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An Adventuress, By Francis Addison (ward And Downey),...

two murders achieved and one murder attempted, and its early chapters are, therefore, full of promise for readers who love condiments. As the provision of these condiments......

History Of South Africa (1486 - 1691). By George Mccall...

Sonnenschein, Lowrey, and Co.)—This work, by a member of the Cape Civil Service, and mainly compiled from the original official records of the Colony, after an introductory......

The Dictionary Of National Biography.*

THE regular appearance of the volumes of The Dictionary of National Biography every three months exactly on the quarter- days, is not the least remarkable characteristic of this......

The Growth Of The Recruit. By Sir William Aitken. Second

Edition. (Macmillan and Co.)—The first edition having appeared in. 1862, the author has taken the opportunity of thoroughly revising and enlarging his treatise, and of adding......

Makes Even His Slightest Literary Efforts Remarkable. And...

these tales have a fascination in them, thin as they are. But they certainly are of the goldbeater-skin kind of literature,—beaten out into a texture as thin and fine as it is......

Current Literature.

The Pillar House. By Florence Severne. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—This is a tale of considerable power, of the drift of which we cannot even give a hint without greatly......