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ous Illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound. HOCHELAGA; OR, ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD. Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq., Author of "The Crescent and the Cross." FOURTH AND CHEAPER EDITION, 2 vols., post 8vo, with Illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound. "We recommend 'Hochelaga' most heartily, in case any of our readers may as yet be unacquainted with it."--_Quarterly Review._ LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MILITARY LIFE. Edited by Lieut.-Gen. Sir CHARLES NAPIER, G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief in India, &c. 1 vol., 8vo, 10s. 6d. bound. "A narrative of stirring interest, which should be in the hands of every officer in her Majesty's service."--_Globe._ SIR JAMES ALEXANDER'S ACADIE; OR, SEVEN YEARS' EXPLORATION IN CANADA, &c. 2 vols., post 8vo, with numerous Illustrations, 12s. bound. "Replete with valuable information on Canada for the English settler, the English soldier, and the English Government; with various charms of adventure and description for the desultory reader."--_Morning Chronicle._ "No other writer on Canada can compare with the gallant author of the present volumes in the variety and interest of his narrative."--_John Bull._ STORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR. A COMPANION VOLUME TO MR. GLEIG'S "STORY OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO." With six Portraits and Map, 5s. bound. "Every page of this work is fraught with undying interest. We needed such a book as this; one that could give to the rising generation of soldiers a clear notion of the events which led to the expulsion of the French from the Peninsular."--_United Service Gazette._ LADY LISTER KAYE'S BRITISH HOMES AND FOREIGN WANDERINGS. 2 vols., post 8vo, 10s. bound. "Unrivalled as these volumes are, considered as portfolios of aristocratic sketches, they are not less interesting on account of the romantic history with which the sketches are interwoven."--_John Bull._ THE NEMESIS IN CHINA; COMPRISING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THAT COUNTRY; From Notes of Captain W. H. HALL, R.N. 1 vol., Plates, 6s. bound. "Capt. Hall's narrative of the services of the _Nemesis_ is full of interest, and will, we are sure, be valuable hereafter, as affording most curious materials for the history of steam navigation."--_Quarterly Review._ "A work which will take its place beside that of Captain Cook."--_Weekly Chronicle._ ADVENTURES OF A LADY DURING HER TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 2 vols., 10s. POETICAL WORKS OF BARRY CORNWALL,
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