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The Irish Problem, And How To Solve It. (ward And

Lock.)—The author of this volume briefly reviews the early history of the connec- tion of Ireland with England, and tells it in greater detail from the date of the Union. The......

Amid The Corn. The Christmas Party. The Whitsuntide...

the Author of "The Evening and the Morning." (James Speirs.)— These are two elegant-looking little volumes, appearing to be intended to amuse an idle half-hour ; but only open......

Castism And Sectism. By J. Kerr, M.a. (edmonston And Co.,

Edinburgh.)—This is a book with which a reader may fairly enough svhile away an occasional half-hour. There are some amusing re- marks and anecdotes, but on the whole, the tone......

Quaerenda ; Or, Two Historical Secrets. (simpkin And...

two secrets are the "Romance of Solomon, hidden in Scripture for 2,800 years," and the Lamp of Allah, a chapter of Asiatic history, with which, under the title of Aladdin and......

- Dr. J. M. Mclean's Peacemakers. (baker And Godwin, New

York.) —Dr. McLean, "projector, inventor, and patentee," and Myron Coloney, "mechanical inventor and patentee," are humourists, though the humour which they indulge in is not......