run to Nicaragua, by Laurence Oliphant ; Up 

 Stream on the Red River ; A Reindeer Ride through Lapland, by F. Taysen ; 

 The Valley of the Shadow^ of Death, by Andrew^ Wilson; A Night's Peril ; 

 Marquines and La Collegiala ; A Cruise up the Yangstze in 1858 — 9, by 

 Admiral Sherard Osborne. 



The fact that these travels found a place in Blackwood'' s Magaziiie will, 

 with most people, be a sufficient guarantee that they are written by competent 

 men, and therefore trustworthy as well as readable. 



Tales from Blackwood, No. 5. pp. 218. (Edinburgh and 

 London : W. Blackwood and Sons.) 



Two deeply-interesting tales, which have appeared in the pages of Black- 

 wood's Magazine. They are entitled "A Singular Case," by F. S. DoUen- 

 baugh, founded on that peculiar mental disease known to the medical profession 

 as "Aphasia " ; and " Pentock," by Miss M. Bradley. A good shilling's worth. 



W. P. Collins' Scientific Catalogue. — The December issue 

 now before us is devoted to works on Microscopy, including Petrography, 

 and offers a large number of rare and valuable works, many very scarce. 



Messrs. Wesley and Son have issued No. 98 of their 



" Natural History and Scientific Book Circular," dealing w^ith Ornithology, 

 Mammalia, and Geography. 



