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ka for all I Healthy Homes, and how to make them. By
William Bardwell, Architect. London : Dean

This treatise is one of the thousand and one

efforts made by intelligence, prompted by philan-
thropy, for improving the condition of the humbler
classes of society. The object of Mr. Bardwell is
to suggest physical remedies for the great physical
something which,-ac- , defects by which the dwellings of the poor are
aof those days, was "adapted I beset, chiefly, although not altogether in large
;$ has passed ; towns. The volume is appropriately dedicated to
ping the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Palmerston,
are
a who, since his occupancy of the home secretaryship,
has devoted much and energetic attention to the
! subject of sanitary improvement. In Mr. Bard-
' well the improvement of humble dwellings, and
the advantages to be derived from increased domes-
+tentive student

previously acquainted with the tic comforts-, have met with an
and Mauchline Debating 1 and an able expositor. His suggestions are sen-
*Prriarita " ";"e, and, to all appearance, eminently practical.

A Treatise on the Cure of Stammering. By
James Hunt, M.R.C.S.L. London : Longmans.
Incorporated with this treatise is a memoir of
its author's father's life and experience in curing
*b.% defect now treated by the son. The treatise is
ten, though not distinguished by great
originality of views ; the art of making a progeni-
tor's fame a stepping-stone to his successor's for-
tune being one which has been followed with much
perseverance and no small success since an early
period of the world's history.

I
The Roving Englishman. London ; George
Routledge and Co.

The " Roving Englishman" is an old familiar,
and a welcome friend to those who have perused
Dickens' " Household Words," from which it is
reprinted. The scenes depicted, and the observa-
tions made in its various chapters, are charac-
terised by shrewdness and ability united to indus-
try and discrimination : the style is lively and the
matter picquant.

The Church of Scotland Magazine and Review.
Edinburgh : Moodie. Liverpool : Thomson.
The fourteenth and fifteenth numbers of this
periodical are before us, and sustain the character
for ability and erudition which has hitherto dis-
tinguished the magazine. The fifteenth number
(that for July) contains an ably written paper on
" Modern Science and Revelation."

The Home Companion, Part VI., in addition to
its usual attractions, has a cleverly written descrip-
tion of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and its
marvellous contents. This paper, like others in
the book, is profusely illustrated by tasteful and
well-executed wood engravings.—Home Thoughts,
for July, appear before us in the first number of a
new series ; this old friend has lost none of its
attractions from being associated with a "new face,"
it is still varied and attractive.—Our Friend, in
his July visitation, is as welcome as ever. His
display of kind feeling, wholesome advice and happy
variety, still endear him to the family circle.—The
Christian Family Advocate still labours to do
honour to the taste and judgment of Mrs. Pon-
sonby and her able coadjutors.—Punch continues
to wage uncompromising warfare with the follies
and impertinences of the day ; in the part for June
our old acquaintance of " gloves, hat, and waist-
coat" notoriety, is properly and causticly rebuked
for a tee-total and " Butterbosh" assault upon the
memory of Campbell, the illustrious " bard of
Hope." The Russo-Turkish war, its curious inci-
dents and slow progress, constitute unfailing
targets for the sharp wit of Punch.