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Glimpses Of Japan.'

Mn. TRONSON'S narrative of the voyage of the Barracouta is more likely to find favour with geographers than with that fastidious personage, the general reader. There is an......

The History Of Fist Unlis. • It Has Been The Work

of more than five centuries to bring our en- gines of war to theirpresent state of perfection, and much still remains to be done for their improvement. Done this must be and......