Chapters From Famly Chests, By Edward Wahord, M.a. 2 Vols.
(Hurst and Blackett.)—It must not be supposed that we have in these volumes any of the results of the search which the Commissioners have been making into family records. Pretty......
A Terrible Legacy. By C. W. Appleton. (ward And Downey.)—
This is a tale in which, we may say, we are reminded sometimes of "The Castle of Otranto," and sometimes of Albert Smith's "Chris- topher Tadpole." On the whole, the tragedy, or......
Garrison Gossip. By John Strange Winter. 2 Vols. (f. V.
White.)—It is to he presumed that Mr. Winter is acquainted with his subject, and is so far right in choosing it. But he cannot be congratulated on the fortune which has made him......
Gazetteer Of The British Isles. Edited By John...
and C. Black.)—This new gazetteer contains, we should imagine, between thirty and forty thousand names, and, indeed, mentions, on far as we have been able to test its......
Farina Tales, Essays, And Poems. By The Late Rev. Thos,
J. Corr. (Hogan Paul, Trench, and Co.) —We are not disposed to do much more than record the appearance of this volume. The editor says :—" My task has been more sacred than......
New Enmoss.—young Ireland. Part Ii. By Sir Charles Govan...
(M. H. Gill and Co., Dublin.)—This volume, part of what is called the "Irish People's Edition," relates the history of the years 1845-49. The writer remarks,—" In Ireland,......
Duelling-doys In The Army- By William Douglas. (ward And...
Douglas has collected here a number of more or less interesting stories. There is little or nothing in them that is new ; on the other hand, there is much that will bear telling......
An Investor's Notes On American Railroads. By John Swann,...
(G. P. Patnam's Sons.)—Mr. Swann thinks that, in view of the present state of affairs in England, there M likely daring the next few years to be a considerable transference of......
Pearls And Pearling Life. By Edwin W. Streeter. (bell And
Son.)—Thie is an agreeable, gossippy book, put together without any very strict regard to logical sequence. The author, for instance, after describing a very curious natural......
A Short History Of The Bambay Presidency. By Edmund C.
Cox. (Thacker and Co.)—This is a useful, unpretending little book, which ought not to pass unnoticed. The writer combines with the accuracy and culture he acquired at Cambridge,......
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