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The Studio and What to Do in it. By H. P. Robinson, 



pp. viii — 143. (London: Piper and Carter. 1885.) Price 2s. 6d. 



The author briefly describes the leading types of studios, and devotes a 

 chapter to the form which his long experience leads him to consider to be the 

 best. The chapters on Posing and 5lanagement are more voluminous, and 

 embrace nearly every style in which a portrait may be taken. Much useful 

 information will be found here. 



The Magic-Lantern Manual. Second edition. By W. J. 



Chadwick. With 105 illustrations, pp. 154. (London : F. Warne and Co.) 



Treats of the Magic- Lantern, Sciopticon, ^Magnesium Lantern, Lime 

 Light, Electric Light, Photographic Slides, etc, and all that appears necessary 

 for the exhibitor to know. 



Work and Adventure in New Guinea, 1877 to 1885. By 



James Chalmers, of Port Moresby, and W. Wyatt Gill, B.A. With 2 maps 

 and many illustrations, pp. 342. (London : The Religious Tract Society. 

 1885.) Price 6s. 



A very interesting book, giving us much information about the Island of 

 New Guinea, its delightful scenery, the manners and customs of its inhabitants, 

 etc., and of the work now being done by our missionaries there. The illustra- 

 tions are from original sketches and photographs. 



A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago. 



A Narrative of Travel and Explorations, from 1878 to 1883. By Henry O. 

 Forbes, F.R.G.S. pp. xx. — 536. (London: Sampson Low, Marston, & Co. 

 1885.) Price 21S. 



In this handsome and most interesting volume, the author, who is a natur- 

 alist of no mean order, relates his travels, dividing them into six parts : I. — 

 In the Cocos-Keeling Islands. II — In Java. III. — In Sumatra. IV. — In 

 the Moluccas and in Timor-Laut. V. — In the Island of Bura. VI. — In Timor ; 

 describing in a very graphic style, the manners and customs of their 

 inhabitants. He gives us also entertaining accounts of their natural history. 

 The volume is illustrated with several maps and plates, besides a great number 

 of wood-engravings, and is one of the most interesting books of travel we 

 have seen for some time. 



Nature's Serial Story. By Edward P. Roe. Illustrated 



by G. W. Hamilton Gibson and T. Dielman ; pp. xx. — 430. (New York : 

 Harper Brothers. 1885.) 



We have here a large amount of valuable information relating to Natural 

 History, charmingly mixed up in a most interesting story. The book, like all 

 those published by this enterprising firm, is got up in a very handsome manner 

 The plates and other engravings, of which there are a great number, are 

 perfect works of art. 



Paterson's Guide to Switzerland, with Maps and Plans, 



pp. 162. (Edinburgh : W. Paterson ; London : E. Stanford. 1S85.) Price is. 

 A very convenient little hand-book : cheap, concise, and no doubt reliable. 



Labrador : a Sketch of its People, its Industries and its 

 Natural History. By Winfrid Alden Stearns. pp. viii. — 295. (Boston, 

 U.S.A.: Lea and Shepard. 1884). 



