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Allen we have u This Mortal Coil " an<l " The 

 Devil's Die"; from Frank Barrett, " A Recoil- 

 ing Vengeance " and ' The Admirable Lady 

 Biddy Fane '' : and from G. Mannville Fenn, 

 " One Maid's Mischief." u The Story of Antho- 

 ny Grace," and " Dick o' the Fens." II. Rider 

 Haggard's three stories. " Mr. Meeson's Will," 

 " Maiwa'a Revenge," and " Colonel Quaritch, 

 V. C.," achieved nothing of the popularity en- 

 joyed by " She," but were nevertheless widely 

 read. Mrs. Oliphant produced ' The Second 

 Son" and "Joyce''; Mr?. Louisa Parr, "Loy- 

 alty George " ; and Jessie Fothergill, " The 

 Lasses of Leverhouse " and "From Moor Isles." 

 James Payn wrote "The Eavesdropper" and 

 "The Mystery of Mil-bridge"; Mrs. Alexander, 

 "A Life Interest" and "Mona's Choice"; 

 Rosa X. Carey, " Only a Governess " and 

 "Aunt Diana"; and Miss Braddon, "The 

 Fatal Three." Two anonymous works of un- 

 usual interest were " Fraternity "'and "No- 

 body knows,'' and three of The Duchess were 

 received by her admirers, " Marvel," " Under- 

 currents," and " The Hon. Mrs. Vereker." 

 " The Happy Prince and other Tales," by Oscar 

 Wilde, were handsomely illustrated. 



Voyages and Travel*. Much of the work in 

 this class was excellent. "The Early Advent- 

 ures of Sir Henry Layard in Persia " were 

 given to the world for the first time, and 

 proved exciting and full of interest. Henry 

 Drummond wrote on "Tropical Africa"; and 

 " Incwadi Yami" was the record of twenty 

 years' experience of Dr. J. W. Matthews in the 

 southern part of thateontinent. " India, Pic- 

 torial and Descriptive,'' was anonymous. H. E. 

 M. James described "The Long White Mount- 

 ain, or a Journey in Manchuria " ; C. M. 

 Doughty, " Travels in Arabia Deserta " ; and 

 AY. R. Carles, " Life in Corea." " Picturesque 

 New Guinea " was from the pen of J. W. 

 Lindt, Capt. J. Strachan published " Explora- 

 tions and Adventures in Xew Guinea," and 

 the Rev. S. MacFarlane u Among the Canni- 

 bals of Xew Guinea." W. B. Churchward was 

 the author of " Blackbirding in the South Pa- 

 cific," and James Inglis of " Tent-Life in Tiger 

 Land." A most fascinating book is that of 

 Mrs. Emily de Laszowska Gerard. ' The Land 

 beyond the Forest" (Transylvania). W. S. 

 Caine wrote ''A Trip Around the World in 

 1887-'8." and James A. Fronde. "The English 

 in the West Indies," mingling the discussion of 

 political questions with much pleasant reading. 

 " The Land of the Pink Pearl " is the title be- 

 stowed by L. D. Powles on the Bahama Isl- 

 ands, which were also visited, as well as nu- 

 merous other places, by J. J. Aubertin in " A 

 Fiuht with Distances." Count Gleiehen went 

 " With the Camel Corps up the Xile," and 

 Isaac Taylor published "Leaves from an Egyp- 

 tian Xote-Book." A. J. C. Hare wrote " Walks 

 in Paris '' and " Days in and near Paris." Har- 

 old Brydges gave his impressions of " Uncle 

 Sam at Home." J. C. Firth was " A Xew- 

 Zealander in America," and D. J. Bannatyne 



studied " Republican Institutions in the United 

 States" for the benefit of his countrymen. 

 "B. C. 1887, a Ramble in British Columbia," 

 was made by J. A. Lees and W. J. Clutter- 

 buck; and studies nearer home include : " Irish 

 Pictures," by R. Lovett ; u A Season in Su;h- 

 erland," by J. E. Edwards Moss: "Old Chel- 

 sea," by B. Ellis Martin ; and " De Omnibus 

 Rebus," by the author of " Flemish Inter 

 " Historic Towns," edited by Edward A. Free- 

 man and the Rev. W. Hunt, reached "Colches- 

 ter" in the sixth series; and "The Bronte 

 Country " was made the object of special study 

 by J. A. E. Stuart. " England as she seems, 

 being Selections from the Xotes of an Arab 

 Hadji." though constructed on an old and 

 somewhat trite idea, was a clever sketch by 

 Edwin L. Arnold, son of the poet, of his native 

 country under a disguise. 



Physical, Moral, and Intellectual Science. Of 

 the scientific works issued during the year, to 

 physical science belong: "The Story of Crea- 

 tion," by Edward Clodd ; " The Building of the 

 British Isles, a Study in Geographical Evolu- 

 tion," by A. J. Jukes; and an "Introduction 

 to a Historical Geography of the British Colo- 

 nies," by C. B. Lucas. In the "International 

 Scientific Series " Sir John Lubbock wrote " On 

 the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligence of Ani- 

 mals"; Sir J. W. Dawson, "A Geographical 

 History of Plants " ; the Rev. George Henslow, 

 " The Origin of Floral Structures through In- 

 sects and other Agencies"; and the Hon. 

 Ralph Abercrombie, "The Weather.'' Part 

 XVI of the " Coleoptera of the British Isles.'' 

 by Canon Fowler, was reached; and W. Sways- 

 land, "Familiar Wild Birds''; "The Severn 

 Tunnel, its Construction and Difficulties, LS72- 

 1887," was described by T. A. Walker: and 

 " Marvels under our Feet," by G. Hart wig. 

 " The Economic Interpretation of History " 

 was considered by J. E. Thorold Rogers, in a 

 series of lectures; and " A History of Political 

 Economy," J. K. Ingram, was reprinted in 

 book-form, having been first published in the 

 " Encyclopedia Britannica " ; W. J. Ashley 

 wrote an "Introduction to Economic History 

 and Theory " ; Wilfrid Richmond, " Christian 

 Economics " ; and L. L. F. R. Price, " Industrial 

 Peace." " Guilds, their Origin, Constitution, 

 Objects, and Later History." were treated by 

 the late Cornelius Wai ford ; and " London Gov- 

 ernment under the Local Government Act, 

 1888," by J. F. B. Firth and E. R. Simpson. 

 A "Handbook to the Land-Charters and other 

 Saxonic Documents " was drawn up by J. 

 Earle : and W. Easterly wrote a " History of 

 the Law of Tithes.'' " Tariffs and Trade of the 

 British Empire " were discussed by Sir R. 

 Rawson ; " Capital and Wages." by F. Minton ; 

 and a "History and Criticism of Wages" was 

 furnished by W. D. McDonnell. J. H. de Ricci 

 wrote on " The Fisheries Dispute." " The 

 Morality of Nations," by H. Taylor, was a 

 "A Study on the Evolution of Ethics." 

 " Tempted' London : Young Men," was the 



