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London, England, 1864-04-22 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

R CASTLE, April 21%..
The Queen andfamily, attended bY in;
Wrn
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, arrivedoir
Dso
Osborne at half-past seven o'clock last night'
Windsor Castle.
Her Majesty's health, though still requiring care'
has not euffered from the fatigue of thejourneP
The Prince and Princess of Wale 5'
ril 2'ol
SAN DRRIN GSAM, Ap
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prisc
of Wales have spent last week at Sandringha,,
been Te),
very quietly. Ttio weather having
favourable their Royal Highnesses have made,„nrd,
quent equestrian excursions in the neighbourii-nt
The Prince and Princess appear to be in 00414-
health. the
On Sunday last their Royal Highnesses

Prince and Princess of Wales, eccompanie6ger.
Lieut.-General Knollys, Captain Grey, I‘ll.* ono,
bert Fisher, Mr. H. L. Wood, Colonel the ce
Henry and Mrs. Byng, and the Hon. Mrs. 13rli
at
ch;
attended Divine service at Sandringham Ch
tat,
The Rev. George Browne Moxon, rec.
officiated and preached. ; a
et
On Tuesday the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey arr-Irve t lice
Sandringham, and succeeded the Hon. Mo. Pr.ce
in attendance upon her Royal Highness the ?II"
of \Vales.
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His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, atten- a os
Major 'Cowell and Lieutenant Haig, iirriliet to
Sandringham on Tueeday evening, on a Ilss of
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince 6

Wales. • 00
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Fri° 0,
Waccording ba
of ales and suite will, to preopt -
t
rangements, leave Sandringham, for London, 4
the latter end of next week.
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The Countess of Listowel and the Ladhes

have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel. 140130
The EArl of Hopetoun has arrived at
Hotel. fOr
Count de Schell has left Farrance's 11°'—'
Paris. tbe
Mr, and Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 8/3- for
Misses Guest, have arrived at 11, Cavendish44a °rei

the season. dog,
Sir Charles Grey has arrived at the Ore
from Tunbridge Wells.
ra
Admiral the Hon. E. and Mrs. Hoo—
at Brown's Hotel.

LITERATURE,
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The Standard Writing Exercise Books for ;itbil
and Home. By J. S. Lawrie. Thomas

Bouverie-st reet. e bete
These are very useful little works, that bar- roe
arranged with great care, and will doubtless Par
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signed. Great attention has been shaven je gel
jog the subjects given for writing, and io °ids in many similar instances, we can see how greh-til
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lightened by the introduction of pleasing 111/..-
into the weariness and monotony of study'.

Milton's Comus, 4.c. With illustrative notes.
the Rev. J. Hunter, M.A. Longman' gal
We have here another of Mr. Hunter's 01
little manuals for training schools and alletgorf
The type is clear and good, while the explan 61,0
notes, which are full and comprehensive, 10118°9 0
the dullest or least imaginative scholar readiu
follow the author's meaning. They are ntito of
stricted to mere observations or queries on 134riodi
speech, as is too often the case in works of alias' or
but they explain difficult phrases or obscure, c°oo
parisons after illustrating them by passages' filo%
other poets. The critical extracts at the beg''' •d
will assist the young reader in forming some

of the peculiar beauties of Milton's style.

The History of England. By Lord Macs 0-
Part VI. People's Edition. Longman,.
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This admirable edition of one of the sta!aoo
works of our language is uniform with the 44e6
re-issue of the same author's world-iamous (010
and, like that, is suited to the book shelves of Alt
humblest reader, while the type and paper relievr
it by no means unworthy of a place in a more
tt of
pensive library, By following the inetl34frthoo
monthly publication, Messrs. Longman are - to
putting within the reacti of all who are 1ik131.10
appreciate them some of the first works of our Ildia
and in thus encouraging the tabte for solid 10 Ira
and diffusing knowledge and cultivation they
conferring a public benefit.
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Old Bones ; or, Notes for Young Naturals:o4' fir
the Rev. W. Symonds, F.G.S. Biardwicte',
cadilly. •
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We are not surprised that this little work 13 `io
have reached a second edition, for it combineebeia
high degree the two important qualities of
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interesting and instructive. It combines ice
degree the two sciences of zoology and ge° ore
since it traces the changing forms of animal Da the
from the living beings of the present daY —th of
ancient remnants of the mastodon or raarnt4l°and
an earlier age. The illustrations are eopioll9'cleo
add greatly to the value of the work, who 96 poet
and simple style and abundant information. reoo
it pleasant and pr, fitable reading for ma a
have left their schooldays far behind.

••.••
The Standard Manual of Geography. Vile br
I. S. Lawrie. Simpkin and Marshall' otle'
This little work has been compiled by a g ers of
man who is one of her Majesty's Inspect .p
Schools, and who is consequently famiii3 r 4 t
the requirements of pupils. It is arrange,' Oa
very excellent system, being plain and terse' till
giving its information, brief though it nerves 00
is, in a form sufficiently interesting to itorelore
pupil's mind with something more than a of of
catalogue of names and dates. For the be ae gal
small schools, &c., we may add that this °oil
compendium is being also published in four
twopenny parts.

age.
Handbook of Croquet. By Edmund RoutIl!
A capital explanation of this now very 131,00
ab;e game. Those wishing to Income pr°61;100
in it have only to study this volume, and the'
s accomplished.