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Mcffatt's New Geography. Edited by Thomas Page, 



and revised by Rev. E. Hammonds, M.A. Crown 8vo, pp. 428. 

 (London: Moffatt and Paige. 1890.) Price 4s. 6d. 



This Manual treats of Astronomical, Physical, Commercial, and Political 

 Geography. Pupils preparing for Examination will find it a handy text-book 

 and work of reference. The information appears to be well brought up to 

 date, a separate section being added dealing with African Exploration. 



Moffatt's Edition of Shakespeare's Richard If., with 



Introduction and Notes, arranged and classified. Crown 8vo, pp. 159. 

 (London: Mofifatt and Paige. 1890.) 



Much information is contained in this volume besides the text and the 

 notes thereon, viz. : — Short accounts of the Historical Personage of the Drama, 

 Sketches of the Principal Characters, Notable Passages for committing to 

 Memory, Examples of Analysis of Sentences, Paraphrasing, and Typical 

 Questions selected from Examinations. 



The Earth and the Solar System. By Thomas Page, 

 loth Edition. Crown 8vo, pp. 63. (London : Moffatt and Paige. 1890.) 

 Price IS. 



This treatise is specially designed for pupil teachers of the 2nd, 3rd, and 

 4th years, but we believe it will be found serviceable as a class book, and more 

 particularly for Home-work. There are Chapters on Latitude and Longitude, 

 Tides and Currents, Winds, and Climates. 



The Life of St. Patrick. By WilUam B. Morris. Crown 

 8vo, pp. xviii. — 303. (London and New York : Burns and Oats. Dublin : 

 M. H. Gill and Son. 1890.) 



Those interested in the life of the Apostle of Ireland will find much here 

 to interest them. The book is well written, and contains an account of the 

 sources from whence the Saint's history has been derived. 



Essays of an Americanist. By Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., 

 M.D. 8vo, pp. 489. (Philadelphia, U.S.A. : Porter and Coates.) Price $3. 

 A valuable contribution to the study of the native American tribes, their 

 history, antiquities, religion, and literature, by one of the best known scholars 

 in this branch of Science. The work is divided into four sections, I. Ethnologic 

 and Archaeologic ; II. Mythology and Folk-Lori ; III. Graphic Systems and 

 Literature ; IV. Linguistic. 



The Life of the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone. 

 By George Barnett Smith. Crown 8vo, pp. viii. — 604. (London : Ward, 

 Lock, and Co. 1890.) 



This work has now reached its twelfth edition ; in it the author lays before 

 the reader the story of Mr. Gladstone's Life, and his relations to the great 

 movements of his time, through the medium of his writings and speeches. A 

 good portrait forms the frontispiece to this volume. 



Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences. Edited by 



Charles E. Sajons, M.D., and seventy associate editors. 5 vols, 8vo, pp. 

 about 2,600. (London and Philadelphia : F. A. Davis. 1890.) 



In this, the third annual issue of this important work, several new 

 departments have been added, and others have undergone modifications which 



Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science. 



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