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Isaac Walton : Hii Wallet Book (field And Taal-) Is

a very quaint volume, in which are printed, in type of the seventeenth century, the "songs and poesies" contained in the "Complete Angler," the said songs being " newly set......

The Religions Tract Society Send In A Second Volume Of

Short Biographies for the People. These are published monthly at the price of a penny, each containing sixteen pages and a portrait. The subjects of the volume before us are......

In Historical, Legendary, And Romantic Tales From The...

Sir Walter Scott, selected and arranged by William T. Dobson (Bickers and Son), the editor has gone to a mine fall of admirable metal. The historical works, the novels, the......

Michael's Treasures. By Emma Marshall. (nisbet And...

a little story built on the incident more familiar, we fancy, in fiction than in real life, of a little child that is thrown ashore, the sole survivor of a shipwreck. There is a......

Key-hole Country, By Gertrude Lerdon (sampson Low And...

a passably good imitation of "Alice in Wonderland." But this is not the kind of book which lends itself easily to imitation.......

And Should Be A Success, Though There Are One Or

two of the pictures, as that which is supposed to illustrate the " Parable of the Wheat and the Tares," which might, we think, have been advantageously omitted. There is some......

Pictures And Emblems, By Alex. Maclaren, D.d., Selected...

H. Martyn (office of Christian Commonwealth), is a book of extracts from Dr. Maclaren's discourses, and a satisfactory proof of the high estimation in which they are held.--A......

Stirring Stories Of Peace And War. By James Macaulay, M.a.,

M.D. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Here are between thirty and forty well-chosen narratives from history, ancient and modern. Perhaps it is a little pedantic to wish that they had......

Of Picture-books For Young Children We Have Received...

Mine : Her Stories while I Paint. Outline Pictures by T. Pym, Stories by C. Shaw. (J. F. Shaw and Co.)—Some of these are very charming little pictures, Miss Pym having not a......

Harper's Young People (sampson Low And Co.) Gives Us Another

volume full of interesting reading. It is an illustrated weekly, well worth, we should say, the low price at which it is sold. Certainly it makes, when the annual issue is thus......

They Are Now Reproduced From The Original Engravings By The

Brothers Dalziel. The time for criticising them is not now. It is curious to see the " wolf " in the parable of the " Good Shepherd" transmuted into an undoubted lion. Messrs.......

Periences Of Some Young People Who Make Their Way To

Italy, through Paris and Switzerland, by the route of the St. Gothard Railway. Turin, Florence, Geneva, and Naples are among the places which they visit. Perhaps the narrative,......

Unquestionably One Of The Most Amusing Books Of The Season.

Richard Doyle's father was the celebrated " H. B.," though his authorship of the famous sketches was always ignored by him. The son inherited his gift, and showed it very early,......

Besides Its Other Good Qualities. Miss Alice O'haulon...

tale " A Diamond in the Rough," and Miss A. M. Hopkinson another under the title of "Sweet Christabel." There are contributions from " The Family Doctor," besides pieces of......

Marie's Home ; Or, A Glimpse Of The Past. By

Caroline Austin. (Mackie and Son.)—This is a story, told in the form of a diary kept Marie's Home ; or, a Glimpse of the Past. By Caroline Austin. (Mackie and Son.)—This is a......