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The Animal World : A Monthly Advocate of Humanity. 



Vol. 27, 1897. (London: S. W. Partridge and Co.) 



This magazine is issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 

 to Animals. It consists of 192 large folio pages, and is full of most interesting 

 reading matter and good illustrations. There are few young people who could 

 not enjoy reading the Aninial World. 



The Band of Mercy, Vol. 18. 4to, pp. 96. (London: 



S. W. Partridge and Co. ) 



This magazine is also issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals. It is handsomely got up, both inside and out. The 

 reading matter is well adapted to children. Each monthly part contains a piece 

 of bright music and the illustrations are well executed. 



The Story of Victoria, R.L, Wife, Mother, Queen. By W. 

 J. Wintle. Cr. 8vo, pp. 143. 



The Story of Albert the Good (Prince Consort). By W. 

 J. Wintle. Cr. 8vo, pp. 143. (London: Sunday School Union.) i/- each. 



In the first of these we have an interestingly written sketch portrait, in 

 which all that serves to illustrate the personal life and character of the Queen 

 is included. 



In the second the aim of the author has been to present a sketch of the 

 personality of the Prince Consort. No statements of fact have been included 

 except such as have received approval in the highest quarter. All quotations 

 from letters, diaries, etc. , have been inserted by special permission accorded to 

 the author by Her Majesty the Queen. Both little books are nicely illustrated. 



Daybreak : A Romance of an Old World. By Jas. Cowan; 

 with drawings by Walter C. Greenough. Cr. 8vo, pp. viii. — 399. (New 

 York : Geo. H. Richmond and Co. 1896.) 



The hero of this book visits the planet Mars, where he finds a much higher 

 state of development than exists on the earth, or is likely to exist for many cen- 

 turies yet to come. " Daybreak" is in reality a popular work on Sociology, it 

 is written in a most interesting manner, and when the author's dream has 

 become realised, we may be sure that the millenium will have arrived. 



Knowledge : An Illustrated Magazine of Science, Literature, 

 and Art. (London : 326 High Holborn.) Price 6d. monthly. 



The March number contains for its first article an illustrated review of 

 Nansen's " Farthest North " ; The Victorian Era in Geography, with a plate ; 

 The Origin of some Domestic Animals ; On Vegetation and some of the 

 Vegetable Productions of Australia, with a plate ; Science Notes ; Notices of 

 Books, illustrated ; Letters ; Life History of the Common Tiger Beetle, illus- 

 trated ; The Chemistry of the Stars, with a plate ; The Face of the Sky for 

 March ; a Chess Column. 



Science for All. Edited by Robert Brown, M.A., Ph.D., 



F.L.S., F.R.G.S., etc. (London : Cassell and Co.) Price 6d. 



We have received Part 16 of this most instructive work, which contains 

 papers on the following subjects : — Locusts and Grasshoppers ; A Sun-dial ; 

 Venus and the Transit of 1882; The Photo phone ; The Crag ; Germs; The 

 Cheese- Grotto of Bertrich — Baden; Right- Handedness ; Cohesion Figures; 

 Animals Old and New ; Flint ; The Optics of a Lighthouse ; A Pinch of Salt ; 

 Elephants ; Cracks in the Earth's Crust. Each article is well illustrated. 



