NOTICES OF BOOKS.

Evening Star, Issue 3396, 9 January 1874, Page 3

NOTICES OF BOOKS.

Bow Bells: J. Dick’s, Strand,London;.'Jos. ! Braith waite, .High street-and Arcade, j ( Pudedini-;d ::'i ..•fouicvnJf.-Asd ohdnrr'j ; This s^dbli6atibh! idid is received in Dunedin 1 id-idbnthfy parts, ffhe part before us is for October last, so that but little time has elapsed between publication in London anditr ariivakhere.' It' If essentially mtendpddof, ladies,, and must ■ * Vtsefu 1 for of .whom- we ; gr&ts®bersy. whd. lra'ak'e 5 t P e^ > 9 (Uajgraihs hna' pat^ jout this,' work" ?F ce^, ®|jßw»,jCictb.'ber numWety y the language advertisement,' four elegant supplements are given. We do not profess to understand the designs, northe names of the [deesses,’ 6t • dresses, designated by-wie terms “Duchess Marie’ Casque, Evtuing Bodice ori“ ! B( incest Beatrice” Tunic. We have a dim notion of Knickerbocker suits for boys, although our f x P£rienc®,of boyhood is more mixed up with notions olotheSi!. buckles. But foritliel inah'iilacture of these improvements on tbe^adornments ef generations past patterns are given, and judging from the elegant back and front views of the completed dresses, as shewn on the plate of fashions, real warm-blooded ladies—not the cold, studied pictures presented in the picpure—will look very charming when clad in them. 1 here are also supplements suggesting various kinds of need ework, and these are in addition to various designs in the body of the work.