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of Norfolk Island, By the late Rev. Thos. Boyles Murray, M.A., F.S. A 

 Revised and brought up to date by the Rev. C. C Elcum, M-A. Cr. 8vo, 

 pp. xvi. — 368. (London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1885.) 

 Price 3s. 



An interesting account of the Mutiny of the Bounty, and of the early 

 settlers on Pitcairn Island. The book is very nicely illustrated. 



Life and Education of Laura Dewey Bridgman, the 



Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Girl. By Mary Swift Lamson. Cr. 8vo., pp. 

 xl. — 373. (Boston: New England Publishing Company. 1879.) 



We have here an account, more particularly, of the education of Laura 

 Bridgman, who lost her sight and hearing, and consequently her speech, 

 through a severe illness, when only two years of age. The method by which 

 she was taught first to read, by means of small blocks of raised type, and 

 afterwards to converse by means of the manual alphabet, are fully described. 

 In process of time she learned to write, and we have a facsimile of her first 

 autograph letter. The book contains also an HeHotype portrait of this 

 interesting girl. 



The Dwellers on the Nile ; or, Chapters on the Life and 



Literature, History, and Customs of the Ancient Eg}'ptians. By E. A. Walter 

 Budge, M.A. Cr. 8vo, pp. 204. (London : The Religious Tract Society. 

 1885.) Price 3s, 



This is Volume VIII, of the By-Paths of Bible Knowledge. A very inter- 

 esting book, treating of the Decipherment of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics, 

 the Egyptian Language and Writing, the Land of Egypt and its People, etc. 

 The book is nicely illustrated. 



Queer Pets and their Doings. By Olive Thorne Miller. 



Illustrated by J. C Beard. Foolscap 4to, pp. 326. (London: Griffith, Farren, 

 and Co.) Price 5s. 



The strange doings of some very queer pets are linked together in a pleas- 

 ing tale. The book is intended for the amusement and instruction of young 

 people, its value is greatly increased by the illustrations, which are mostly 

 drawn from nature ; it is printed on fine paper, gilt edged, and the illustrations 

 are good. 



Forests and Forestry in Poland, Lithuania, the Ukraine, 



and the Baltic Provinces of Russia. By John Croumbie Brown, LL.D., etc. 

 Post 8vo, pp. viii. — 276. (Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd ; London : Simpkin, 

 Marshall, and Co. 1885.) Price 6s. 



Those who take an interest in Forestry will find much to interest them in 

 this book. We have first an interesting account of sleigh-travelling in Russia, 

 and of a journey from St. Petersburg to Poland ; followed by chapters on 

 Exploitation in Poland, in Lithuania, etc. 



Five Acres too Much : a Truthful Elucidation of the Attrac- 

 tions of the Country, and a careful consideration of the question of Profit and 

 Loss as involved in Amateur Farming. By Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. Cr. 

 8vo, pp. 309. (New York : O. Judd and Co. 1885.) 



This is not a Scientific Book, but it is a very interesting one ; a vein of irony, 

 which the' author, who is both a sportsman and a scholar, knows well how to 

 use, runs the entire length of the book. 



