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EDUCATIONAL BOOKS.


Thring. — EDUCATION AND SCHOOL. By the Rev. Edward

Thring, M.A., Head Master of Uppingham School. Second

Edition. Crown 8vo. cloth. 5s. 6d.

An invaluable book on a subject of the highest importance.”English Independent.

Todhunter. — THE CONFLICT OF STUDIES, and other

Essays on Subjects connected with Education. By Isaac Tod­hunter, M.A. F.R.S., late Fellow and Principal Mathematical

Lecturer of St. John's College, Cambridge. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Contents: — The Conflict of Studies — Competitive Examinations — Private Study of Mathematics — Academical Reform — Elementary Geo­metry — The Mathemathical Tripos.

Vandervell and Witham. — A SYSTEM OF FIGURE-

SKATING: Being the Theory and Practice of the Art as de­veloped in England, with a Glance at its Origin and History. By H. E. Vandervell and T. M. Witham, Members of the London

Skating Club. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.

The authors are evidently well qualified for the task they have under­taken; and although they have selected a title for their work which might possibly deter a diffident learner from looking into its pages, they have nevertheless begun at the beginning, and without assuming any knowledge on the part of the reader, they have clearly pointed out, by a series of in­structive diagrams, the footprints of the skater, as developed in lines and figures, from the lowest to the highest stage of difficulties” — The Field. “The volume may be accepted as a manual for the use of all skaters.”Bell's Life.

Wolseley (Col. Sir Garnet, C.B.) — THE SOLDIER'S

POCKET BOOK. By Colonel Sir Garnet Wolseley, C.B.

New Edition, enlarged. 4s. 6d.

This book is indispensable to every soldier, whether of the Regular Army or of the Volunteers, who seeks to be an intelligent defender of his country. Full instructions are given on the widest and minutest matters, and the