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Idonea. By Thalia Marsden. (eden, Remington, And Co.)—...

an extremely unpleasant and even unwholesome story. Doubtless its author is actuated by good intentions, and means to show the irreparable mischief that may be done to an......

Being And Doing. (edward Howell, Liverpool.)—it May Be As...

to say at once that this is a selection of the "birthday-book" type. When further it is stated that the selection is described by its maker as one of "helpful thoughts," and......

The Romance Of History. By Herbert Greenhough Smith....

Son.)—Mr. Smith tells again some more or less familiar stories. We have Masaniello, Prince Rupert, Tamerlane, Marino Faliero, Bayard, Vidocq, and Lochiel, as the best known.......

Rosenthal. By Peter Burn. (bemrose And Son.)—this Is A...

but—truth to tell—rather tedious "North- Country story." Its author, who has already attained some reputation as a Cumberland poet, is evidently thoroughly familiar with the......

The Gentlewoman's Book Of Sports. Edited By Lady C1 Reville.

(Henry and Co.)—Some measure of practical advice, and not a. little entertainment, are to be gained from this volume. The thirteen ladies who contribute to its pages write with......

A Little Tour In Ireland. By " An Oxonian" (s. Reynolds

Hole). Illustrated by John Leech. (E. Arnold.)—When Dean Hole was an undergraduate—we suppose, about fifty years ago—he made a tour in Ireland, and John Leech, who was an......

Vampires, And Mademoiselle Reseda. By Julien Gordon....

and Co.)—This little volume contains two slight but characteristic stories by the author of "A Successful Man," who has now secured for herself a position in American litera-......