and earth is ‘Tom Cringle;’ full of quips and cranks, and toils and
pranks. A fellow of fun and talent is he, with a prodigious taste for
yarns, long and short, old and new; never, or but seldom, carrying more
sail than ballast, and being a most delightful companion, both by land
and sea. We were fascinated with the talents of Tom when we met him
in our respected contemporary from the biting north. His Log was to
us like a wild breeze of ocean, fresh and health-giving, with now and
then a dash of the tearful, that summoned the sigh from our heart of
hearts; but now that the yarns are collected and fairly launched, we
hail them as a source of much gratification at this dull season. _Tom
Cringle and a Christmas fire! may well join in the chorus of ‘Begone,
dull care!_’--The ‘Quenching of the Torch’ is one of the most pathetic
descriptions we ever read. The ‘Scenes at Jamaica’ are full of vigour.
As a whole, we have no hesitation in pronouncing ‘The Log’ the most
entertaining book of the season. There has been a sort of Waverley
mystery thrown over the authorship of these charming papers; and though
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much sagacity in imagining that we only have solved the enigma:--there
are passages in ‘Tom Cringle’ that we believe no living author except
Professor Wilson himself could write, _snatches of pure, exalted, and
poetic feeling, so truly Wilsonian, that we penciled them as we read
on and said, There he is again, and again, and again; to the very last
chapter_.”--_New Monthly Magazine._
* * * * *
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TRAVELS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF PERU;
INCLUDING A YEAR’S RESIDENCE IN POTOSI.
By EDMUND TEMPLE, Kt. of the Royal and distinguished Order
of CHARLES III.
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TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE
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THIRD SERIES.
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PIN MONEY;
BY MRS. CHARLES GORE,
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piquant style, Mrs. Charles Gore gives to the novel that charm which
makes the fascination of the best French memoir writers.”--_London
Literary Gazette._
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THE STAFF-OFFICER.
OR, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
A TALE OF REAL LIFE.
“The web of life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together; our
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would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.”
BY OLIVER MOORE.
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MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.
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THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK.
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humour: quite as imaginative as any German diablerie, and far more
amusing than most productions of its class. It is a very whimsical and
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THE INVISIBLE GENTLEMAN.
By the Author of “CHARTLEY,” “THE FATALIST,” etc. etc.
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pulling an ear.”--_Court Magazine._
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LEGENDS AND TALES OF IRELAND
BY SAMUEL LOVER.
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FIVE NIGHTS OF ST. ALBANS.
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THE CONTRAST
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MEMOIRS OF MARSHAL NEY,
COMPILED FROM PAPERS IN THE POSSESSION OF HIS FAMILY.
The work has been put together under the direction and management of
the Duke of Elchingen, Marshal Ney’s second son, who has affixed his
signature to every sheet sent to press.
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interesting biography; the anecdotes with which they are interspersed
have plainly been collected with great pains from all the early friends
of that illustrious warrior.”--_Blackwood’s Magazine._
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which he left behind him at his death, consisting of anecdotic and
biographical fragments, accounts of his divers missions and campaigns,
and the substance of many extraordinary secrets intrusted to him as a
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THE BLACK WATCH.
BY T. PICKEN.
By the Author of the “DOMINIE’S LEGACY.”
“One of the most powerful and pathetic fictions which have recently
appeared.”--_Times._
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ALLEN BRECK.
BY GLEIG.
Author of the “SUBALTERN.”
“The most striking production of Mr. Gleig.”--_U. S. Journal._
“One of the most powerful and highly wrought tales we ever
read.”--_Edinburg Review._
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ROMANCE OF ANCIENT HISTORY
EGYPT.
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LIFE OF A SUB-EDITOR.
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THE OXONIAN;
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