• Gd.)—The story of the ' Bounty' is familiar enough,
but it is interesting to read it in Bligh's own words. He is not apparently conscious of any shortcomings in himself. His subsequent career, however, showed an element of the impracticable in the man.—Dombey and Son and Barnaby Budge, by Charles Dickens (T.'Nelson and. Sons, 2s. per vol. net), are. the sixth and. seventh -volumes of the" Works of Charles Dickens," in the " New Century . 'Library." They are certainly marvels of printing. The one con- tains 932 pp. and the other 663 pp., and the type is remarkably clear and_ legible, but we are constrained to say that the India
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paper is too thin; the printing on the other page is visible.' Whether this undoubted drawback is to be set against the wonderful compactness of the volumes we must leave to the judg- ment of the reader.—The Alabaster Box. By Sir Walter Besant. (T. lituleigh. 2s. Gd.)
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