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The Prince And The Pauper. By Mark Twain (samuel L.

Clemens). (Chatto and Windus.)—Mr. Clemens' "Tale for Young People of all Ages " is an ingenious idea, which has been well worked out. Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward......

King's Jr Wain And Its Heroes. By Lyman C. Draper,

LL.D. (P. G. Thompson, Cincinnati ; Sampson Low and Co., London.)--It is just possible that every English reader may not know that King's Mountain is in South Carolina, and that......

New Edmon5. — .21femoir Of Henry Venn, B.d., By William...

(Seeleys), appears in a new edition. It has been revised, com- pressed in some parts, and enlarged in others. A striking portrait is prefixed, and the appendix now contains Mr.......

Tales.—muriel Ray. By Emily Constance Taylor. (rivingtons.)

— Muriel is a young lady of considerable intellectual powers, in whom the intense thirst for knowledge seems to choke all striving of the spiritual life. From the torpor of this......

A Moonbeam Tangle. By Sydney Shadbolt. (cassell And Co.)—...

is one of the numerous imitations of "Alice in Wonderland " which have administered to " Lewis Carroll " so mach sincere flattery. How far short it falls of the original we need......

Every Man His Own. Mechanic. (ward, Lock, And Co.)—this...

is described as " a complete and comprehensive guide to every description of constructive and decorative work that can be done by the amateur artisan at home and in the......

The Festus Birthday Book (longmans) Sufficiently...

its title-page. Mr. Bailey's poem, which few people, we fear, read now-a-days, is well suited for the purpose of such a volume as this. It contains many fine thoughts and......