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interest of its incidents and the spaikie of its stye
bY
" Truth and Falsehood." Mrs. Thornton has no ambi-
tion_ in this book to acquire either the sickly fame of a
preposterous notoriety
depictor of fashionable life as it is now-a- days, nor they
struggled for by the cultivators 0_
"6 "virtuous indignation" line. The three volumes
sre pure romance, and the tale is situated in the attest
atozinante.
?,1111d for the romantic, the laud of Gil Blas and
crime, Spanish scenery, Spanish character, Spanish
and Spanish passion, are among the most appro-
priate adjuncts of the romantic, whether it relate to love
or to adventure ; and these adjuncts Mrs. Thornton has
Most skilfully employed.

IrIVIGErS MONTHLY VOLUME. No. Xl.
Rambles
e. by Rivers: The Thames. Vol. I. By James
Thorn
Another pleasant series is here commenced, and a
8e rtes
Which is calculated to diversify the character of
the•
general publication. After rambling in imagination
gown the biographical course of some rem•irkable per-
:Page, or along the broad stream of the events record' d
_ country, it is agreeable enough to follow the track
?.1- our beautiful island-rivers. Among them, of course,
the Thames--cld Father Thames—the silent Highway
,—ja paramount. And Father Thames is accordnigly
int selected for description by Mr. Thorne, With a
Variety of clever woodcuts, beginning with the source of
th• e river at the Seven Springs near Cheltenham, and ter-
uating with a representation of Windsor Castle, the
litt•
le volume presents a most attractive appoarance. It
is rendered instructive by a multiplicity of historical and
antiquarian facts elicited by the associations of the
different venerable localities traversed by the monarch of
English rivers.

.NIGHT'S WEEKLY VoLUMES, No. CXIV.
Canterbury Tales from Chaucer, Vol. H. By John
Bstenders.
Charles
has been recently and justly remarked by Mr.
I'llarles Knight that Mr. John Ssunders has conferred
tgreat boon upon the future students of old Geoffiey
?slicer by the composition of these volumes. A greater
Z°°n We regard it than the " Tales from Shaksp-re " by
Charles Lamb and his congenial sister ; for whereas the
latter
are only suited to the innoc-nt taste.; of children.
the former have a vigour and boldness about them most.
suitable to the theme, and such as must impart the fullest
Vessure to the hearts of the &dull lovers of true poesy.
11,• stories are daintily told, partially in prose and par-
'l2 in quotations, giving us the very marrow and core
e

ESSAYS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEIR
POLITICAL GUARAA TEES. By E. P.
Hurlbut.

An American writer, but especially an American
political writer, never had a more flattering introduction
to the readers of Great Britain than the one here
afforded to Mr. riurlbut by the brief but suggestive pre-
face of George Combe. The simplo announcement, "A
Preface and Notes by George Combe," was a thing pre-
cisely calculated to attract the attention of the very many
thousands of admirers of that philosophic and argumen-
tative mind. Mr. Hurlbut, therefore, comes befbre
as with the prestige, of bei,,g a friend of George
Combe, and as such we welcomed him cordially ;
-and the more so, let it h.? said, from finding,
on inspection, that neither the manner nor the
thoughts of this E. P. Hurlbut are unworthy of one who
has communed with George Combs. As the annotator
observes in his introductory remarks, " the aim of the
Work is to determine the foundation and objects of Go-
vernment, and the powers with which the Legislature
and the executive should be invested, to enable them to
perform their functions to the best advantage to the
°rate." The object of the work is, in other words, a
comprehensive inquiry into the problems, " Whence
Comes Government ?" and " How shall we ensure good
Government ?"—problems of unutterable importance.
The author treats both queries with the skill of a prac-
tised " counsellor at law" (which he is, in New York),
and his essays are printed of the Corm and at the price oi
the popular edition of the "Constitution of Man." Alto-
tether it forms a sort of sequel to the "Constitution of
Man," seeing that it relates to the "Constitution of So-
c'ety," society being, as it were, the noun multiple to the
Word man,

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FRIDAY, APRIL 16.
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_The Select Committees on Groups Nos. 7, 25, 31, 41.42.
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1 attendance during the week commencing Monday, .gay 3.
PANEL No. IV.
Mr. Ackers Mr. Leslie
Sir T. D. Acland air. T. Mainwaring
Viscount Alford Mr. Marshall
Mr. Brainston Sir Charles Morgan
Mr. Broadwood Mr. Morris
Mr. C. Bruce Mr. Blunts
Mr. Burroughes Colonel lure
Bon. S. Carnegie Mr. Joseph Neeld
Mr. Christie Viscount Newport
Lord A. Churchill Mr. Mark Philips
Viscount Clive Sir R. Pigot
Sir T. E. Colebrook. Hon. C. F. Ponsonby
Colonel Connolly Mr. Protherne
Mr. Cripps Lord Charles Russell
Mr. Curteis Colonel Reid
Mr. Dashwood Mr. Reptun
Mr. S. Davies Lord Seymour
Mr. Divett Right lion. F. Shaw
Sir John Duckworth Hon. F. To llemache
Vise
-.. °our Deucaunon Mr. Tomlin.
Lur. Milani Gabkill Sir John frollope
Lord It. Grosvenor Sir F. Trounrutge
Lord C. Hamilton Mr. Tumor
Mr. Horsrnan Hots. T. Vesey
Lord Hotham Mr. Weihv
Hon. E. Labcelles Lord C. Welierley
Sir Charles Lemon Mr. C. Wyndham
Lord Charles Lennox Mr. Redhead lorke.