10 DECEMBER 1881, page 23

The Sunday Magazine For 1881. The Paths Of Peace (sunday

Magazine Christmas Number). Little Snowflakes (Sunday Magazine Christmas Number for the Young). (Isbister and Co.)—It is only necessary to mention these publications briefly,......

The Shakespeare Phrase Book. By John Bartlett. (macmillan

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Wilson's Tales Of The Borderers. Selected And Edited,...

graphical notices of the contributors, by J. Tait. (The Edinburgh Publishing Co. ; and Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.)—In this edition, Mr. Tait has collected, within the compass of......

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