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In three vols. WHAT 'TIS TO LOVE. XII By the Author of 'Flora Adair,' &c. XIII THROUGH LIFE. By Mrs. NEWMAN. One vol. crown 8vo. XIV LISETTE'S VENTURE. By Mrs. RUSSELL GRAY. Two vola. crown 8vo. 65 Cornhill, London. RECENTLY PUBLISHED WORKS. HERMANN AGHA: an Eastern Narrative. By W. GIFFORD PALORAVE, Author of Traveis in Central Arabia' &c. 2 vols. crown 8vo. cloth, extra gilt, 188. n [Just out. ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE. Correspondence and Conver sations with NASSAU W. SENIOR from 1833 to 1859. Mrs. M. C. M. SIMPSON, 2 vols. large post 8vo. 218. From the Author's latest Stereotyped Edition. Edited by [Just out. MISS YOUMANS' FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Designed to Cultivate the Observing Powers of Children. New and Enlarged Edition, with 300 Engravings. Crown Bro. 51, IV (Just out, AN ESSAY ON THE CULTURE OF THE OBSERVING POWERS OF CHILDREN, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. By Eliza A. Youmans, of New York. 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IN QUEST OF COOLIES. A South Sea Sketch. By JAMES 'At the present moment, when considerable attention has been directed to the South Seas, by the murder of Bishop Patteson, the little book before us arrives most opportunely..... Mr. Hope's description of the natives is graphic and amusing, and the book is altogether well worthy of perusal.'-Standard. 'Lively and clever sketches.'-Athenæum. "This agreeably written and amusingly illustrated volume.'—Public Opinion. VII ROUND THE WORLD IN 1870. A Volume of Travels, with Maps. By A. D. CARLISLE, B.A., Trin. Coll., Camb. Demy 8vo. 168. 'Makes one understand how going round the world is to be done in the quickest and pleasantest manner, and how the brightest and most cheerful of travellers did it with eyes wide open and keen attention all on the alert, with ready sympathies, with the happiest facility of hitting upon the most interesting features of nature and the most interesting characteristics of man, and all for its own sake.'-Spectator. Delightfully written; as unpretentious and as entertaining a sketch of travel as we have scen for a long time.'-Scotsman. 'We can only commend, which we do very heartily, an eminently sensible and readable book.'—British Quarterly Review. VIII THE NILE WITHOUT A DRAGOMAN. (Second Edition.) By FREDERIC EDEN. In 1 vol. crown 8vo. cloth, 7s. 6d. Should any of our readers care to imitate Mr. Eden's example, and wish to see things with their own eyes, and shift for themselves, next winter in Upper Egypt, they will find this book a very agreeable guide.'-Times. "Gives, within moderate compass, a suggestive description of the charms, curiosities, dangers, and discomforts of the Nile voyage.'-Saturday Review. We have in these pages the most minute description of life as it appeared on the banks of the Nile; all that could be seen or was worth seeing in nature or in art is here pleasantly and graphically set down.... It is a book to read during an autumn holiday.'-Spectator. IX SCRIPTURE LANDS IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR HISTORY. By G. S. DREW, M.A., Rector of Avington, Winchester, Author of Reasons of Faith.' Second Edition. Bevelled boards, 8vo. price 108. 6d. Mr. Drew has invented a new method of illustrating Scripture historyfrom observation of the countries. Instead of narrating his travels, and referring from time to time to the facts of sacred history belonging to the different places, he writes an outline history of the Hebrew nation from Abraham downwards, with special reference to the various points in which geography illustrates the history.'-Saturday Review. ECHOES OF A FAMOUS YEAR. BY HARRIET PARR, Author of 'The Life of Jeanne d'Arc,' 'In the Silver Age,' &c. Crown 8vo. 88. 6d. A graceful and touching, as well as truthful account of the Franco-Prussian War. Those who are in the habit of reading books to children will find this at once instructive and delightful.'-Public Opinion. Miss Parr has the great gift of charming simplicity of style, and if children are not interested in her book, many of their seniors will be.”—British Quarterly Review 65 Cornhill, London. JOURNALS KEPT IN FRANCE AND ITALY, FROM 1848 TO 1852. With a Sketch of the Revolution of 1848. By the late NASSAU WILLIAM SENIOR. Edited by his Daughter, M. C. M. SIMPSON. In 2 vols. post 8vo. 248. The present volume gives us conversations with some of the most prominent men in the political history of France and Italy... as well as with others whose names are not so familiar or are hidden under initials. Mr. Senior has the art of inspiring all men with frankness, and of persuading them to put themselves unreservedly in his hands without fear of private circulation." Athenarum. The book has a genuine historical value.'-Saturday Review. 