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Ivan De Biron; Or, The Russian Court In The Middle

of Last Century. . By the Author of " Friends in CounciL" 3 vols. (Isbister.)—Sir A. Helps has been amusing himself, it would seem, by writing in the style of Mr. G. P. R.......

Rose And Rue: A Novel. By Mrs. Compton Reade. (bentley.)—

The handsome, rich, and high-born gentleman who falls from hid horse, or by the pistol of a highwayman, conveniently close to the farmhouse, where a lovely girl lives in rustic......

The March To Coomassie. By G. A. Henty. (tinsley).—mr. Henty

was " Correspondent " to the Standard, and in this volume he republishes his letters. How many volumes have already been written on this subject, we fear to say. What a task......

Illustrated Games Of Patience. By Lady Adelaide Cadogan....

and Co.)—Florestan, ex-Prince of Monaco, found, it will be remembered, his principal subject, M. Blanc, proprietor of the gaming-table, amusing himself with "Patience," of which......

Won By The Lovely Grand-daughter, Whom He Meets By Accident.

The alienated grandfather is taking in the novels of to-day, the place which a few years ago was occupied by the bigamist with the golden locks, and the meek, estimable,......