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These are three Vols, of the "Great Writers" series, and are edited by 

 Professor Erie S. Robinson, M.A. Besides the lives of these great men, each 

 volume contains exhaustive Biographies of their works, by John P. Anderson, 

 of the British Museum. 



The Bairn's Annual. Edited by Alice Corkran. 8vo, 

 pp. 136. 



The Dame and Her Donkeys Five. (London : Field & 

 Tuer. 1888.) Price is. each. 



Two of the old-style books for which Messrs. Field & Tuer are so famed. 

 The first consists of Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales, etc. ; it has a coloured frontis- 

 piece and nearly loO quaint original wooden blocks. The other is embellished 

 with thirty-one Hand-coloured old-time engravings. Both are very amusing, 

 and are sure to please the young people. 



Men, Maidens, and Manners of a Hundred Years Ago. 

 By John Ashton. Oblong crown 8 vo, pp. 124. (London: Field & Tuer. 1888.) 



This book, with its 34 quaint engravings, consists of twelve chapters, a 

 chapter being devoted to describing events occurring in each month about a 

 century ago. It gives a somewhat exaggerated, but at the same a fair idea of 

 fashion in the days of the period. 



People we Meet. By Charles F. Rident. Illustrated by 

 Harry Parkes. (London : Field and Tuer.) 



Twenty-four very amusing pen-and-pencil sketches. 



The Hieroglyphic Bible. (London : Field & Tuer. 1888.) 



This is a reprint of a book published in London in 1819. It consists of a 

 selection of verses from the Old and New Testaments, and is embellished and 

 illustrated with hundreds of engravings on wood. We well remember having 

 such a book for a Sunday reading-book about fifty years ago. 



Persia. By S. G. W. Benjamin. Large crown 8vo, pp. 

 xiv.— 304. (London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1888.) Price 5s. 



This is one of the " Story of the Nations " series. It gives a History of 

 Persia as it has been, and offers a narrative of the most noteworthy characters 

 and events of that ancient empire from its foundation in prehistoric times. 

 The work is handsomely got up and illustrated with 55 good engravings. 



Numbers Symbolized : An Elementary Algebra. By David 

 M. Sensenig, M.S. Crown 'Svo, pp. xi. — 364. (New York: D. Appleton 

 and Co. 1889.) 



Professor Sensenig's book is the outgrowth of twenty years' experience in 

 teaching mathematics to his pupils, and possesses many special features of 

 interest likely to commend it to the consideration of teachers. Its scope 

 includes all subjects essential to a study of higher arithmetic, elementary geo- 

 metry, and the elements of physics. In the earlier lessons, fundamental ideas 

 and principles are developed inductively, and then formulated into as simple 

 and concise statements as is consistent with truth. 



Oxford, Cambridge, and London Arithmetic Questions 



from Stewart's Home and Class- Book of Arithmetical Questions. By John 

 Stewart. (London : Relfe Bros.) Price is. 6d. 



Being No. 17 of " Stewart's Examination Manuals," and consists of the 

 various Tables ; Oxford and Cambridge Worked-out Examples ; London 

 University Papers ; College of Preceptors ; Oxford, 1864 to 1884 ; Canihritlge, 

 1864 — 1884 ; and Answers to above. 



