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tors, etc., the mode ol wiring, testing, connecting up, and localising faults, 

 directs careful attention to every case that can present itself to the electric bell- 

 litter. It contains about lOO illustrations. 



A Course of Arithmetical Examples for Beginners. By 



J. G. Bradshaw, b.A. Crown 8vo, pp. viii. — uSo. (London : Macmillan and 

 Co. 1889.) 



This book, which we believe emanates from Clifton College, Bristol, will 

 be found of great assistance to the schoolmaster, as it supplies a great number 

 of easy and easily graduated examples. The work before us covers a full course 

 of sucli examples, suitable for boys under the age of fourteen. 



Catalogue of Ferns. Cultivated by \V. and J. Birkenhead, 

 Fern Nursery, Sale, near Manchester. Price is. 6d. 



This catalogue is something more than a list of Ferns offered for sale. It 

 contains a list of over 1,400 species and varieties of Stove, Greenhouse, 

 Hardy, Exotic, and British Ferns and Selaginellas. Under these subdivisions 

 the genera are arranged alphabetically, with the species and varieties under 

 each genus. The value of the book is much enhanced by the illustrations, 

 which are beautifully engraved. The book consists of 130 pages. Pages no 

 to 1 18 inclusive contain " Hints on the Cultivation of Ferns." 



The Invaders, and other Stories, By Count Lyof N. 

 Tolstoi. Translated from the Russian, by Nathan H. Dole. Crown 8vo, pp. 

 343. (London: Walter Scott. 1889.) 



This volume contains the authorised translation of the following tales from 

 the Russian : — The Invaders ; The Wood-Cutting Expedition ; An Old 

 Acquaintance ; Lost on the Steppes, or the Snowstorm ; Polikushka ; Kholsto- 

 mir, a Story of a Horse. 



Life OF John Stuart Mill. By W. L. Courtney. 121110., 



pp. 194— xii. (London : Walter Scott. 1889.) 



This little volume is one of the " Great Writers " series now being pub- 

 lished by this enterprising firm. In the appendix is given the Genealogy of 

 the Mill Family, a calendar of the lives of the two Mills (father and son), 

 and a Bibliography, by John P. Anderson, of the British Museum. 



Essays of William Hazlitt. Selected and edited, with an 

 Introduction and Notes, by Frank Cam i2mo., pp. xix. — 322. (London : 

 Walter Scott. 1889.) 



One of the " Camelot Series," edited by Ernest Rhys. A life of Hazlitt is 

 given in the Introduction. The Essays, 25 in number, covering a wide range 

 of subjects, were originally published in the Examiner and other similar papers 

 about 1820 



The Poetical Works of George Crabbe (selected), with 



Prefatory Notice, Biographical and Critical, by Edward Lamplough. 



Poems by Dora Greenwell (selected), with a Biographical 

 Introduction, by William Dorling. Crown i6mo, pp. xxiii. — 255, and xxiv. — 

 248. Price IS. each. (London : Walter Scott. 1889.) 



Two interesting volumes of the "Canterbury Poets" series. The 

 poems are carefully selected. The biographical notices add considerably to 

 the value <jf the books. 



