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pay. He treats of the demand for rabbits as an article of food ; the causes of 

 failure of rabbit-warrens in the past ; the number of rabbits which one acre of 

 grass will feed ; how to lay out a rabbit-warren, etc. etc. 



Liber Vit^ : Register and Martyrology of New Minster and 

 Hyde Abbey, Winchester. Edited by Walter de Gray Birch, F.S.A., of the 

 British Museum. 8vo, pp. xcvi. — 335. (London : Simpkin and Co. Win- 

 chester : Warren and Son. 1892.) 



A large amount of very painstaking research has been expended in the 

 production of this book. The Hyde Register— the Stowe MS., No. 960 — 

 now in the British Museum, which has never before been committed to the 

 press, illustrates the history of the Abbey in a variety of ways, many of which 

 are as novel as they are instructive and entertaining. There are fac-simile 

 pages of the MS. and several photographic plates from illuminated drawings. 

 The frontispiece represents King Cnut and his Queen .Elfgyfu bestowing a 

 cross upon the altar of the Abbey, angels conducting saints, etc. 



Jarrold's Illustrated Guide to Cambridge, Lowestoft 

 AND SouTHWOLD, HuNSTANTOX, Aldeburgh. Crown 8vo, pp. 143 ; 151 ; 

 92; 122. (London: Jarrold and Son. 1893.) Price 6d. each. 



These four little guide-books — pubHshed by the enterprising firm of Jarrold 

 and Son— are by far the nicest of the kind we have seen. They are well illus- 

 trated, and being of a size suitable for carrying in the pocket cannot fail to 

 prove a welcome companion to the tourist. The guide to Hunstanton is 

 written by Dr. J. E. Taylor, the well-known editor of Science Gossip, and, as 

 might be expected, he gives a short description of the natural history of the 

 district. 



The Conquest of Mexico and Peru. By Kinahan Corn- 



wallis. Crown Svo, pp. vi. — 443. (New York : Daily Investigator office. 

 1893.) Price Si. 00. 



This is a well-written historical narrative-poem ; it is divided into four 

 books : — I, The Discovery of the Pacific by Vasco Nunez de Balboa and the 

 progress of discovery in the New World, from the first voyage of Columbus to 

 the Conquest of Mexico ; 2, The Conquest of Mexico by Cortez ; 3, The 

 Conquest of Peru by Pizarro ; 4, The Discovery of the Mississipi and the New 

 World of To-Day. A thoroughly interesting book. 



A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, found- 

 ed mainly on materials collected by the Philological Society. Edited by James 

 A. H. Murray, B.A.Lon., Hon. M.A.Oxon., LL.D.Edin., etc. etc. pp. viii. 

 — 861 to 1204. (Oxford and London: The Clarendon Press. 1893.) 12/6. 



Part VH. of this very important work is now before us. Its contents 

 includes the words from Consignificant to Crouching, and contains 5414 

 main words, explained in their alphabetical order, 936 combinations explained 

 under the main words, and 1190 subordinate words, making a total of 7540. 

 This part finishes the long series of words with the prefix con, and contains also 

 the by no means inconsiderable group of contra- and counter-. This is a l)ook 

 which we can take up and read by the hour together, finding fresh interest and 

 instruction in every new paragraph. 



Illustrations of Elementary Anatomical Botany. By 



Alexander Johnstone, Lecturer on Botany, Edinburgh School of Medicine. 

 Sheet I, The Root; Sheet 2, The Stem ; Sheet 3, The Leaf; Sheet 4, The 

 Flower ; Sheet 5, The Flower ; Sheet 6, The Seed and Fruit. Size, 34in. by 

 28in. each. Price, Coloured, on Cloth and Rollers, Varnished, 3s. 6d. each, 

 or 1 8s. for the complete series. (Edinburgh & London : W. & A. K. Johnston.) 



