... that period of his life, the reader may be curious to know why the usual course of things has been reversed in f mn . The story is simple, and may be soon told. Until then J excessive irritability, combined with constitutional powers of 51 endurance that ...

... what sort of stuff they should be filled with. The story E of thce Death Flag, which will beyond a doubt find favour i with many readers, comes to a conclusion in the second volume, i with which thc story should have terminated; but the remain- C ing portion ...

... c J-1 Tits Tnt.VLLaEn's DiMrsA11Y. Vols. 32 to 35 ilclusive. London: Longman & Co. In, Tiicsn four parts of this excellent serial contain An ac- count of the origin and present condition of the Australian !at Colonics,'`and an abridged edition of Sir ...

... composition, and with the small amount of time left for an author to carefully revise his compositions when working for a-serial publication. But there is no excuse for it now when the Editor should not be so pressed, when lie should be prepared to s ...

... BOOKS. While Mr. Dickens begins his new serial, Little Dorrit, in November, Mr. Thackeray's publishers announce a collected edition of his Ad Miscellanics, in four voIlmes, to consist of Prose and Verse; Stories, Essays, and Sketchles, Satirical, Burlesque ...

... London: Bradbury & Evans. TirE first part of Mr. Dickens's new serial has made its ap- pearance. The perusal of it excites our interest, but gives no hint as to the manner in which the story will ultimately shape itself. It opens in Marseilles, where we ...

... James S. Virtue. Ws have had several opportunities, on former occasions, of lotiding this work, which was first published in a serial orpn, and some of our readers may remember that at these times our remarks were invariably of a commendatory cha- racter. ...

... it'is the cheapest Encyclopnedia eover~ a the I., ~~~bee published in this country.. From, th ater cdisideraIon, and from the serial inanner in which it is issued, thousahd II.n of people of moderate means, and workmen of thrifty habits, wif may provide ...

... this ob. servation is no less applicable to the great world of Lon. don. What an immense disparity there must be in the serial condition and way of life among the various castes8 who congregate together in that vast human hive of activity and idleness ...

... for this excellent little book. It consists of a collection of the stories of the late Miss Catherine Bell, a singularly fascinating writer, especially to children. Some of these stories have appeared in print before, but are well worthy of republication; ...

... AUSTRALIAN EXPLORER.' -s The! title dos ot declare tho principal object ofti talk- volumle, which, besides- telling yet aggain the story of the sadl, wori LI thoglih successful, exploration from 'Melbourne to th uf stanl o f Carpeutahis, attemp~ts to sketch the ...

... st1le lees blevated mad splendid than that of the Bible woald suffice for a new and professedly poeti. cal version of ths story of so mighty a prophet. In his preac he suspects that his critics will think ha has carried this seimplitity of language ...