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Mr. Friswell's Novels'

Ma. FRISWELL seems by his novels to be a man of a vigorous and muscular kind of intellect, but a vigorous and muscular intellect., if it be not an absolute impediment to success......

The Mystery Of Money Explained (walton And Maberly.) —...

of this book may, perhaps, induce some people to imagine that its object is to afford an explanation of those mysterious terms and pro- cesses which render the reports of the......

The Industry, Science, And Art Of The Age. By John

Timbs, F.S.A. (Lockwood and Co.)—Under this title the indefatigable Mr. Timbs has produced a succinct ticcount, divested of dry official detail, of the rise, progress, and......

The Second War Of Independence In America. By E. M.

Hudson. (Longman and Co.) _North and South. By the "White Republican" of Fraser's Magazine. (Chapman and Hall.)--These two volumes, both of which are the work of Americans, are......

Current Literature.

A Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature. By John Kitto, D.D. Third Edition. VoL L, A to E. (A. and C. Black).—This edition of Dr. Kitto's well-known cyclopedia has been so......

Geological Observations In South Australia. By Rev....

F.G.S , &c. (Longman and Co.)—The author of this work is a ibrother of Mr. N. A. S. Woods, the well-known newspaper historian. Possessing a considerable taste for and knowledge......

Sermons On The Acts Of The Apostles. By John Hampden

Gurney, M.A., &c. (Rivingtons.)—A posthumous volume of sermons by the late Rector of St. Mary's, Marylebone. It is accompanied by a preface, in which the Dean of Canterbury pays......

Books Received During The Week.

The Last Decade of a Glorious Reign, by Mies Freer . (Hurst and Blackett)—Ostr Native Cavalry, by Limit. C. M. Macgregor (India).—The Life of General Sir Howard Douglas......