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Greasy And Poitiers. By F. G. Edgar. (s. 0. Beeton.)—we

think that the merits of Mr. Edgar's stories are not enhanced by the informa- tion the publisher gives us that they were designed to show the "state and growth of England." No......

Sign's History. A Norwegian Tale. By Magdalene Thoresen....

by the Rev. M. R. Barnard. (Chapman and liall.)—Kolbein Starker (Strong Karl) is the richest farmer in a secluded parish of Norway, unpopular from his pride, but passionately......

A Bit Of Bread.' Part Il Translated From The French

of Jean Mace by Mrs. Getty. (Saunders, Otley, and Co.)—This volume relates to animal; as the first did to man, and we can give it no higher praise than at the time of its......

Guide To Every-day Knowledge. By The Rev. Dr. Brewer....

Patter, and Galpin.)—A quaint little work, intended to supply the want of a school-book,-which teaches "common things "—what to do when a person-ants himself—the reason of all......

Wornan's Work In The Glusreh. By John M. Ludlow. (alexander

Straban.)—The subjeot of this work has been handled so frequently of Lite that it is only fair to the author to say that it was mostly written twelve years ago, and was -......

The Law Magazine And Law Review. May, 1865....

editorship of this magazine has, we are informed, recently changed hands, and an effort is to be made to impart to it, not perhaps a popular, but at least a less technical......

Strive And Wait. By John Rose Bain. (william Freeman.)—...

in itself, this book cannot be praised. The author narrates far too much, and the love-passages of Philip Marsham have absolutely nothing -to do with the development of the idea......

A Splendid Fortune. A Novel. By The Author Of The

Gentle Life. S vols. (Sampson Low, Son, and Marston.)—This is a very good speci- men of the ordinary novel of the circulating libraries. The story is well put together and, if......

Life In Java. By William Barrington D'almeida. Two Vols....

and Blackett.)—We know so little of Java that it would be captions indeed to quarrel with what Mr. D'Almeida gives ns, a very agreeable description of what he and his wife saw.......