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THE REPUBLIC OF FOOLS:

Being the History of the State and People of Abdera, in Thrace. Translated from the German of C. M. Von Wieland. By the Rev. H. CHRISTMAS.

As a prose satire, the History of the Abderites yields only in breadth of humour and pungency of wit to Dean Swift's immortal travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver; and of works of that class, we know of none in any language that can compare with either of the two.-Observer.

Here is enjoyment for many a Christmas to come, for many thousands of English boys, and many thousands of English men and women. Unfortunately for the world, Pisistratus Caxton departed this life without having made any contribution towards the great history of human folly, save, indeed, by the records of his own. Mr. Christmas has given us something even better in his translation of Wieland's Abderites; and in the simplest, most racy, and vernacular English, has enriched our literature with another character of the family dear to mankind, of the Quixotes, Gullivers and other human foils of human self-love and vanity. If the addition to our shelves of a book to delight the young and instruct the old, overflowing with wit, fun, drollery inexpressible, wisdom, depth and knowledge, is an achievement deserving of national thanks, we undertake to convey our share to Mr. Christmas, fearing only lest we should not have thanked him sufficiently.— London Review.

There is, indeed, about it, nothing of the stiffness of a translation; and the work reads with all the ease and freedom of an original composition.-Morning Herald, August 21, 1861.

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SIN: ITS CAUSES & CONSEQUENCES. An Attempt to Investigate the Origin, Nature, Extent, and Results of Moral Evil. A Series of Lent Lectures. By the Rev. HENRY CHRISTMAS, M.A., F.R.S.

These lectures are learned, eloquent, and earnest, and though they approach the 'limits of religious thought,' they do not transgress those limits; and they present the reader with a comprehensive review, based upon revelation, of the nature, extent, and consequences of moral evil or sin, both in this world and the world to come.-Civil Service Gazette.

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A COURSE OF

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS,

For the use of Candidates for admission into either of the Military Colleges; of applicants for appointments in the Home or Indian Civil Service; and of Mathematical Students generally.

"In the work before us he has digested a complete Elementary Course by aid of his long experience as a teacher and a writer; and he has produced a very useful book. Mr. Young has not allowed his own tastes to rule the distribution, but has adjusted his parts with the skill of a veteran."-Athenæum, March 9, 1861.

"Mr. Young is well known as the author of undoubtedly the best treatise on the Theory of Equations' which is to be found in our language-a treatise distinguished by originality of thought, great learning, and admirable perspicuity. Nor are these qualities wanting in the work which we are reviewing. Considering the difficulty of the task which Mr. Young has undertaken to discharge, and the extent of useful knowledge he has succeeded in imparting accurately and lucidly in so small a compass, we can without hesitation commend this work to the public as by far the best elementary course of mathematics in our language."-The London Review, April 6, 1861.

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THE HISTORY OF CHESS:

From the time of the early invention of the Game in India till the period of its establishment in Western and Central Europe. By DUNCAN FORBES, LL.D.

"This volume will be a welcome addition to the library of every lover of the noble game of chess. Our author makes a stout fight for the Hindoos as the inventors of the game, and adduces many cogent proofs in support of his opinion. He shows how the game is played in other countries, how it has been modified both in the names of the pieces and the names of the game by the peculiarities of the country or the national temperament of the inhabitants; and then traces the steps by which it has arrived at its present place of honour in civilised and intellectual Europe. The book is, therefore, full of curious lore, that lean on other and higher subjects than chess-playing, for it involves dissertations on ethnology, comparative etymology, the dispersion and settlement of nations, and the manners and customs of different countries, to a degree that would not be at all anticipated by a person who contented himself by reading the title-page. All this information is given, not in any dry, repulsive, or even technical style, but freshly, clearly, and in an animated manner-the style that would naturally be adopted by a gentleman and man of the world."-Herald.

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