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White's Natural History of &Thorne. Standard edition. With Notes by

J. E. Harting and Engravings by T. Bewick. (Bickers and Son.) —This is a convenient, well-printed, and well-edited edition of one of the most -charming books in the language. The editor, Mr. Harting, himself an ornithologist of repute, has carefully preserved and revised Mr. White's text, but has, in a multitude of short, lucid notes, brought his author's information up to date. The history of the antiquities of Selborne is included in the volume.