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assistance toward the understanding of the lives of those who were foremost of 

 their day, either in the leading of parties or in the formation of governments, 

 and, as the editor quotes in his introduction from Lord Macaulay, '' There are 

 few things in English literature better worth a young man's study than the 

 character of Clarendon." The notes appended to the work have been care- 

 fully arranged and condensed, so that, although only occupying a small portion 

 of the volume, they considerably help to clear away any difficulty that might 

 be felt by simply reading the unaided text. The type is distinct, and the whole 

 appearance of the book savours of the good style of the Clarendon Press. 



The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Vol. XIX., 



History of California (Vol. II.). (London : Triibner and Co. San Francisco: 

 The History Company. 1886.) pp. i. — xvi. and i — 795. 



The period embraced in this most interesting history extends from 1 801 to 

 1830. The author's method of dealing with the wonderful number of facts 

 brought together from so many different sources for giving the public correct 

 views of the past of California, with its multitudinous teachings, is at once so 

 lucid in statement and clear in argument, that the ordinary reader is captivated 

 by it. The regular student of history, however, will find such stores of 

 valuable historical information, and such excellent reasoning on the various 

 questions involved in a country's social and pohtical development, that he will 

 lose much if he does not carefully read these works. We have had other 

 volumes of the same series before us, and have given our word of praise with 

 regard to the clear, readable type in which they are printed. This also pos- 

 sesses the good qualities of its predecessors. 



The Hansa Towns. By Helen Zimmern. Crown 8vo, pp. 

 xvii.— 389. (London : T. Fisher Unwin. 1889.) Price 5s. 



_ This is another of the series, entitled " The Story of the Nations," from 

 which the student of history has gathered much interesting matter, put toge- 

 ther by writers of repute in their several departments. We have already 

 noticed several of the series, and can recommend this as maintaining a worthy 

 place among its accompanying volumes. There arc many illustrations of noted 

 places connected with the Ilansa League. 



The Illustrated Medical News, Nos. 39—51. (London : 



The Ilhistrated Medical Ne7i's rul)lishing Co., Limited.) Price 6d. each part. 

 These numbers, as usual, contain a large amount of information of peculiar 

 interest to the profession to whom they are addressed. The coloured plates, of 

 which one will be found in each number, are of the highest order of excellence, 

 and as many of the illustrations interspersed with the text are from photographs 

 there can be no doubt of their faithfulness. Nos. 47 and 48 contain special 

 reports of the meetings of the British Medical Association at Leeds. 



On Disordered Digestion and Dyspepsia. By Frank" 



Woodbury, A.^L, M.D. pp. viii. — 82. Price 25 cents. 



On the Treatment of the Morphine Habit. Translated 



from German by E. P. Ilurd, M.D. pp. xvi.— 113. (Detroit : Ceo. S. Davis. 

 1889.) 



Two volumes of " The Physician's Leisure Hour Liljrary,'' treating of their 

 respective subjects in a very thorough way ; the Authors being specialists in 

 these departments of Medical Science. 



