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��number of secret official documents and reports. Among siicli are three secret reports of the Governor-Gen- eral of eastein Siberia to the present Tsar, setting forth with great bold- ness the Governor-General's r.eal opinions with regard to the condition of Siberian prisons and the working of the exile system, and bearing mar- ginal notes and comments made by the Tsar himself upon the state of facts therein set forth. The series will be richlv illustrated.

��•'•Three Good Giants," the compi- lation of John Dimitry, from Fran^-ois Rabelais, will be a leading gift-booiv of the season, as the incomparable wit and satire of the French master are presented in a form to I'elieve them of serious objections to general circulation, and to increase their ef- fectiveness by worthy illustrations. The compiler writes, — •' Rabelais, through some contemporaneous influ- enee, rising subtly in his favor among men who are neither afiaid nor ashamed to judge for themselves, is, in one sense, slowly becoming a nat- uralized citizen of our modern literary republic." To this influence the fine execution of this edition must con- tribute to a high degree. Grand- gousier, Gargantua. and Pantagruel are the famous trio of giants of the title, and it is to their history, reliev- ed of the philosophy and [irofanity of the author, that the book is devoted. The labor has been performed with- out the least sacrifice of the qualities of the imagination of Rabelais or the connection and expression of the in- cident, so that one may have quite all of the original entertainment and truly appi'cciate the genius that con- ceived and wi'ought. The matter affords opportunities for the unre- strained exercise of Dore's grotescjue imagination, and he has worked in full sympathy and given some very fine examples of his jjower in the full- page drawings. A Robida, in his minor but more numerous text illus-

��trations, in different styles and of many forms, shares with Dore in the credit for adequate and strong con- ce|)tion. There are 12 full-page and 168 text engravings. A handsome letter-press and decorated covers add their attractiveness. Boston: Tick- uor & Co.

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"A Run of Luck," at the Boston Theatre, is an immense success, draws nightly large audiences, and promises a long run. The |)lot of the play is interesting, but the chiff feat- ure is the introduction of a hunting scene, with English thoroughbred hunters, a pack of hounds, and a I'ace-coui'se scene. Nowl)ere outside of the s|)acious Boston Theatre could this play be so effectively produced. Indeed, this tiieatre is not only the leading theatre of Boston, but of this country, and all plays there produced are worthy of a visit. If the reader is detained over niglit at the Flub, he is sure of being richly entertained if he attends the Boston Theatre.

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