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Italy Revisited. By E. S. G. S. (city Of London

Publishing Company.)—This book is an account of a journey to Caprera, under- taken by an English lady who was anxious to be present at the funeral of Garibaldi. It is written......

New Editions.—we Have Received The First Volume Of...

of Geology, Theoretical and Practical. Edited by Robert Etheridge and Harry Govier Seeley. (C. Griffin and Co.)—This first volume appears under the special care of Professor......

Magazines, Exc.—we Have Received The Following For July...

Journal, the line engraving in which is "Evening on the South Downs," by C. 0. Murray, after E. Douglas.—The Magazine of Art.— The English Illustrated Magazine, to which Mr. H.......

Story Of The Soudan War. By W. Melville Pimblett. (remington

and Co.) —We are, ourselves, rather sceptical as to the utility of writing contemporary history. Political controversy is still busy with the Soudan, and it is hardly......

Leicester : An Autobiography. By Francis W. Adams....

book purports to be the autobiography of a young man of considerable poetic power, who is thrown upon the world at an early age. The chapters relating to his school-days, with......

Shakespeare's Garden Of Girls : A Study. By The Author

of "Lady Macbeth." (Remington and Co.)—This book, which is tastefully got up, and dedicated to Miss Anderson, may be safely recommended to -all lovers of Shakespeare. It......

The Story Of My Life. By J. Marion Sims, M.d.

Edited by his Son. (Appleton and Co., New York.)—Dr. Sims was born in South Carolina in 1813, and died in his seventieth year. Meanwhile, he had achieved a great reputation as a......

Weeks. Here He Effected A Great Cure, Discovering In A

patient the cause of illness, which no one else had been able to detect, and so curing him. This was a surgical case. It was in surgery that be first made his mark. We cannot......

Report Of The Country Holidays Fund To Provide Fresh Air

for Ailing London Children. (Secretary, Miss L. Courtney, 1 Adam Street, Adelphi.)—We mention this report only to call our readers' atten. tion to the very admirable and......