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the fruit Of sound ssssrsI sneSscts end a -
literary experience. With the universal inters.. vs,.s
has been called forth By the 0ebe sntsrposs ~
modest narration OF the late DR.. Kane, ,hs con,,.s.
ofthe previous history Of Arctic s1porstiou viii NEE.
with wide and most cordial veleome
CYCLoPEpIA or WIT AND HrMOR n, wu,,.r
bulroh. P.rts !. 2 exo. d Arnlc,on @ = -s

CYCLoPEDIA or WIT AND HUMOR Bv wut,,.r
Buaros. PsHsi2 eve. d. Appleton 4 CO.
III practice makes perfect" no one is better c-,sh-
fed to the public with racy dish Of humor than
the well-kno~n comedian whose name appears a. the
editor of this work He has doubtless been the cause
OF more jolly de.hakingsi his time than almost sry
son Of Mouu- who has lived to laugh. The present
work. however, is not merely receptacle of broad
comedy. The numbers which We have examined .hov
q wide range of aiding in the humorous hter,aurs ~
III. English language and the selections Scr the mot
part have been made with excellent taste The adj
tor has raked many old pieces out Of the dust vhs
he has drawn freely from the great masters Of hunor
in modern times II the series is completed with the
same knowledge and tact of which specimen il given
in these numbers, il viii form not only pleasant but
valuable addition TO the household library. In proof
Of this is only necessary to say that large space is
devoted TO the humorous effusions Of Drake, Halsc
Pauldipg, Washington Irving AnstotS Bryant ver
panck and other fsvorte American wri,ers. Bsrcw's
"fasty Pudding" TrlmbulIs Liberty Pole" and
other celebrated antiques are reprinted IN full.
THE SULTAN AND HIS PEOPLE. BY yC. 0scASyAS. i1no
PIP -. Derby Jackson
Mr.. Oscanyan is native of Constantinople Of Arme
nsn payentage but educated at the University In
this city, where he has since resided for several years
IN this volume he has given lively description ofthe
present state Of his native country with copious Illus
tstiops Of the national manners and institutions.
Turkey in Europe has been such a fsvorite camping.
ground with recent travellers that their reeesrches aud
narratives have left little novelty for the book maker
but Mr. O-canyan has found ample materials for his
volume among familiar scenes, and given attractive
dress to the fruits Of his experience and memory.
His mode of expression is unsudied, careless, often a.
moet coroquia bu. it never wanting in vivaciy and
perhaps too richly ornsmented with the glowing colos
Of the East.
STORIES OF THE ISLAND WORLD. BY GHIkLss NoRp-
limo. PIP. 3ls Harper Brothers.
With a slight framework of felton, the author Of
this little volume has brought together variety Of
authentic incidents illustrating the character and mode
Of life OF the inhabitants Of certain celebrated Islands.
The scenes which the narrator of the stories is sup
posed to have visited in Madagascar, Java, Ice
land Ceyion, and New-Zealand. The peculiar fsa-
turee of those islands described with great spirit
and although the author has not been the eyewitness
of the facts which he relates they derive an air OF re-
atty and freshness from his wide experience as sailor
and traveller. The works already issued in which he
giyes pleasing account Of his own adventures have
prepared the public to look with interest every pro-
duction of his pen.
MoNARCHs RETIRED FROM BUSINESS. By DR.. Do
? vols. l9mo. Redh.ld
DR.. Doran here treats in his gossiping, hee-and-
easy way, of the fortunes of several European
archs who voluntarily or by compulsion have abdi-