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Papinian : A Dialogue On State Affairs. By George Atkinson,

Serjeant-at-Law, B.A., Oxon. (Longman and Co.)—If this were a dia- logue between some mode= Mrs. Markham and a young lady leaving school it would deserve some praise, but if "a......

Guide In The Sick Room. By R. Barwell, F.r.c.s.,...

to the Charing Cross HospitaL (Macmillan and Co.)—This is a revised edition of the author's well-known little work on the " Care of the Sick." It is a set of directions as to......

The Annual Register For The Year 1863. New Series....

Great alterations have been made in this useful publication. The. double columns have been abandoned, and it is now a handsome volume,. well printed on capital paper, which the......

Our Garrisons In The West; Or, Sketches In British North

America. By Francis Duncan, M.A., F.G.S., F.R.G.S., Lieutenant, R.A. (Chapman and Hall.)—The title of this work is misleading. One chapter on the defences of Canada is all the......

Si. Knighton's Keive : A Cornish Tale. By The Rev.

F. Talbot O'Donoghue, B.A. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—It is a little too much to ask people to believe that a - wealthy baronet and banker in the nine- teenth century would venture......

Atherstone Pricey. By L. N. Comyn. Two Volumes. (longman And

Co.)—The author of this excellent tale would do well not to provoke comparison with Miss Yonge quite so much, especially in the matter of length. Like the "Daisy Chain," this is......

Slibiga Lockwood. By Noell Radecliffe. Three Volumes....

novel is a very extraordinary one. The subject is original sin, which the writer appears to regard as synonymous with adultery. At all events that is what the story is about—the......

Manuals Of Salmon And Trout Hatching. By Frank Buckland....

Brothers.)—We must say at once that this pamphlet is incor- rectly called a manual. It is very well worth sixpence, but anybody who wants to hatch fish will find himself......