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The Stirring Incidents Of The French Revolution. The Tale...

in Brittany, where we fall in with the Chouan leaders ; then comes the fatal Quiberon Expedition, and afterwards the Coup d'Etat, besides numerous adventures on the seas. There......

One Of The 28th. By G. A. Henty. (blackie And

Son.)—Mr. Henty is really indefatigable as to the number of stories he pro- duces. Yet we cannot, in One of the 28th, discern any loss of spon- taneity; the incidents are......

A Modern Red Riding - Hood. By C. A. Jones. (hatchards.)—...

is a certain family resemblance between this story and "Little Lord Fauntleroy," so far, at least, as one of the principal characters is concerned. Rupert Howard is strikingly......

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GIFT-BOOKS. The Captains of Cadets. By Henry Frith. (Griffith, Farran, and Co.)—Mr. Frith avails himself of a subject that is "in the air," and describes life on board the......

Rose Mervyn. By Anne Beale. (griffith, Farran, And Co.)— A

story laid in Wales at the time of the Rebecca Riots is some- what of a rarity, and has, therefore, two reasons for being inter- esting. Besides this, the writer is sure to have......

George Washington.*

Or that almost too impeccable hero—if we may venture to say so—George Washington, these handy volumes give by far the best and most readable biography we have yet seen. Jared......