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some time been bringing out . These books are all written in a pleasant style , with as little technical harshness as possible , and they are illustrated by a great number of singularly beautiful coloured drawings , such as , until a very recent period , were only seen in the most expensive works . In the present state of bird-knowledge , our
naturalists recognise between six and seven thousand species , and two thousand four hundred genera and sub-genera ; and into this terribly complicated field Mr . White has not attempted to take his readers , but confined himself to explaining the characteristics of the most important groups and most interesting species . This task
appears to us exceedingly well done . The book is lively , elegant , and interesting to read , as well as useful for reference , and the twenty plates , each containing several exquisitely-coloured portraits of birds artistically grouped , make it a volume admirably adapted for Christmas presents and an ornament fit for any table .
Johnstone ' s Specimens of Sacred and Serious Poetry ( Oliver and Boyd ) has long enjoyed that share of popular favour which it deserved . It is now enriched with many choice passages from living poets ; such as Tennyson , Bailey , Smith , Keble , and Longfellow . Short biographical notices precede the selections from Chaucer down to Byron .
PAMPHLETS . Parallel Passages from two Tales , elucidating the Origin of the Plot of Guy Mannering . Edited by G . T . Fbench . Manchester : Simms and Co . —These few pages contain the main facts recorded in the " Gentleman ' s Magazine " for July , 1840 , and in " Chambers ' s Edinburgh Journal" of March 6 , 1841 , and vindicate the exclusive
authorship of " Guy Mannering " to Sir Walter Scott ; whilst , at the same time , they prove that the novel itself is not original , but really only an adaptation of a tale of private life , conjoined with certain stories communicated to Scott by Mr . Frain and others . The striking resemblances between the names , passages , and incidents concurrent in " Guy Mannering , " in " Memoirs of an Unfortunate Toung
Nobleman , " and the " Gentleman ' s Magazine , " vol . xiv ., are plainly and forcibly set forth , and the deductions are no less clear than candidly represented to the readers mind . It is a curious and clever enunciation of a subject which must interest the lovers of literary productions .
The Present Crisis . A Sermon preached by the Bcv . W . J . Grthstdy . London : G . Nichols , 7 , Earl ' s Court , Craribourne Street . —The author has elicited great approbation in the neighbourhood of Kilvington , Notts , of which benefice he is rector , by a former
discourse , entitled the " Fall of Sebastopol . " The present one is an able digest of the events of the war , and we doubt not will bring much profit to the Patriotic Fund , for the benefit of which it is printed . The writer regards our national conduct , as well as that of liussia , in a religious aspect , and whilst admitting war to be an evil ,
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some time been bringing out . These books are all written in a pleasant style , with as little technical harshness as possible , and they are illustrated by a great number of singularly beautiful coloured drawings , such as , until a very recent period , were only seen in the most expensive works . In the present state of bird-knowledge , our
naturalists recognise between six and seven thousand species , and two thousand four hundred genera and sub-genera ; and into this terribly complicated field Mr . White has not attempted to take his readers , but confined himself to explaining the characteristics of the most important groups and most interesting species . This task
appears to us exceedingly well done . The book is lively , elegant , and interesting to read , as well as useful for reference , and the twenty plates , each containing several exquisitely-coloured portraits of birds artistically grouped , make it a volume admirably adapted for Christmas presents and an ornament fit for any table .
Johnstone ' s Specimens of Sacred and Serious Poetry ( Oliver and Boyd ) has long enjoyed that share of popular favour which it deserved . It is now enriched with many choice passages from living poets ; such as Tennyson , Bailey , Smith , Keble , and Longfellow . Short biographical notices precede the selections from Chaucer down to Byron .
PAMPHLETS . Parallel Passages from two Tales , elucidating the Origin of the Plot of Guy Mannering . Edited by G . T . Fbench . Manchester : Simms and Co . —These few pages contain the main facts recorded in the " Gentleman ' s Magazine " for July , 1840 , and in " Chambers ' s Edinburgh Journal" of March 6 , 1841 , and vindicate the exclusive
authorship of " Guy Mannering " to Sir Walter Scott ; whilst , at the same time , they prove that the novel itself is not original , but really only an adaptation of a tale of private life , conjoined with certain stories communicated to Scott by Mr . Frain and others . The striking resemblances between the names , passages , and incidents concurrent in " Guy Mannering , " in " Memoirs of an Unfortunate Toung
Nobleman , " and the " Gentleman ' s Magazine , " vol . xiv ., are plainly and forcibly set forth , and the deductions are no less clear than candidly represented to the readers mind . It is a curious and clever enunciation of a subject which must interest the lovers of literary productions .
The Present Crisis . A Sermon preached by the Bcv . W . J . Grthstdy . London : G . Nichols , 7 , Earl ' s Court , Craribourne Street . —The author has elicited great approbation in the neighbourhood of Kilvington , Notts , of which benefice he is rector , by a former
discourse , entitled the " Fall of Sebastopol . " The present one is an able digest of the events of the war , and we doubt not will bring much profit to the Patriotic Fund , for the benefit of which it is printed . The writer regards our national conduct , as well as that of liussia , in a religious aspect , and whilst admitting war to be an evil ,