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The Autobiography, although dated in the preface 189 — , should certainly have 

 fceen dated a hundred years later. It is very amusing, and will doubtless be 

 acceptable reading to many readers, especially to those in the neighbourhood of 

 Cleveland. 



Songs of the Great Dominion : Voices from Forests and 



Waters, the Settlements and Cities of Canada. Selected and edited by William 

 Douw Lighthall, M.A. Crown 8vo, pp. xxxviii. — 465. 



A selection of very pleasing poems, divided into the following sections : — 

 I.— The Imperial Spirit. II.— The New Nationahty. III.— The Indian. IV.— 

 The Voyageur and Inhabitant. V. — Settlement Life. VI.— Sports and Free 

 Life. VII.— The Spirit of Canadian History. VIII.— Places. IX.— The 

 Seasons. 



The Phonographic and Pronouncing Dictionary of the 



English Language. By Isaac Pitman. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo, pp. iv.— 

 299. (London : Isaac Pitman & Sons. Bath : Phonetic Institute. 1889.) 



This will doubtless prove of great assistance to the student of Phonography ; 

 the words are given in the corresponding style of Phonography. By omitting the 

 vowel marks, and by leaving out the endings of all long words (say, after writing 

 three j-/'r(?/^i?-consonants) the writer will obtain the Reporting outline of each word. 

 It appears to contain between 50,000 and 60,000 words, with their Phonographic 

 equivalents. 



Health Lectures for the People. Ninth Series. Crown 



8vo, pp. 114. (Edinburgh: Macniven and Wallace. 1889.) Price is. 



A series of five Lectures delivered in Edinburgh during the winter 1888 — 9 ; 

 they treat of the following subjects : — Popular Errors in regard to Medicine ; 

 How to make Children Healthy and Happy ; Thrift in regard to Health and 

 Wealth ; Animal Heat, how it is produced, lost, and preserved ; Food and Drink, 

 and their relation to the well-being of the People. We notice the word 

 " Illustrated " on title-page, but have failed to find a single illustration. 



A New Shilling Book of Alphabets. (London : Field 



and Tuer. ) 



This book consists of 48 sheets of plain and ornamental letters, including sets 

 of Numerals, and many Decorative Designs for the use of Architects, Clergymen, 

 Decorators, Designers, Draughtsmen, Teachers, and all who have occasion to 

 copy alphabets (capital and small letters), both Ancient and Modern, Plain and 

 Fanciful. 



The Casket Letters, and Mary, Queen of Scots, with 



Appendices. By T. F. Henderson. Crown 8vo, pp. xii. — 193. (Edinburgh ; 

 Adam and Charles Black. 1889.) 



In this volume an endeavour is made to show that, within recent years, substan- 

 tial progress has been made towards a definite conclusion of the controversy 

 regarding these letters ; great importance is claimed for .Morton's Declaration, 

 which is contained in Chapter VII., and further referred to in Appendix A. 



Down the Great River. By Captain Willard Glazier. 



Crown 8vo, pp. xxvi.— 443. Appendix liii. (Philadelphia : Hubbard Bros. 1889.) 

 This very interesting book gives an account of the discoveries of the True 

 Source of the Mississippi, with views, descriptive and pictorial, of the cities, towns, 

 villages, and scenery on the banks of the river, as seen during a canoe voyage of 

 over Three Thousand miles from its head waters to the Gulf of Mexico. The book 

 is handsomely bound and nicely illustrated. 



