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[Dec. 1. 1855. 



under review some of the most noticeable of the habits 

 and feelinp;.s of tlic populace of London in early times, it 

 may readily be conceived that his worlc is one to interest 

 not only the aiitiquary and the citizen, but every well- 

 informed reader who sees in the changes which tlie city 

 of King Lud has undergone in its progress, to its present 

 extent and influence, the most important chapter in the 

 history of social progress ever written in bricli or stone. 



While on the subject of maps, we may call attention to 

 a series, vcvy different in their nature from that of the 

 peaceful metropolis we have just been describing. We 

 allude to the different Maps of the Seat of War, lately 

 published by Mr. Wyld. Of these useful —we might say 

 indispensable newspaper companions — we have before us 

 no less than six, viz. : — I. Environs of Sevastopol, extending 

 from Sevastopol and Balaklava to Baktchi Serai, showing 

 the Position of the Allied Armies and the Russian Forces. 

 II. Plan of the Northern Forts, and Attack and Siege 

 Works of Sevastopol. III. The Crimea; with Chart of the 

 Coast from Odessa to Perekop and Town and Harbour of 

 Sevastopol, with Batteries and Approaches. IV. Panoramic 

 View of the Black Sea and Surrounding Countnj. V. 

 Map and Chart of the Coasts betiveen Otchakov, Nicolaiev, 

 Kherson, and Southern Russia. And lastly, VI. 3Iilitary 

 Map of the Countries between Odessa and Perekop, with the 

 Stations of the Russian Forces. It is almost superfluous 

 to talk of these maps as aids to the general reader in 

 following the narrative of "Our own Correspondent." 

 Such maps may be said to be indispensable. 



The new edition of Mr. Singer's Shakspeare, which has 

 been so long expected, is at length announced. It is to 

 be published in ten monthly volumes, uniform with 

 Pickering's Aldine Poets, and the first volume Avill be 

 issued with the Magazines in January. The chief cha- 

 racteristics of tliis edition are, that the notes contain all 

 that was conceived necessary to the elucidation of the 

 Poet, either in the explanation of obsolete words, phrases, 

 obscure sentences, or allusions to manners and customs, 

 incidents and literature of his times ; avoiding alike pro- 

 lixity and imsatisfactory conciseness. All variations 

 from the old copies are noticed, and the reasons for such 

 variation stated. A Critical Essay from the pen of a 

 learned and highly gifted friend of the Editor is appended 

 to each play, and a new Biographical Memoir of the Poet 

 by the same hand is prefixed. We are glad to find Mr. 

 Singer in his Prospectus recognising that a few acceptable 

 corrections are to be found in the MS. Corrections pub- 

 lished by Mr. Collier. We ought to add that a limited 

 number of copies have been printed, uniform in size with 

 Mr. Pickering's crown octavo classics. Of this, which 

 will form a handsome Library Edition, the whole ten 

 volumes will be issued at one time, and that, we believe, 

 almost immediatel}-. 



It is rumoured that the twenty-five thousand copies of 

 Macaulay which have been printed, will not meet the 

 supply on the day of publication, and that the press is 

 already at worli on a second impression. Our readers will 

 share our surprise when they hear that the weight of the 

 Macaulaj's to be issued to the trade on the 17th, is esti- 

 mated at no less than fifty-six tons. Surely this is a fact 

 unparalleled in the history of publishing! 



Books Received. — English Roots, or the Derivation of 

 Words from the Ancient Anglo-Saxon. Two Lectures by 

 the Rev. E. N. Hoare. In these two lectures the Dean of 

 Waterford has turned to good account the amusement 

 and instruction to be derived from a consideration of the 

 origin and derivation of many of our Household Words 

 and Phrases. 



Cursory Notes on Various Passages in the Text of 

 Beaumont and Fletcher, as edited by the Rev. A. Dyce, and 

 on his Few Azotes on Shakspeare. The Author John Mit- 

 No. 318.] 



ford. The name of the Rev. John Mitford is a sufficient 

 guarantee for the scholarship and critical acumen to be 

 found in this supplement to the new edition of Beaumont 

 and Fletcher. 



Euripides — Alcestis; Horace — Epistles, and Ars Po- 

 etica. Two new Parts of Parker's useful series of Ox- 

 ford Pocket Classics, with short English Notes. 



Parker'' s Church Calendar and General Almanack for the 

 Year of our Lord, 185G, especially rich in information 

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 with much that is new respecting the Colonial and 

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Narrative of the Niger, Tshadda, and Biniie Exploration, 

 by T. J. Hutchinson, Esq. These two new parts of Long- 

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 by all who desire to see the Extinction of the Slave 

 Trade and the Civilization of Africa. 



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