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There is, no doubt, much good sense written on the subject of food reform, 

 but many of our carnivorous friends will require far stronger arguments to 

 convince them of the error of their ways. 



Biographies of Working-Men. By Grant Allen, B.A. ; 

 pp. 191. 



The Guild of Good Life : A Narrative of Domestic Health 

 and Economy. By Benjamin Ward Richardson, M.D., F.R.S. ; pp. 202. 



The Cottage Next Door. By Helen Shepton ; pp. 192. 



Thrift and Independence : A Word for Working-Men. By 



the Rev. William Lewery Blackley, M.A. ; pp. 1S9. (London : Society for 

 Promoting Christian Knowledge. (1884.) 



Four very interesting books, well suited as presents for working-men, or as 

 prizes to senior boys in our board schools. In the first of these will be found 

 biographies of Thomas Telford, stonemason; George Stephenson, engineman; 

 John Gibson, sculptor ; William Herschell (a citizen of Bath), bandsman ; 

 Jean Francois Miller, painter ; James Garfield, canal-boy ; and Thomas 

 Edward, shoemaker. 



Sketches in Natural History, with an Essay on Reason 



and Instinct. By the Rev. J. C. Atkinson. With 82 illustrations by W. S. 

 Coleman; pp. XII. — 340. (London: Geo. Routledge and Sons.) 



The first half of the book before us is taken up with a series of papers on 

 many interesting objects of natural history, respecting which any additions to 

 our knowledge is always most welcome. The first paper is on the Ephemera; the 

 others, with three or four exceptions, are on birds. These papers first saw the 

 light in the *' Zoologist," and are now revised and in a great part rewritten for 

 the present book. The chapters on *' Reason and Instinct " are good, and we 

 commend the book to the notice of our readers. 



Sketches of Animal Life and Habits. By Andrew Wilson, 



Ph.D. ; pp. 208. (London and Edinburgh : W. and R. Chambers.) 



These sketches have been compiled with a view of affording to general 

 readers, and especially to the young, some popular and at the same time trust- 

 worthy ideas respecting some of the most interesting groups in the animal 

 world, and we think the author has very satisfactorily accomplished his pur- 

 pose. We have chapters on Animalcules ; Life in the Depths ; Sea Anemones ; 

 Sea Eggs ; Crabs, etc. etc. The papers are popularly written, and are illus- 

 trated with 8 1 engravings. We are sorry to find no general index at the end of 

 this book. 



Intellectual Principles ; or, Elements of Mental Science : 

 Intuitions, Thoughts, Beliefs. By John H. Godwin; pp. XII.— 275. 



Active Principles ; or, Elements of Moral Science : Mental 

 Feelings, Volitions, Moral Perceptions, and Sentiments. By John H. Godwin; 

 pp. XII.— 304. (London : James Clarke and Co. 1885.) 



The two works above mentioned will well repay a careful perusal. They 

 are pregnant with deep thought, the object of the author being not so much 



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