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numerous channels of that bewildering region of
Central Africa, in which are situated th fountains
that water Ethiopia and fertilize Egypt.

In his narrative, Mr. Taylor is lively-, instructive,
and amusing. His adventures are naturally intro-
duced ; and stating his opinion he avoids dog-
matism while implying earnestness. The incidents
are generally well told, and the scenes introduced
are vividly described.

The History of Magic. By Joseph Ennemoser,
Translated from the German by William Howitt,
London : Henry G. Bohn.

volume before us is the second of Ennemo-
trious history. The work is evidently the
of great study, and is replete with matter of
y. As an epitomised chronicle of
isions by which men have practised
nn the credulity of themselves and others, this

)f magic deserves

would seriously understand some of the most
extraordinary phases of misguided intellect. It
contains elaborated information relative to the
presumed iniquities of sorcery and witchcraft, as
these have been attested in ancient and compara-
tively modern times, and in all countries of which
we possess historical record. The mythological
magic of the ancient heathens, the sacerdotal sor-
ceries of northern barbarism, the rude mysteries of
pseudo science in the middle ages, and the meta-
physical delusions of the present day, down to
mesmerism and table-tapping, each and all find
their proper illustration within the numerous and
well-filled pages of Herr J. Ennemoser. To his
experiences and researches we have added an
ippendix, containing the " best authorised stories
)f apparitions, dreams, second sight, somnambu-
ism, predictions, divination, witchcraft, vampires,
links, table-turning, and spirit-rapping," selected
Mary Howitt. As a careful and extensive
:rtory of information on such questionable sub-
4, the book will meet with many admirers, not a
even among whom may, notwithstanding their
Ition, find some difficulty in understanding
hen elevated into a place in ,

fs, the book will t

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comprising his
orrespandenee, and Translations ;
?f' the Author. By the Editor,
Robert Southey, LL.D. London : Henry G.

This beautiful and comprehensive edition of

Cowper's works, tog_
biography of the poet by Southey, has now i

they with the admirable
ached

Jore us), other three
This volume, besides
a large proportion of the miscellaneous poems and
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