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LITERATURE.
BENTLEY'S SHILLING SERIES.
Among the cheaper and yet at the same time the
really, valuable publications of the day, Bentley's Shil-
ling Series has already assumed a very conspicuous
position. It comprises some of the most delightful
little volumes imaginable—precisely the very books
to amuse and instruct a traveller. Here, for example,
as" Notes on Noses"—the very thing to tickle the
eaphragm of even the most dyspeptic into laughter—
,r_ammed with conceits that would have been "nuts"
1,%,. S.aakenburgius .1 Here again is "The Comic
Grammar," with fifty of Leech's most prepos-
fr"os (and by that we mean most delectable) illus-
trations. Leech, by the way, from his earliest
and symbolical signature—to say nothing of his fun
must surely be the very " bottle imp" of caricatu-
rists ! Here are " Turf Characters," including both
officials and subalterns—and interesting to all those
bo have ever had a love for " the ring, ' an anxiety
outTattenham Corner or an interest in the colossal
betting
of Davis—of all betters the Leviathan. Here
goo•
d, honest "Martin Toutrond"—showing us what
tuts
drolleries James Morier imagined might in
uig r
adventurous Frenchman.
of ours hefal an unlucky wight of an
Frenchman. Besides these, we have the
firteus "Nights at Sea," written by the Old Sailor,
IC es all the (reading) world knows now was no
ether thee let H. Barker. Then there is another
N'oltu
sene of the series devoted to the grim
lad awful story of the " Loss of the
Mazer'
e'teoln- vessel," at every mention of which
a long while to come each gentle heart will
vehilYee a sigh for poor Eliot Warburton ! Added,B to
de tl,pcomes another vglume comprising the '• or.-
, told by W. H. Maxwell—pathetic in his
O—r`es of Waterloo," enthralling in "My Life,
theaPtain Blake," and renowned in his history of
Tale ‘Dt4c of Wellington." Through these" Border
re:eat" poor Maxwell recounted, as his readers will
ae—ember, some among the legends of the Cheviots
too Lammermuir. Again—comes before us,
ae Great Western—loot Railway, Public,"but]—Re-'y as described by Colonel Cunynghame !
Then
ourri
Pi
Albert Smith's merry little magazine
cbight his "Comic Tales and Sketches."
odnasti by no means least in the series of these very
rable and diversified reprints, we meet once more
-..giteG. °ln' delight—with Thomas Henry Sealey's
St
rieo,
" Porcelain Tower," consisting of Nine
.11:71"—a work famous from its first appearance in
thea,e.Y's Miscellany. Dismayed as we are to find
harP'iseasant punning title—than which nothing could
into "eau happier or more appropriate—transformed
"Broad Grins from China," we are disposed,
"eyerth
from e ess, to welcome the work as heartily as ever,
furebili full and cordial appreciation of its humorous
tine I.' Who that has once lingered over
.the n,a, rra-
ev._ the life of " Hofi of the Yellow Girdle, can
4, rorget him ? Who can lose a remembrance of
a describing the siege of Kinsai; or
the :• Fashions in Feet," telling us all about
or beautiful To-To; or of " Hyson and Bohea ;"
the agaia, of the " Porcelain Bath," or of
from Feast of Lanterns," comprising letters
Steoe Fin Sing to Weep-Weep, and from
In to Pin-Wing, or of the " Emperor
kang.Te " anent the plough and the loom, or of
gneettereriage in a Mask," introducing us to that
tepe;,."eg the Cunning Shaver Chin ? Who, we
fail —1 can ever forget—but who, least of all, could
%el° cherish a recollection of,
the " Student of
upon
I:e—that immortal tale about opium
con-
eh" • woiale it is remarked by the author at its 81°13,Z.
4 G
4 6'ero song,' says Pi-Ping, in concluding this tale,
And te„ ezaters of tame with thine oar and thy sail;
Of Vft,t.gges, and ages, and ages to come
-;;; 4w, and Fee-Fee, and Fo-Fo, and Fam-
Iffotr.u.
to th.noteing else in the whole series, the subscribers
Weed! °Armin g volumes published by Mr. Bentley
lei Weed grateful for the reprint of Sealey's " Force-
Grin 4.-°,wer," grotesquely illustrated as the " Broad
cute bfraErl China" by the oddest little fantastic wood-
fancy 3r„,., John Leech. Bentley's .Railroad Library, as we
oheo" "6 have tolerably well proved, may—among
of itsP serials—be regarded as comparable to the best
cautemporaries.
b(e)(4",.,
"Ja.' S GUIDES. Vol. 11.—Switzerland and

The i Savoy.
celebrated in the
di The
guide-books for travelling
liah
_, ot countries of the European Continent, pub-
eo. during the last ten or twelve years, after
litt_ mead, by Mr. Murray, appears to
have at last
the ad-
vistal;!.ted to another enterprising publisher n _
_a a
11441).11)1y of producing at a cheaper rate, a d i
Mr.
