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TARANTAS (THE).—Travelling Impressions of Young Russia. By With Eight Illustrations. Foolscap 8vo, cloth, 5s. CONTENTS: The Encounter-The Departure "Travelling Impressions" -The First Stage-The Hotel-A Government Town-A Simple Silly Story-Gipsies - The Ring-About Literature - An Aristocrat-The Monastery of Petchora-The Model Landowner-Merchants-A Village Fair-The Dream.

TAYLER (REV. CHARLES B.)-MARK WILTON, THE MERCHANT'S CLERK; a Tale, by CHARLES B. TAYLER, M.A., Author of "Records of a Good Man's Life," &c. With Illustrations on Wood. Small 8vo, cloth. 98.

THACKERAY'S (W. M.) WORKS:

REBECCA AND ROWENA. A ROMANCE UPON ROMANCE. By
MR. M. A. TITMARSH, Author of "Pendennis," "Vanity Fair," &c.
With Illustrations by RICHARD DOYLE. Small 4to, fancy boards,
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CONTENTS: The Overture-Commencement of the Business-The Last Days of the Lion-St. George for England-Ivanhoe Redivivus-Ivanhoe to the Rescue-Ivanhoe the Widower-The End of the Performance. DOCTOR BIRCH AND HIS YOUNG FRIENDS. With Sixteen Illustrations by the Author. Small 4to, fancy boards, plain, 5s.; or coloured plates, 78. 6d.

CONTENTS: The Doctor and his Staff-The Cock of the School-The
Little School-Room-The Dear Brothers-A Hopeless Case-A Word
about Miss Birch-A Tragedy-Briggs in Luck-A Young Fellow who
is pretty sure to Succeed-Duval, the Pirate-The Dormitories-A
Capture and a Rescue-The Garden, where the Parlour-Boarders Go-
The Old Pupil-Epilogue.

OUR STREET. With Sixteen Illustrations by the Author. Second
Edition. Small 4to, fancy boards, plain, 5s.; coloured plates, 78. 6d.
CONTENTS: Our Street-Our House in Our Street-The Bungalow-
Captain and Mrs. Bragg - Levant House Chambers Mr. Rum-
bold, A.R.A., amd Miss Rumbold-Some of the Servants in Our Street
-What Sometimes happens in Our Street-Somebody whom Nobody
knows-The Man in Possession-The Lion of the Street-The Dove of
Our Street-The Bumpshers-Jolly Newboy, Esq. M.P.
MRS. PERKINS'S BALL; Depicted in Twenty-three Plates; contain-
ing Portraits of the principal Personages present, with their Characters.
Third Edition. Small 4to, fancy boards, 78. 6d. ; coloured plates, 10s. 6d.
CONTENTS:-The Mulligan (of Ballymulligan), and how he went to
Mrs. Perkins's Ball-Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, their House, and their
Young People-Everybody begins to come, but especially Mr. Minchin
-The Ball-Room Door-Lady Bacon, the Miss Bacons, Mr. Flam-
Mr. Larkins-Miss Bunion-Mr. Hicks-Miss Meggot-Miss Ranville,
Rev. Mr. Toop, Miss Mullins, Mr. Winter-Miss Joy, Mr. and Mrs. Joy,
Mr. Botter-Mr. Ranville Ranville and Jack Hubbard-Mrs. Trotter,
Miss Trotter, Miss Toady, Lord Methuselah-Mr. Beaumoris, Mr. Grig,
Mr. Flynders-Cavalier_Seul-M. Canaillard, Chevalier of the Legion
of Honour-Lieutenant Baron de Bobwitz-Grand Polka.
NOTES OF A JOURNEY FROM CORNHILL TO GRAND
CAIRO, by way of Lisbon, Athens, Constantinople, and Jerusalem.
With a coloured Frontispiece. Second Edition. Small 8vo, 68.
CONTENTS:-Vigo-Lisbon and Cadiz - The Lady Mary Wood-
Gibraltar-Athens - Smyrna; first Glimpses of the East-Constanti-
nople-Rhodes-The White Squall-Telmessus; Beyrout-A Day and
Night in Syria-From Jaffa to Jerusalem-Jerusalem-From Jaffa to
Alexandria-Alexandria-To Cairo.

