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The Quarterly Review. January, 1865. (john Murray.)—the...

have been afraid of being thought to puff Lord Derby'a translation of the Iliad, for after a page or two of general praise, which really cannot be denied to it, the notice......

The Edinburgh Review. January, 1865. (longman And...

quarter has its sting in its tail. To the last paper but one, entitled "Seven per Cent.," which is very generally attributed to Mr.. Giischen, M.P. for the City, we called......

The Westminster Review. January, 1865. (triibner And...

good service this quarter by a thoroughly well-rea- soned paper in favour of the purchase of the railways by the State, which ought to remove much of the prejudice by which the......

A Catalogue Of Adversaria And Printed Books, Containing...

preserved in the Library of the Fitzvtilliam Museum. (Cambridge University Press.)—The Fitzwilliam Museum seems to be rich in this class of work, as the catalogue extends over......

The Joint - Stock Companies' Directory For 1865. (charles...

Birchin lane, printed by King.)--This useful, and for mercantile men almost indispensable, directory is divided so as to give the greatest. possible facilities for obtaining......

The Private Life Of An Eastern Queen.* The Private Life

of an Eastern King did much to accelerate the annexation of Oude. That book was a collection of all the scandals current in Lucknow about the Royal family, many of them true,......

Current Literature.

ModernWwfare and Modern Artillery. By Colonel MacDougall. (John Murray.)—This is a compendium of the principles of warfare as illus- trated by modern practice,—a sort of......