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The Best Books : A Reader's Guide To The Choice

of the Beat Available Books (about Tmenty.five Thousand) in every Department of Science, Art, and Literature. By William Swan Sonnenschein. (Swan Sonnensehein and Co.)—It would......

Prison•life In Siberia. By Feeder Dostoleffeky. Sole And...

by H. Sutherland Edwards. (T. and E. Maxwell.)—The title of this book, if not actually deceptive, is decidedly misleading. The work purports to be a translation of......

Shores And Alps Of Alaska. By H. W. Seton Karr,

F.G.S. (Sampson Low and Co.)—This is a model book of travel. "The clearest and simplest manner of describing a journey of exploration, of sport, or of adventure," says Mr. Karr,......

Gretchen A Novel. By "rita." (ward And Downey.) — The No-...

maiden who talks prettily to herself in a green wood, within hearing of the golden youth who shall presently awaken her fair soul, and speedily induce her to trust her future to......

A Paraguayan Treasure. By Alexander F. Baillie, F.r.g.s....

and Co.)—This book is so realistic, in its best sense, that it took us some time to decide whether it was a true history or a fictitious narrative. The author is evidently of......

Current Literature.

We are very glad to see a new English edition, prepared by Pro- fessor A. H. Keane, of Dr. Rudolf Gneist's Student's History of the English Parliament. (H. Grevel and Co.) It is......