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Relfe Bros. School & College Examination Arithmetic. 



By Tohn Bowick, B.A., LL.D. pp. 367. (London : Relfe Bros.) 



" This is a well-printed Arithmetic, with very distinct figures and very 

 clearly-put arguments and illustrations. Special attention has been given to 

 Commercial Arithmetic, and the questions and problems have been made as 

 practical as possible. There is also a good collection of Examination Papers, 

 with model solutions, taken from the College of Preceptors', the Oxford and 

 Cambridge, and London University Examinations. A few pages are devoted 

 to contracted approximate methods. The chapters on Partnership, Percentages, 

 Profit and Loss, Interest, Discount, and the Metric System contain more 

 information on matters than most school-books. 



NouvELLES Tables de Logarithmes : a cinq et a quatre 



decimales, pour les lignes trigonometriques, dans les deux systemes de la 

 division centesimale et de la division sexagesimale du quadrant, et pour les 

 nombres de i a 12,000. Royal 8vo. (Paris : Libraire, Gauthier-Villars et 

 Fils. 1889.) Price 4fr. 



This elaborate work is one of the cheapest of the Tables of Logarithms 

 that we know of, and will be found specially serviceable to Surveyors, Students 

 of Astronomy, and others engaged or interested in Mathematical calculations. 



The Epping Hunt. By Thomas Hood. pp. 43. (Glasgow : 



David Bryce and Son. 1889.) 



A Reproduction of this famous poem, with six engravings on wood after 

 the designs of George Cruikshank. 



Putt's Notions. By Mrs. Charles Hervey. Crown 8vo, 

 pp. viii. — 247. (London : Jarrold and Sons. 1889.) 



The Title strikes us as "curious, but in an apology the Author states that 

 " Putt " was a name bestowed upon her in earliest infancy, and the giver of it 

 even foreshadowed a work that should embrace that name. The notions are 

 to be gathered from five stories : The Gardener's, the School Girl's, the 

 Young Man's, the Widow's, Somebody Else's. 



Our Fancy Pigeons, and Rambling Notes of a Naturalist. 

 By George Ure. Royal 8vo, pp. xvi. — 288. (London : Eliot Stock. 1S89.) 



This is a record of fifty years' experience in breeding and in observation 

 of nature. The chapters devoted to pigeons take up the greater part of the 

 work, and supply some helpful matter for pigeon fanciers and breeders. The 

 notes upon our common song-birds will be read with interest by ornithologists. 



The Life & Work of Emin Pasha in Equatorial Africa. 



By the Rev. Henry W. Little. With Portrait and Map. Foolscap 410, 

 pp. 112. (London: J. S. Virtue & Co. 1889.) 



The Author has done a good thing in bringing logclher particulars of the 

 great Pasha's mission, and in recounting the evidences of " One Man's Power." 

 The pleasing and forcible style of the writing adds to the charm of the book, 

 for while the subject is grand the reader feels that it is being handled by one 

 who is in deep interest and sympathy with the hero, and well informed in all 

 the details required to make a useful and concise history of Dr. Emin's doings 

 in Equatorial Africa. 



