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Essentials of New Testament Study. Intended 

 as a Companion to the New Testament, and em-* 

 bracing an Introductory Account of the New Testa- 

 ment ;a Resume and Harmony of Gospel History ; 

 Tables of Weight. Measure, and Chronology a Dic- 

 tionary of Hard Words and Phrases ; an Explanation 

 of Obsolete and Archaic Words; a Biographical 

 and Geographical Dictionary ; and a Table of Old 

 Testament Quotations ; together with Maps, Plans, 

 etc. 



Of numerous volumes of poetry, fiction, and 

 miscellaneous works, the following may be 

 specified : 



Mohammed Ali and his House. An Historical 

 Eomance. By Louisa Miihlbach. 



Lord Bantam. By the author of " Ginx's Baby." 



Two Plunges for a Pearl. A Novel. By Mortimer 

 Collins. 



Twenty Years Ago. Edited by the author of " John 

 Halifax." 



Blade of Grass. A Novel. By B. J. Fargeon. 



Grif. By the same. 



Fair to See. A Novel. By L. W. M. Lockhart. 



Character. By Samuel Smiles. 



Orion. An Epic Poem. By R. H. Home. 



Short Studies on Great Subjects. Second Series. 

 By J. A. Froude. 



Recollections of Past Life. By Sir Henry Holland. 



Daisy Burns. By Julia Kavanagh. 



Queen Mab. By the same. 



Beatrice. By the same. 



Poor Miss Finch. By Wilkie Collins. 



South-Sea Bubbles. By the Earl and the Doctor. 



The Caged Lion. A Novel. By Charlotte M. 

 Yonge. 



Old Schoolfellows, and What Became of Them. 



Music and Morals. By Eev. H. K. Haweis, A. M. 



Our Poor Relations. By Colonel E. B. Hamley. 



Good-by, Sweetheart I By Rhoda Broughton. 



Red as a Rose is She. By the same. 



A Man's Thoughts. By J. Hain Friswell. 



Cometh Up as a Flower. An Autobiography by a 

 Lady. 



The Stratford Shakespeare. Edited by Charles 

 Knight, 6 vols. 



The Desert of the Exodus ; Journeys on Foot in 

 the Wilderness of the Forty Years' Wanderings. 

 Undertaken in Connection with the Ordnance Survey 

 of Sinai and the Palestine Exploration Fund. By E. 

 H. Palmer, M. A. With Maps, and numerous Illus- 

 trations taken on the Spot by the Sinai Survey Ex- 

 pedition, and C. F. Tyrwhitt Drake. 



Studies in Poetry and Philosophy. By J. C. 

 Shairp. 



Culture and Religion in some of their Relations. 

 By the same. 



The Days of Jezebel. An Historical Drama. By 

 Peter Bayne. 



Fifine at the Fair, and Other Poems. By Robert 

 Browning. 



Classical Studies as Information, or as Training. 

 By a Scotch Graduate. 



Sybil's Second Love. By Julia Kavanagh. 



Cerise. A Tale of the Last Century. By G. J. 

 Whyte Melville. 



White Rose. By the same. 



The Golden Lion of Granpere. By Anthony Trol- 

 lope. 



Ombra. By Mrs. Oliphant. 



At His Gates. By the same. 



The Laird of Norlaw. By the same. 



The Rose Garden. By the author of " Unawares." 



Unawares. By the author of " The Rose Garden." 



The Story of a Millionnaire. By Louisa Miihl- 

 bach. 



Middlemarch. A Novel. By George Eliot. 



The Maid of Sker. A Novel. By R, D. Black- 

 more. 



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Hermann Agha. An Eastern Narrative. By W. 

 Giiford Palgrave. 



Scrambles among the Alps. By Edward Whymper. 



The Vicar's Daughter. By George Macdonald. 



Wilfred Cumbermere. By the same. 



Work and Wages Practically Illustrated. By 

 Thomas Brassy, M. P. 



Premiums paid to Experience. By Edward Gar- 

 rett. 



Thirty Years in the Harem. By Madam Kabrizli 

 Mehemet Pasha, 



The Adventures of a Brownie. By the author of 

 " John Halifax." 



Robert Ainslie. A Novel. By M. E. Braddon. 



To the Bitter End. By the same. 



The Lady of Lyndon. 



Dickens as a Reader. By Charles Kent. 



Off the Skelligs. A Novel. By Jean Ingelow. 



Little Rosy's Travels ; or, Country Scenes in the 

 South of France, with Twenty-four Illustrations, by 

 L. Frolich. 



Little Mother. By the author of " Little Rosy's 

 Travels." Twenty-three Illustrations by Frolich. 



The Doctor's Dilemma. A Novel. By Hesba 

 Stretton. 



The World of Anecdote. By Edwid Paxton 

 Hood. 



Gareth and Lynette. By Alfred Tennyson. 



Outlines to Burgher' s Ballads. By Moritz Retzsch. 



From the Nile to the Jordan. Footsteps of the 

 Israelites from Egypt to Sinai. 



The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton. A Novel. 

 By Wm. Black. 



An Only Sister. By Madame Guizot De Witt. 

 Translated by the author of " John Halifax." 



The Wandering Heir. A Novel. By Charles 

 Eeade. 



The Yellow Flag. By Edmund Yates. 



Dr. Wainwright's Patient. By the same. 



New editions of standard British authors, 

 varying only in styles and prices, need not be 

 mentioned. 



LITERATURE, ENGLISH, IN 1872. The 

 extent to which English books are repub- 

 lished in this country makes it necessary to 

 add little to what is indicated by the state- 

 ments on that subject contained in the pre- 

 ceding article. But so much is published in 

 England which has no special adaptation to 

 the American market that a brief review is. 

 made necessary. The following summary of 

 the books of the year is given by the Pub- 

 lishers' Circular: 



Theology, Sermons, Biblical, etc. : New books, 

 570; new editions, 182; American importa- 

 tions, 30. Educational, Classical, and Philo- 

 logical: New books, 348; new editions, 81; 

 American importations, 10. Juvenile Works' 

 and Tales: New books, 186; new editions, 

 43 ; American importations, 7. Novels, Tales, 

 and other works of fiction: New works, 468; 

 new editions, 240 ; American importations, 36. 

 Law, Jurisprudence, etc.: New books, 68; 

 new editions, 33: American importations, 25. 

 Political and Social Economy, Trade, and' 

 Commerce: New books, 113; new editions, 

 49 ; American importations, 14. Arts, Science, 

 and illustrated works : New books, 373 ; new 

 editions, 114 ; American importations, 46.. 

 Voyages, Travels, and Geographical Research : 

 New books, 172; new editions, 52; American 

 importations, 27. History Biography, etc..:: 



