17 JUNE 1882, page 21

A Handbook For Central And Northern Japan.*

ALMOST every want of the traveller in the main island of the Japanese Empire, whether of an inquisitive turn of mind or of the mere " globe-trotter " species, is met by this......

Here And There : Quaint Quotations. Selected By H. Sidney

Lear. (Rivington.)—Mr. Lear, himself a notable master of humour, has put together a capital collection of good things. There is little or nothing that we should mark for......

American Men Of Letters : Washington Irving. By Charles...

Warner. (Sampson Low and Co.)—Washington Irving was certainly the first American man of letters to make a distinct impression upon the Old World. He was known in this country......

The Encheiridion Of Epictetus. Translated From The Greek,...

W. II. Rolleston, B.S. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Tho Encheiri- dion has been translated before into English. Mr. Long translated it, along with the other remains of......

A Prodigal's Progress. By Frank Barrett. (bentley.)—this...

of those books which have some special hobby to advocate, or lesson to teach ; its aim is simply to be amusing, and if all novels fulfilled their destiny in this respect equally......