THACKERAY'S (W. M.) WORKS.-(Continued.)

THE IRISH SKETCH-BOOK. With numerous Engravings on
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8vo, 14s.

CONTENTS:-A Summer Day in Dublin-A Country-House in Kildare
-From Carlow to Waterford-From Waterford to Cork-Cork, The
Agricultural Show, Father Mathew- The Ursuline Convent - From
Cork to Bantry; with an account of the City of Skibbereen-Rainy Days
at Glengariff-From Glengariff to Killarney-Killarney; Stag-Hunting
on the Lake-The Races-Mucross-Tralee-Listowel-Tarbert-Li-
merick-Galway-Kilroy's Hotel-Galway Night's Entertainments-
An Evening with Captain Freeny-From Galway to Ballynahinch-
Roundstone Petty Sessions-Clifden to Westport-Westport - The
Pattern at Croagh-Patrick-From Westport to Ballinasloe-Ballinasloe
to Dublin-Two Days in Wicklow-Country Meetings in Kildare-
Meath-Drogheda-Dundalk-Newry, Armagh, Belfast-From Dun-
dalk to Newry-Belfast to the Causeway-The Giant's Causeway-
Coleraine-Portrush-Peg of Limavaddy-Templemoyle-Derry —
Dublin at Last.

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TINDAL'S (MRS. ACTON) LINES AND LEAVES.
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CONTENTS:-Pax in Novissimo-The Lament of Joanna of Spain-The
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Infant-The Pilgrim-The Baptism of the Gypsy Babe-The Sinner's
Child-The Message of the White Doves-St. Mary Magdalene-The
Fairy Ladye's Love-Isabella of Valois-The Dark Thought-An Aged
Lady-Fear not to Die-The Martyr's Gift-The Mortality of Love-
The Brother's Summons-The Lambs of Christ-The Visit to the Tomb
-The Birth Wail-Saint John Baptist-Four Scenes in a Life-The
Infant Bridal-The Village, the Church, and the Priest-Glimpses of
Former Being-The Burial in London-The Three Wishes-To My
Guardian Angel-The Vengeance of Home of Wedderburne-The Bro-
ther of La Trappe-Is it well with the Child?

TOWNSEND'S (J. P.) RAMBLES AND OBSERVATIONS IN
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TOWNSHEND'S (CHAUNCY HARE) DESCRIPTIVE TOUR IN
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TOWNSHEND'S (CHAUNCY HARE) SERMONS IN SONNETS;
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CONTENTS:-The Months-The New Year-Sermons in Sonnets-The
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TRAVELS IN THE STEPPES OF THE CASPIAN SEA; THE
CRIMEA, THE CAUCASUS, &c. By XAVIER HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Civil
Engineer, Member of the Société Géologique of France, &c. With
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Review of the History of the Kalmucks-View of the Caucasian Moun-
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TRUE AND FAYTHFULL RELATIONN, Of a Worthye Discourse
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HAMPDEN, Knighte of ye Shire for ye Countye of Buckingham, in ye pre-
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WEBSTER (THOMAS). THE PORT AND DOCKS OF BIRKENHEAD; with Maps, Plans, Sections, and Tidal Diagrams, and an Account of the Acts of Parliament relating to the Mersey and Dock Estate of Liverpool. By THOMAS WEBSTER, M.A., F.R.S., Barrister-at-Law. In One Volume. Royal 8vo, 158.

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WONDERFUL INVENTIONS, (THE HISTORY OF). With Two Coloured Pictures and Sixty-six Illustrations on Wood. Small 8vo, cloth, 58.

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ZSCHOKKE (HEINRICH), AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF. 8vo, cloth. 6s. CONTENTS:-Childhood-Wanderings-Revolutionary Years.

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ZSCHOKKE'S (HEINRICH) HOURS OF MEDITATION AND DEVOTIONAL REFLECTION, upon Various Subjects connected with the Religious, Moral, and Social Duties of Life. Translated from the Twenty-third German Edition. Second Edition. Small 8vo, cloth, 5s.; or in morocco gilt, 9s.

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