The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. New edition. By Rev. G. F.
Townsend, M.A. (Warne.)—This is an excellent edition of the famous tales. The paper is good and pleasant to the eye, the type clear, and the illustrations first-rate. The frontispiece gives us a charming idea of the fair narratress, who had as much confidence in her powers of fasci- nation as a "grande dame de par le monde " in the days of the old regime. The Princess Gulnare of. Samandal, looking pensively at the sea, is evidently undergoing a struggle between affection and pride ; she remembers that she is descended from the kings and queens of the sea, and did not design to marry beneath herself, but the King of Persia has been so respectful and so loving—well, all the contending feeling is given in the engraving. Then there is a princess of China of a totally different type ; she looks just the sort of lady who would appreciate the wonderful jewellery that our old friend Aladdin was ready to lavish upon her, and yet with a corner for love in her heart too. The editor has added some notes illustrative of Eastern manners and customs, and has taken care to remove from the tea alt-that was objectionable.
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