12 LIST OF BOOKS 
LAING—Lindores Abbey, and the Burgh of Newburgh; 
Their History and Annals, By ALEXANDER Laine, LL.D., F.S.A. Scot. 1 vol. 
small 4to. With Index, and thirteen Full-page and ten Woodcut Ellastraions 21s. 
“This is a charming volume in every respect.”—Notes and 
“The prominent characteristics of the work are its exhaustiveness and the 
thoroughly philosophic spirit in which it is written.”—Scotsman. 
LANCASTER—Essays and Reviews. 
By the late Henry H. Lancaster, Advocate; with a Prefatory Notice by the Rev. 
B. Jowett, Master of Balliol College, Oxford. Demy 8vo, with Portrait, 14s. 
LAURIE—On the Philosophy of Ethics. An Analytical 
Essay. By 8.8. Lavriz, A.M., F.R.S.E., Professor of the Theory, History, and 
Practice of Education in the University of Edinburgh. Demy 8vo, 6s. 
“‘Mr. Laurie’s volume now before us is in substance, though not in form, a reply 
to Mr. Mill's Utilitarianism. Mr, Laurie has the metaphysical head and the 
metaphysical training of his countrymen, and has brought both to bear with great 
force on the problem proposed.”—Saturday Review, 
LAURIE—Notes on British Theories of Morals. 
* Demy 8vo, 6s. 
“His criticisms are candid and highly instructive, e.g. those of the views of 
Bentham, Mill, and Bain, He manifests great aptitude in detecting radical de- 
fects, in exposing logical inconsistencies, and in detecting the legitimate tendencies 
of philosophical systems.”—British Quarterly. 
Life among my Ain Folk. 
By the Author of ‘‘ Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk.” 12mo, cloth, 2s. 6d. 
LINDSAY—A Gold Standard without a Gold Coinage in 
England and India a step towards an International Monetary System. By A. M. 
Linpsay, Demy 8vo, 1s. 
A Lost Battle. 
ANovel. 2vols. Crown 8vo, 178. 
“This in every way remarkable novel.”—Morning Post. 
“ We are all the more ready to do justice to the excellence of the author’s drawing 
of characters.” —Athenewm. 
«The story is altogether a most enjoyable one.” —Scotsman. 
“The characters throughout, even down to the least important one, are well 
drawn.”— Pall Mall Gazette. 
‘Tt possesses almost every requisite of a good novel.”—Vanity Fair. 
““Very few of our best veteran writers of fiction have given to the world a prettier 
story, or one told in a purer style and with a healthier moral.”—Standard. 
“‘The book is pleasantly free from affectation ; the working out of the plot. . . 
is, on the whole, managed with much cleverness, and most of the characters are 
natural and consistent.”—Saturday Review. 
“It combines literary grace and constructive fancy with purity of tone, and even 
an elevated morale.” —Standard. 
“A story which is pure and lofty from beginning to end, and has not a dull page 
in it.”—Spectator. 
“We may fairly rank it among the most promising works of fiction which have 
been given to the public within recent years.”— Literary World. 
“The secret of its fascination, so far as it can be explained, perhaps lies in the 
combination of perfect ease and naturalness with perfect refinement, not only of 
tone, but of thought and sentiment, and with that pure and true feeling for beauty 
in character and situation, which shows that the author has the soul of the artist.” 
—Contemporary Review. 
