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The World She Awoke In. By Lizzie Alldridge. 3 Vols.

(Smith, Elder, and Co.)—In Miss Alldridge's last novel, the heroine followed the profession of art ; in this, she follows the profession of nursing; only the nursing is not made......

Farm, Ballads. By Will Carleton. (routledge.)—some Of...

excellent specimens of the rough pathos which American writers of ballads often make so effective. The best is certainly the first," Betsey and I are out," where we have......

Currentliterature.

Flitters, Tatters, and the Counsellor. By the Author of " O'Hogan M.P." (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.)—There could hardly be a better book for a short railway journey, or indeed......

Byways : A Novel. By Mary W. Paxton. (samuel Tinsley

and Co.)—This is unquestionably a clever novel ; very carefully written, hardly ever dull, some of the characters highly entertaining, and all more or less contriving to......

The Transatlantic Submarine Telegraph. By The Late George...

to the Atlantic Telegraph , Company.—This is a story of remarkable interest. The Atlantic Telegraph Company pur- chased their experience at a very large price. Their first......

Daniel And John ; Or, The Apocalypse Of The Old

and that of the New Testament. By Philip S. Deprez, B.D. The Apocalypse Viewed under the Light of the Doctrines of the Unfolding Ages, and the Restitution of All Things. By......