Days near Paris . umanity. There is a natural, simple, healthy tone about thebook which is at variance with the usual notions about French . The illustrations are a triumph of the pictorial art. One seldomsees a book where the match between text and illustrations is a moreequal one.—San Francisco Chronicle. La Belle-Nivernaise contains, besides the long story which gives itstitle to the volume, four of the authors shorter stories, which are alwayspleasant to read and sometimes delightful. . One of the storiestranslated is among the best of the legends of his native south whichhe tells
Days near Paris . umanity. There is a natural, simple, healthy tone about thebook which is at variance with the usual notions about French . The illustrations are a triumph of the pictorial art. One seldomsees a book where the match between text and illustrations is a moreequal one.—San Francisco Chronicle. La Belle-Nivernaise contains, besides the long story which gives itstitle to the volume, four of the authors shorter stories, which are alwayspleasant to read and sometimes delightful. . One of the storiestranslated is among the best of the legends of his native south whichhe tells so well: Les trois messes basses,with its fantastic pictures,is altogether charming. The material execution of the books is translators name is given to either, but the versions seem to be as welldone as it would be reasonable to expect Avhen the originals are by a writerso striking and individual as Alphonse Daudet.—New York Evening Post. George Routledge & Sons, Aew York and THE REIGN OF LAW. Essays on Divine Government. With Illustrations. 12mo, cloth, $ Avery able book, well adapted to meet that spirit of inquiry which isabroad, and which the increase of our knowledge of natural things stimulates soremarkably. It opens up many new lines of thought, and expresses many deepand suggestive truths. It is very readable; and there are few books in which athoughtful reader will find more that he will desire to remember.—LondonTimes. This is in its way a masterly book Nothing can be abler than the way in which the Duke of Argyll disentangles and illustrates the various uses of theword Law in its scientific sense, and shows how much it really means, wha^false meanings have been put upon it, and what are the scientific reasons for rejecting these false meanings The book is strong, sound, mature, able thought from its first page to its last. — London Spectator. The Duke of Argylls Reign of Law is written with admirable criticism of Mr.
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