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Paul Bedford's Reminiscences.* Tux Chief Interest Of This...

in illustrating that particular sort of " jollity " which appears to be derived from the mental exercise of inventing an elaborate series of equivalents for ordinary phrases,......

Current Lueratime.

A Handbook for Visitors to Paris. With map and plans. (John Mar- ray.)—This is really a good handbook. It is small enough to be port- able, and yet tells the visitor everything......

The Knapsack Guide For Travellers In Switzerland, With...

plans, and mountain outlines. (John Murray.)—The first of a new series, whose price will enable them to compete with the numerous- guide-books which were rapidly under-selling......

History Of The Names Of Men, Nations, And Places.* It

is not easy to imagine a more perfect contrast than that pre- sented by the volumes before us to a work bearing a somewhat similar title which was reviewed not long since in......