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BOOKS OF THE MONTH. 281
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Books Of The Month.
every dilemma and difficulty , we must leave to our readers to discover . The book is well-writtenand will repay perusal . Besides
these works , we may mention _" , A Vacation Tour , " by J . Tyndall ( Longman ); " Vacation Tourists" edited by Francis Galton
( Macniillan ); and in more distant lands , , " Thebes : its Tombs and their Tenants" by A . H . Khind ( Longman ) ; and an illustrated
, work on Egypt by Fairholt , " Up the Nile , " illustrated by numerous woodcuts by the author .
" Essays on Scientific and other Subjects , " by Sir Henry Plolland , ( Longman , ) contributed to the Edinburgh and Quarterly
Reviews , have just been published . The subjects treated range over a wide field of Literatureincluding HistoryBiography , the
Progress of Science relative to , Life and Organization , , Physical Geography , and the marvellous advances made in modern Chemistry ,
and the art of investigation . For- sixteen years the lamented Hugh Miller was a constant
contributor to the _pages of the Witness _newspajDer . It has been suggested that these articles , published in a collected form , would
be acceptable to the public . The first volume has just appeared , under the able superintendence of Mr . Peter Bayne . ( Black . )
The essays are as varied as the subjects of which they treat . The first volume is now out of Mr . P . M . Irving ' s " Life and
Letters" of his Uncle , Washington Irving . ( Bentley . ) The materials were arranged by Irving himself , with a view to
publication after his decease . A Biography of Geoffrey Crayon w ill be as acceptable hereor even more sothan in his own country .
The author of , " Bita / ' in the , new novel of " Carr of Carrlyon , " ( Smith & Co ., ) more than sustains his reputation . The plot is
conceived with great power , and worked out with skill and consistency . " The Channings , " by Mrs . Henry Wood , ( Bentley , ) has just
appeared in a three volume novel , reprinted , from the Quiver . It jnore than sustains the high reputation of its gifted author .
The same ingenuity is maintained in developing the _jDlot , the same strong and decisive grasp of her subject , the same extraordinary
skill in delineating character , while less tragical than " East Lynne , " it will be the more acceptable among some classes
of readers . We may also observe that u East Lynne" is now publishing in the cheaper form of one volume .
The " Pearl of Orr ' s Island , " complete , and " Agnes of Sorrento , " by Mrs . Beecher Stowe , are published in a collected form .
_" The History of International Exhibitions , " by Blanchard Jerrold , ( Kent & Co . ) has a melancholy interest from having been projected
, under the direct sanction of the Prince Consort . The first of a series of twenty parts is now before the public . The object of the
work is to show the tendency of international _gatherings and their results , commencing from the earliest period of these noblo
oxperiment 1862 al . efforts It is towards touching the 1 dangerous union of nations ground , up to to comment the Exhibition upon the of VOL . IX . X
Books Of The Month. 281
BOOKS OF THE MONTH . 281
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1862, page 281, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061862/page/65/
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