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The Mite Bible. 



The Midget Testament. (Glasgow : D. Bryce & Sons.) 



These are undoubtedly the smallest Bible and the smallest Testament in 

 the world. The Bible is a reduced facsimile of the Oxford nonpareil i6mo 

 edition, with 28 reduced facsimile line illustrations. It contains 916 pages, 

 size if in. by i^ in., and weighs 180 grains. 



The Testament is a reduced facsimile of the Oxford pica i6mo New Tes- 

 tament. Size 4 in. by ^ in., and weighs only 26 grains. Both are furnished 

 with magnifying glasses for reading. The type when magnified is very clear 

 and distinct. The price of the Bible is 2/3, the Testament 1/3. 



The Animal World : A Monthly Advocate of Humanity. 

 Vol. 26, fol. pp. 192. (London : S. W. Partridge and Co. 1895.) 



This volume contains the twelve monthly parts issued by the Royal Society 

 for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and is full of interesting matter 

 relating to various members of the animal kingdom. It contains also a large 

 number of illustrations. 



The Band of Mercy, Vol. XVII. 4to, pp. 96. (London : 

 S. W. Partridge and Co.) 



Another book issued by the same Society, suitable for younger children, is 

 also full of interesting reading matter relating to animals, birds, etc. The pic- 

 tures in both books are sure to please our young friends. 



The Book of the Fair. Parts 13, 14, 15, 16. (Chicago and 

 San Francisco : The Bancroft Publishing Co.) Price §1 each. 



"The Book of the Fair" is the only work in any wise attempting to 

 reproduce in print the great Chicago Exhibition entire. It presents in attrac- 

 tive form the whole realm of art, industry, science, and learning as exhibited 

 by the nations, so far as can be done within reasonable limits. The entire 

 work will consist of 1000 imperial folio pages (12-f 16 in.), and will be com- 

 pleted in 25 parts. 



In the parts before us the section devoted to Mines, Mining, and Metal- 

 lurgy is concluded ; other subjects considered are Fisheries and Pisiculture ; 

 Transportation ; the Live Stock Department ; and Anthropology and Ethnology. 



The entire work, whether we consider the paper, print, or illustrations, is 

 excellent, and when completed will make one of the handsomest volumes we 

 have seen. 



Beeton's New Dictionary of Every-day Gardening, Cr. 8vo, 

 pp. 731. (London: Ward, Lock, and Bowden. 1896.) 



This is an entirely new edition, completely re-written, thoroughly revised, 

 and considerably extended, and forms a popular cyclopaedia of the theory and 

 practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, and Pomology in all their various 

 branches, to which also is added a Monthly Calendar of Garden Work through- 

 out the year. It contains a large number of illustrations and many good 

 coloured plates, each with a key giving the names of the flowers represented. 

 It is unquestionably a valuable and most useful book. 



Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. By A. Engler. Nos. 

 126, 127, 128. (London: Williams and Norgate. Leipzig: W. Engelmann.) 



These parts contain the continuation of the Acanthacese, by G. Landau ; 

 Myoporaceae, by R. v. Wettstein ; Phrymacese, by J. Briquet ; Plantaginacese, 

 by O. Harms and C. Reiche ; Verbenacet^ and Labiata;, by J. Briquet ; 

 Sabiacece, by O. Warburg ; Melianthaceae, by M. Gurke ; Balsaminaceee, by 

 O. Warburg and K. Reiche ; Rhamnacese, by A. Weberhauer. There are 49 

 well engraved illustrations, giving 351 figures. 



