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An Illustrated History Of Ireland. (longmans.)—of All...

of Ireland would most seem to require in the writer a calm and critical mind. Nowhere are the fires more thinly covered, the ashes more treacherous. The early chapters of this......

The Bramble Hut. By James Hutchings. (newry.) — This Tale

is so weakly written that it never could, under any circum- stances, have produced an effect upon public opinion. As it is, it comes fifty years too late. Why attempt to harrow......

Mount Vesuvius. By T. Logan Lobley. (stanford.)—this Is...

interesting account, both historical and scientific, of Vesuvius. Mr. Lobley, who has the art of graphic description, tells us what the mountain is like now and what it has......

Messrs. De La Rue And Co. Have Sent Us As

usual their diaries and pocket- books for 1869, which contain this year an article on the great Nebula of Orion by Mr. Warren De la Rue himself, and a fine photograph of the......