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Magnum Bonnie. By Charlotte M. Yonge. 3 Vols....

Yonge sometimes writes in a way that somewhat tries the patience of an over-worked reviewer. There are some books—very few, it must be owned—of which one reads every word, and......

St. Nicholas' Eve, And Ether Tales. By Mary C. Rowsell.

(Griffith and Farrar.)—This first tale, which gives a title to the volume, is a charming little love-story, of which we shall not spoil the interest by revealing the novel and......

Adventures In Many Lands. By Parker Gillmore. (marcus...

Gillmore amply justifies his nom de plume of " Ubique." He takes his readers pretty well all round the world, beginning at home in England, and taking them by way of Gibraltar,......

Guienne: Notes Of An Autumn Tour. By Algernon Taylor. (c.

Regan Paul and Co.)—Mr. Taylor took up his quarters at a convent of the Premonstrant Order, in a corner of Gnienne ; nor is there anything more interesting and more pic-......

The Educational Year-book For 1880 (cassell, Petter, And...

a marked advance in arrangement upon its predecessor. A good deal of criticism, not always favourable, was bestowed upon this work, and has been received, we are glad to......

Donna Quixote. By Jnstin Mccarthy. 3 Vols. (chatto And...

Donna Quixote is scarcely equal to "Miss Misan- thrope," it is still a good novel. The heroine is left a widow under very romantic circumstances, and devotes herself to making......