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The Burthen Of Reuben. By Mrs. Randolph. 8 Vols. (hurst

and Blackett.)—Most travellers feel a certain discouragement when they see at once the whole of the journey that lies before them. The long straight roads in Southern France,......

Peru : Incidents Of Travel And Exploration In The Land

of the Incas. (Macmillan.)—Mr. Squier has already a great reputation as an explorer of American antiquities, and it will be still further increased by the complete and elaborate......

The _holy Childhood. (nisbet And Co.)—this Book Contains...

children on the earlier portions of the Four Gospels. The quality of the instruction imparted in them is decidedly above that to be found in most books written for the young,......

Doing And Dreaming. By Edward Garrett. (nimmo.)—a Little...

in some two hundred small pages, but well worth many lengthy novels. Mr. Garrett's subject is sufficiently expressed by the title of his book, and it is enough to say that he......

A Living Faith. By George S. Merriam. (lockwood, Brooks, And

Co., Boston.)—This little book consists of articles which o r i g i na lly appeared in an American weekly newspaper, called The Christian Union. A remarkable feature in those......

The Rule Of Islam; Its Rise And Decay. By Archibald

J. Dann. (Samuel Tinsley.)—Not much can be expected, when twelve centuries or more are to be crowded within the compass of a moderate-sized octave. Still a sketch of this kind......

Out Of The Question : A Comedy. By W. D.

Howell. (Osgood, Boston, U.S.3 Triibner, Lonclon.)—One Blake, a man of prepossessing manner and appearance, makes himself agreeable to a party of ladies on the road to an......

Religious Education. Four Sermons, With A Preface. By The...

D. Melville. (Rivingtons.)—This little volume will give much satis- faction to the wise friends of religious education. Mr. Melville pleads for a religious teaching that shall......