Bo
Iler form, other works of a similar character..
asegull,e has in the present volume afforded additional.f
G -"I" of the great intrinsic merit of the series o _ uiden
reoe,, ;for Travellers, upon the issue of which he has
d de-
aiol "t'Y adventured. Within 338 pages uo .
aft, i 4 here compacted together an extraordi-
thac;ll27aloont of information conducting the touristd
Switzerland,g all the interesting localities in Savoy and
are tln„ Foremost among the facts introduce
dons fo;`, I, course, having reference to the prepara-
Passport-, Le journey, in regard to baggage, money,.
tau '' 4141 language. A section is devoted in lik
manner to „inns
goidesnn_ari l'ue of Switzerland.
Another to the
TerlcY if°ther to the charts—another to the cur-
ls the ot the least valuable portion of
in
the Page relatingto the relative value of.coins
uOte
Riacier tries traversed.. After an allusionto the
iilln • ' scarcely less interesting
than the previous
sion to the •is in circulation, .
the guide-book
/)14Pile cc"' at once upon a minute descrip-
tio„
_. r adventures
routes in Switzerland. In this
ru:Lor the various
t
the reader through Basle,
tho°..aer he conducts the
Zug,
Zurich, Horgen,
ta„_ugh Berne,__
Freiberg,
by Geneva, by Lake
te`'ln3atine,
dFrheib
y Lake Lucerne. The portable
allarttare ' fatnhis volume is a great recommendation,
.for
1/4-Iv n formerly, " a great book is a great evil."
_ , as _
I,,er,e compactness, however, would .
be of little use
t:'teout fulness of information, which is the c harac-
-'tistie of the work. It is no mere guide-book, but
always able and ready
really a compagnon de voyage,
. .
Ai sa,PPIY the necessary information.
There is the
as
lyttLuer advantage of as good a map of Switzerland
teei °aye ever seen—clear, full (but not crowded), and
.clots Printed on the newly patented transparent linen
IC", has the further advantage of being free from.
tit) usual liability to get torn. No, book of this
iiiiailh:' ill frequent use, should have maps printed upon
r`r)thin and fragile.
A 0 p ..
18, ESSAYS, AND OPINIONS. By A. B.
The Richards. Aylott and Jones. . a
from
(I 11, 3e are four volumes of articles rep mite f
tit.' Mirror of the Time "originally
, in which they
b-
jictged They treat of a great number of su
-lead some of the verses are pleasing.
4 f-,,,
By
s'4
URES ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.
Thea ,F* W. Newman. John Chap •
%lie v lectures were recently delivered
"zanat the Ladies'
averet' io Bedford-square, but some passages which
Are ',len omitted are now restored. The subjectsan
la creertai i
t --a'Y somewhat unusual for the study t
raent' revenuesuch national debt and poor-laws, Govern.
,
44'a buti,, public remedies for our pauperism,
cod to,a,*4eY are well suited to the general reader,
NiqUibe- vergevoted to the study of such subjects they
attractive.
NOT,E _____
r-,1. ROT' Ar°,lV THE NORTH-WESTERN
-"Pnia2,,- --es OF INDIA.. By Charles Raikes.
An int - - 4741 nail.
-tor
of
merestin
p „g; Work b the magistrate and collec-
t:
Ma
°f Yn-
a—Bwhich describes the various ens-
the inh ~ .
.11arreis ~,„ 4 abltants, which give rise to frequent
t°, show --i",,' raUrders. "The attempt of the writer is
'v.; il tidn,' ;-,,-; a Popular manner, the working
which
our
'I attacCrstration in that part of India to
~ he
He
Ilucves fi:'" 133' the ties of duty and long service.
is.
tikee, :ale
_, by
evils that arise from trifling
fromm
the Dec g°vernment, and the difficulties arising
The
lime_ culler nature and habits of the peop e..
us
0_
a tnd".renst be a great advantage to those desiros
the
f
tathYolrilg the details of Indian government,
44tily L tieing a resident in that country, must aneces-
til. hse which
opportunities of observation
' alithority to 1118 sta
Lt ves _ tements.

scvLl3-
Toi. op THE PAINT ERS,
fro "S, AN 1) ARCHITECTS.
Tkllz the Italian of Giorgio Vasari.
biogra-
Trans/stied
pli.esse volumes contain -V asari's renowned
:6rst t" the most celebrated painters. This is the
I)earn.limaslation of this immortal work that has ap-
ot in our language.