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 SMITH, ELDER AND CO. FLORENCE SACKVILLE ; or, Self-Dependence. By Mrs. Burbury. 3 vols, post 8vo. " This is a first novel, — we hope it will not be the last by its author. Mrs. Burbury possesses a clear appreciation of humour and pathos, a firm hand in noting down the boundary lines and salient features of character, and a con- stancy to the leading plan and purpose of her story. The story of poor Milly — the pathos of which is fearful — would alone justify us in placing Mrs. Burbury high among modern novelists." — Athenaum. " The most promising novel we have met with for some time. It is an extremely careful, skilful piece of writing, containing several sketches of character, finished and truthful in a high degree 5 and the spirit in which it is written is as much to be approved as its cleverness. We strongly commend this novel to favourable attention." — Examiner. " Mrs. Burbury is very happy in the mode in which she calls the self- dependent character into action, and the occasion on which its strength is assailed." — Literary Gazette. " Mrs. Burbury possesses a flowing and racy style, an observant eye for character, a ready faculty of invention, and earnestness of design." — At/as. " Florence is a Daguerreotype of the liveliest stamp." — Globe. GOLDEN DREAMS AND WAKING REALI- TIES ; being the Adventures of a Gold-Seeker in California and the Pacific. By William Shaw^. Post 8vo, 9^. cloth. " The title of this book is not inaptly chosen. The story is told plainly, forcibly, and not without a pithy, natural eloquence, while the author's can- dour seems to vouch for the honest truth of his statement." — Atlas. " Mr. Shaw suffered and saw suffering such as in fiction would seem un- natural ; his career was one continued series of hardship, privation, and labour, with frequent danger and risk of life." — Spectator. " This book is most excellent : its three hundred and sixteen pages of truth have humour and incident enough for the thousand pages of a three-volume novel." — Examiner. " From the first page to the last, Mr. Shaw's eventful record is full of in- cident and interest." — Blackwood's Magazine. " One of the most interesting and best vvritten books that we have seen on California." — Athenaum.