The Press.
London, England, 1857-09-05 00:00:00

NEW WORK BY MR. WESTGARTH.

VICTORIA and the AUSTRALIAN GOLD
MINES in 1857. IV WILLIAM WESTGARTH. One thick
vol. post Bvo., with Maps, price Ills. 61. cloth.
[Just published.
" A lively account of the most wonderful bit of colonial expe•
rience that the world's history has furnished. Mr. Westgarth
write, with a full mind out of a long experience."—Examiaer.
" We think Mr. Westgarth's book much the best which has
anpesred on Australia since the great crisis in its history."—
Saturday Review.
" Practiesl and systematic, and brought up to the level of the
day." —Leader.
" To those who refer to these pages for solid and guiding in.
formation they will prove most valuable."—Globe.
"'Tile best book on the subject."--Critic.
" A reliable readable book, well stocked with information, and
pleasantly interspersed with incidents of travel and views of
colonial life Clear, sensible, and suggestive."—Atliencrum.
VI.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LUTFULLAH,
a Mohainedan Gentleman, and his Transactions wi:h his Fellow
Creatures; interspersed with Remarks on the Habits, Customs
and Character of the People with whom he had to deal. Edited
• by EDWARD B. EASTWICK, F.R.S., F.S.A. Post Svo., 10..
cloth. [Just publishrei.
" Thank you, Munshi Lutfullah Khan! We have read your
book with wonder and delight. Memoirs of a live Modem
gentleman are a novelty in our letters. Your adventures aro
snore curious than you are aware But your hook is chiefly
striking for its genuineness There is matter in you,
Mulish', and, to show how grateful we are for the pleasure we
have found in you, we introduce you to the dearest friend we
have on earth. Reader —Munshi Lutfullah Khan. We must tell
you, dear reader. something of your new acquaintance. We do
this the more willingly as his story will aid, in its degree, to
some sort of understanding of the Indian insustection."—
Atheneum.

" Head fifty volumes of travel and a thousand imitations of
the Oriental novel, and you will not get the flavour of Eastern
life and thought, or the zest of its romance, so perfectly as in
Lutfullith's book. We have thoroughly enjoyed the perusal
All is simple and real—a photograph i f social 1 tvlia We
Wight occupy columns with extracts from Munald's delightful
volume lint the book, to be appreciated, must be read from
the firet to the last page."—Leader.
" This is a remarkable book. We have autohioraphies in
abundance of Englislitnett. Frenchmen, and Germans, but of
Asiatics and Mahometatas few or none His narrative 1153 a
charm and simplicity about it which occasionally reminds us of
Le Foe."— Standard.
"This is the freshest and most original work that It has been
our good fortune to meet with for long. It bears every trace of
being a most genuine account of the feelings and doings of the
author, who belongs to a people of whom we know little but
through the medium of Europeans.. ..... The boo k opens tip a
new vein, and many will be astonished to find how tick a vein it
IN—.— -Everything which contributes to give us a right un-
dermauding of the character of our Indian subjects is of impor-
tance ; in this light we c insider Lutfullates autobiography no
lees valuable than entertaining."—Econontist.
"As an autobiography the book is very curious. It beats the
strongest resemblance to ' Gil Bias' of anything we have ever
read."— Spertaf or.
. . .

"ThielTeritable autobiography reads like a mixture of the 'Life
and Adventures of Gil Blots' with those of the ' Three Calen-
dars.' Fvery one who is interested iu the present state of
n litters in India should read Lutfallait's own account of himself
and his people, as well as their peculiar and general feeling to•
wards the Feringees."—Globe.
VII.
THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING : in
Letters to Beginners. By JOHN RUSKIN, M.A., Author of
" Modern Painters," " Stones of Venice, •' Seven Lamps of
Architecture," Sc. Crown Bvo., price 7s. Gd. cloth.

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(Just published.
No student of art should launch forth in search of the
bloomed island of Raphael, latitude and longitude unknown,
without this work as a compass in his binnacle. Its limitations
we have sluwn; of its glowing fervour and eloquence we can
only asnire our readers, for our extract is but as a gold thread
drawn from a palace full of tapestry."—A Ihencetua.
•"rhe rules are clearly and fully laid down; the earlier exer
cases sometimes apparently odd or trifling, but always conducive
to the end by simple and duenibsrransing means.—Spectator.
" It will he found net only an invaluable acquisition to the
student, but agreeable and instructive reading for any one who
wishes to reline his perception of natural scenery, and of its
worthiest artistic re p resentation."—Econontist.
" The most useful and practical hook on the subject which has
ever coins under our notice The book is pleasant reading
MS for those who may not wish to use it as au artistic

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