Siberian pictures, ed., from the Polish, by major Szulczewski, Volumen 2

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Página 309 - MISERABLES. By VICTOR HUGO. AUTHORISED COPYRIGHT ENGLISH TRANSLATION. "The merits of *Les Miserables' do not merely consist in the conception of it as a whole; it abounds with details of unequalled beauty. M. Victor Hugo has stamped upon every page the hall-mark of genius." — Quarterly Review. XXIX.— BARBARA'S HISTORY. BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS. " It Is not often that we light upon a novel of so much merit and interest as
Página 310 - ALEC FORBES OF HOWGLEN. BY GEORGE MAC DONALD, LL.D. " No account of this story would give any idea of the profound interest that pervades the work from the first page to the last.
Página 300 - OF COLONEL DE GONNEVILLE. Edited from the French by CHARLOTTE M. YONGE, Author of the " Heir of Redclyffe," &c. 2 vols. crown 8vo. 21s. " The author of this very interesting memoir was a French gentleman of ancient lineage, who left his home in Normandy to enter the service of Napoleon...
Página 310 - Mrs. Oliphant is one of the most admirable of our novelists. In her works there are always to be found high principle, good taste, sense, and refinement. 'Agnes' is a story whose pathetic beauty will appeal irresistibly to all readers.
Página 305 - THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. BY ELIOT WARBURTON. " Independent of its value as an original narrative, and its useful and interesting. Information, this work is remarkable for the colouring power and play of fancy with which Its descriptions are enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reverent and serious spirit"— Quarterly Retina.
Página 308 - THE ROMANCE OF THE FORUM; OR, NARRATIVES, SCENES, AND ANECDOTES FROM COURTS OF JUSTICE. SECOND SERIES. BY PETER BURKE, Esa., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. 2 vols. post 8vo. 21s.
Página 305 - Halifax, the hero of this most beautiful story, is no ordinary hero, and this his history ie no ordinary book. It is a full-length portrait of a true gentleman, one of nature's own nobility. It is also the history of a home, and a thoroughly English one. The work abounds in incident, and is full of graphic power and true pathos.
Página 301 - This life of Moscheles will be a valuable book of reference for the musical historian, for the contents extend over a period of threescore years, commencing with 1794, and ending at 1870. We need scarcely state that all the portions of Moscheles...
Página 305 - This excellent book is characterised by good sense, good taste, and feeling, and is written in an earnest, philanthropic, as well as practical spirit."— Pott.
Página 308 - ROMANCE OF THE FORUM ; OR, NARRATIVES, SCENES, AND ANECDOTES FROM COURTS OF JUSTICE. BY PETER BURKE, SERJEANT AT LAW. "This attractive book will be perused with much interest It contains a great variety of singular and highly romantic stories."— John Bull.

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