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New EDITIONS.-By Pike and Dyke : a Tale of the

Rise of the Dutch Republic, by G. A. Henty (Blackie and Son, 3s. (3d.) ; and from the same publishers :-(laptain Bayley's Heir : a Tale of the Gold Fields of California, also by G. A. Henty (3s. 6d.) ; Hal Hunger- ford ; or, The Strange Adventures of a Boy Emigrant (2s.) (the emigrant boy is one of Dr. Barnardo's lads, and the scene of his adventures is Canada) ; Nat the Naturalist ; or, A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas (3s.) ; Chips and Chops, and other Stories, by R. Neish (1s. 6d.) ; and Meg's Friend, by Alice Corkran (2s. 6d.), an effective story, as one might conclude from the name of its author. Three short stories by G. A. Henty are collected in the volume, In the Hands of the Malays (same publishers, ls. (id.) -The same name appears, together with those of E. L.-Arnold, Harold Bindloss, Charles Edwardes, and others, in Hazard and Heroism (W. and R. Chambers, 5s.)