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 NOTES BY THE WAY.

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��among the latest is included Charles Mackay's ' Under the Holly Bough,' and in the whole collection we can find no sweeter lines

than these :

Ye who have scorned each other, Or injured friend or brother, In the fast-fading year,

Ye who by word or deed Have made a kind heart bleed, Come gather here.

Let sinned against and sinning Forget their strife's beginning And join in friendship now ;

Be link no longer broken, Be sweet forgiveness spoken Under the holly bough.

'THE BOOKSELLER' (1858-1908).

The year 1858 opened with considerable activity in the world of letters. The works announced in January include Cardinal Wiseman's ' Recollections of the Last Four Popes.' Mr. Murray's list contains the first volume of the Duke of Wellington's Supple- mentary Dispatches ; Lord Campbell's Lives of Lords Kenyon, Ellenborough, and Tenterden ; John Forster's Essays; and Livingstone's ' Missionary Travels ' (thirtieth thousand). Mr. Bentley's list comprises the eighth volume of the Walpole Letters, Trollope's ' The Three Clerks,' Doran's ' Court Fools,' and Shirley Brooks's ' Gordian Knot.' Messrs. Routledge announce the com- pletion of W. H. Russell's ' British Expedition to the Crimea,' and a new part of that best of all illustrated editions of Shakespeare, ' The Staunton,' illustrated by Gilbert. Lever's * Davenport Dunn,' Mayhew's ' Paved with Gold,' and Bagehot's ' Englishmen and Scotchmen ' are included in Chapman & Hall's list. Messrs. Bell & Daldy, whose address was then 186, Fleet Street, inform us that Singer's edition of Shakespeare is now complete in 10 volumes. Messrs. Bradbury & Evans are publishing Thackeray's new serial, ' The Virginians,' and its author is announced to deliver the second of his four lectures on ' The Humorists of the Last Century ' on the 2nd of February. Messrs. Blackwood have ready ' Scenes of Clerical Life.' Novels are announced by Mrs. Gore, Miss Pardoe, Julia Kavanagh, and others. There are of course many works on India and the Mutiny. Messrs. Smith & Elder from Cornhill are publishing Capt. Yule's ' Mission to the Court of Ava,' a hand- some 4to, 21. 12s. 6d. ; and Harriet Martineau's suggestions as to the future government of India. Mudie is busy selling his surplus copies, and offers ' The Romany Rye ' for 10s., now catalogued

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��1908, Feb 1.

Literary activity,

Notable

books

appearing.

��Mndie's Library.

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