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The Songs And Sonnets Of Shakespeare. Illustrated By Sir...

Gilbert. (Sampson Low and Co.) —The Sonnets are represented by three or four examples only, and, indeed, these do not lend themselves so readily to illustrations as do the......

Nurse's Memories. By Charlotte M. Yonge. (eyre And...

have here a pretty little story of family life, told for children in the way that Miss Yonge knows so well. The illustra- tions are chromo-lithographs, well drawn for the most......

We Have Spoken Before With Commendation Of Short...

the People. (Religious Tract Society.)—The fifth volume of this series is now before us, and includes lives of Philip Dod- dridge, Bishop Hooper, Philip Henry, Bishop Wilson of......

Assyria And Turkey.* We Have Bracketed Together These Two...

belonging to the admirable "Story of the Nations" series, partly because • n The Story of the Nations :"—(1.) Assyria, from the Else of the Empire to the Fan of Nineveh. By......

Current Liter A Ttjite.

GIFT-BOOKS, We have received a handsome edition of The Pilgrim's Progress. By John Bunyan. (S. W. Partridge and Co.)—The paper and printing are good, and the numerous......

" In The Valley Of The Degnits, Where Across Broad

meadow-lands BIE13 the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg the ancient stands." It was a happy idea to illustrate this by photogravures reproduced from photographs of the......

Mother's Birthday Review, And Seven Other Tales....

in this little volume is - from the pen of Mrs. Juliana H. Ewing, and is a charming story, - told in the funny recitative, with its apology for verse, in which she so much......

Come Unto Me: Twelve Pictures From The Life Of The

Lord. By Heinrich Hoffman. (Griffith, Ferrari, and Co.)—These twelve pictures, beginning with the Annunciation and ending with the post-Resurrection appearance of Jesus to Mary,......

The Witches' Frolic. Written By Thomas Ingoldsby....

W. Jessop. (Eyre and Spottiswoode.)—We cannot profess to have much liking for Ingoldsby as a humorist for the entertainment of the young; but if we are to have him, it would not......

The Courtship Of Miles Standish. By Longfellow. (sampson...

Co,)—This is a handsome quarto, the paper, print, and illus- tration being all that could be desired,—one of the sumptuous volumes which used to be more abundant in the......