Our Own Country : Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. (Cassell and Co.)—This
is the sixth and concluding volume of a very meritorious work. "Canterbury," with its magnificent cathedral, which disputes with Westminster Abbey the distinction of being the most interesting monument of English history ; "Colchester," with its Roman re. mains ; "Carlisle," "The Upper Trent," "The Tyne," and "The Thames, from Windsor to Reading," are among the most interesting of the English chapters ; in Wales, we have "St. David's" ; in Scotland, "Iona, Staffs, and Aryan"; and in Ireland, "Donegal and Connaught." Interesting descriptions, and illustrations which seldom fall below a satisfactory standard of excellence, distinguish this volume, as they have distinguished its predecessors. The whole is a work of standard value, published, too, at a price which is almost incredibly low. The sum it is not, we suppose, etiquette to mention in these columns, but we may say that it does not much exceed the conventional price charged for a three-volume novel.
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