'No better, more honest, and more readable view of the state of political society during the existence of the second Republic could well be looked for.'Examiner. Of the value of these volumes as an additional chapter in the history of France at the period when the Republic passed into the Empire, it is impossible to speak too highly.'—Public Opinion. XII THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE. Dedicated, by special per mission, to LORD ST. LEONARDS. Large crown 8vo. 68. A pleasantly written volume, of a very suggestive character.'-Standard. Some shrewd observations, illustrated by references to a number of remarkable instances of long life.'—Public Opinion. A very pleasant little book, which is always, whether it deal in paradox or earnest, cheerful, genial, scholarly.'-Spectator. The bold and striking character of the whole conception is entitled to the warmest admiration.'-Pall Mall Gazette. We should recommend our readers to get this book... because they will be amused by the jovial miscellaneous and cultured gossip with which he strews his pages.-British Quarterly Revie. XIII JEAN JAROUSSEAU, THE PASTOR OF THE DESERT. From the French of Evoix PELLETAN. Translated by Colonel E. P. DE L'llosta. In fcp. 8vo. with an Engraved Frontispiece, price ba. •There is a poetical simplicity and picturesqueness; the noblest heroisms į unpretentious religion; pure love, and the spectacle of a hounela-il bronchi up in the fear of the Lord.... The whole story has an air of quaint antiqu tỵ similar to that which invests with a charm more easily felt thần described the site of some splendid ruin,'-Il'ustrated London New This charming specimen of Engène Pelletan's tender grace, humour, and hightoned morality- Notes and Queries A touching record of the struggles in the cause of religious liberty of a real man."—Graphic. THE SUBSTANTIVE SENIORITY ARMY LIST. First Inroe. Majore and Captains Containing the Names of all Substantive Majors and Captains serving upon Full pay of Retired upon Half-pay, arranged according to their Sesionity in the Service, and in such order as immediately to exhibit the standing of every such Maộ sư or Captain for Promotion in his own Arm of the Service, whether Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, Infantry, or Marines, specifying their particular Corps, and distinguishing those holding higher Brevet-rank By Captain F. I. P. Warra, ist W. L. Kingɛment." 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Every Volunteer, officer or private, will be the better for perusing and digesting the plain-spoken truths which Captain Page so firmly, and yet so modestly, puts before them; and we trust that the little book in which they are contained will find its way into all parts of Great Britain.'- Volunteer Service Gazette. .... The matter is eminently practical, and the style intelligible and unostentatious.'-Glasgow Volunteer News. XVI CATHOLICISM AND THE VATICAN. With a Narrative of the Old Catholic Congress at Munich. By J. Lowry Whittle, A.M., Trin. Coll., Dublin. Crown 8vo. 43. 6d. [Just out. 'We cannot follow the author through his graphic and lucid sketch of the Catholic movement in Germany and of the Munich Congress, at which he was present; but we may cordially recommend his book to all who wish to follow the course of the movement.'-Saturday Review. A valuable and philosophic contribution to the solution of one of the greatest questions of this stirring age.'-Church Times. XVII NAZARETH: ITS LIFE AND LESSONS. In small 8vo. cloth, 58. By the Author of 'The Divine Kingdom on Earth as it is in Heaven.' [Just out. 'A singularly reverent and beautiful book; the style in which it is written is not less chaste and attractive than its subject.'-Daily Telegraph. 'We would earnestly commend it for attentive perusal to those who are proposing to undertake, or have just entered upon, the sacred ministry in our church.'--Morning Post. Perhaps one of the most remarkable books recently issued in the whole range of English theology. ... Original in design, calm and appreciative in language, noble and elevated in style, this book, we venture to think, will live.'-Churchman's Magazine. XVIII THE DIVINE KINGDOM ON EARTH AS IT IS IN It is but seldom that in the course of our critical duties we have to deal with volume of any size or pretension so entirely valuable and satisfactory as this.... There is not a living divine to whom the authorship would not be a credit.... It is a remarkable book, and indicates a great deal of vigour in the mind that conceived it. Not the least of its beauties is the perfect simplicity and clearness conjoined with a certain massive beauty of style.'—Literary Churchman. We cordially recognise the high purpose and devout spirit which characterise this work. It is both thoughtful and eloquent,'-British Quarterly Review. 65 Cornhill, London. 1 |