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Among New Editions, We Have Received Captain Burnaby's On...

back through Asia Minor (Sampson Low and Co.), which has reached a seventh issue.—Gold, by E. W. Streeter (Chapman and Hall), which has reached its seventh thousand, and which......

Messrs. W. H. Smith And Son Send Us A Map

of Afghanistan, showing the Indian and Russian frontiers and adjoining countries ; also a some- what enlarged map of the Khyber Pass, and a full description of the country.......

A Simple Maiden. By Leslie Keith. (marcus Ward.)—this Is As

good a number as we have seen in the " Blue Bell Series." Hester and Rose are the two heroines, and the shallow selfishness of the one and quiet, deep devotion of the other are......

The Lord Hermitage. By James Grant. 3 Vols. (chatto And

Windns.)—We suppose that this novel was written at a time when authors, "royal and noble " or other, were doing their best to stir up the mind of the British public against......

Occasional Sermons, Preached Before The University Of...

With an Appendix of Hymns. By Benjamin Hall Kennedy, D.D. (Bell and Sons.)—The sermons contained in this volume are, for the most part, considerably above the average of similar......

The Crimean Campaign With The Connaught Rangers...

Nathaniel Steevens. (Griffiths and Farran.)— We must not quarrel with an old Crimean soldier for sounding an alarm at what he considers to be " Russia's insatiable ambition."......

A Descriptive And Historical Account Of The Godavery...

the Presidency of Madras. By Henry Morris. (Trilliner.)—The Godavery District is somewhat larger than Yorkshire, and is a fertile and well- cultivated region, yielding no......