258 REVIEWS. 



Joseph Rogers, MA). : Reminiscences of a Workhouse 

 Medical Officer. Edited with a Preface by Professor Thorold Rogers. 8vo, 

 pp. XXV.— 252. (London: T. P'isher Unwni. 1889.) Price 7s. 6d. 



This is a record of labour among the poor, of perseverance in endeavour- 

 ing to get rid of evils in our poor-law regulations and procedure, and of 

 oljstacles which had to be encountered before improvement could be effected. 

 The narrative is told in earnest, simple language, which at once makes the 

 reader interested in the subject, while the professional hindrances which were 

 repeatedly in the way of good progress make clear to us the dimensions of the 

 task which the author daily set himself to perform. As the editor says in his 

 preface, "lie was met by obstacles which would have daunted a less resolute 

 man.'' The book is well bound and well printed. 



The Unrivalled Atlas. (Edinburgh and London : W. & 



A. K. Johnston.) Price 3s. 6d. 



This atlas is truly worthy of the title given to it, and surpasses any we 

 have seen at the price. The size is 15 by 12 inches, so that there is no cramp- 

 ing of places, and everything seems to have been done to bring the maps up to 

 the present state of geographical knowledge. Besides 33 full political maps, 

 with an index to places with their latitude and longitude, there are also two 

 classical maps with an index, two physical maps, and two astronomical plates, 

 accompanied by descriptive letterpress. The work is strongly bound in cloth 

 and is entitled to all praise. 



John Heywood's National Atlas. (Manchester and Lon- 

 don : John Hey wood.) 



This atlas contains 32 maps, with an alphabetical index, giving the situa- 

 tion, latitude, and longitude of all the places of importance throughout the 

 world. The distance from the chief ports of the British Isles to those of the 

 Continent are given, and we notice that latest information as to geographical 

 news is also embodied. The enlarged maps of Cape Colony and the Domin- 

 ion of Canada will be found very useful to pupils in their study of our British 

 possessions. 



Principles of Book-Keeping. By the Rev. C. N. Nagel, 

 -M.A., and Alexander Hall. Post 8vo, [)p. viii. — 118. (London: Relfe 

 Brothers. 1889.) 



The Authors, who slate in the preface that they have had twenty-five 

 years in the teaching of the princi]iles here laid down, assert that pupils who have 

 gone through the course as here mapped out for them, and have worked 

 through the }:>rogi-essive exam]iles here given, will have very great facility in 

 understanding the principles underlying the various systems in use in business 

 houses. So far as we can see the statements are accurate, and such success 

 would most likely attend the pupil's efforts. 



Solutions of the Examination Papers in Algebra, 



-Mensuration, and the Theory and Use of Logarithms, set for entrance to the 

 Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from July, 1880, to December, 1888, 

 inclusive. By the Rev. John H. Robson, M.A., LL.D. Post 8vo, pp. 149. 

 (London: Relfe Brothers.) 



Accompanying the solutions, and in a separate book, enclosed in pocket 

 of cover, are the papers as originally set. The book is specially useful to 

 students preparing for Sandhurst, London, and Cambridge University, and the 

 College of Preceptors' Examinations. 



