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Selections From Browning.*

THIS new volume of Selections from Browning ought to receive a wide welcome. It is the first appearance of what may be called a popular edition of any of his poems, and by the......

Handbook Of Games. Vol. I., " Table Games." By Dr.

William Pole, Major-General Drayson, Robert F. Green, and "Berkeley." (G. Bell and Sons.)—In the "publisher's note," we are told there is still a steady demand for the first......

The Nitrate-fields Of Chili.*

Du. RUSSELL was on the point of starting for Egypt in February, 1889, when chance altered his destination from Cairo to Valparaiso, and he was invited to join Colonel North's......

Current Literature.

The Nile : Notes for Travellers in Egypt. By E. A. Wallis Budge. (J. Cook and Sons.)—These notes for travellers in Egypt are a distinct departure from the average guide-book.......