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The Iliad Of Homer. Translated Into English Verse. By P.

S. Worsley, MA., Fellow of C.C.C., Oxford. VoL L Books I. to XII. (Blackwood.)—Encouraged by his admitted success in the translation of the Odyssey, Mr. Worsley now undertakes......

English Travellers And Italian Brigands. A Narrative Of...

Captivity. By W. J. C. Moons. 2 vole. (Hurst and Blackett.)—We• suppose everybody will read these two volumes, or at least parts of them. The latter is more likely ; for what......

Treason At Home. A Novel. In 3 Vols. By Mrs.

Greenhough. (Newby.)—The key to this novel is to be found in the following ex- tract from a dialogue, p. 81, VoL III.:—" But there is something in the- idea of undetected crime......

7'he History Of The British Empire In India (1844 - 62). 2

vols. Vol. I. By Lionel James Trotter, late 2nd Bengal Fusiliers. (Allen.)— This work is intended to form a sequel to Thornton's History of India, and embraces the period......

Millais' Illustrations.*

* Millais' Inastralions. A Collection of Drawings on Wood. By John Everett Millais, B.A. London: Aleaatsler Stratton. MG. THESE drawings illustrate in a remarkable manner the......

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Hebrew Idyls and Dramas. By M. J. Chapman, M.A. (Saunders and Otley.)—The Greek Pastoral Poets Done into English. By M. J. Chap- man. (Saunders and Otley.) Third edition.—Mr.......